Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft DSO OBE (30 November 1906 — 26 June 1998), was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attaché to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more than 60 years, and Commandant of the Cadet Corps of the Metropolitan Police Service.

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  • Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft DSO OBE (30 November 1906 — 26 June 1998), was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attaché to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more than 60 years, and Commandant of the Cadet Corps of the Metropolitan Police Service. He also stepped down with his leader, Eric Shipton, from the 1953 Everest Expedition which summitted the mountain that year. He was a recipient of the Polar Medal.
  • Colonel Noel Andrew Croft, DSO, OBE, Polar Medal, est un militaire britannique. Il fut : membre du Special Operations Executive pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, avec des opérations en Norvège et en Corse. attaché militaire en Suède, explorateur : à ce titre, il effectue une expédition à travers le Groenland, qui lui vaudra d'être enregistré pendant plus de 60 ans au Livre Guinness des records pour l'expédition solitaire la plus longue, commandant du Corps des Cadets du Metropolitan Police Service, montagnard : en 1953, il est revenu d'une expédition à l'Everest menée par Eric Shipton. La même année, une autre équipe comprenant Edmund Hillary et le sherpa Tensing Norgay fut la première à atteindre le sommet.
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  • Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft DSO OBE (30 November 1906 — 26 June 1998), was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attaché to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more than 60 years, and Commandant of the Cadet Corps of the Metropolitan Police Service.
  • Colonel Noel Andrew Croft, DSO, OBE, Polar Medal, est un militaire britannique. Il fut : membre du Special Operations Executive pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, avec des opérations en Norvège et en Corse.
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