MAXWELL REGINALD CRAGGS – By Victor Melder My  association with Max goes back seventy years when we were mere striplings, what brought us in contact, was not only that we were sons of engine drivers but that we also shared a mutual Uncle and Aunt. We met now and then, as Max lived in Colombo and I lived upcountry, as such it was at family gatherings and other occasions. We were both then in the intake of Special Apprentice Drivers (Batch of 1956) for the Ceylon Government Railways, and there began our close association as apprentices and later engine drivers ourselves, following in our Fathers’ footsteps.   ...

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Obituary: CRAGGS, Maxwell Reginald Date listed: 5/10/2020 CRAGGS, Maxwell Reginald 01-Sep-1936 – 02-Oct-2020 Throughout your life we loved you dearly Years may pass and we always will In our hearts you will always hold a place that No one else can ever fill The sun will not rise without us thinking of you Rest In Peace Forever in our hearts Your loving wife Eileen, children Bryce, & Tammy, Son in law Tony, Grandchildren Elliot, James, Kaitlyn, Thomas and Rebecca   Publication: Herald Sun, 5/10/2020   ...

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