The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Hugh John Bernard Cracroft

Cracroft, Hugh John Bernard

Brigadier

* 1905

† 1988

(Royal Tank Regiment)

Promotions

1944-06-30 Temporary Brigadier

Service

1943-12-30 1944-03-16 Commanding Officer 4th Armoured Brigade, Italy
1944-03-18 1944-07-03 Commanding Officer 8th Independent Armoured Brigade, Northwestern Europe
1944-07-03 Wounded
1944-09-16 1944-10-07 Commanding Officer 22nd Armoured Brigade, Northwestern Europe
1946-XX-XX General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1946-XX-XX Colonel General Staff (Weapons), War Office
1951-12-XX 1953-11-XX Commandant of Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington
1953-10-XX 1956-10-XX Commanding Officer 30th Independent Armoured Brigade