Richard Harper CROMPTON - Henry John's eldest son

Richard Harper CROMPTON was born on 25 March 1912 (GRO ref: Stockport 8a 29). In the third quarter of 1939 he married Margaret Olivier ROBERTS at Gee Cross Unitarian Chapel (GRO ref: Hyde 8a 409).

In the 1939 Register, Henry and Lily's eldest son Richard Harper was married and independent.

1939 England and Wales Register 29 September 1939
ED Area code:     WKC
ED District code: E
Sched no:         329 
Dwelling:         The Gables, 38 Cambridge Road
Borough,UD,RD:    Dorchester, Dorset

Names            Sex   D of B   Status  Personal Occupation     Others
Crompton Richard  M   25mar1912    M    Chartered & Registered  Royal Naval Volunteer
                                        Architect (ARIBA)       Supplementary Reserve
Crompton Margaret F   02jan1913    M    Unpaid domestic duties

The National Identity Number devised from this Registration would have been: Enumeration Area code+Emuneration District code+Schedule number+position in house

Right: Richard's 1939 home at 38 Cambridge Road, Dorchester. There is a second drive on the right.

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They died together on 19 December 1964. 'It was believed [from the account of the lorry driver involved] that the couple died when their car veered across the road. It was more than likely that Dick had fallen asleep at the wheel.' Richard Harper of Wandlebury Cottage, Babraham, Cambridgeshire died on 19 December 1964 at Huntingdon Road, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. He left £15,691 to Laurence Nightingale Owen, a university assistant surgeon. His wife Margaret, of the same address, died on the same day, leaving £3,764 to John Mark Crompton, a university student.
Source: Comment and newspaper clipping from the first quarter of 1965 from Sheila CROMPTON, wife of Terry who is Henry John's grandson

Their daughter, Margaret Clare CROMPTON, known as Clare was born on 18 October1941 (GRO ref: NE Cheshire 8a 253). Their son John Richard Mark CROMPTON, known as Mark, was born on 25 February 1944 (GRO ref: Macclesfield 8a 291a), one of the 977 babies born at the Elizabethan Adlington Hall, a wartime maternity hospital for the wives of serving officers: his father being a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves at the time.

Walter CROMPTON - Henry john's second son

Walter CROMPTON  was born in the third quarter of 1914.
In the first quarter of 1940 he married Marjorie booth Bennett
who was born on 11 August 1915

and died in the third quarter of 2005 in High Peak, Cheshire 22 395/3 18

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1939 England and Wales Register 29 September 1939
ED Area code:     LFC
ED District code: E
Sched no:         7
Dwelling:         44 Stockport Road 
Borough,UD,RD:    Hyde, Cheshire

Names            Sex   D of B   Status  Personal Occupation    Others
Crompton Henry J  M   19mar1882    M    Builder & Contractor   Services offered through 
                                                               National Fed. of Building 
                                                               Trades Employer
Crompton Lily     F   04dec 1886   M    Unpaid domestic duties 
Crompton Walter   M   14aug1914    S    Foreman bricklayer     Heavy rescue & Demolition
                                                               Squad                    
Crompton Henry J  M   10jul1916    S    Foreman joiner & Wood  Police War Reserve
                                        machine working

The National Identity Number devised from this Registration would have been: Enumeration Area code+Emuneration District code+Schedule number+position in house

Walter CROMPTON was also a Mason, but of less standing. His records show:

• Oaklands Lodge No 5356, Hyde. Initiated: 19th January 1948. Passed: 15th March 1948. Raised: 20th September 1948. Age: 33. Address: Hyde. Occupation: Builder. Master of the Lodge in 1961 Resigned 19th May 1969.
• Reason Chapter No 324, Stalybridge, Hyde. Joined the Royal Arch in this Chapter on 22nd May 1958. Membership ceased December 1966. He did not rejoin.

Source: The Library and Museum of Freemasonry

In January 2009 Walter was living near Glossop.

This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass			Version A5 Updated 29 February 2020