Francis Allen Newton Cromie
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Acting Captain Francis Allen Newton Cromie, C.B., D.S.O., (30 January, 1882 – 31 August, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Cromie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 June, 1903.[1]
Cromie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 June, 1911.
Cromie was appointed to Dido for command of the submarine E 4 on 31 August, 1912.[2]
Lieutenant-Commander Cromie was appointed in command of the sloop Rosario on 5 November, 1913.[3]
Cromie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.
Cromie was promoted to the rank of Acting Captain on 19 October, 1917.
Cromie was shot dead by Bolshevik soldiers who resisted his entry into the British Embassy at Petrograd, after killing three soldiers himself.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by George B. Lewis |
Captain of H.M.S. C 5 25 Aug, 1908[4] – 1910 |
Succeeded by Julian T. Tenison |
| Preceded by Ernest W. Leir |
Captain of H.M.S. Onyx 8 Aug, 1910[5] |
Succeeded by George H. Pownall |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. E 4 31 Aug, 1912[6] – 1913 |
Succeeded by Ernest W. Leir |
| Preceded by Nicholas E. Archdale |
Captain of H.M.S. Rosario 5 Nov, 1913[7] |
Succeeded by Frederic C. Fisher |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. E 19 Sep, 1916[8] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Harold G. Grenfell as Royal Navy Naval Attaché at St. Petersburg |
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Petrograd 10 Jan, 1918[9] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 18.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 343.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1918). p. 1817.
