Baptist Crozier

Major-General Baptist Barton Crozier, was a British Army officer.

Military career

Crozier was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 22 December 1898 and saw action during the Second Boer War and then the First World War. He fought at Givenchy on the Western Front, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. The citation for his DSO appeared in The London Gazette in April 1915 and reads as follows:
He then saw action in Italy, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
He went on to be Commander, Royal Artillery for Eastern Command in February 1929 and General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in October 1934, before retiring in December 1938.