 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Crocker aisazogara ikoko kwenguva refu, zvisinei, sezvo musi wa 21 Kubvumbi 1940 akasimudzirwa kuita chinzvimbo chebhurigedhi uye akagadzwa kuve mukuru we3rd Armored Brigade, achitevera Brigadier Vyvyan Pope, mumwe mukuru weRTR. Boka iri, pamwe chete naBrigadier Richard McCreerys 2nd Armoured Brigade naBrigadier Frederick Morgans 1st Support Group, vakaumba chikamu chaMajor-General Roger Evanss 1st Armoured Division yaimbova Mobile Division, ipapo vachishanda muEngland asi vachigadzirira kuenda kuFrance. Boka raCrocker rakapedzwa sezvo maBritish Expeditionary Force BEF akadzingwa kubva kunyika panguva yeHondo yeFrance muna Chivabvu-Chikumi 1940. Vakasvika paCherbourg apo vamwe vose veBEF vakadzokera kuDunkirkmukupera kwaMay, divi racho rakarwisa zvisina kubudirira mabhiriji eGerman pamusoro peRwizi Somme risati radzokera kuCherbourg uko zvakasara kusanganisira matangi ekupedzisira gumi nematatu ebrigade zvakabviswa. Crocker neboka rake vakadzingwa pakati paJune, Crocker pachake achidzoka naLieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall mungarava yekupedzisira. 