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GB-2014-WSA-05464 · Person · 1893-1914

Cozens-Brooke, John Gilbert Somerset, only son of Ernest Brooke Cozens-Brooke, of Earl's Court, London, by Mabel Emily Florence, daughter of Capt. John William Clayton, of Marylebone; b. Nov. 26, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1910; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Spec. Res.) Royal Scots Fusiliers April 1, 1912; Lieut. Aug. 15, 1914, attached 1st Batt. on taking out draft from depot to the western front in Sept. 1914; killed whilst scouting near Lille Oct. 18, 1914.

Craies, Constantine, 1882-?
GB-2014-WSA-05479 · Person · 1882-?

Craies, Constantine, son of William Feilden Craies, of Kensington. barrister-at-law, by Euterpe, daughter of Constantine A. Ionides, of Hove, Sussex; b. March 25, 1882; adm. from Winchester College April 23, 1896 (R); left April 1899; founded in 1907 the gramophone business of Craies and Stavridi, Bunhill Row, London; served during Great War I as Officer Interpreter at Salonica; was Capt. when demob.; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 11, 1918; author of The United States of the World : m. 1st Oct. 26, 1907, Barbara, daughter of Octavius Valieri, of London; 2nd May 5, 1945, Hester Rosamond, younger daughter of James Parsons, barrister-at-law, of London.

GB-2014-WSA-05486 · Person · 1886-1914

Craig, John McAdam, youngest son of James Craig, M. D., of Beckenham, Kent, by Mary, daughter of Richard Attenborough, of Sawtry, Hunts; b. May 11, 1886; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900 (R); left July 1905; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1905; 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders Oct. 6, 1906; Lieut. (Indian Army) Jan. 6, 1909; Double Company Officer 57th (Wilde's) Rifles Sept. 21, 1909; served on the N. W. frontier of India 1908; attached to the 58th Rifles in the Indian division of the Expeditionary Force to the western front, which arrived at Marseilles Oct. 12, 1914; died Nov. 1, 1914, from wounds received in action near Bethune on the previous day; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-20826 · Person · 1953-1994

Creedy, John Madoc, son of David Luther Creedy, airline exec., of Willesden, and Eluned Maddock, head of English dept. Godolphin and Latymer Upper Sch., d. of William Howell Maddock, headmaster, of Caerau, Glamorgan; b. 24 July 1953; adm. Sept. 1966 (R); left July 1971; Univ. of W. Indies Jamaica 1972-3; KCL 1973-4; Central Lond. Poly. 1979-82, BA; film producer and documentary dir., film and theatre critic; winner Sony National Student film festival 1982; d. 1994.

GB-2014-WSA-05521 · Person · 1925-2014

Cremer, Richard John, son of Herbert William Cremer CBE, dir. Chemical Engineering Studies, KCL, and Dorothy, d. of John Garment Nunns of Faversham, Kent; b. 4 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; King’s Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1950; gen. med. practitioner, Bromley, Kent; m. Mary Patricia Hegarty MB BCh DA, gen. med. practitioner; d. 25 Jan. 2014.

GB-2014-WSA-05539 · Person · 1864-1900

CREWS, CHARLES BUNFORD WASHINGTON, eldest son of Charles Thomas Daniell Crews DL FSA, Billingbear Park, Wokingham, Berks., stockbroker, and Mary Ann Gill, dau. of Charles Washington; b. 13 Aug 1864; adm. (R) 26 Jan 1877; left Aug 1882; d. 12 May 1900.

GB-2014-WSA-05551 · Person · 1868-1915

CROFT, SIR HERBERT ARCHER, BART., eldest son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, Bart., MP, and Georgiana Eliza Lucy, eldest dau. of Matthew Henry Marsh (qv); grandson of Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart. (qv); b. 5 Sep 1868; adm. (R) 12 Apr 1882; left Dec 1884; went to Australia 1887, sheep-farming; succ. father as 10th baronet 11 Feb 1902; enlisted as private in Herefordshire Regt., Aug. 1914, and raised company of 150 men within a week; 2nd Lieut., 1st batt., Herefordshire Regt. 2 Sep 1914, Lieut.; Capt., 12 Sep 1914; went out with British expeditionary force to Mediterranean Jul 1915; DL Herefordshire, JP (1896), High Sheriff 1911; m. 1st, 20 Jun 1892 Kathleen, second dau. of John Hare, Invercargill, New Zealand; m. 2nd, 3 Feb 1903 Katharine Agnes, eldest dau. of Joseph Charlton Parr DL, Grappenhall Heyes, Cheshire; killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 10 Aug 1915.

GB-2014-WSA-05569 · Person · 1935-2010

Crook, David Geoffrey, son of Herbert Langerman Crook, physicist, of Blackheath, and Molly, d. of Charles Waller of Bickley, Kent; b. 7 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1953; BA 1958, MA 1962; Glacier Metal Co. 1960-8; dir. Export Packing Services Ltd. 1968-77; dir. Delta Plc 1977-95; m. 18 Mar. 1961 Susan Mary, d. of Henry Allan Astbury, chartered accountant, of Farnborough, Kent; d. 2 July 2010.

GB-2014-WSA-05600 · Person · 1864-?

CROWDY, CHARLES WHITTON, brother of Ernest Alfred Crowdy (qv); b. 23 Dec 1864; adm. (R) 25 Sep 1879; left Aug 1881; adm. solicitor Nov 1887; practised at Torquay, Devon, subsequently in London; m. 11 Feb 1914 Sybil Ada, dau. of Henry Nicholas Harvey, Hayle, Cornwall.

GB-2014-WSA-05627 · Person · 1914-1995

Cullingford, Frederick Robert, son of Frederick Robert Cullingford, perfume manufacturer, of Chelsea, and Harriette, d. of Ascher Simmons; b. 8 Oct. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left July 1933; joined family perfume firm; exhibited paintings RA Summer Exhibition 1960, 1962 and 1963; m. 1st 1939 Mary, Viscountess Ratendone, d. of Basil Samuel Foster. world open racquets champion; 2nd 1951 Rosemary Montgomery, d. of Ralph Urquhart Rutherford, farmer, of Bexhill-on-Sea; d. Jan. 1995.