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Lt. Col. Robert Cresswell

Lt. Col. Robert Cresswell[1]

Male 1897 - 1943  (46 years)

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  • Name Robert Cresswell 
    Title Lt. Col. 
    Born 29 May 1897  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1900  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1910  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Residence 1930  Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Died 10 Sep 1943  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Buried Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Person ID I8667792356  Master Tree | Descendants of James Morris and Margaret Cooke
    Last Modified 5 May 2009 

    Father Brig. Gen. Charles Thomson Cresswell,   b. Mar 1861, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1920, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Bell Cummins Catherwood,   b. 21 Mar 1869, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5259877757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine R Henriques,   b. Abt. 1901 
    Married 1921 
    Divorced 1939 
    Children 
     1. Pvt. Robert Cresswell, Jr.
    +2. Dr. Henry Cresswell
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2014 
    Family ID F7975169206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 May 1897 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Sep 1943 - England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S8072066301] Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 14 Sep 1943, Page 3.
      FORMER PUBLISHER OF PUBLIC LEDGER SUCCUMBS ON DUTY
      Philadelphia (AP) -- Lt. Col. Robert Cresswell, 46, last publisher of the old Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger died in England of a streptococcus infection, according to information received by his mother.

      Mrs. Charles T Cresswell said she was notified last week that her son was seriously ill and unconscious. A letter saying her son was dead arrived from a friend a few days later.

      Cresswell swerved as a captain of field artillery, 79th Division, in France and Russia, during the first World War. He re-entered the Army as a lieutenant colonel on March 29, 1943.

      Graduated from Princeton University in 1919, Cresswell joined the New York Herald Tribune staff in 1922 as a reporter. He later served as circulation manager, and treasurer of the New York Tribune, Inc. He headed a company that bought the Ledger from the Cyrus H K Curtis estate on Jan 1, 1941. Publication was terminated Jan 5, 1942, after unsuccessful efforts to re-organize.

      Captain in the First War

      During the First World War he served as a captain of field artillery in tile Seventy-ninth Division in France and Russia. He reent6red the service last March 19. and in May was sent to London on a mission for the Office of Strategic Services. Colonel Cresswell was born on May .29, 1897, in Philadelphia. where his parents, Mrs. cress well^ and the late Charles Th0ms0n Cresswell, were socially prominent. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Princeton University. In his senior year in college he entered the Army, returning to the university after the1 war and being graduated in 1920. The next year he married the former Catherine R. Henriques, the union ending later in divorce. In 1922 Colonel Cresswen became a reporter on The Herald Tribune, and served successiveIy as special writer, assistant eity editor, copy reader, assistant promotion manager and circulation manager. He was named treasurer and a director in 1932 and remained in these posts until 1940, when he came to Philadelphiai Es-Director of Press WireIess He also was a former director of Press Wireless, Inc., and of the News Traffic Board, Ltd., and former secretary of the conference board of the United Newspapers Magazine Corporation, which publishes the magazine This Week. Colonel Cresswell was a member of the council of the Erinceton University Press and of the board of editorial direction of The Princeton Alumni Weekly. His other business connections had included serving as president and a director of 485 Park Avenue, Inc., a director and member of the execlitive committee of the American Gas and EIectric Company and secretary and a director of 133 East Eightieth Street, Inc. Colonel Cresswell's clubs included the Century -4ssociation, the University and Racquet and Tennis of New York, the Philadelphia Racquet, Midday and Downtown, Ivy of Princeton and the Northeast Harbor Fleet, in Maine. He also was a trustek of St. John's Guild. I Surviving besides his mother are two sons, Pvt. Robert Cresswell Jr., who is at Combat Engineers School at the University of Maryland, and Pvt. Henry Cresswell, who is at Fort Benning, Ga.

    2. [S8072066300] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company, 2005., (The Generations Network, Inc.).
      Name: Cresswell, Robert
      Birth - Death: 1897-1943
      Source Citation:
      Who Was Who in America. A companion biographical reference work to Who's Who in America. Volume 2, 1943-1950. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1963. (WhAm 2)


    3. [S4791290818] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

    4. [S560402473] 1900 United States Census.

    5. [S560402623] 1910 United States Census.

    6. [S8072066256] Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index, Pennsylvania Miracode. Washington, D.C., (National Archives and Records Administration).

    7. [S560402625] 1930 United States Census.

    8. [S8072068444] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company, 2005., (The Generations Network, Inc.).
      Name: Cresswell, Robert
      Birth - Death: 1897-1943
      Source Citation:
      Who Was Who in America. A companion biographical reference work to Who's Who in America. Volume 2, 1943-1950. Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1963. (WhAm 2)
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    9. [S8072068452] WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, American Battle Monuments Commission, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.).
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    10. [S8072068453] World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, National Archives and Records Administration, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
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    11. [S8072066309] WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings , American Battle Monuments Commission, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.).

    12. [S8072066310] World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas , National Archives and Records Administration, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).