Christopher Cradock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christopher Cradock

Royal Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1862

Place of Birth: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1914

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was a British Rear-Admiral of the Royal Navy.
He earned a reputation for great gallantry.
Appointed to the royal yacht, he was close to the British royal family.
Prior to the First World War, his combat service during the Mahdist War and the Boxer Rebellion was all ashore.
Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station before the war, his mission was to protect Allied merchant shipping by hunting down German commerce raiders.
Late in 1914 he was tasked to search for and destroy the East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy as it headed home around the tip of South America.
Believing that he had no choice but to engage the squadron in accordance with his orders, despite his numerical and tactical inferiority, he was killed during the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile in November when the German ships sank his flagship.