Researching Christopher Cradock
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The name Christopher means "Christ-bearer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Christopher Cradock on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Christopher Cradock and the Cradock Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Christopher Cradock
Christopher Cradock
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was an English senior officer 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.
Source: Christopher Cradock, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cradock
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