Died 1979 (aged 78–79) | Rank Major-general Name Ralph Cruddas | |
Commands held 7th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light InfantryCyrenaica District133rd Infantry BrigadeLand Forces in Hong Kong | ||
Major General Ralph Cyril Cruddas CB DSO (1900–1979) was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong.
Military career
Cruddas was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1919. He was appointed Private Secretary to the Governor of Assam in India 1933.
He served in World War II being appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1941. After the War he became Commander of the Cyrenaica District of Libya. In 1949 he became Commander of 133rd Infantry Brigade and in 1951 he was made Commander of Land Forces in Hong Kong; he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1953 and retired in 1955.
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