COWDELL, HENRY SEWARD, son of Alfred Burton Cowdell, Croydon, Surrey, solicitor, and Helen --- (1881 Census); b. 5 Jun 1855; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1869, left Whitsun 1872; adm. solicitor May 1878; practised in Budge Row, London, firm Cowdell and Son; m. 1st, 2 Feb 1889 Ethel Bertha, dau. of Thomas Reid, Addiscombe, Surrey; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1903 Georgina Checas, widow of Joseph Westwood MICE, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 14 Aug 1924.

Cracknell, Charles George Raphael, only son of Charles Collins, of Pimlico, by Annie Letitia, daughter of George Turner, of London; b. May 5, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); assumed the surname of Cracknell in lieu of Collins by deed poll June 21, 1915, but was known by the name of Cracknell before leaving school; left Easter 1906; articled to a London firm of accountants; joined the H. A. C. on the outbreak of the war Aug. 4, 1914; went out to the western front with the 1st Batt. Sept. 17, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 24th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. July 3, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 3, 1915; served in France 1914-7; joined the British Expeditionary Force to Palestine in Oct. 1917; d. at Tel-el-Brit. Dec. 29, 1917, of wounds received in the defence of Jerusalem, Dec. 27, 1917; unm.

Craies, William Octavius, son of Constantine Craies (qv); b. 3 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1931-3; family firm of furniture manufacturers 1934-61; Financial Times 1964-7; librarian Min. of Agriculture Central Library 1968-7; d. 1 June 1992.

Craig, John Burgoyne, son of John Craig, Colonial Audit Dept, and Audrey Alma, d. of Alexander Charles Pirie of Dunecfit, Aberdeenshire; b. 21 Nov. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940; Colonial Service Nigeria 1942-58, sen. DO Eastern Region; ABC Sydney, NSW, 1960-7; admin. officer Macquarie Univ. Sydney 1967-79, retd 1979; m. 30 Mar. 1949 Susie, d. of Edward Beattie, accountant, of Sydney, NSW.

Cranfield, Leslie Elmore, son of Arthur Leslie Cranfield, dir. Daily News Ltd, editor The Star; and Mary Frances, d. of George Smyth, sculptor, of Dublin; b. 19 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left July 1939; KOYLI 1940-5 (Maj.); called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1954; m. 20 Dec. 1957 Margaret Hazel, d. of Alec Gordon Nicholson of Weybridge, Surrey; d. 4 Sept. 1962.

Craze, Peter Dermot, son of Michael Romilly Craze, schoolmaster, of Felsted, Essex, and Carol Mary, d. of Rev. Alan Hugh McNeile DD, Regius Prof. of Divinity, Trin. Coll. Dublin; b. 4 Dec. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (G); left July 1965; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1965, BA 1968, MA 1975; asst. master Repton Sch. 1969-71, King’s Sch. Ely 1971-5, Manchester GS 1975-83; Headmaster Durston House Sch. Ealing 1983-2004; m. July 1971 Gabrielle-Anne, d. of Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS, Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Sussex; d. 11 Nov. 2004.

Croft, Anthony Julian, son of Sir William Dawson Croft KCB KBE CVO C1E, chmn. Board of Customs & Excise, and his second wife Dorothea, d. of Alfred Mavor; b. 9 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947, MA 1950, DPhil 1952; asst. to head of Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford; blind for the last twenty-four years of his life; m. 10 Aug. 1948 Margaret, d. of Harold Edgar Nicklin of Brierley Hill, Staffs; d. 27 Feb. 1988.

Croft, Charles Julian, brother of Desmond Nicholas Croft (qv); b. 7 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left Dec. 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1955, fenced against Camb. 1956-7, Capt. OUFC 1958, BA 1958, MA 1962; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1961; house appts. 1961-3; sci. asst. Imp. Cancer Res. Fund 1963-7; hon. histopathologist Central Middlesex Hosp. 1963-7; pathologist on sci. staff Nat. Inst. for Med. Res. 1967-74; DM (Oxon. ) 1973; gen. med. practitioner, S. London 1977-; m. 9 June 1962 Penelope Ann, d. of Joseph James Salter, schoolmaster, of Malvern, Worcs; d. 16 Oct. 1990.

Croft, Desmond Nicholas, son of Charles Richard Croft TD DM FRCP, consult. physician, of Plymouth, and Phyllis Mary, d. of Arthur Crawford Lee, of Compton, Hants; b. 14 June 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1949; BA 1953, MA 1957; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch. 1954-6; Capt. RAMC, Brit. Milit. Hosp. Tripoli 1959-61; MRCP 1959, FRCP 1975; BM (Oxon. ) 1956, DM 1966; Nuffield Foundn. Fellow Boston Univ., USA, 1964-5; sen. med. registrar St Thomas’ Hosp. 1965-9; consult. physician St Thomas’ Hosp. 1969-96; m. 6 Feb. 1960 Hilary Diana Russel Rendle MB BS, med. practitioner, d. of Hilary Cameron Russel Rendle, Malayan CS; d. 7 Sept. 2012.

Croft, Stephen George, brother of Anthony Julian Croft (qv); b. 6 June 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left Dec. 1951; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1965; a theatre man. and writer for the theatre; staff of Playhouse Salisbury 1955-6, Theatre Royal Windsor 1957, New Shakespeare Liverpool 1958; man. Mermaid Theatre London 1959-61; adapted Emma and Wuthering Heights for the theatre; drama officer Arts Council 1964-70; man. Watford Palace Theatre 1971-2; tours man. Nat. Theatre 1973-5; d. 23 June 2016.