NAM.2001-07-607

Inventory description: Obituary of Lt Col John Crookenden, DSO, Legion d’honneur, from 'The Dragon', August 1959; Lt Col Crookenden served with 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), from 1901 and 1st Bn Nigeria Regiment and Royal Pioneer Corps; Lt Col Crookenden served in South Africa and operations in Eastern Transvaal and in World War One, he died 25 Jul 1959. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.