John Crocker
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish Army general (1896-1963)
United KingdomLived 1896 to 1963 · aged 67General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both world wars. He served as both a private soldier and a junior officer in the First World War.
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Lieutenant-General John Crocker watching the fighting near Caen from a jeep, July 1944. With him are his aide-de-camp, Captain John Cross, and Lance Corporal Marsden, his driver.
Crocker is invested with his knighthood by King George VI at the headquarters of the 21st Army Group on 15 October 1944. Montgomery is seen standing in the foreground.
Left to right: Major-General Roger Evans, Lieutenant-General Sir John Crocker, Major-General Meade Edward Dennis. The three generals are attending a ceremony for the opening of the Army Cadet Force Centre, in South-Western District, sometime in 1945.
General Sir John Crocker, Commander-in-Chief Middle East, talks to airborne troops (possibly of the 6th Airborne Division) in Palestine.Awards 4
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General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both world wars. He served as both a private soldier and a junior officer in the First World War. During the Second World War he served as a distinguished brigade, division and corps commander, where his most notable role was as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of I Corps during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, leading the corps throughout the subsequent campaign in Western Europe until Victory in Europe Day (VE-Day) just over eleven months later.
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