Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Edmund Crocker

1878 — 26/05/1962
A brief biography

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Herbert Edmund Crocker 1878 — 1962
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Gladys Mary Edye 1880 — 1970  

Herbert Edmund Crocker


Born in 1878, the forty-first year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and died aged eighty-four in the tenth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

The Pompadours


“ H .E.,” as he was known throughout the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (The Pompadours), received his Regular commission from the Militia in 1900. He served throughout the South African War and was wounded when he was with the 44th. He also served with the W.A.F.F. for a short period in 1901 and received the Queen’s Medal with six clasps.
In 1913 he was specially employed at the War  

Africa

Retiring from the Army in 1929, He and his wife travelled the world, hunting, shooting and fishing. He wrote extensively and was working on a book of his experiences in Africa at the time of his death.

The papers of HE Crocker came up for sale by Between The Covers in 2021 for USD5,000. The sale description, which gives a detailed summary of his exploits, are in the  


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