Date of birth:

January 4th, 1896

Date of death:

March 9th, 1963

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

John Tredennick Crocker also received the Military Cross (April 23rd, 1918), the Distinguished Service Order (July 26th, 1918), Knight Commander to the Order of the Bath (June 12th, 1947), Grand Cross to the Order of the Bath (June 10th, 1948).

Promotions:
1914: Private;
?: temporary Lieutenant;
December 16th, 1920: Lieutenant (seniority December 26th, 1919);
?: Colonel;
?: acting Brigadier;
September 18th, 1940: acting Major-General;
October 22nd, 1941: temporary Major-General;
March 16th, 1942: acting Lieutenant-General;
December 4th, 1942: Major-General (seniority November 16th, 1941);
March 16th, 1943: temporary Lieutenant-General;
October 15th, 1945: Lieutenant-General (seniority September 3rd, 1944);
March 6th, 1947: General (seniority October 2nd, 1946).

Career:
1914: Artists' Rifles;
?: Machine Gun Corps (MGC);
?: 174th Machine Gun Company, 59th Division, France;
?: Solliciter;
?: Middlesex Regiment;
1923: Royal Tank Corps;
?: Brigade Major;
?: GSO1, Mobile Division;
?: GSO1 Staff Officer, Southern Command;
April 1940: Commanding Officer 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, France;
September 18th, 1940 - January 18th, 1941: Commanding Officer 6th Armoured Division;
March 1942 - September 1942: Commanding Officer XI Corps, East Anglia;
September 1942 - April 1943: Commanding Officer IX Corps;
July 1943 - May 1945: Commanding Officer I Corps;
June 1945 - July 1947: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command;
June 1947 - July 1950: Commander in Chief, Middle East Land Forces;
January 14th, 1949: Colonel Commandant;
September 27th, 1949 - April 23rd, 1954: Honorary Colonel T.A.;
September 22nd, 1950 - September 1953: Adjutant-General to the Forces;
?: Aide-de-Camp General to His Majesty;
1953: Retirement;
January 1st, 1955 - June 28th, 1963: Member of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation;
1961 - 1963: Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.

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• - Fifth Supplement to The London Gazette of 19th April 1918, Issue 30645
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