A. T. L. Covey-Crump
British naval officer (1907–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Commander Alwyn Thomas Lavender Covey-Crump (19 February 1907 – 19 May 1991) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. An assistant to the Chief of Naval Information, he was responsible in the mid-1950s for compiling a record of Jack-speak (naval slang) and other historical marine linguistic details. The first edition appeared on 17 May 1955. The compilation, now continually updated, has led to the term Covey-Crump itself entering into Royal Navy slang.
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Covey-Crump in 1944 | |
Birth name | Alwyn Thomas Lavender Covey-Crump |
Born | (1907-02-19)19 February 1907 Stopsley, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 19 May 1991(1991-05-19) (aged 84) St Albans, England |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Information, Commander |
Spouse(s) | Joyce Blackstone (married 1938-91) |
Children | 1 son |
Relations | Walter William Covey-Crump |
Other work | Alphabetical Glossary of Naval Terms and Abbreviations (1955), a record of naval slang |
Covey-Crump served in various ships between 1927 and 1945, including HMS Vindictive, HMS Enterprise, HMS Duncan, HMS Faulkner, HMS Boscawen, HMS Ceylon and HMS Liverpool. He was the second son of Reverend Canon Walter William Covey-Crump, and was married with one son.