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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE, K.C.V.O., C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th son of the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; b. Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educated Richmond Grammar School, and Amyat Burney's, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan. 1875; became Sub-Lieutenant 21 Dec. 1881; Lieutenant 30 June, 1885; Commander, 31 Aug. 1896; Captain, 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910; served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieutenant with Naval Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive's Bronze Star; 4th Medjidie); was First Lieutenant H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieutenant in Royal Yacht, 1894-6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17 July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward Seymour's column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June, 1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904, and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for "courage and energy displayed" on this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb. 1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states "During Sunday, 1 Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence of the Canopus the enemy's preponderance of force was considerable." A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the Family. He was author of "Sporting Notes in the Far East," "Wrinkles in Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse," "Whispers from the Fleet," etc., etc. He was unmarried.
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Also commemorated in York Minister and Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE, K.C.V.O., C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th son of the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; b. Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educated Richmond Grammar School, and Amyat Burney's, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan. 1875; became Sub-Lieutenant 21 Dec. 1881; Lieutenant 30 June, 1885; Commander, 31 Aug. 1896; Captain, 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910; served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieutenant with Naval Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive's Bronze Star; 4th Medjidie); was First Lieutenant H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieutenant in Royal Yacht, 1894-6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17 July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward Seymour's column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June, 1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904, and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for "courage and energy displayed" on this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb. 1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states "During Sunday, 1 Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence of the Canopus the enemy's preponderance of force was considerable." A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the Family. He was author of "Sporting Notes in the Far East," "Wrinkles in Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse," "Whispers from the Fleet," etc., etc. He was unmarried.
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Biography on Wikipedia
Also commemorated in York Minister and Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE, K.C.V.O., C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th son of the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; b. Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educated Richmond Grammar School, and Amyat Burney's, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan. 1875; became Sub-Lieutenant 21 Dec. 1881; Lieutenant 30 June, 1885; Commander, 31 Aug. 1896; Captain, 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910; served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieutenant with Naval Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive's Bronze Star; 4th Medjidie); was First Lieutenant H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieutenant in Royal Yacht, 1894-6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17 July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward Seymour's column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June, 1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904, and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for "courage and energy displayed" on this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb. 1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states "During Sunday, 1 Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence of the Canopus the enemy's preponderance of force was considerable." A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the Family. He was author of "Sporting Notes in the Far East," "Wrinkles in Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse," "Whispers from the Fleet," etc., etc. He was unmarried.
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Also commemorated in York Minister and Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
CRADOCK, SIR CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FRANCIS MAURICE, K.C.V.O., C.B., Rear-Admiral, A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, 4th son of the late Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, co. York, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Major Gordon Duff, 92nd Highlanders; b. Hartforth, Richmond, co. York, 2 July, 1862; educated Richmond Grammar School, and Amyat Burney's, Gosport; entered the Royal Navy 15 Jan. 1875; became Sub-Lieutenant 21 Dec. 1881; Lieutenant 30 June, 1885; Commander, 31 Aug. 1896; Captain, 18 April, 1901, and Rear-Admiral, 24 Aug. 1910; served during British occupation of Cyprus, 1878; present as Midshipman H.M.S. Pallas at hoisting by that ship of the Union Jack at Paphos and Limasol, 1878; in Upper Egypt, 1884; landed as Sub.-Lieutenant with Naval Brigade for garrison duties; and with the Eastern Sudan Field Force as A.D.C. to the Governor-General of the Red Sea; present at the Battle of Tokar, 19 Feb. 1891, and subsequent occupation of Affafit (mentioned in Despatches; medal with Tokar clasps; Khedive's Bronze Star; 4th Medjidie); was First Lieutenant H.M.S. Dolphin on the occasion of the rescue by that ship of the officers and crew of the Brazilian corvette Almirante Barroza, which was totally wrecked off Ras Dib, 1892; Lieutenant in Royal Yacht, 1894-6; when Commander H.M.S. Alacrity, commanded the Allied landing party at the storming and capture of the Taku forts, 17 July, 1900, and subsequently commanded the British Naval Brigade, and directed the British, American, Italian, and Japanese forces, on the advance to, and relief of, Tientsin, and in the relief of Sir Edward Seymour's column at Siku (noted for promotion for gallantry; medal with Taku clasp); present with Naval Brigade at the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal, Tientsin, 27 June, 1900 (Relief of Pekin Clasp; 2nd Class Order of the Crown of Prussia with swords); created C.B., 26 June, 1902, and M.V.O. (4th Class), 21 April, 1903, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Malta; decorated with the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit, 1906; awarded Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard at night in Palmas Bay, Sardinia, 1904, and saving the life of a drowning midshipman; was Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, commanding the cruisers which found and shadowed the Russian Fleet after the Dogger Bank Incident; Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII, 9 Feb. 1909 to 24 Aug. 1910; Rear-Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet (3rd Battle Squadron) Aug. 1911, to Aug. 1912; was at Gibraltar when the P. & O. s.s. Delhi, with the Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters on board, stranded off Cape Spartel, on the night of 12 Dec. 1911; received the appreciation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for "courage and energy displayed" on this occasion, and was created a K.C.V.O. (28 Feb. 1912), and awarded the Silver Medal of the Board of Trade for saving life; Commanding Training Squadron, 1912, to 8 Feb. 1913; appointed Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval Officer, West Atlantic (4th Cruiser Squadron), 8 Feb. 1913; hoisted his flag on H.M.S. Good Hope (Armoured cruiser) after the outbreak of war, and was lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chile, 1 Nov. 1914. The Official report states "During Sunday, 1 Nov. the Good Hope, Monmouth, and Glasgow came up with the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Dresden. Both squadrons were steaming south in a strong wind and considerable sea. The German squadron declined action until sunset, when the light gave it an important advantage. The action lasted an hour. Early in the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought on until nearly dark, when a serious explosion occurred on the Good Hope, and she foundered.... The action appears to the Admiralty to have been most gallantly contested, but in the absence of the Canopus the enemy's preponderance of force was considerable." A Public Memorial was put up in York Minster: another at Dungavel Private Chapel by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton; a window at Gilling Church by Countess Fitzwilliam, and a tablet at Gilling Church by the Family. He was author of "Sporting Notes in the Far East," "Wrinkles in Seamanship or a help to Salt Horse," "Whispers from the Fleet," etc., etc. He was unmarried.
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In memory of
REAR ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK
Knight Commander of the Victorian Order
Commander of the Bath
Knight of the Royal Order Crown of Prussia
Knight of the Royal Spanish Order of Naval Merit
Member of the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh
Aide de Camp to King Edward VII 1909-1910.
4th son of Christopher Cradock of Hartforth
Born 1862 - Killed in Action 1914
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