Peter Brock Craig
Person details
| Forename(s) | Peter Brock |
|---|---|
| Surname | Craig |
| Rank | Major |
| Regiment | Somerset Light Infantry |
| Age | 28 |
| Death | Died of wounds |
| Place of Death | Far East > Burma |
| Date of Death | 20/03/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1930 |
| House Letter | E |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments | Not listed in WW2 photo album |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | attd. 8th Bn |
| Prefect | School Prefect |
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| Previous Regiment | Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > Rangoon |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Sandhurst |
| Prep School | Durnford Langton Maltravers |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
June 18 1944. Died of wounds received in Burma in March 1944. Peter Brock Craig, Major, Somerset Light Infantry, serving with the West African Force (Hope's, E. 193~35). At Radley, Peter Craig was outstanding in many ways. He was good at nearly all games, being for two years in the XV, the XI, and the Rackets pair. and winning several events in the sports. He was also a School Prefect. He went on to Sandhurst and was commissioned in the Somerset Light Infantry in 1937. He continued to distinguish himself at games for he played Squash for the Army in 1937, won the Services Open Rackets Doubles in 1938 and in the same year reached the final of the Army Squash Rackets Championship. That he also kept up his cricket, many O.Rs who took part in Radley Rangers' tours will remember. His was a character of delightful simplicity and charm, and all his contemporaries will mourn his loss. A member of many Radley Rangers' sides writes:" Of Peter Craig, while at Radley, except as an outstanding player of games, I had no knowledge; but we used to meet as members of that happy and cheerful band who went on tour with the Rangers in August. It will be a long time before we who played at Stowell Park, or enjoyed his family's hospitality in Guernsey, forget Peter. His darting skill, whether on the cricket field arrayed in tight tubular trousers of almost Edwardian vintage, or on the tennis court, was allied to an equally speedy faculty for making friends. In him Radley has lost one who could ill be spared, a member of that valiant band whose lives have been given that we who are left may have the chance to make this land a better place." |
| Service Number | 71113 |
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