lanride Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 Hello, I'm looking for a photograph of soldier M. CROFTON was in 1918/19 Lt Col at 317th Brigade R.F.A. and all information. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 24 November , 2018 Admin Share Posted 24 November , 2018 (edited) According to his MIC he was "Malby" and had been MID and awarded the DSO (images below courtesy Ancestry free access) Edited 24 November , 2018 by DavidOwen Name correction thanks helpjpl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 Malby Crofton: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30813/supplement/8735/data.pdf JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 (edited) No photo but this may be of interest: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1023370 Born 19 March 1881 the son of Malby Edward Crofton and his wife Henrietta nee Moore: JP Edited 24 November , 2018 by helpjpl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 Found the Father on the KORLR Museum's page His brother Thomas is on the Connaught Rangers Association webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 24 November , 2018 Admin Share Posted 24 November , 2018 Appear to be some out there, not sure how you view them? https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp93532/sir-malby-richard-henry-crofton-4th-bt And his son's picture here https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Malby-Sturges-Crofton-5th-Bt/6000000069790764843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 (edited) 40 minutes ago, DavidOwen said: Appear to be some out there, not sure how you view them? Haven't done too much digging David, but there appears to be a Malby Crofton, which is Malby Edward Crofton's son and there is the Malby RH Crofton too. Andy Edited 24 November , 2018 by HolymoleyRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, DavidOwen said: Appear to be some out there, not sure how you view them? https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp93532/sir-malby-richard-henry-crofton-4th-bt And his son's picture here https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Malby-Sturges-Crofton-5th-Bt/6000000069790764843 29 minutes ago, HolymoleyRE said: Haven't done too much digging David, but there appears to be a Malby Crofton, which is Malby Edward Crofton's son and there is the Malby RH Crofton too. Andy Sir Malby Richard Henry Crofton, 4th bart.: Edit: Malby Crofton, page 140, and Malby Richard Henry Crofton, page 141: https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~charvey/Family/Crofton.pdf JP Edited 24 November , 2018 by helpjpl to add link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 And both born in 1881.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 24 November , 2018 Share Posted 24 November , 2018 Malby Crofton was at Rossall School 1893-1897: Rossall School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossall_School Contact: https://www.rossall.org.uk/contact/ JP (Peter Barton is an alumnus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 26 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2018 Thank you all for this information. What I can say here is that I have a 1919 photo of an officer of the 317Th Bge R.F.A taken in my village in Belgium (Border with France). By consulting the archives of the War Diaries of this Bde, there are 3 Officers, Lt Col M Crofton, Major A.L Smith and Maj H. C Allen ... I would like to know which one is in this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolymoleyRE Posted 26 November , 2018 Share Posted 26 November , 2018 3 hours ago, lanride said: Maj H. C Allen The Officer by my reckoning is a Major or Lt Col with an MC ribbon...capbadge isn't that clear so assuming he is still RFA. You have Henry Cecil Allen MC, attained the rank of Captain on his Medal index card.. So may have acting or Temp Major perhaps. Or Arthur Leonard Smith MC, attaining the rank of Major on his MIC. My money is on the latter. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 27 November , 2018 Share Posted 27 November , 2018 On 26 November 2018 at 16:04, lanride said: Thank you all for this information. What I can say here is that I have a 1919 photo of an officer of the 317Th Bge R.F.A taken in my village in Belgium (Border with France). By consulting the archives of the War Diaries of this Bde, there are 3 Officers, Lt Col M Crofton, Major A.L Smith and Maj H. C Allen ... I would like to know which one is in this picture. You could send an email to Rossall School asking if it has a photo of Malby Crofton. JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 27 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2018 (edited) Hello JP, Mail send to Rossall School done. I'll let you know. Regards, Ruddy Edited 29 November , 2018 by lanride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 30 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 November , 2018 I found a press article about Lt Col Crofton in the WW2. Article commented by his son. Is this same man? Here is the photo and the link of the article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/second-world-war-scrapbooks-lt-3293690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 13 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 13 December , 2018 On 27/11/2018 at 17:34, helpjpl said: You could send an email to Rossall School asking if it has a photo of Malby Crofton. Mail sent but no response so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 24 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 24 May , 2019 No reponse... Help me please! The National Portrait Gallery sent me links to pictures but they are not available via the web. I can not find an answer to my question ... Regards, Ruddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanride Posted 15 July , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 July , 2019 I am told that it might be Richard Cecil Milman CROFTON MC (80159)... Temporarily appointed Major in 1919? Is that possible? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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