Gordon Hayter Crickmay was born in Chiswick, Middlesex [now London], England in 1883. His occupation was given as Architect Surveyors Assistant in the 1911 England and Wales Census. By 1914 he was practising as an architect in London and was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA). He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1922.
In addition to his work as an architect, he was also a graphic artist. A pencil drawing by him entitled "À la Marquise de Sevigné, Etrètat, France" is illustrated in Architecture vol. 5, no. 16, August 1926 p. 96.
His address was given as "Wyndcott", Swanley Lane, Sutton at Hone, Kent in 1901; "Heimath", 9 Leigh Park Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex in 1911; Lower Green Road, Esher, Surrey and at 182, Blackfriars Road, London in 1914; 46 Charleville Road, West Kensington, London in 1922; 26, Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London in 1923; and 5 Victoria Street, Westminster, London in 1926.
During World War One, Crickmay served as a Captain in the British Army in France. In 1922 Crickmay visited Canada and his Passenger Embarkation form his occupation was given as Farming. In the records of the London Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) for 31 October 1929 it is recorded that Gordon H. Crickmay, Architect was charged with the offence of was drunk whilst driving a motor car. He died in 1935. His death was registered in Lambeth, Surrey [now London]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K.. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001