My father, Kenneth Chambers, who has died aged 100, was a translator for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and then the Western European Union for most of his working life. He also learned enough Anglo-Saxon to read the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and enough Welsh to be able to sing the anthem at Cardiff Arms Park. Kenneth was born in Dudley, West Midlands, to Doris (nee Roper), a teacher, and Harold Chambers, an engineering draughtsman, and went to Dudley grammar school. Graduating in history, economics and French in 1939, he was immediately called up and was offered a commission in RAF intelligence. He was never permitted to demonstrate any political allegiance because of his security clearance with the Western European Union.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2017 17:26 UTC