‘JACKY’  E  CRUMPTON

Jacky Crumpton ‘first made impact on Kent College’ as the magazine of June 1949 aptly recalls, in 1936 – as the school in general and the subject of French in particular soon became aware.  He was a stickler for care and accuracy and believed in laying solid foundations before tackling the refinements.  At games too he was a character – an unyielding and sturdy full-back at soccer; a snapper-up of fleeting chances in the gully; a batsman whose innings were a mixture of massive blows and scurried singles; while he ‘brandished’ a hockey stick.

In September 1940 he went with the 7^th Hussars to Burma and North Africa and then with the RA to Syria, engaged in hazardous diplomacy and working with Paratroops.

He will be remembered as a tonic against depression and an enemy of conventional formality – a man of lively quips and sallies.  He married Miss Cozens, the KC Sister, and went in 1949 to be Headmaster of HMS Worcester where he died of a sudden heart attack some years later.