Robert Vere Buxton
Robert Vere Buxton (29 April 1883 – 1 October 1953), known as Robin Buxton, was an English cricketer, soldier and banker. Buxton was born in Belgravia, London, a son of Francis Buxton, Liberal Member of Parliament, barrister and banker. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. He was a first-class cricketer. He was in the Eton XI of 1902, scoring 3 and 74 against Harrow. At Oxford he played in the University Match with Cambridge, scored 33 and 28, and received his Blue in 1906. In 1906 and 1907, he played a few times for Middlesex. Buxton served in the Sudan Civil Service, 1907–11. He then joined Martins Bank, becoming a director in 1913. In November 1911, Buxton was commissioned in the West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry in the Territorial Force. During the First World War, he served as a captain in the West Kent Yeomanry before he was seconded to the Imperial Camel Corps in 1916. Serving in the Middle East, he became a colleague of T. E. Lawrence. In 1918, a long-distance raid to sever the Hejaz railway, was launched. On 24 July, Nos. 5 and 7 Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade commanded by