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#11177, Anthony (Tony) Philip Clement CROSSLEY
| Born | 1907 in Misterton, near Crewkerne, Somerset |
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| Died | 1988 in Braintree, Essex |
| Father | Alwyne Ainsworth CROSSLEY (1881 - 1933) |
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| Mother | Florence Amy BRYAN (1882 - 1939) |
Education: Eton; RMC, Sandhurst (won the Saddle of Honour).
After his retirement from the army at the end of WW2, Tony Crossley was Estate Manager with Crittall Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 1948-68; dressage competitor and judge; "the doyen of equestrian journalists"; senior dressage correspondent, 'Horse and Hound', for nearly twenty years; author: 'Training the Young Horse'; 'The First Two Years' (1978), 'Advanced Dressage ' (1982); 'Dressage, an Introduction' (1984); 'Dressage, the Seat, Aids and Exercises' (1988); about 1948 to 1973, of Earls Colne, Essex, then of Braintree, Essex. Obituary: The Times, 10th February 1988.
Taken from the records of Robert (Robin) Morley Fletcher. (1935 - 2015)
Vanessa Griffith - August 2016
Timeline
Born
Death of Father, Alwyne Ainsworth CROSSLEY
Death of Mother, Florence Amy BRYAN
Married Valerie (Val) Molly Helen Howard HALL in Chelsea Old Church (Diss)
Birth of Daughter, Harriet Miranda CROSSLEY
Married Jean Mary WILSON in Braintree, Essex
Death of wife, Valerie (Val) Molly Helen Howard HALL
Died 1988