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Name: CROFTON, Richard Cecil Milman MC
Nee: only child of Maj. Caldwell Henry Crofton, late RA, blinded
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1895 Farnham
Death Date: 15 June 1941 wounds received in action, Abyssinia
Last Date: 1941
Profession: White hunter
Area: Gilgil
Married: In Farnham 1930 Mrs Florence Evangeline Cloete Martin née Northey b. 17 Mar 1898 S. Africa, d. 7 Mar 1942 Kenya (dau of Sir Edward Northey and prev. m. John Leigh Clowes1890-1971 in 1917, div 1919, and Humphrey Trice Martin 1888-1931)
Children: Elizabeth (7 Apr 1916-1981)
Book Reference: Web, Temptress, Chandler, Web, Barnes
War Service: WW1 Royal Field Artillery. WW2 EA Intelligence Corps
General Information:
Web - 1929 - Named as co-respondent in Divorce case . Humfrey Trice Martin - appellant, respondent Florence Evangeline Cloete Martin (daughter of Sir Edward Northey)
Temptress - Flo Crofton - Became Alice (de Janze)'s housekeeper after Noel Case retired to get married. She was the daughter of General Northey … She married Dick Crofton, a white hunter living near Gilgil.
Chandler - "Dickie" Crofton, a Kenya white hunter, was killed in action in Abyssinia in 1941. He was considered something of a lion specialist.
Web - 9 Feb 1915 - commissioned Second Lieut. From RMA to Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery - RA as of 10 Feb 1915.
London Gazette (Supp) 11 Jan 1919 - Lt. (A/Capt) Richard Cecil Milman Crofton, MC - for conspicuous gallantry and initiative. He brought his battery through shell fire which killed and wounded several horses, and then came into action, and from an exposed observation post brought effective fire to bear on a railway station which was crowded with enemy troops. His bold handling of his battery was a fine example to all, and he did considerable damage to the enemy (MC gazetted 26 July 1918.
LG (Supp) 26 July 1918 - Lt. Richard Cecil Milman Crofton, RHA - for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when observing and directing the fire of the battery under heavy shell fire in a very exposed observation post. He frequently avoided casualties by his courage and promptness when clearing killed and wounded horses away from the teams which had been hit. (Bar to MC).
Commonwealth War Graves - Captain 80159 attd. East African Intelligence Corps. Capt. Richard Cecil Milman Crofton MC died, Sunday 15 June 1941 aged 45. His wife's name was Florence. Nairobi War Cemetery and Tilford War Memorial, Surrey
Nakuru North cemetery - Florence Northey Crofton, died 7/3/1942
Gazette 1 July 1941 probate says he died in Nairobi
East African Forces Register of Deaths in WW2 does not say where he died