Henry Leycester Croker

Manjo Janar Sir Henry Leycester Croker KCB CMG (17 ga Oktoba 1864 - 20 ga Agusta 1938) ya kasance jami'in Sojojin Burtaniya wanda ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Boer na Biyu kuma daga baya a Yaƙin Duniya na farko . A lokacin karshen ya yi aiki a matsayin battalion, brigade da kwamandan ƙungiyar, ya kawo karshen yakin a 1918 a matsayin kwamandan 28th Division.

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An haifi Henry Leycester Croker a ranar 17 ga Oktoba 1864, a Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ga Kyaftin Edward Croker na 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, kuma jikan Lieutenant Colonel William Croker, kuma na 17th "Leicestershire" Regiment of foot. Ya sami karatunsa a Kwalejin Cheltenham . 

Ya zama mataimakin a cikin 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, a ranar 30 ga Janairun 1884,  kuma daga baya aka sauya shi zuwa Sojoji Regular a matsayin mataimakin Leicestershire Regiment (daga baya Royal Leicestershire Regimiento), mulkin iyalinsa, a ranar 28 ga Afrilu 1886."Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

A cikin shekarun 1890, Croker ya yi aiki tare da 1st Battalion, Leicesters, a West Indies da Arewacin Amurka, kuma an inganta shi zuwa kyaftin a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu 1894.  An nada shi a matsayin mataimakin 1st Battalion a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba 1899 . "Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

Croker ya yi aiki a Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin Yaƙin Boer na Biyu, wanda ya fara a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1899, ya shiga cikin ayyukan a Natal daga 1899 zuwa 1900, gami da aikin a Talana, tafiya daga Dundee zuwa Ladysmith, shiga a Lombard's Kop, da Tsaron Ladysmithi. An nuna shi a cikin shahararren zane na Dickinson da Foster, The Defenders of Ladysmith . "Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

Ya shiga cikin aikin a Laing's Nek daga Yuni 6 zuwa 9, 1900, da kuma ayyukan da suka biyo baya a Arewacin Natal da Transvaal, gami da Armesfoort, Ermelo, Geluk's Farm, Bergendal, da Badfontein. Ya kasance a ayyukan a Belfast a ranar 26-27 ga watan Agusta 1900, da kuma Lydenberg daga 5-8 ga watan Satumba na shekara ta 1900."Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

Croker ya yi aiki a karkashin Manjo Janar Sir John French a Gabashin Transvaal da kan iyakar Swaziland, kuma a karkashin Manjo Janar W. Kitchener a Blood River Valley, Kudu maso Gabashin Transbaal, da Ylangapies. Don ayyukansa, an ambaci shi a cikin sakonni sau uku, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Sarauniya ta Afirka ta Kudu tare da ɗakunan ajiya huɗu da lambar yabo ta Sarki ta Afirka ta Tsakiya, kuma ya inganta babban brevet a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta 1902. "Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

An tabbatar da shi a matsayin Manjo a ranar 31 ga Mayu 1904  kuma an kara shi matsayin Lieutenant Colonel a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1910. 

A lokacin yakin duniya na farko, ya umurci 1st Battalion, Leicesters, a kan Yammacin Gabas daga 7 ga Satumba 1914 zuwa 18 ga Maris 1915, a lokacin da aka ɗaga matsayinsa zuwa kolonel a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1914, kodayake tare da matsayi na baya zuwa Yuni na shekara ta 1914.[undefined] A watan Maris na shekara ta 1915 Croker ya gaji Colonel Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane a matsayin kwamandan Brigade na 81 na 27th Division, kuma an ba shi matsayi na wucin gadi na brigadier janar yayin da yake aiki a wannan rawar, [undefined] ya jagoranci shi a Faransa kuma daga baya a gaban Makidoniya har zuwa Mayu 1916 lokacin da ya zama babban jami'in kwamandan 28th Division kuma an inganta shi zuwa babban janar na wucine. [undefined] Kamar tsohon kwamandansa, ƙungiyar tana aiki a Salonika, kuma ya jagoranci ta har zuwa ƙarshen tashin hankali a watan Nuwamba 1918. Ya ji rauni kuma ya sami girmamawa da yawa, ciki har da zama Aboki na Order of the Bath a watan Fabrairun 1915 da Order of St Michael da St George, kuma an ambaci shi sau shida a cikin sakonni.[2] A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1918 an sanya shi Order of the Redeemer, 2nd Class. [1][3]

Ya auri Mabel Tedlie a London a ranar 1 ga Yuni 1897, kuma yana da 'ya'ya mata biyu. Croker, wanda aka sanya shi babban janar a watan Janairun 1919, "don aiki mai ban sha'awa dangane da Ayyukan Soja a Salonika",  ya yi ritaya daga soja a watan Yulin 1923  kuma an ba shi daraja a watan Yunin 1926."Croker, Henry Leycester KCB CMG". Royal Leicestershire Regiment. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

Ya daina kasancewa cikin ajiyar sojoji na jami'ai a watan Oktoba 1931 [1] kuma ya mutu kusan shekaru bakwai bayan haka yana da shekaru 73 a Kensington a ranar 20 ga watan Agusta 1938 kuma an binne shi a Leicester Cathedral . [2]
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