Francis Cromie
Acting Captain Francis Newton Allen Cromie, CB, DSO (30 January 1882 – 31 August 1918, Petrograd) was a distinguished British Royal Navy Commander, and the de facto chief of British Intelligence operations in northern Russia for the British Naval Intelligence Division. At the outbreak of World War I he was commanding officer of the British Royal Navy China Hong Kong submarine flotilla, and from 1915 assumed command of the British submarine flotilla in the Baltic. Later during the First World War and Russian Revolution he was naval attaché to the diplomatic staff of the British Embassy in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), Russia, where he met his death, while defending the British embassy premises.
Francis Newton Allen Cromie | |
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Captain Francis Cromie | |
| Born | 30 January 1882 Duncannon, Ireland |
| Died | 31 August 1918 (aged 36) Killed in the British Embassy, Petrograd, Russia |
| Buried | Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1897-1918 |
| Rank | Captain (Acting) Commander Naval attaché |
| Commands held | Depot Ship HMS Onyx and British Royal Navy Devenport submarine flotilla Depot Ship HMS Rosario and British Royal Navy China Hong Kong submarine flotilla British Royal Navy Baltic submarine flotilla HMS E19 |
| Battles/wars | Seymour Expedition World War I |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order China War Medal (with Peking clasp) Order of St. George (4th Class) Order of St. Vladimir (4th Class with Swords) Order of St. Anna (2nd Class with Swords) Legion of Honour (Chevalier) Royal Humane Society (bronze medal) |
| Memorials | Archangel Memorial in Arkhangelsk, Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys (Gwladys) Catherine Josephine (née Cromie, m. 1907-1920; remarried) |
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