PARAS Crookenden, Napier

[John Robertson]

Other Entry

[ PARAS 2 ]

• SURNAME

Crookenden ​

• FORENAME

Napier ​

• UNIT

9 Bn (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

T/Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

66121 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Ardennes 1944-45 (MiD) Germany 1945 (DSO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 31.8.1915​

son of Colonel Arthur Crookenden (Cheshire Regiment)​

educated Wellington College​

RMC Sandhurst (King's Gold Medal)​

2 Bn Cheshire Regiment 1935 (2Lt)​

T.A. Bns Cheshire Regiment 1939-42​

Brigade Major,6 Air Landing Brigade (Gliders) 1943-44​

9 Bn Parachute Regiment 1944-45 (Lt Col)​

awarded Mention in Despatches 1946 (Palestine) (see Paras 2 awards)​

Staff College (instructor) late 1940s​

GSO1,School of Land/Air Warfare early 1950s​

GSO1 (Plans) to General Templer,Malaya​

Nato Defence College,Rome (instructor)​

Joint School of Air Warfare (Chief Instructor) 1957​

Staff College (Colonel,GS) 1959​

O.C. 16 Parachute Brigade 1960​

Imperial Defence College 1961​

Director of Land/Air Warfare 1962​

qualified as helicopter pilot 1962​

Commandant,Royal Military College of Science 1967​

G.O.C-inC Western Command 1969-72​

Colonel,Cheshire Regiment 1969-71​

Colonel Commandant,The Prince of Wales Division 1971-74​

left Army as Lieutenant General​

Chairman,Sailors,Soldiers,Airmens and Families Association (SSAFA) 1974-85​

author "Dropzone Normandy" 1976​

Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1975-81​

Deputy Lieutenant of Kent 1979​

married Patricia Nassau Kindersley 1948 (4 children)​

awarded K.C.B. and O.B.E. (dates ?)​

died 31.10.2002 ​

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