Orders, Decorations and Medals

Seven: Engineer Captain G. F. Croker, C.B.E., Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. G. F. Croker, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. G. F. Croker. R.N.); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these last four unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, together with portrait photograph, good very fine (7) £150-200

C.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1946.

George Fitzgerald Croker was born on 20 October 1885, second son of Edward James O’Brien Croker and Henrietta Emily Odium, of Dublin. He was educated privately and at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Devonport, and joined the Royal Navy in August 1905 as Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, becoming Engineer Lieutenant in November 1907. He served in the Great War, was promoted Engineer Captain in June 1933 and, in 1936, was Chief Engineer at Cape of Good Hope Dockyard. Recalled for service during World War II, he was awarded the C.B.E. for his services in 1946. Engineer Captain Croker died on 8 September 1966.

For related Croker family medals see Lots 4, 163, 228, 280 and 421.