press cutting, obituary
Accession Number
NAM.2001-07-607-1
Description
Press cutting of the obituary of Lt Col John Crookenden, DSO, Legion d’honneur, taken from ‘The Dragon’, the journal of The Buffs Regiment, 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.
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902), World War One (1914-1918)
Associated collection
