Lieutenant General Vernon Forbes Erskine-Crum, CIE, MC (11 December 1918 – 17 March 1971) was a British Army officer, who briefly served as General Officer Commanding in Northern Ireland during the early period of the Troubles.
Erskine-Crum was born in Calcutta, the younger son of Sir William Erskine Crum.
He served as the Conference Secretary to Lord Mountbatten, a position he held for just over a year before returning to regimental duty in England, commanding a company of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.
[1] Erskine-Crum was appointed co-ordinator of the Imperial Defence College on 15 October 1969,[5] and Chief Army Instructor there on 1 February 1970.
[9][10] His brief spell in Northern Ireland witnessed the escalation of tensions, as well as the first death of a British soldier, Gunner Robert Curtis, on 6 February.