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Biography
General Sir Kenneth Noel Crawford KCB MC (1895–1961) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1940s.
Military career
Crawford was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and went on to serve in World War I being awarded the MC in 1919.
He also served in World War II joining the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1939 and becoming Director of Chemical Warfare for the Home Forces in 1940. He was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in 1942 and Director of Air at the War Office in 1943.
After the War he was made General Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece, then in 1947 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff and in 1949 he became Controller at the Ministry of Supply. In 1952 he was made Chairman of the Royal Ordnance Factories Board of Management; he retired in 1953.
He was also Chief Royal Engineer from 1958 to 1961.
Retirement
In retirement he became a Director of Westland Aircraft.