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Christopher Cradock
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock, KCVO, CB, SGM (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He earned a reputation for great gallantry.〔
== Early life and career ==
Cradock was born at Hartforth, Richmond, North Yorkshire.〔Paul G. Halpern, ‘Cradock, Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice (1862–1914)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 (), accessed 13 May 2011.〕 He entered the Royal Navy in 1875, and saw action in the Mediterranean, serving with distinction. On 1 February 1900 he was appointed in command of the cruiser HMS ''Alacrity'', which later that year was posted to China during the Boxer Rebellion. He commanded a mixture of British, German and Japanese sailors during the capture of the Taku forts, and was promoted captain in April 1901 and received the Prussian Order of the Crown with swords as a result.
On 24 March 1902 he was posted to at the Mediterranean Station, where he served as flag captain to Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1910, he was involved in the sea rescue of the passengers and crew of the in December 1911. He was awarded the SGM and KCVO in 1912. In February 1913, he was given command of the North America and West Indies Station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Christopher "Kit" Cradock, 1862-1914 )〕 From at least 21 until 26 April 1914, Cradock was at Veracruz on during the United States occupation of Veracruz.〔''The Landing at Veracruz: 1914'' by Jack Sweetman, ch. 6〕〔(A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico by Edith O'Shaughnessy, ch. XXIV )〕
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