Lt. Col. Napier Crookenden (extreme right) with Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery
Born
31 August 1915 Chester, Cheshire, England[1]
Died
31 October 2002 (aged 87)
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1935−1972
Rank
Lieutenant General
Service number
66121
Unit
Cheshire Regiment
Commands held
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion 16th Parachute Brigade Royal Military College of Science Western Command
Battles/wars
Second World War Malayan Emergency
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant General Sir Napier CrookendenKCB DSO OBE DL (31 August 1915 − 31 October 2002) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1960s.
Lieutenant General Sir NapierCrookenden KCB DSO OBE DL (31 August 1915 − 31 October 2002) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1960s...
Crookenden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ian Crookenden (born 1943), New Zealand tennis player NapierCrookenden (1915–2002)...
Pennefather Croker Major General Darren Crook Lieutenant-General Sir NapierCrookenden Major-General William Crosbie Brigadier Walter Hugh Crosland Major-General...
Charles Henry Pepys Harington, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1968–1971: Lt-Gen. Sir NapierCrookenden, KCB, DSO, OBE 1971–1978: Maj-Gen. Peter Lawrence de Carteret Martin...
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Major-General Edward J.H. Bates: April 1964 – May 1967 Major-General NapierCrookenden: May 1967 – July 1969 Major-General Frank D. King: July 1969 – October...
October – Thomas Patrick Russell, judge (born 1926) 31 October Sir NapierCrookenden, Army general (born 1915) Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster...
Elton Goodwin 9 September 1972: Sir George Lea 1 November 1975: Sir NapierCrookenden 1 November 1981: Sir Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin 1 March 1983:...
princess (died 2013) Jack Simmons, historian (died 2000) 31 August – NapierCrookenden, army general (died 2002) 4 September – Roland Mathias, Welsh poet...
Raymond Douglas Coate (41435), Royal Army Pay Corps. Major-General NapierCrookenden, DSO, OBE (66121), late Infantry. Major-General The Honourable Miles...
Richard Craddock GOC-in-C Western Command 1966–1969 Succeeded by Sir NapierCrookenden Preceded by Sir Alan Jolly Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1969–1973...
Division Vice Admiral Arthur Francis Turner, CB, DSC. Lieutenant-General NapierCrookenden, CB, DSO, OBE, (66121), late Infantry, Colonel The Cheshire Regiment...
D-Day: The First 72 Hours. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 9780752428420. Crookenden, Napier (1976). Dropzone Normandy. Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711006607. Devlin,...
Borderers, late 5th Battalion Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Crookenden, Cheshire Regiment Major Denis Daly MC Royal Garrison Artillery, attd...
Global Information
United Kingdom
British Army