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Michael Allmand was born in [[Golders Green]], [[London]], to Professor [[Arthur John Allmand|Arthur John]] [[Military Cross|MC]] and Marguerite Marie Allmand on 22 August 1923.<ref name=CWGC>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2083981|title=Casualty Details: Michael Allmand|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves|access-date=7 August 2009}}</ref> Allmand's father, son of Frank (1858-1948<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Registration Death |url=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=31900473&tid=&pid=&queryId=9147f56ac95de5fcf2bdc16eaf00b4b0&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ack9&_phstart=successSource}}</ref>) and Mary Allmand, [[née]] Thomas<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Freeth |first=F. A. |date=1954 |title=Arthur John Allmand. 1885-1951 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/769194 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=3–13 |jstor=769194 |issn=1479-571X}}</ref> (1861-1918<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil registry death index |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7579/images/ons_d19184az-0023?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=4b74532f79e6b8118f0e69eff7b9499a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ack25&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=20734335 |url-status=}}</ref>), was a Professor of chemistry at [[King's College London]] and later dean of the faculty who came from a flour milling family in [[Wrexham|Wrexham, England]] (later Wales). The Allmands originated in the [[Malpas, Cheshire|Malpas]] area of [[Cheshire]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Freeth |first=F. A. |date=1954 |title=Arthur John Allmand. 1885-1951 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/769194 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=3–13 |jstor=769194 |issn=1479-571X}}</ref> Allmand's mother Marguerite hailed from a family of [[Normans]] from the [[Saint-Lô|Saint-Lô district]] who were small landowners and professionals. Allmand grew up in a [[Multilingualism|bilingual]] home speaking both [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Square Memories |url=http://www.hgs.org.uk/suburbnews/sn88/sn-8.pdf |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=www.hgs.org.uk}}</ref>
Allmand had a brother, the medieval historian [[Christopher Allmand]] (1936–2022<ref>{{Cite news |last=Small |first=Graeme |date=2023-01-01 |title=Christopher Allmand obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jan/01/christopher-allmand-obituary |access-date=2023-03-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>), and a sister Marguerite Allmand (1921<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census Data |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10598186:61596}}</ref>–2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=MURPHY - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/106394/murphy |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=announcements.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>), later Marguerite Murphy, who was a member of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] and worked as a code breaker at [[Bletchley Park]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name=":3" /> Allmand was raised in a Roman Catholic family, with his father being a convert to the faith and later a [[Order of St. Gregory the Great|Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great]], who were parishioners at St. Edward the Confessor Church [[Golders Green]]. Allmand himself had a deep and abiding religious faith.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Allmand VC - victoriacross |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/michael-allmand-vc/4585912844.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.vconline.org.uk}}</ref>
[[File:5 North Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb.JPG|thumb|No 5 North Square, Allmands Childhood Home]]
Allmands childhood home was at No 5 North Square, [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]].
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