Andrew Croft
Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft,
Early life
Noel Andrew Croft was born on 30 November 1906,
Career as an explorer
Croft participated in several Arctic expeditions.
In 1934, along with Lieutenant A.S.T. Godfrey Lieutenant Arthur Godfrey of the
He served as the second-in-command of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935–36, under A. R. Glen, a
He was a recipient of the Polar Medal in 1942[4] and of the Royal Geographical Society's Back Award in 1947.
War service and army career
During
Later life
On 24 July 1952, he married Rosalind Madden, the widow of an Irish Guards officer.[7]
He stepped down with his leader, Eric Shipton, from the 1953 Everest Expedition which summitted the mountain that year.
In the 1950s he was appointed as the commandant of the Army Apprentice School, Harrogate.
In 1960, Croft became the first Commandant of the Metropolitan Police's Hendon Police Cadet College, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours for his successful development of the Corps of Cadets.[1][8] In 1968, he served as a member of the organising committee for an Arctic exploration expedition led by Wally Herbert. A member of the expedition, Allan Gill, suffered a serious lower back injury requiring his evacuation.[9]
Publications
- Polar Exploration: Epics of the Twentieth Century
- A Talent for Adventure. The Self-Publishing Association, 1991
References
- ^ a b "No. 44999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 2.
- ^ 'The British Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1934' The Geographical Journal Vol. 85, No. 5 (May 1935
- ^ The Times 15 July 1935. pg. 15
- ^ "No. 35449". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 February 1942. p. 654.
- ^ "No. 36983". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 March 1945. p. 1427.
- ^ "No. 38615". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 May 1949. p. 2463.
- ^ The Times 4 July 1952, pg. 8
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- ^ The Times, by a Staff Reporter, 26 September 1968, pg. 1
External links
- The Andrew Croft Memorial Fund (http://www.acmf.org.uk/)