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Carrick-Allan, Nigel Powell, son of William Carrick-Allan MD of Dinard, Brittany, and Norah Rye, d. of Henry R. Powell of Bickley, Kent; b. 24 Aug, 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B), (A) Sept. 1931; left Apr. 1932; St Andrews Univ. 1936, MA 1941; Gunner RA, disch. for ill-health Nov. 1940; adm. an advocate (Scottish Bar) July 1944; m. 17 July 1939 Mary Swanson, d. of Angus Camp­bell of Auchdennan, Dumbartonshire; d. 14 Apr. 1960.

Carton, Arthur, son of Henry Joseph Carton, stockbroker, of Hove, Sussex, and Ida Kahn, opera and concert singer, d. of Joseph Kahn, shoe manufacturer; b. 23 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (B); left Apr. 1928; Lond. Stock Exchange 1929-74; 2nd Lieut. RA Feb. 1941; dir. Porn & Dunwoody Ltd, diesel and lift engineers, 1953-; Master Worsh. Company of Gardeners 1974; m. 26 Mar. 1952 Alice, d. of Marcel Porn of Little Kingshill, Bucks.; d. 1 May 1994

Carver, Colin Howard, son of Frederic Carver of Thorpe Bay, Essex, and Evelyn Maud, d. of George Gorey le Couteur of Jersey; b. 10 Apr. 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (B); left July 1930; dir. Carver Gregory & Co. Ltd, wholesale textile distributors; RA 1942, RE Sept. 1944 (Capt.); m. 16 July 1948 Joyce Yvonne Jacob, d. of Reginald William Hunnex of Thorpe Bay; d. 20 June 1982.

Charles, Regilaus Henry, son of Henry Edward Charles, HM Customs & Excise, and Ellen Mabel Phillips; b. 17 Apr. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (A), (B) Sept. 1925; left Mar. 1926; British S. Africa Police 1931.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.