Ralph Cruddas
British Army general
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| Intro | British Army general | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1900 | |
| Death | 1 January 1979 (aged 79 years) |
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Biography
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.