See also

Family of Allan John Pitts CRICK and Norah ATKINS

Husband: Allan John Pitts CRICK (1913-1995)
Wife: Norah ATKINS (1915-1984)
Children: LIVING
LIVING
Marriage Q2 1941 Chelsea, London, England

Husband: Allan John Pitts CRICK

Name: Allan John Pitts CRICK
Sex: Male
Father: Owen John Pitts CRICK (1884-1972)
Mother: Margaret DAW (1881-1971)
Birth 14 May 1913 York, Ontario, Canada
33 Southview Avenue
Census 19 Jun 1921 (age 8 yrs 1 mn) Bristol, Gloucestershire, England1
1 Woodstock Avenue, Redland
Education: Whole Time
Occupation frm 1938 to 1939 (age 24-26) Acting Vice Consul and Vice Consul, British Consulate General,; Free City of Danzig
Census 29 Sep 1939 (age 26) Westminster, London, England2
6 Lower Belgrave Street
Occupation 29 Sep 1939 (age 26) British Vice Consul; Westminster, London, England2
Occupation 1949 (age 35-36) Government Official
Sailed 7 Oct 1949 (age 36) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
He sailed on the Empress of France for Liverpool.
Disembarked 14 Oct 1949 (age 36) Liverpool, Lancashire, England
The Shola, Avenue Gardens, Horley, Surrey
He sailed First Class from Montreal on The Empress of France
Flew 27 Apr 1953 (age 39) London, England
He flew on PanAm Airways flight 101/27 to New York arriving on 28 April 1953
Flew 23 May 1953 (age 40) New York, New York, USA
He flew from Idlewild airport New York on PanAm flt PA100/23 for London Airport.
Sailed 9 Dec 1953 (age 40) Southampton, Hampshire, England
c/o Ministry of Defence, London
Allan, his wife and two daughters sailed Cabin Class on the Queen Mary to New York
Flew 5 May 1955 (age 41) New York, New York, USA
He flew from New York International on BOAC flt no 522/259SW to London Airport
Flew 27 May 1955 (age 42) London, England
On BOAC flight no 521/259 to Boston Massachusetts, arriving on 28 May 1955.
Flew 1 Apr 1956 (age 42) Havana, Cuba
Landed at Key West Florida on Aerovias "Q" SA flight 951, with wife and daughters.
Disembarked 28 Dec 1956 (age 43) London, England
The Shola, Avenue Gardens, Horley. Surrey
Allan and Norah arrived from New York having sailed First Class on the RMS Ivernia.

He was described as a Civil Servant, she was a housewife. Their 10 year old daughter Elizabeth was with them.
Flew 15 Jun 1957 (age 44) London, England
by BOAC flt no BA521/353 arriving at New York on 16 June 1957
Death 14 Oct 1995 (age 82) Rye, East Sussex, England
16 Church Square
Probate 29 Nov 1995 Brighton, Sussex, England
Burial 1995 Luccombe, Somerset, England
Buried in Luccombe Extension Cemetery, Luccombe, West Somerset

Wife: Norah ATKINS

Name: Norah ATKINS
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 29 Mar 1915
Census 29 Sep 1939 (age 24) Hendon, Middlesex, England3
8 Married Quarters, Booth Road, RAF Stanmore
Occupation 29 Sep 1939 (age 24) Clerk Special Duties Airwoman; Hendon, Middlesex, England3
Sailed 9 Dec 1953 (age 38) Southampton, Hampshire, England
c/o Ministry of Defence, London
Allan, his wife and two daughters sailed Cabin Class on the Queen Mary to New York
Flew 1 Apr 1956 (age 41) Havana, Cuba
Landed at Key West Florida on Aerovias "Q" SA flight 951, with husband and daughters.
Disembarked 28 Dec 1956 (age 41) London, England
The Shola, Avenue Gardens, Horley. Surrey
Allan and Norah arrived from New York having sailed First Class on the RMS Ivernia.

He was described as a Civil Servant, she was a housewife. Their 10 year old daughter Elizabeth was with them.
Death 23 Nov 1984 (age 69) Rye, East Sussex, England
16 Church Square
Probate 11 Jan 1985 Brighton, Sussex, England
16 Church Square, Rye
Estate value not exceeding £40000

Child 1: LIVING

Name: LIVING
Sex: Female
Spouse: LIVING

Child 2: LIVING

Name: LIVING
Sex: Female
Spouse: LIVING

Note on Husband: Allan John Pitts CRICK

Enlisted in Army, 1939;

Commissioned, 1940;

Intelligence Officer, Auxiliary Units, General Headquarters Home Forces, 1940-1941;

Instructor, German Interrogation Course, Cambridge, 1941;

posted to Middle East, 1941; Intelligence Officer, Headquarters 8 Army, Egypt and Libya, 1941-1942;

General Staff Officer 3, General Headquarters Middle East, and Headquarters 10 Corps, Jun-Sep 1942;

General Staff Officer 3, Headquarters 8 Army, 1942-1943; General Staff Officer 2, Instructor on War Intelligence Course, School of Military Intelligence, Matlock, Derbyshire, 1943-1944;

served in North West Europe, 1944-1945;

Maj, General Staff Officer 2, Operational Intelligence, G2 Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), 1944-1945;

General Staff Officer 2, Tactical Headquarters 21 Army Group and Headquarters British Army of the Rhine, 1945;

Deputy Head of Political Intelligence Section, Headquarters British Army of the Rhine, 1945;

 

Postwar

Personal Assistant, Messrs Williams and Williams, Chester and London, 1946;

Senior Research Officer, Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1946-1948;

Joint Services Staff College, 1948;

Deputy Assistant Director, Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1950-1953; British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1953-1956;

awarded OBE, 1956;

Assistant Director, Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1957-1963;

Imperial Defence College, 1960;

Counsellor, British Embassy, Washington DC, USA, 1963-1965;

Chairman, Joint Intelligence Staff, Cabinet Office, 1965-1968;

Assistant Director (Economic Intelligence), Defence Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, 1968-1973;

Director of Economic Intelligence, Defence Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, 1970-1973;

Deputy Chief Adviser to Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited, 1973-1978;

 

Publications: Die Persönlichkeit Johann Christian Günthers (Heinrich Fahrer, Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim, Germany, 1938); translation, with Douglas Scott and R F C Hull, of Existence and Being by Martin Heidegger (Vision, London, 1949); translation, with E E Thomas, of Ostasien denkt anders (The Mind of East Asia) by Lily Abegg (Thames, London, 1952); In the caves of the mind. Poems by Alan Crick (Privately published, Rye, Sussex, 1992).

Sources

1Text From Source: Census England 1921
Address: 1 Woodstock Avenue, Redland
Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Name,Relation,Age,Sex,Marr/Orph'd,Birthplace,Nationality,Education,Occupation,Employment,Place of Work,Chd <16,Children's Ages
Owen John Pitts Crick,Head,36y 11m,M,Married,Brendon, Devon, England,,,Superintendent of extrusion and brass stamping depts & mechanical engineer,Kings Norton Metal Works, Birmingham,Kings Norton Metal Works, Birmingham,2,4,8
Margaret Crick,Wife,39y 8m,F,Married,Sandford, Devon, England,,,unpaid domestic duties,,,,
Allan John Pitts Crick,Son,8y 1m,M,Both Alive,Toronto, Ontario, Canada,,Whole Time,,,,,
Ronald Pitts Crick,Son,4y 4m,M,Both Alive,Toronto, Ontario, Canada,,,,,,,
2Text From Source: Register England & Wales 1939
Address: 6 Lower Belgrave Street
Place: Westminster, London, England

Name of person,Status,Gender,Birthdate,Condition,Occupation,Comments
Crick, Allan John Pitts,,M,14 May 1913,S,British Vice Consul,
3Text From Source: Register England & Wales 1939
Address: 8 Married Quarters, Booth Road, RAF Stanmore
Place: Hendon, London, England

Name of person,Status,Gender,Birthdate,Condition,Occupation,Comments
Atkins, Norah,I,F,29 Mar 1915,S,Clerk Special Duties Airwoman,No 11 Coy WAAF