Paul Edwin Crook
Paul Edwin Crook (born April 19, 1915 in Croydon , † October 20, 2004 in the county of Devon ) was a British officer , most recently in the rank of brigadier .
Life
Paul Edwin Crook was born to Herbert and Christine Crook. He attended boarding school in Uppingham and studied until 1936 at the Emmanuel College of Cambridge University , where he received the degree of Master of Arts graduated.
In 1935 he was drafted into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (QORWK) and was deployed in India and Palestine during the Arab uprising (1936-1939) .
At the beginning of the Second World War he served as an adjutant of the Maidstoner QORWK regimental depot . During the war he was used in Normandy , Burma and Singapore . From 1942 to 1944 he served in the headquarters of the British Army in North Africa , then until 1945 as brigade major of the 147th Infantry Brigade .
From 1945 to 1946 he was Chief Civil Affairs Officer in the Dutch East Indies with the temporary rank of Colonel . After serving as a teaching officer at Staff College Camberley , he was reassigned to the QORWK, serving in the Malay Union during the Malay resistance and then in the British zone of occupation in Germany . From 1954 to 1957 he was in command of the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), which jumped during the Suez Crisis on November 5, 1956 as part of the "Operation Musketeer" over the El Gamil Airfield near Port Said and despite strong resistance posted only minor losses.
From 1959 to 1962 he was Colonel Commander of the Army Air Transport Training and Development Center (AATDC). He then became the first military commander ( chief of staff ) of the July 31, 1962 the newly established Jamaica Defense Force of the newly independent Jamaica, at that time already in the rank Brigadier. In 1965 he was transferred to Aden , where he worked as a military security advisor to the High Commissioner for Aden and South Arabia until 1967 . In 1968 he was transferred to a command post in the British Army of the Rhine . In 1971 it was retired.
From 1974 to 1979, Crook was an Honorary Colonel in the 16th (Volunteer) Independent Parachute Company, the scout unit of the British Parachute Regiment, stationed in Lincoln , from 1979 to 1983 of the 15th (King's) Parachute Battalion and from 1984 to 1985 of the 4th (Volunteer) Parachute Battalion of the regiment. He was also chairman of the Lincoln County Scouts from 1975 to 1988 .
Crook was married twice, first marriage from 1944 to 1967 to Joan, née Lewis, and in second marriage from 1967 to Betty, née Wyles. There is a daughter from his first marriage, and he had a stepson from his second marriage.
Awards
- 1945: Bronze Star Medal of the United States
- 1946: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- 1957: Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- 1964–1967: ADC of the British Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1965: Commander des Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Footnotes
- ^ Civil affairs: English for civil affairs
- ^ A b Brigadier Paul Edwin Crook, CBE, DSO, MA , Para Data.
- ^ A b Brigadier Paul Crook , The Telegraph, October 30, 2004.
Chiefs of Staff (1962–2007): Paul Edwin Crook (1962–1965) | David Hartman Smith (1965–1973) | Dunstan Fitzgerald Robinson (1973) | Rudolph Edward George Green (1973–1979) | Robert J. Neish (1979-1990) | Peter L. Brady (1990-1998) | John I. Simmonds (1998-2002) | Hardley M. Lewin (2002-2007)
Chiefs of Defense Staff (since 2007): Stewart Emerson St. Leonard Saunders (2007–2010) | Antony Bertram Anderson (2010–2016) | Rocky Ricardo Meade (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crook, Paul Edwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crook, Paul E .; Crook, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Croydon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2004 |
| Place of death | Devon county |