1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of

war; was wounded in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died in Hospital at Cairo, 8 May following; _unm._ =COX, HUBERT POMEROY=, Rifleman, No. 2089, 1/16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Henry Cox, Permanent Way Inspector, Great Western Railway, by his wife, Kate (158, Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent), dau. of the late Henry Courteen, of Redbrook, co. Monmouth; _b._ Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 5 March, 1891; educ. Watford. He enlisted in the Queen’s Westminster Rifles on the day war was declared, went out to France with his regt. 3 Nov. 1914, and passed through all the critical fighting of Nov. and Dec., until he was killed in action by a shell at Chapelle d’Armentières Town Hall, 19 Dec. 1914. He was buried in the military cemetery, Armentières; _unm._ The following is an extract from a letter from the officer commanding his platoon: “He had done so well in the company since he joined and proved himself a hard worker and a good soldier.” And his Sergt. wrote, describing his death: “The battn. had come out of the trenches, and A Coy. were in their billet (Town Hall) when the shell burst. We were all so sorry about it for he was very much loved by all his comrades.” He was a man of splendid physique, taking an active part in all athletic games. At the school sports during his last term he carried off no fewer than 13 prizes and medals. [Illustration: =Hubert Pomeroy Cox.=] =COX, RICHARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9957), S.S. 2497, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COX, SWITHIN JOHN=, Third Writer, 347960, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =COX, SYDNEY DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 2130, 6th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Harry Cox, of 20, Manners Road, Ilkeston, Derby, formerly of Aldershot and Andover, retired Printer and Stationer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Stephenson, of Burley Road, Leeds; _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, 7 Aug. 1891; educ. Broomy Hill Academy, Hereford; relinquished a lucrative position on the Midland Railway and went to Australia to take up farming in May, 1910, commencing as a farm hand at Stratford, Gippsland, and after three years being placed in charge of the farm. When the call of the Motherland was heard “down under,” he instantly responded, was enrolled in the 2nd, but was afterwards transferred to the 1st, Australian Contingent, took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ He was a good linguist, being able to speak two or three languages fluently. [Illustration: =Sydney Douglas Cox.=] =COX, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 11359, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles William Cox, of 3, Folkestone Road, Swindon, Foreman, Swindon Suridge Works, late Private, Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of Thomas Jenings, of Ossett, Essex; _b._ Swindon, co. Wilts, 29 Oct. 1894; educ. King William Street Church School there; enlisted in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Wiltshire Regt., 9 May, 1910, and passed into the 2nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1910, obtaining his discharge, 30 Jan. 1911. He was then employed in the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon until the outbreak of war, when he enlisted in the Coldstreams, 29 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in action at Givenchy, 23 Dec. 1914, and died in hospital at Wimereux on 29 Dec. 1914; _unm._ =COX, WALTER=, Private, No. 6964, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Cox, by his wife, Maria (Alveston, Stratford-on-Avon), dau. of (--); _b._ Alveston, co. Warwick, 15 Oct. 1885; educ. Tiddington, near Stratford-on-Avon; enlisted at Birmingham, and was officially reported as wounded and missing after the fighting at Landrecies, 23 Aug. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day. =COX, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Ship’s Cook, 347466, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COXHEAD, GUY TEMPLETON=, Gunner, R.M.A., 7834 (R.F.R., 767), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COYLE, JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1970S, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COYNE, JAMES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19994, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WALLACE-CRABBE, KEITH GEORGE=, Capt., 14th Battn. Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of George Wallace-Crabbe, of Gordon, Byrom Street, St. Kilda, Australia, Legal Manager, by his wife, Theresa, dau. of Francis Frederick Cluny, H.M.C., Adelaide, and step-brother of Douglas Wallace-Crabbe, of 34, Buller Road, Longsight, Manchester; _b._ Melbourne, 28 July, 1894; educ. Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, and held a good position in a large business firm. He had joined the 46th (Brighton Rifles) Regt. Australian T.F., some time prior to the war, and on the outbreak of war was a Captain and at once volunteered for Imperial service. He stood 6 feet 2 inches, and was given a commission as Lieut. of the 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, left Australia with the second reinforcements, and after some time in Egypt was sent with his battn. to the Dardanelles, where he took part in the landing on 25 April, and was almost continuously in action for six months. He was the officer in command when Corpl. Jacka won his Victoria Cross at Quinn’s Post, and throughout every action that followed showed conspicuous bravery. Writing to his father from Gallipoli on 20 May, he gave the following account of the incident: “We have just passed through two very strenuous days and nights here. The Turks were heavily reinforced, and made an attack on our position, and we inflicted terrible loss on the attackers. One little incident during the attack may interest you. The Turks, eight in number, got into a small section of our trench, and as I was near we had to clear them out. Lieut. Boyle was wounded, and Lieut. Hamilton killed in tackling the same job, before I came on the scene. I got four boys, who made a rush at them, but were repulsed with two wounded. Then I made as if we were going to attack again, and threw some grenades at them, and the L.-Corpl. whom I have written the memorandum about rushed in at the other end and fired ten shots. The copy enclosed is what I have written to get Jacka a medal for conduct. The General was greatly pleased with the way the attack was repulsed right along, and Major Rankine, who was in command of our trench, got great praise. All of us were personally congratulated by General Godley, Brigadier Monash and Col. Courtney. This is an extract from my report to headquarters: ‘I beg to report that at 5 a.m. on 19 May L.-Corpl. Jacka, No. 4 Coy., 14th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, under my instructions, rushed in at one end of the trenches whilst I had a party engaging them at the other end, and shot seven Turks who had forced and obtained a section of our trenches. L.-Corpl. Jacka and a party of four had tried a previous bayonet rush, but were repulsed with two casualties to us.’” Capt. Crabbe was mainly responsible for the ascendancy which the 4th Brigade established on the enemy in bomb fighting. He was killed while leading a desperate charge at Hill 60 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 24 Aug. 1915; _unm._ “Men who saw this gallant officer lying dead,” wrote Sergt. Jacka, “say that he died with a sweet smile on his face. ‘Killed in action’ was, perhaps, all that you were told, but what death is there as noble as this, when you meet it while leading your men in the thick of battle and fighting for your King and country against such odds? The attack was made by 100 men from the 14th Battn., 100 from the 13th and 50 from the 16th. Lieut. Crabbe had been promoted to Capt. just previous to this, and being such a brave, cool officer he had charge of the men. It was in this ill-fated charge that he met his death. It was a desperate attack, and while leading his men, a smoking revolver in his hand, he fell, shot through the head. His sad and untimely death is greatly mourned by us. He was a great favourite with all the men who knew him, and had made a name for himself as a gallant leader, and had he lived through this engagement a very high honour would have been conferred upon him.” He wrote a treatise on platoon drill, and invented a new system of throwing hand grenades, and dealing with enemy grenades. [Illustration: =Keith Wallace-Crabbe.=] =CRABTREE, WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only _s._ of the late William Henry Robinson Crabtree, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Helen (39, Thome Road, Doncaster), dau. of John William Blagbrough, of Manchester; _b._ Doncaster, 20 May, 1895; educ. North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, and afterwards started his training at the Brodsworth Colliery, with the view to becoming a mining engineer. On the outbreak of war he applied for a commission, and meantime joined as a private in the Public School camp, then stationed at Epsom, where he stayed only a few days, when he was gazetted to the 8th Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 22 Sept. 1914. He was killed in a taxi-cab accident while training, 10 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Crabtree.=] =CRACKNELL, FREDERICK=, Gunner, 7885, R.M.A., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE=, K.C.V.O., C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th _s._ of the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; _b._ Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educ. Richmond Grammar School, and Amyat Burney’s, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan. 1875; became Sub-Lieut. 21 Dec. 1881; Lieut. 30 June, 1885; Commander, 31 Aug. 1896; Capt., 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910; served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieut. with Naval Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive’s Bronze Star; 4th Medjidie); was First Lieut. H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieut. in Royal Yacht, 1894–6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17 July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward Seymour’s column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June, 1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904, and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Capt. to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for “courage and energy displayed” on this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb. 1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states “During Sunday, 1 Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence of the Canopus the enemy’s preponderance of force was considerable.” A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the Family. He was author of “Sporting Notes in the Far East,” “Wrinkles in Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse,” “Whispers from the Fleet,” etc., etc. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Sir C. G. F. M. Cradock.=] =CRAGG, GEOFFREY ETHELBERT=, Solicitor, Sergt., No. 1745, 5th Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Anthony Richard Cragg. Estate Agent to Sir Jeremiah Colman, Gatton Park, of Warleigh, Eversfield Road, Reigate, Surrey, and Author of “Hints to Young Valuers” and many other works, by his wife, Alice Louise, dau. of the late Norcliffe William Glendinning, of Ambleside; _b._ Hereford, 25 Feb. 1888; educ. Hoe Preparatory School and Reigate Grammar School; served his articles with Morrison and Nightingale, of Reigate and Redhill, and was admitted a solicitor in July, 1910. He was appointed Deputy Coroner for East Surrey in 1912, and was probably the youngest Deputy Coroner in the country. He had joined the Royal West Surrey Territorials in 1912, and when war broke out was in training with his regiment on Salisbury Plain. He immediately signed on for the period of the war, and was sent to India with his regt. Cragg was one of those who volunteered for service in the Persian Gulf, when, in Aug. 1915, a call was made for a further draft of men from the 5th Queen’s to join the 2nd Norfolks, then in Mesopotamia, and his keenness is shown by the fact that he was willing to revert to the rank of Corpl. in order to go. He took part in the action on 27–28 Sept., and died of dysentery, at Kut-el-Amara, 17 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Col. Brodrick wrote to Mrs. Cragg: “Your son was a splendid fellow. His devotion to duty at all times was wonderful. We shall miss him terribly, but he died, as he would have wished, doing his duty, and the regt. is proud of him.” [Illustration: =Geoffrey Ethelbert Cragg.=] =CRAMPTON, CHARLES THEODORE=, Stoker, P.O. 294717, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CRANE, CHARLES EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., eldest _s._ of Charles Arnold Crane, of The Reddings, Cheltenham, by his wife, Georgina, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Walker, Rector of Abbots Morton, Worcestershire; _b._ Birlingham, co. Worcester, 18 Feb. 1892; educ. Oakfield, Rugby, Cheltenham College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 4 Sept. 1912, and served with his regt. in Ireland in the spring of 1914 in connection with the troublous time in Belfast. On the outbreak of war he went with his regt. to the Front, was wounded in the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and died from wounds, at Mont de Soissons Farm, four days later, being buried near Mont de Soissons, between the village of Nampteuil-sous-Muret and Serches, 7 miles from Soissons, and 1 mile from Serches, overlooking the Valley of the Aisne; _unm._ His commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. M. N. Turner, in writing to his father, paid a high tribute to his worth and courage: “Your boy was absolutely brave and good. We were all so very fond of him, and he was such an excellent officer. He was absolutely fearless, and one of the best.” An officer wrote: “He was hit on 14 Sept, when doing real good, brave work. He did his work before he was hit, and it took a bit of doing. Another good soldier and leader, and another gallant officer! We miss him very much; we all liked him so tremendously.” Sergt. Blaclock declared that “He was always to the front in the call of duty, and the men who have had the honour to serve with him at home or on the battlefield will, I am sure, always feel proud of him, and he will always be remembered as one of the bravest and best.” And L.-Corpl. J. Horan, 1st Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., wrote: “I had the pleasure of serving with your gallant son. All through the famous retreat from Mons it will always live in my memory his kindness to me; that was when we started the advance. He picked me up where I was lying by the road one night and put me in an ambulance wagon, and also another Private; we both owe our lives to him. He was most kind and considerate in all his orders, and would never ask his men to go to any place he would not go himself. We had trying times, especially on 26 Aug., when he took us out of the village Le Chateau. I don’t remember him losing any of his platoons. It was a dreadful ordeal, for they were firing upon us in all directions. His conduct was brilliant in the extreme; it was his coolness that got us out of it. I cannot express his kindness, for on the retreat I have seen him carrying the men’s rifles. He would give us chocolates and cigarettes, or whatever he had he would give to any one. I cannot speak too highly of him.” Numerous other letters refer to him in like terms of admiration and respect. [Illustration: =Charles Edward Crane.=] =CRASCALL, COULSON HENRY=, A. B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2577), 177293, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRAVEN, EDWARD=, Stoker. 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7125), S.S. 101858, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRAVEN, THOMAS=, Deckhand, R.N.R., 1386 D.A., Royal Naval Reserve; _b._ Cleckheaton, co. York, 26 Feb. 1872; educ. Church Schools, Liversedge, co. York; was in the employ of Messrs. Hillyer, of Hull; joined the Royal Naval Reserve at the outbreak of war, and was drowned in the North Sea by falling overboard during a gale, while surveying on H.M. armed trawler Viola in the North Sea, 7 Nov. 1914. He was buried with naval honours at Lerwick; _unm._ =CRAVEN, THOMAS=, Stoker, P.O. (R.F.R., A. 1917/), 154699, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRAWFORD, ALEXANDER PRATT=, Private, No. 7049, 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Charles Crawford, of Leith, Wine and Spirit Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Lumsden (11, Annfield, Newhaven), dau. of the late Peter Seton, of Edinburgh; _b._ Leith, 17 Feb. 1887; educ. at Trinity Academy, Leith; enlisted 29 Sept. 1904, and was killed in action at the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =CRAWFORD, EDWARD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 7th surviving and yst. twin _s._ of the late Robert Crawford, of Stonewold, Ballyshannon, C.E., D.L., Professor of Engineering in Trinity College, Dublin, 1882–87, by his second wife, Anna, dau. of the late Thomas Troubridge Stubbs, of Ballyshannon; _b._ Stonewold, Ballyshannon, co. Donegal, 23 Nov. 1880; educ. Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th (now the 3rd) Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 30 April, 1906, and promoted Lieut. 14 July, 1908. He went to the Front, Oct. 1914. and was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles in Flanders; he was invalided home in Dec. 1914, having contracted frostbite in the trenches. On recovery he again went to the Front, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., and died at the British Hospital, Wimereux, France, 27 May, 1915, as the result of gas poisoning and wounds received while in action about 25 May. He was buried in the cemetery at Wimereux; _unm._ [Illustration: =Edward Crawford.=] =CRAWFORD, HUGH=, A.B. (R.F.R. B., 10852), S.S. 2908, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CRAWFORD, RICHARD GILPIN=, Lieut., Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., _s._ and only child of William C. Crawford, of Tilbury, Kent co., Ontario, President of the Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Railway, a member of the Municipal Council of Tilbury for 23 years and Chairman of the Council for 13 years, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Richard Thompson Gilpin, of St. Mary’s, Ontario; _b._ Tilbury, 12 Jan. 1892; educ. Common and High School in Tilbury, Upper Canada College, Toronto, and The Royal Military College, Kingston, being a Graduate there. He joined the 1st Canadian Contingent in Aug. 1914; left with it for England in Sept. following, and after being attached to the 9th Battn. at Salisbury, England, proceeded to France, 25 March, 1915, and was transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. He was twice wounded in the engagement at Bellewarde Lake, 8 May, 1915, and died in the Clearing Hospital at 2 p.m. the day following. He was buried at Bailleul, France; _unm._ Lieut. Crawford was recommended for distinguished service in the field by Major-Gen. Snow, commanding 27th Division, Canadian L.I., on account of his bravery in remaining under a very heavy shell and rifle fire to dig out some of his comrades from under their machine guns. The officer commanding Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I. (Hugh L. Niven) wrote to his father: “Lieut. Crawford was wounded early in the morning of 8 May at Bellewarde Lake by a piece of high explosive shell that lit in the trench where he was attending to his duties. He was carried by four of the men of his company, who were exposed to heavy shell and machine gun fire, to a dug-out some 100 yards in rear. He was there properly bandaged by the medical orderlies and made comfortable. About noon the same day a large high explosive shell fell on the dug-out and Lieut. Crawford was again wounded, this time on his right foot. He was got out of this dug-out at once and taken to another one to the left, and was taken to our dressing station at dusk by the stretcher-bearers, and sent on from there in an ambulance to the closest hospital about 9 miles away, and he died there from his wounds. I saw a great deal of Lieut. Crawford, and I say in all sincerity that this regt. lost one of its most promising officers. His bravery was most remarkable, and his officers and men reported this to me on several occasions. He did not know what it was to be nervous even under the heaviest shell fire, and on the morning of 4 May, when they were shelling his trench, he dug out the machine gun section which were completely buried by a shell, and although several fell within 10 feet of him he never even noticed them, but continued digging as if he were miles away from harm. I was with him at the time, and it was worth while to listen to the men he helped to rescue telling him what they thought of his action. This is only one of many cases where he displayed the greatest gallantry. In fact, he was idolised by his men, and the whole regt. mourns one of the bravest soldiers that ever lived. When he was so seriously wounded he objected to any one making a fuss over him, and was always telling the orderlies to attend to some one else, and, as he was going away, he said he would be back right away, just as soon as he could get out of the hospital.” [Illustration: =Richard Gilpin Crawford.=] =CRAWFORD, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sergt., No. 7791, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Frederick Crawford, Chintz Glazer; _b._ Camden Town, 8 March, 1889; enlisted 9 April, 1908; served in Egypt, 6 Jan. 1909, to 11 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded at Landrecies in Aug. 1914, and invalided home, returning to the Front, 7 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 8 July, 1915, by a rifle grenade. He _m._ at Clapton, 7 March, 1915, Clara Annie (94, Dunlace Road, Clapton, London), dau. of Alfred Leonard Hughes, of London; _s.p._ [Illustration: =William John Crawford.=] =CRAWHALL, FRITZ PORTMORE=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the Rev. Edmund Isaac Laroche Crawhall, Vicar of Herriard, co. Hants, and later of Granton, co. York, by his wife, Isabella Duncan, dau. of Capt. James Grant, R.N.; _b._ Ryde, Isle of Wight, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. “Cordwalles,” Maidenhead, and Winchester College (scholar), and received his commission in the 6th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 15 Aug. 1914. After the action at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March, 1915, he was officially reported “missing,” but his Capt. stated that he saw him fall dead in a German trench. He was captain of the College VI at Winchester, 1912–13 and 1913–14, and open classical postmaster of Merton College, Oxford. =CRAWLEY, ARTHUR EDWARD=, Private, No. 10723, 1st Battn. Royal Scots, 4th _s._ of Alfred Thomas Crawley, of 14, Queen’s Road, Peckham, London, Printer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of T. Bennet; _b._ Bloomsbury, London, W.C., 23 March, 1891; educ. Colls Road L.C.C. School, Peckham; enlisted 10 Aug. 1910; served in India, 7 Oct. 1911 to Oct. 1914, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 19 Dec. 1914 to 22 Jan. 1915, on which latter date he was killed in action at Veirstraat; _unm._ =CRAWLEY, HAROLD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7549), S.S. 102735, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRAWLEY, JAMES=, Private, No. 12042, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of the late John Crawley (died 1900), by his wife, Mary Ann (5, Puddle Dock, Willmington, Dartford, Kent), dau. of John Austin; _b._ Battersea; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =CRAYFORD, VICTOR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./9027, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CREAGH, AUBREY OSBORNE=, Capt., 120th Rajputana Infantry, Indian Army, _s._ of Major-Gen. William Creagh, Indian Army, and gdson. of General Sir Michael Creagh, K.H.; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea, 18 Sept. 1883; educ. The Grange, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Southlea; Great Malvern; United Services College, Westward Ho (1897–1900); and Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1901); gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 18 April, 1904, and Capt. 12 July, 1911. Left for India in March, 1902, and was attd. to the Suffolks at Karachi, and later transferred to the Cheshires at Quetta. After a year with them he was appointed to the 120th Rajputana Infantry at Poona (10 April, 1903), going afterwards to Baroda; served on detachment duty at Buxa, N.E. Bengal, and commanded a detachment of 50 men of the 120th at Gyantse, Tibet, from Aug. 1909, to May, 1911, where he guarded the British Trade Agency. When war broke out he was on leave in Chumba (beyond Kashmir), and only heard of it on reaching Simla, receiving orders to rejoin his regt. He landed in the Persian Gulf in Nov. 1914, took part in the capture of Basra and the fight at Sahil on 17 Nov., after which the regt. was entrenched at Kurna for several weeks. Capt. Creagh was killed in the Battle at Shaiba, 14 April, 1915, being shot through the head. His commanding officer wrote: “He fell while leading his double company in the fiercest action that has taken place in this campaign; the regt. was well in the thick of it all, and finally participated in the bayonet charge at the end of the battle. Young Creagh has helped to create a name for this regt. which will not be forgotten. The regt. attacked a strong position over very open country, losing nearly 200 in casualties out of about 660.” He was buried on the battlefield; _unm._ =CREAN, THEODORE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., attached No. 4 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of the late Richard Crean, of Manchester, M.D., by his wife, Lucy Mary (Chester), dau. of Peter Bohngard; _b._ Manchester, 23 Oct. 1880: educ. Stonyhurst, and Gonville and Caius, Cambridge; received a commission in the 6th (Militia) Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers, Sept. 1900, and joined his regt. in South Africa in Jan.; served through the South African War, March, 1901 to 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with five clasps. He then passed into the Regulars, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Lancashire Fusiliers, 30 April, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 20 May, 1904, and transferred to Northants Regt. in May, 1908, and obtained his company, 14 June, 1913. He was attached to the West African Regt., 27 Oct. 1905 to 28 Sept. 1911, and was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 19 Feb. 1913; returning to England just before the outbreak of war. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, 4 Sept. 1914, and was shot down in an aeroplane while signalling to the artillery near Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914. He was buried at Gheluvelt, Flanders; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Your son had done awfully good work with us, and at the moment of his death was doing splendidly in observing our artillery and signalling to them from the air. They had to fly low owing to clouds and were under a heavy fire. Your son and the pilot were killed instantly.” =CREASER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9275), S.S. 106492, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CREES, ERNEST JAMES=, Chief Shipwright, 341595, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CREIGHTON, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10097), S.S. 107757, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CRESSWELL, ERNEST ALAN=, Corpl., No. 2205, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Walter Cresswell, of North Villa, The Vale, Hampstead, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Robert Henderson, Miniature Painter; _b._ Elstree, co. Herts, 29 March, 1892; educ. Hampstead, and was a decorative designer of great promise. Immediately war was declared he joined the Queen Victoria Rifles, went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was wounded at the capture of Hill 60 in April, 1915, being with Lieut. Woolley (the first Territorial officer to win the V.C.) when he gained that distinction. He had only rejoined his regt. a few days after being in hospital when he was killed in action near St. Eloi, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Elyenwalle Chateau, in Wood H (35b, Reference Map, Belgium, 28’/40,000). The papers appointing him Sergt. had just been made out when he was killed. [Illustration: =Ernest Alan Cresswell.=] =CRESSWELL, JOHN LESLIE=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 15838, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CREW, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. Ch./9398, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CRICHTON, GERALD EDGECUMBE=, Private, No. 1928, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Crichton, of 18, Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, by his late wife, Bessie Eleanor, dau. of the late George Edgecumbe; _b._ Edgbaston, 8 Oct. 1886; educ. Edgbaston Preparatory School and King Edward’s School, Birmingham; went to Australia in Dec. 1907, and settled at Galong, N.S.W.; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action in a Turkish trench during the attack in Lone Pine district, Gallipoli, 6–7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =CRICHTON, HUBERT FRANCIS=, Major, Irish Guards, only _s._ of Col. the Hon. Charles Frederick Crichton, of Mullaboden, Ballymore, late Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Lady Madeline, née Taylour, 2nd dau. of Thomas, 3rd Marquis of Headfort, K.P., P.C., and grandson of John, 3rd Earl Erne, K.P.: _b._ 95, Eaton Square, London, 17 Dec. 1874; educ. Eton and Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Grenadier Guards, 15 Jan. 1896. He was promoted Lieut. 12 March, 1898, and two years later transferred to the Irish Guards, becoming Capt. 6 Oct. 1900, and Major, 25 March, 1908. He served with the Nile Expedition, 1898, being present at the Battle of Khartoum (medal with clasp), and in the South African war, 1902, when he was employed with the Imperial Yeomanry in the operations in Cape Colony; for this he received the Queen’s medal with two clasps. From 19 May, 1900, to 31 Dec. 1901, he had been Adjutant of the Irish Guards, and from 23 Oct. 1902, to 14 Feb. 1905, was A.D.C. to the Commander, 1st Army Corps. Aldershot. The Irish Guards formed part of the original Expeditionary Force to go to France, and Major Crichton was killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 7 Sept. 1914, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He _m._ London, 14 July, 1903, Esther, dau. of Llewellyn Saunderson, of Kingstown, co. Dublin, and had two daus.: Doris Madeline, _b._ 29 May, 1904; and Enid Irene Adelaide, _b._ 27 Feb. 1907. [Illustration: =Hubert Francis Crichton.=] =CRICHTON, JOSEPH MICHAEL SMITH=, Private, No. 2199, 16th Battn. Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of Alfred James Crichton, of Sunderland, by his wife, Ann (28, Sidecliff Road, Roker, Sunderland), dau. of Joseph Michael Smith; _b._ Sunderland, co. Durham, 16 March, 1889; educ. at Redby School, and went to Australia in April, 1912, where he took up farming. After the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in April, 1915, went to Egypt with the 16th Battn. in July, and was killed in action on Lone Pine, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had volunteered with some other Australians and Indians on some very hazardous work when he met his death. His Adjutant said of him “That he always did excellent work, but, more particularly on the day of his death.” [Illustration: =Joseph M. S. Crichton.=] =CRIPPS, GEORGE=, A.B., 206557, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRIPPS, SPENCER HARRY=, Petty Officer, R.N.V.R., London 1/3501, Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, only _s._ of William Henry Cripps, of Bradford-on-Avon, Draper; _b._ Buckingham, 24 June, 1882; educ. Bath; served in the South African War (medal), and on the outbreak of the European War, joined the R.N.V.R. in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915. Lieut. Edward H. S. Bligh wrote: “He has been a great help to me ever since I first took charge of the 16th Platoon, and it did not take me long to single him out; it was not long before I was able to recommend him for the promotion he so well deserved. Just before his death I had lost him from the platoon, as he had been put in command of another platoon, and he was at the head of his men when he came under heavy fire and fell dead on 25 May, with a bullet through his brain. I was able to go out after dusk and to bury his body.” He _m._ at St. George’s Church, Brondesbury, 13 Feb. 1915, Winifred Louise, dau. of John Butler, of 8, Blenheim Gardens, Cricklewood; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Spencer Harry Cripps.=] =CRISP, JAMES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3607C, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRITCHER, ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17494, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CRITCHLEY, SIDNEY HERBERT=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 345723, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =CROCK, THOMAS=, P.O., 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 4674), 158554, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CROCKER, FREDERICK CYRIL=, Sergt., No. 1865, No. 4 Platoon, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), _s._ of Lieut. John Crocker, of Claremont, Portishead, Somerset, formerly of Lerwick and Stornoway, R.N., Divisional Officer of Coast Guards, Southend Division, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late James Bardsley; _b._ Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 22 Dec. 1887; educ. Tate School, Wexford, and Anderson Institute, Lerwick, Shetland, and prior to the outbreak of war was an Officer of Excise at Gateshead. He joined the Northumberland Fusiliers at the beginning of 1914, volunteered for Imperial service when war began, was severely wounded in action at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915, while leading the platoon in a bayonet charge after his platoon officer, Lieut. Garton, had fallen, and died in the East Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich, 1 June, following. He _m._ at Glasgow, 10 June, 1911, Janet, dau. of Peter Macleod, of Stornoway, and had two daus.: Patricia Joan Mary, _b._ 28 April, 1912; and Annie Valerie, _b._ 4 Feb. 1915. [Illustration: =Frederick Cyril Crocker.=] =CROCKFORD, CHARLES=, P.O., 1st Class., 198167, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CROFTON, CHARLES WOODWARD=, Major, 9th (Service) Battn. Worcestershire Regt., formerly North Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of the Rev. Henry Woodward Crofton, formerly H.M. Chaplain at Rangoon and Simla, by his wife, Janette, dau. of Charles Butter, of Ingateston, Essex (attd. 5th Dragoon Guards as Medical Officer in Battle of Waterloo); _b._ Rugby, 8 Nov. 1864; educ. Haileybury and Oxford Military College, and received his commission as Lieut. from the Militia to the North Staffordshire Regt. (the old 98th), 25 Nov. 1885, and became Capt. 6 March, 1895, and Major, 14 March, 1905. He served in the Dongola Expedition (Egyptian medal with clasp), 1896, and was Station Staff Officer of the first grade in India from 6 July, 1902, to 31 May, 1904, and Brigade Major from 1 June, 1904, to 31 March, 1905. He had retired 6 Dec. 1913, but after the declaration of war immediately placed his services at the disposal of the War Office, and on 31 Aug. was gazetted to the 9th Worcesters as second in command to Lieut.-Col. M. H. Nunn. He went out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 10 Aug.