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Croker Henry Leycester

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Major General Sir Henry Leycester CROKER, KCB, CMG, He commanded a battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment from 11th November 1910 to 18th March 1915. Commanded the 81st Infantry Brigade, in France from 21st March 1915 to 20th May 1916 and the 28th division in Macedonia from 21st May 1916 to 18th November 1920. He died 20th August 1938. He lived with his wife Dame, Mabel Elizabeth, nee Ledlie (who he married on the 1st June 1897 at St Marylebone, Westminster) at 22, Draycot Court Kensington, London . He was born in 1865 at Cheltenham and in 1871 he was living with his parents, Edward and Catherine, nee Keily at 14, Lipiatt Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
This memorial tablet is in Leicester Cathedral



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