Day, Maurice, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1909; was articled to an architect, and was just out of his articles when Great War I began; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) and went out to the western front in the autumn of 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regt. March 20, 1915; killed in action in France May 9, 1915; unm.
Day, Herbert, brother of Harold Benjamin Day (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1881; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1894 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) 1900; matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1905; entered the scholastic profession; enlisted in the Buffs (East Kent Regt.) on the outbreak of Great War I: 2nd Lieut. 11th (Reserve) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. March 10, 1915; went out to the western front June 1916, and was attached to the 8th Batt. of his Regt.; killed in action at La Boiselle, on the Somme, July 10, 1916; unm.
Dawson, Thomas Reginald, 1895-1915
Dawson, Thomas Reginald, only son of Charles Reginald Dawson, of Beckenham, Kent, by Eleanor Hannah, youngest daughter of William Spencer Mitchell, of Cambridge; b. Dec. 23, 1895; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 19th Batt. London Regt. Oct. 3, 1914; went out to the western front June 17, 1915; d. Feb. 4, 1916, at the Empire Hospital, Vincent Square, Westminster, from wounds received in action at Loos Sept. 25, 1915; unm.
Davison, Ralph, fourth son of George Henry Davison, of Bloomsbury, by Edith, daughter of Edmund Richardson, of London; b. Nov. 4, 1894; adm. from Univ. Coll. School Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1912; entered an engineer's office; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt. Jan. 10, 1914; was attached to the 1st Batt. and went out to the western front in Aug. 1914; was wounded at the first battle of Ypres, in Nov. 1914; returned to the front in March 1915; Lieut. March 1915; killed in action at Aubers Ridge, France, May 9, 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.
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.
Croft, Herbert Archer, 1868-1915
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.
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.
Cracknell, Charles George Raphael, 1888-1917
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.
Cozens-Brooke, John Gilbert Somerset, 1893-1914
Cozens-Brooke, John Gilbert Somerset, only son of Ernest Brooke Cozens-Brooke, of Earl's Court, London, by Mabel Emily Florence, daughter of Capt. John William Clayton, of Marylebone; b. Nov. 26, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1910; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Spec. Res.) Royal Scots Fusiliers April 1, 1912; Lieut. Aug. 15, 1914, attached 1st Batt. on taking out draft from depot to the western front in Sept. 1914; killed whilst scouting near Lille Oct. 18, 1914.