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{{Short description|British Army general (1910–1977)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Richard Craddock
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Richard Walter Craddock
| birth_date = 3 August 1910<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007''</ref>
| death_date = 14 February 1977 (aged 66)
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial =
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], British India<ref name="1911census">''1911 England Census''</ref>
| death_place =Andover, Hampshire, England
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| nickname =
| allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch ={{army|United Kingdom}}
| servicenumber =47540
| serviceyears =1930−1966
| rank =[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]]
| unit =[[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)]]
| commands =2nd Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]] 1st Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]] [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] [[Western Command (United Kingdom)|Western Command]]
| battles =[[World War II]]
| awards = [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]]
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir Richard Walter Craddock''' [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (3 August 1910 – 14 February 1977) was a senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[British Army]] who achieved high office in the 1960s.

==Military career==
Educated at [[Charterhouse School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]],<ref name=surrey>[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/colonels/082.html Queen's Royal Surreys]</ref> Richard Craddock was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)|Royal East Kent Regiment (Buffs)]] in 1930.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CRADDOCK.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref>

He served in the [[World War II|Second World War]], initially in the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF) in the [[Battle of France]];<ref name=lh/> in 1943 he was a member of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]]'s delegation to [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Quebec]], and [[Cairo]].<ref name=lh/> In 1944 he became [[Commanding officer|Commanding Officer]] of the 2nd Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]], fighting in [[North West Europe campaign|North West Europe]], in which capacity he earned a [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], before moving on to be Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]], which was also serving in North West Europe, later that year.<ref name=lh/> He was wounded in action several times, losing one foot and part of a leg.<ref name=surrey/>

After the War he remained in the Army and in 1949 became Military Assistant to the [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]], moving on to a posting as Director of Plans at the [[War Office]] in 1951.<ref name=lh/>

He was appointed Major General in charge of Administration for the [[British Army of the Rhine]] (BAOR) in [[West Germany]] in 1957 and became Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1959.<ref name=lh/> He served as [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] from 1963 to 1964, when he became GOC [[Western Command (United Kingdom)|Western Command]]; he retired in 1966.<ref name=lh/>

In 1965 he was made Colonel of the [[Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment]], becoming colonel of the [[Queen's Regiment]] in 1966 after amalgamation, a position he held until 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002queens.htm|title=The Queen's Regiment|publisher=regiments.org|accessdate=18 October 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103051910/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002queens.htm|archivedate=3 January 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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{{succession box | before=[[Reginald Hewetson|Sir Reginald Hewetson]] | title=[[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] | years=1963–1964 | after=[[Denis O'Connor (British Army officer)|Sir Denis O'Connor]]}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Western Command (United Kingdom)|GOC-in-C Western Command]]|years=1964−1966}}
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[[Category:1910 births]]
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[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers]]
[[Category:South Wales Borderers officers]]
[[Category:Suffolk Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Army lieutenant generals]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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