Baptist Crozier

Major-General Baptist Barton Crozier, CMG, DSO (17 July 1878 – 18 July 1957) was a British Army officer.

Baptist Crozier
Born17 July 1878
Died18 July 1957
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Crozier was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 22 December 1898 and saw action during the Second Boer War and then the First World War.[1] He fought at Givenchy on the Western Front for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[2] He then saw action in Italy for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[3]

He went on to be Commander, Royal Artillery for Eastern Command in February 1929 and General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in October 1934 before retiring in December 1938.[4]

References

  1. Who Was Who 1951–1960, ISBN 0-7136-2598-8
  2. "No. 29131". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 April 1915. p. 3693.
  3. "No. 30718". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1918. p. 6494.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by
Reginald Hildyard
GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
1934–1938
Succeeded by
Arthur Floyer-Acland
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