Rear-Admiral

Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)

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 Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 CB

Order of the Bath

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 (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was a British

United Kingdom

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 officer of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. He was born at Hartforth

Hartforth

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, Richmond

Richmond, North Yorkshire

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, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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. He earned a reputation for great gallantry.

He entered the Royal Navy in 1875, and saw action in the Mediterranean, serving with distinction.

In 1900 in China

China

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 during the Boxer Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion

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, he commanded a mixture of British, German and Japanese sailors during the capture of the Taku

Taku Forts

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 forts and received the Prussian Order of the Crown

Order of the Crown (Prussia)

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 with swords as a result.

Cradock was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1910.