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Creswick, Maurice de Jersey, son of James Paul Creswick, of Shortlands, Kent, by Maude Lavinia, daughter of George Morris, of Keynsham, Somerset; b. May 3, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1911; a journalist; temp. 2nd Lieut. in the Buffs Jan. 21, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served ten months in France, where he was wounded three times, and also in Mesopotamia, India, and the Afghan War; demob. Sept. 1919; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 1, 1940; transferred to R.A.F. Regt. Feb. 1, 1942; returned to A. and S. D. Oct. 15, 1942; Flight.-Lieut.

CROCKETT, ARTHUR WALCOTT, son of Edwin Arthur Brassey Crockett, Strathmore Gardens, Kensington, engineer and architect, and Elizabeth Isabel, eldest dau. of Sir Stephen Walcott KCMG, Lansdown Crescent, Notting Hill, London, Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioner; b. 10 Sep 1867; adm. from Derby Sch. (H) 22 Sep 1882; left Apr 1883; at Hereford Cathedral Sch. 1883-4; Non-Coll., Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1888; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll., adm. pens. 12 Jan 1889; BA 1891; MA 1895; Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1892; ordained deacon 1892, priest 1893 (both Canterbury); held several curacies, including two years at The Old Church, Calcutta, India; Vicar of Compton and Rector of Upper Marden, Sussex 1903-8; Vicar of Bitterne, Hants., 1908-20; Rector of Southfleet, Kent, 1920-6; Rector of St. Ives, Cornwall, 1927-37; Curate, West Camel, Somerset, 1943-4; m. 1st, 22 Jun 1892 Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles George Coombe, Vicar of St. Peter’s, Worthing, Sussex; m. 2nd, 22 May 1912 Gertrude Hayes Katherine, sister of Felix John Sterndale Gardiner (qv).

Crook, Thomas Ralph, son of Ralph Crook of Sidcup, Kent, and Kate La Beata, d. of Thomas Wilkins of Swindon, Wilts; b. 24 May 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (H), KS Sept. 1927; left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1964; secretariat Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta, 1937-42; Madras Regt IA 1942, GSO2 GHQ India; SEAC Burma 1944, GSOI XIV Army; returned Calcutta 1946; Delhi adviser to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Calcutta, 1963, Sec. Gen. 1967; retd 1970 and returned to England; m. 7 Oct. 1948 Joan Ruby Allum, teacher, d. of Ernest John Allum RN; d. 1 June 1999.

Cruft, Adrian Francis, brother of John Herbert Cruft (qv); b. 10 Feb. 1921: adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Dec. 1937; Roy. Coll. of Music, Boult Conductmg School. 1938; 2nd Lieut. RA 1944, transf. Beds & Herts Regt 1945; RWA Frontier Force, W. Afnca and India, 1945-6; Sullivan Comp. Prize RCM 1947; 1st prize Roy. Philh. Soc. open competition 1951; Prof. of Harmony and Counterpoint RCM 1962; ARCM 1964, FRCM 1981; member BBC Symphony Orch. 1948-9, Covent Garden Orch. 1949-53, Philharmonia Orch. 1954-62; chairman Composers' Guild of GB 1966; Freeman City of London 1968; Prof. of Orchestration, Guildhall Sch. of Music 1972- 5; composer of over 90 choral, orchestral, solo and chamber music works, including a setting of the Te Deum for Commem. 1964 in the Abbey; m. 1st Joyce Latham, d. of C. Wentworth Elam of Liverpool; 2nd 26 Apr. 1957 Margaret Pamela, d. of W. W. Peters of Lewisham; 3rd 23 Sept. 1975 Jocelyn, d. of W. Ralph Mather of Bodicote, Oxon.; d. 20 Feb. 1987.

Cruft, John Herbert, son of Eugene John Cruft MVO, Prof. Roy. Coll. of Music, of Mitcham, Surrey, and Winifred Frances, d. of Herbert Abels of Barnet, Herts; b. 4 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H); left Dec. 1930; Roy. Coll. of Music 1931, Katherine Florence Boult Schol. 1932-6; oboist Lond. Philh. and Suisse Romande orchestras 1936-40; Roy. Signals 1940-6 (Capt.); oboist LSO 1946-9, sec. 1949-59; music director Brit. Council 1959-61, drama and music director 1961-5; music director Arts Council of GB 1965-79; FRCM 1961, hon. RAM 1974; author of The Royal College of Music: a Centenary Record 1881-1981, 1983; m. 14 Apr. 1938 Mary Margaret Miriam, d. of Rev. William Patrick Glyn McCormick, Vicar of St Martin-in-the Fields, Chaplain to HM the King; d. 17 May 2008.

Cunningham, Percy Hugh Burdett, son of Percy Burdett Cunningham, of Hampstead, solicitor; b. Nov. 17, 1878; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1896.

Cunynghame, Ian Francis Rowland, younger son of Lieut.-Col. Sir Percy Cunynghame, Bt, OBE, and Maud Albinia Margaret, d. of Maj. John Handcock Selwyn Payne of Badgeworth Court, Gloucs.; b. 19 Mar. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (H), non-res. KS; left Apr. 1924 and went to Eton Coll.; chief asst Min. of Production, attd British Raw Materials Mission to Washington DC 1943-6; m. 1st 17 Dec. 1938 Cicely Mary, d. of Francis Chaytor Starkey; 2nd 25 Jan. 1947 Eugénie, d. of James Howard Allport of the Isle of Wight and widow of Rear-Adm. John Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald CB RN; d. 20 June 1988.

Curry, Alwyn Ian, son of John Henry Curry, of Croydon, Surrey; b. April 21, 1901; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1918; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; Head Master of St. Andrew's School, Epsom, Surrey; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 23, 1940; Flying Officer Sept. 23, 1941; d. 10 Nov. 1987.

Curtis, Randolph Henry Wylde, son of Randolph Curtis, of Kensington, by Elizabeth Mary Hinton, daughter of Lieut. Sydenham Wylde, R. N., of Dunbar; b. March 14, 1874; adm: Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left Oct. 1890; m. Jan. 18, 1913, Katherine, third daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Martindale Speechly, D.D., Bishop of Travancore and Cochin.

Curtis, Robert Foster Hunt, son of L. H. Curtis of Bloomsbury; b. 1 Mar. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Dec. 1924.