Lieut. Col. Henry William Nugent Head, retired, holder of Britain's Military Cross died yesterday at his home, 812 Park Avenue, at the age of 66. He was the husband of the former Ruth M. Kresge, daughter of Sebastian S. Kresge, the chain store executive.
Colonel Head was graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, England, in 1917, and served in World War I and until 1923 with King's Royal Rifle Corps, when he transferred to the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, stationed in India.
In 1928, Colonel Head, then a captain, won the Kadir Cup for pigsticking, the hunting of wild boar with spears. In July, 1928, while here from India for a visit with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he hunted, Colonel Head told an interviewer:
“Most people who have done both fox hunting and pigsticking and other sports as well consider that pigsticking and fox hunting are the premier sports. But they cannot be compared. Each is the thing in its own country.”
He went on to say that there were many more falls in
Colonel Head came to New York in 1930 and entered the investment banking business. In 1933, he married Miss Kresge. Kermit Roosevelt was best man for the marriage ceremony at St. Thomas Church here.
In 1938, Colonel Head rejoined the British Army and in World War II he served in North Africa as liaison officer between British and American forces. He was then named commandant of the school of mountain warfare in Lebanon.
Colonel Head retired from the British Army in 1945 and devoted much of his time after that to furthering improved British‐American relations.
Surviving, in addition to his widow, are two sons, Henry Saunderson and Edward Barry Head; a brother, Edward Saunderson Head; two sisters, Mrs. S. T. Hankey and Mrs. T. S. Hankey and a grandson.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue and 71st Street. New York Times, June 17, 1964
Colonel Head was graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, England, in 1917, and served in World War I and until 1923 with King's Royal Rifle Corps, when he transferred to the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, stationed in India.
In 1928, Colonel Head, then a captain, won the Kadir Cup for pigsticking, the hunting of wild boar with spears. In July, 1928, while here from India for a visit with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he hunted, Colonel Head told an interviewer:
“Most people who have done both fox hunting and pigsticking and other sports as well consider that pigsticking and fox hunting are the premier sports. But they cannot be compared. Each is the thing in its own country.”
He went on to say that there were many more falls in
Colonel Head came to New York in 1930 and entered the investment banking business. In 1933, he married Miss Kresge. Kermit Roosevelt was best man for the marriage ceremony at St. Thomas Church here.
In 1938, Colonel Head rejoined the British Army and in World War II he served in North Africa as liaison officer between British and American forces. He was then named commandant of the school of mountain warfare in Lebanon.
Colonel Head retired from the British Army in 1945 and devoted much of his time after that to furthering improved British‐American relations.
Surviving, in addition to his widow, are two sons, Henry Saunderson and Edward Barry Head; a brother, Edward Saunderson Head; two sisters, Mrs. S. T. Hankey and Mrs. T. S. Hankey and a grandson.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue and 71st Street. New York Times, June 17, 1964
Lieut. Col. Henry William Nugent Head, retired, holder of Britain's Military Cross died yesterday at his home, 812 Park Avenue, at the age of 66. He was the husband of the former Ruth M. Kresge, daughter of Sebastian S. Kresge, the chain store executive.
Colonel Head was graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, England, in 1917, and served in World War I and until 1923 with King's Royal Rifle Corps, when he transferred to the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, stationed in India.
In 1928, Colonel Head, then a captain, won the Kadir Cup for pigsticking, the hunting of wild boar with spears. In July, 1928, while here from India for a visit with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he hunted, Colonel Head told an interviewer:
“Most people who have done both fox hunting and pigsticking and other sports as well consider that pigsticking and fox hunting are the premier sports. But they cannot be compared. Each is the thing in its own country.”
He went on to say that there were many more falls in
Colonel Head came to New York in 1930 and entered the investment banking business. In 1933, he married Miss Kresge. Kermit Roosevelt was best man for the marriage ceremony at St. Thomas Church here.
In 1938, Colonel Head rejoined the British Army and in World War II he served in North Africa as liaison officer between British and American forces. He was then named commandant of the school of mountain warfare in Lebanon.
Colonel Head retired from the British Army in 1945 and devoted much of his time after that to furthering improved British‐American relations.
Surviving, in addition to his widow, are two sons, Henry Saunderson and Edward Barry Head; a brother, Edward Saunderson Head; two sisters, Mrs. S. T. Hankey and Mrs. T. S. Hankey and a grandson.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue and 71st Street. New York Times, June 17, 1964
Colonel Head was graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, England, in 1917, and served in World War I and until 1923 with King's Royal Rifle Corps, when he transferred to the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, stationed in India.
In 1928, Colonel Head, then a captain, won the Kadir Cup for pigsticking, the hunting of wild boar with spears. In July, 1928, while here from India for a visit with Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he hunted, Colonel Head told an interviewer:
“Most people who have done both fox hunting and pigsticking and other sports as well consider that pigsticking and fox hunting are the premier sports. But they cannot be compared. Each is the thing in its own country.”
He went on to say that there were many more falls in
Colonel Head came to New York in 1930 and entered the investment banking business. In 1933, he married Miss Kresge. Kermit Roosevelt was best man for the marriage ceremony at St. Thomas Church here.
In 1938, Colonel Head rejoined the British Army and in World War II he served in North Africa as liaison officer between British and American forces. He was then named commandant of the school of mountain warfare in Lebanon.
Colonel Head retired from the British Army in 1945 and devoted much of his time after that to furthering improved British‐American relations.
Surviving, in addition to his widow, are two sons, Henry Saunderson and Edward Barry Head; a brother, Edward Saunderson Head; two sisters, Mrs. S. T. Hankey and Mrs. T. S. Hankey and a grandson.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, Madison Avenue and 71st Street. New York Times, June 17, 1964
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