Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock, Sir · Rear-Admiral · † 1914

Personal data

Name	Cradock, Sir
Initials	C.G.F.M.
Christian name	Christopher George Francis Maurice
Date and place of birth	Hartforth, North Yorkshire; 02.07.1862
Family	Son of Christopher and Georgina (nee Duff) Cradock

Information: Served on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert (1894)
Information 2: Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station before the war

Information: Killed during the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile when his flagship was sunk.
Information 2: 'The Cradock Lamp' - Valparaiso Branch, Chile. Endowed on 03.07.1929. First lit on 07.12.1929 at The Royal Albert Hall, London by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "To the undying memory of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock and the officers and men lost at the Battle of Coronel, November 1914; and in memory of Lt.-Col. Christopher Bushell, V.C., D.S.O., Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., Morlancourt, August, 1918; and of Robert George Hassall, Pte., 43rd Canadian Inf., Arras, September 1918; and of Mrs Florence Maude Hassall, V.A.D., Clermont Ferrand, September 1929." (Donated by Branch members). Brass plaques held at Toc H archive, Birmingham.
Information 3: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Order of the Crown
Information 4: Monument to Cradock in York Minster