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Cuzner, Brian Roy, son of Harold Roy Cuzner, pharmacist, of Purley, Surrey, and Marjorie Kathleen, d. of Harold Jessup, farmer, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. 18 July 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1951; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1961; man. dir. Wilfrid Smith (Fine Chemicals) Ltd. 1982-97; m. 23 Dec. 1961 Margaret Louise Cuzner PhD, Reader Inst. of Neurology, Univ. of London, d. of F. J. MacLeod FRCS, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 24 Apr. 2008.

Currier, David Fletcher, son of Edward Putnam Currier of New York and Dorothy Fletcher of Melrose, Mass.; b. 9 Aug. 1915; adm. 21 Sept. 1933 (B); left July 1934; Yale Univ., AB 1938; USNR 1941-3 (Lieut.); posth. commendation for outstanding performance of duty; m. 8 Mar. 1941 Margaret Pitkin, d. of Richmond L. Brown of Greenwich, Conn.; killed in action in USS Plymouth 5 Aug. 1943.

David Fletcher Currier was born at Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York on the 9th of August 1914 the son of Edward Putnam Currier, a dealer in investment securities, and Dorothy (nee Fletcher) Currier of Tarrytown, New York. He was educated at Milton Academy, Massachusetts and at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from the 21st of September 1933 to July 1934. He was a member of the 1st VI Lawn Tennis team in 1934. He went on to Yale University where he was a member of the Freshman basketball and baseball teams and was a member of the University Baseball Squad, the Fence Club, Scroll and Key, of the Torch Honor Society and of the Calhoun College touch football team in his Sophomore year. He was a member of the National Reserve Officers Training Corps.
He graduated with a BA in 1938 and went to work for Morgan & Lockwood of 44, Wall Street, New York City. He was employed by American Airlines from April 1939 to July 1940.
He was married at Greenwich, Connecticut on the 8th of March 1941 to Margaret Pitkin (nee Brown); they had two children, Barbara and David Fletcher Jr., born on the 10th of January 1943.
He was a member of the New York Local Defence Force from 1938 and undertook a V-7 training course on board the Midshipman’s training ship USS Prairie State from November 1940 to February 1941. On the 18th of August 1941 he was called up for active duty with the United Stated Navy with the rank of Ensign and was posted to the Naval Reserve Training School at Staten Island. He served on inshore patrol duty from Staten Island from the 18th of August to the 12th of November 1941 and served in the Port Director’s Office in New York City from the 12th of November 1941 to the 23rd of February 1942. From the 23rd of February to the 5th of April 1942 he served at the Instructor training School at Fort Schuyler before being posted to the Naval Training School (Local Defence) based at Boston from the 5th of April to September 1942.
He was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade on the 15th of June 1942 and trained at the Sound School at Key West, Florida from the 2nd to the 16th of September 1942. He went on to the Submarine Chaser Training Center at Miami, Florida from the 16th of September to the 29th of October 1942. On the 31st of October 1942 he was appointed as Executive Officer and Navigator on a gunboat and was appointed as its commanding officer on the 8th of February 1943. On the 18th of June 1943 he was posted as Navigator to the patrol gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 1st of July 1943.
The USS Plymouth, under the command of Lieutenant Ormsby M. Mitchel Jr. USN, set sail from New York on the 4th of August 1943 as part of an escort for a coastal convoy which was bound for Key West.
At 9.37pm on the 5th of August 1943, the USS Plymouth was sailing some 90 miles off the coast of Elizabeth City, North Carolina when she picked up a contact on her sonar. As she swung to port to bear on the contact she was struck by a torpedo which had been fired by the U Boat U-566, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Hornkohl. She had been struck just behind the bridge and the explosion forced her to roll to starboard before taking a heavy list to port. Her entire port side forward of the bridge was engulfed in flames and she sank two minutes later with the loss of 95 men from her crew of 179 officers and men. The survivors were picked up by the coast guard cutter USS Calypso and landed at Norfolk, Virginia the following day.
He received a posthumous Citation from the Secretary of the Navy for outstanding performance of his duty.
He is commemorated on the East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, New York.

Cullimore, Colin Stuart, son of Reginald Victor Cullimore, co. dir., and May Maria, d. of Edward Jay of Woking, Surrey; b. 13 July 1931; adm. May 1945 (B), prin. opp.; left July 1950; Univ. of Grenoble, France; Roy. Scots Fusiliers 1951-5 (Maj. TARO 1956), serving with Parachute Regt. in Cyprus and Egypt; Nat. Coll. of Food Technology 1955-6; gold medal, Inst. of Meat, 1956; InstD; asst. gen. man. J. H. Dewhurst Ltd. 1965, gen. man. 1969, man. dir. 1976-90; dir. external affairs, Vestey Group 1990-2; chmn. Retail Consortium Food Committee 1973-4, Multiple Shops Fedn. 1977-9; CBE 1978; dep. chmn. Meat Promotion Exec. 1975-8, Inst. of Meat 1982-3; pres. British Retail Assn. 1984-9; OStJ 1988; chmn. Reserve Forces Ulysses Trust 1992-6, NAAFI 1993-6, Westminster School Soc. 1999-2007, Lincoln Cathedral Council 2000-7; Master, Worshipful Company of Butchers 2004-5; FRSA 1987; DL Lincs 1998; m. 5 Aug. 1952 Kathleen Anyta, d. of Edgar Maurice Lamming, of Horncastle, Lincs; d. 22 Dec. 2015.

Crook, Philip John Lancaster, son of Edward Arnold Crook, glove manufacturer, of Gt Malvern, Worcs, and Mary Clare Broad, d. of Lieut.-Col. John Lancaster IMS; b. 29 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left July 1938; Univ. of Birmingham; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-3 (Lieut.); killed in action (N. Africa) Apr. 1943.

Philip John Lancaster Crook was born at Streatham, London on the 29th of May 1920 the only son of Edward Arnold Crook, a glove manufacturer, and Mary Clare Broad (nee Lancaster) Crook, later of 5, Heathcroft, Hampstead, London NW11. He was the twin of his sister Elizabeth Lorna.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from May 1934 to July 1938. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1937. He was articled to a firm of solicitors before going on to the University of Birmingham from where he graduated LLb.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment on the 8th of March 1941.
On the 1st of April 1943, Philip Crook was with A Squadron, 50th Royal Tank Regiment which was resting in camp at Djorf. During the day a party from the Squadron was organised to visit the scene of a battle in which they had been involved at the Mareth Line on the 22nd of March 1943 against the German 15th Panzer Division. They were to try to learn the lessons of the fighting there and to salvage equipment from the area. They had been warned that the area had been heavily booby trapped and mined by the Germans before they had retreated and were instructed to take extreme care. During the trip, for reasons which are not known, Philip Crook left the track which had been swept and found to be clear of mines. Following the explosion of a German “S” anti personnel mine he was found lying on the ground badly wounded by shrapnel. He was evacuated to an Advanced Dressing Station where he died of his wounds a few hours later.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Malvern and on the memorial at the University of Birmingham.
He is buried at Sfax War Cemetery Plot X Row D, Grave 20.

Crisp, Sir John Peter, Bart., son of Sir John Wilson Crisp, Bart., and Marjorie, d. of F. R. Shriver; b. 19 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1942; RNVR in WW2 (Sub-Lieut); succ. father as 4th Bart. 11 Oct. 1950; adm. solicitor July 1951; m. 5 June 1954 Judith Mary, d. of Herbert Edward Gillett FRICS; d. 20 Mar. 2005.

Collins, Lancelot Owen, son of Owen Hyman Collins FRIBA of Maidenhead, and Gertrude Olive Harrington of Reading; b. 12 Mar. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1932; ARIBA 1938; served Recce Corps in WW2; sen. asst architect Middx CC; jun. asst architect Isle of Ely CC 1962-6; princ. asst architect King's Lynn BC 1966-73; asst district architect W. Norfolk DC 1973; m. 1st 1 Sept. 1939 Diana Margaret, d. of Ernest Lancaster-Jones, chief librarian S. Ken­sington Science Museum; 2nd Margaret, d. of Frank Thorn of Warrington, Lancs; d. 30 Jan. 1988.

Cockin, Maurice Herbert Battle, son of Maurice Stanley Cockin, journalist, of Mortlake, Surrey, and Alys Grace. d. of Philip Gear of Bristol; b. 17 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (B), (A) Sept. 1930; left July 1933; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; N. Borneo Admin. Serv­ice; bar student (Middle Temple) 1941; HQ. Intelligence Section 1st Canadian Divn (Capt.); despatches (posth.) Sicily May 1944; killed in action 1944.

Maurice Herbert Battle “Bat” Cockin was born at Mortlake, Surrey on the 17th of November 1915 the only son of Captain Maurice Stanley Cockin, a journalist, and Alice Grace (nee Gear) Cockin of Leyden House, Mortlake. He was christened at St Mary’s Church, Mortlake on the 16th of March 1916. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1929 and up Ashburnham from September 1930 to July 1933. He was a member of the Officers Training Corps where he achieved Certificate A. He went on to the University of Paris to study Arts from 1933 to 1934 and matriculated for Queens’ College, Cambridge in 1934 where he achieved a BA in 1937 and a MA in 1941. On leaving university he accepted a post with the North Borneo Administration Service where he was Private Secretary and Aide de Camp to the Governor of British North Borneo for nine months and was also appointed as a Magistrate. He returned to England where he studied law at the Middle Temple for two years but he enlisted in the army before he complete the course. He was fluent in German, French and Malay. He later moved to Ottawa, Canada where he worked as a civil servant for the British Government for the British Supply Board. He lived at Chateau Laurier, Ottawa.
He attended a medical examination on the 25th of May 1940 where it was recorded that he was six feet tall and that he weighed 158lbs. It was also noted that he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He attested for military service on the 27th of May 1940 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards on the 16th of April 1940. He was attached to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, was promoted to Lieutenant on the 3rd of June 1940 and joined their Depot at Picton on the same day. He left the Depot on the 3rd of February 1941 for overseas service and embarked at Halifax the following day. He disembarked at Gourock, Scotland on the 1st of March 1941. He was promoted to Captain on the 14th of November 1942 and was appointed as an Intelligence Officer 2nd Class on the 5th of February 1943. He was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters in Italy.
On the morning of the 20th of July 1943, Maurice Cockin and Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Albert Sutcliffe went out together for a reconnaissance of the enemy front lines near Monte Assoro. As the two men crouched in the open they were spotted by the crew of a German 88mm gun which was positioned on the high ground to their front. It fired at them over open sights, killing Bruce Sutcliffe instantly and seriously wounding Maurice Cocklin.
A fellow officer saw him when he was brought back to the Canadian lines and recalled: - “Bat Cockin was still alive when they brought him back. He was in great agony, and he had apparently been asking to see me, as he had something to tell me. He and Bruce Sutcliffe had been staring up at the great peak of Assoro, and the zig-zag road that ran up to the village of that name. Although he was pretty far gone, his speech suddenly came back to him with most remarkable clarity, and he grabbed my wrist and said, "John, for God's sake don't go up that road." I don't think he spoke again.”
He was collected by the 4th Canadian Divisional Field Ambulance which took him to No. 1 Field Dressing Station where he was treated for wounds to the lumbar region of his back and to his left arm. He was also suffering from shock. He died from his wounds at 11.15am the following day.
He was Mentioned in Despatches for “Distinguished and gallant services”, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 25th of March 1944.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Queens’ College, Cambridge and on the memorial at the Middle Temple
He is buried at Agira Canadian War Cemetery Plot C, Row G Grave 348.

Chill, Roy Stamford, son of Luke Alfred and Gladys Maud Chill of Finchley; b. 30 Oct. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1930; PO RAF Feb. 1938; killed in flying accident at Khormaksar, Aden, 22 Oct. 1938.

Chill, Robert Charles, brother of Roy Stamford Chill (qv); b. 18 Mar. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (B); left July 1937; Merchant Navy 1938-45 (Radio Officer); suffered brain damage, affecting balance, from accident 1952; m. circa 1944; d. from fall 28 Sept. 1981.

Cherniavsky, Michael Theodore, son of Mischel Cherniavsky, 'cellist, of Saxmundham, Suffolk, and Mary Angus, d. of Benjamin Tingley Rogers of Shannon, Vancouver; b. 26 June 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), KS Jan. 1935; left July 1938; Balliol Coll. Oxf. (open schol.), matric. 1938, BA and MA 1946 (1st class hons Mod. History); Pioneer Corps 1941-5, Sgt Instructor RAEC 1945; sen. History master Newcastle HS, Staffs, 1947-8; asst master Christs Hospital 1948-66, sen. History master 1956-66; assoc. Prof. of History Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, 1966-83; d. 29 Aug. 1992