George Delamain Crocker CB

George Delamain Crocker was born c1870. He was the son of Surgeon General Alfred Crocker who served in the Crimean War. Three of his brothers had distinguished military careers; Bertrand, Sidney and Herbert James. A fourth brother, Leonard died young at 26. George was commissioned into the King’s Liverpool Regiment in 1889:
2nd Lieutenant 27 Nov 1889
Lieutenant 30 Dec 1891
Captain 1 Dec 1898
Brevet-Major 29 Nov 1900
Major 24 Dec 1907
Lieutenant-Colonel 17 Feb 1912
Lieutenant Crocker was with the Tirah Expeditionary Force of 1897-98 as Orderly Officer, 3rd Brigade. He was slightly wounded in this campaign and took part in the action at Dargai. In the South African War he was detached from his regiment and served as adjutant in the 1st Battalion Munster Fusiliers. He was in the Advance to Kimberley, including the action at Belmont. He took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb to May 1900, Operations in the Orange River Colony, May to August 1900, including actions at Lindley on 26 June, Bethlehem, 6 and 7 July, and Wittebergen, 1 to 29 July. He also took part in the operations in Cape Colony north of Orange River, Jan to May 1901. From July 1901 to 31 May 1902 he was in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony.
Lieutenant-Colonel Crocker commanded the 2nd Battalion from 17 Feb 1812 and was still in command in 1915. He lived in Chelsea with his wife Mabel Norah (Ogilby, married in 1906). They had a son, Major George Leslie Crocker who was killed in WW2 on 3 Nov 1943, aged 32. Brigadier-General George Delamain Crocker died in 1938.

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