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Codd, Stephen Arthur Herbert, only son of Arthur William Codd, of West Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of William Whitley, of Woodstock, co. Oxon.; b. Oct. 24, 1891; adm. as K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1910; entered the office of the High Commissioner for South Africa, but in 1913 went to King's Coll. London with the intention of taking holy orders; gained the Wordsworth Latin Prize in the Intermediate B. D. Exam. in 1914; enlisted in the Univs. and Pub. Schools Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 11th (Service) Batt. Gloucestershire Regt. Dec. 18, 1914; was attached to the 7th Batt. and went out to Gallipoli Sept. 24, 1915, but after the great blizzard there in Nov. was invalided home with frostbite; went out to the western front after his recovery Aug. 24, 1916; killed in action at High Wood on the Somme Sept. 9, 1916; unm.

Cooke, Guy Proudfoot, only son of David Frederick Cooke, of Teddington, Middlesex, solicitor, by Alice, widow of Arthur Proudfoot; b. Feb. 27, 1894; adm. from Uppingham School April 29, 1909 (A); left Dec. 1910; entered his father's office in Jan. 1911 and was articled to him in March 1913; joined the R. N. V. R. March 1913, and as a leading seaman took part in the operations at Antwerp in Oct. 1914; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Nelson Batt.) Dec. 23, 1914; went out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force March 2, 1915; killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, May 2nd, 1915; unm.

Coventry, Wyndham John, younger son of Frank Coventry, of Twickenham, by Louisa Emily, daughter of Sir John Joseph Grinlinton, of Middle Wallop, Hants; b. Dec. 25, 1886; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1906; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) Jan. 19, 1907, 44th Merwara Infantry (Indian Army) March 12, 1908; Squadron Officer 7th Hariana Lancers July 6, 1908; Lieut. Indian Army April 19, 1909; Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; left India with drafts for the 20th Deccan Horse Dec. 7, 1914, and served on the western front as observer in the Royal Flying Corps until. June 1915; was recalled to his regiment in India, and joined the expeditionary force to Mesopotamia July 1915; took part in the battles of Kut and Ctesiphon; mentioned in despatches; d. Jan. 1, 1916, of wounds received in action at Ali Gharh, Mesopotamia, the previous day; unm.

Cozens, Leslie, brother of Frederick Cyril Cozens (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1911; entered his father's business of tanner and currier at Walsall; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. South Staffs Regt. May 2, 1912; Lieut. March 1, 1914; Capt. May 19, 1915; went out to the western front March 3, 1915; d. Oct. 14, 1915, from wounds received in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt the previous day; unm.

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.

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.

Crowe, Hugh Barby, only son of Col. Percy Barby Crowe, of West Brompton, by Annie, daughter of William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Beds, and sister of George Pemberton Allen (q.v.); b. April 18, 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (G); left Dec. 1911; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. City of London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) May 31, 1912; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1914; A.D.C. to Lord Lucan, commanding the 1st London Infantry Brigade; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 16, 1914, attached to the 5th Batt. at Dover, until he joined his own Batt. on the western front Nov. 31, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 11, 1915; invalided home from Ypres with concussion in April 1915; was transferred to the 2nd Batt. on his recovery, and went out to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Aug. 14, 1915; drowned off the Gallipoli Peninsula in the collision between H. M. S. Hythe and H. M. S. Sarnia, while acting as Military Conducting Officer on the former vessel, Oct. 28, 1915; unm.

Davison, Edmund, brother of Ralph Davison (q.v.); b. Dec. 27, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Royal Sussex Regt. Dec. 28, 1915; attached 12th Batt. and went out to the western front June 1916; was wounded in Oct. 1916, and invalided home; returned to the front in July 1917; killed in action in Flanders Sept. 24, 1917; unm.