Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock

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British military personnel of World War I Royal Navy officer person rear admiral

Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the ill-fated squadron defeated by Admiral von Spee’s German East Asia Squadron at the 1914 Battle of Coronel during World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock	1
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military personnel of World War I ⓘ Royal Navy officer ⓘ person ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
award	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Coronel NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1862-07-02 ⓘ
causeOfNotability	defeat and loss of life at Coronel ⓘ
command	4th Cruiser Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ British West Indies Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Coronel NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCause	killed in action ⓘ
deathDate	1914-11-01 ⓘ
deathManner	lost at sea ⓘ
deathPlace	off the coast of Chile ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
familyName	Cradock NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Christopher NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War I naval warfare NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryConflictOutcome	defeat at the Battle of Coronel ⓘ
militaryRank	Rear Admiral ⓘ
militaryUnitTypeCommanded	cruiser squadron ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	commanding British squadron at the Battle of Coronel ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
opponent	Maximilian von Spee NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentForce	German East Asia Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
posthumousRecognition	praised for bravery and devotion to duty ⓘ
serviceEndYear	1914 ⓘ
serviceStartYear	1875 ⓘ
shipLostUnderCommand	HMS Good Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ HMS Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of Coronel → BritishCommander → Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock