Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Napier Crookenden was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1935. He served in World War II as a Brigade Major in the 6th Airlanding Brigade in 1943 planning and implementing glider assaults to secure bridges over the River Orne on the day of the Normandy Landings. He served as Commanding Officer of 9th Bn Parachute Regiment between 1944 and 1946 leading his Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge and then the crossing of the River Rhine. He was Director of Operations during the Malayan Emergency between 1952 and 1954 and served as Commander of 16th Parachute Brigade from 1960 to 1961. He went to the Imperial Defence College in 1962. He was appointed Director of Land/Air Warfare at the Ministry of Defence in 1964 and then Commandant at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham in 1967. He became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command in 1969 and retired in 1972.

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