Francis Cromie Military person

Captain (Acting) 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 30, 1882
Birth place	Ireland , Duncannon
Date of death	August 31, 1918
Place of death	Saint Petersburg
Resting place	Saint Petersburg , Smolensky Cemetery

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allegiance	British Empire
award	Order of the Bath Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Legion of Honour Distinguished Service Order Royal Humane Society Order of St. Anna China War Medal (1900)
military operations	World War I Seymour Expedition British submarine flotilla in the Baltic
military branch	Royal Navy
military command	Depot Ship HMS Onyx and British Royal Navy Devenport submarine flotilla British Royal Navy Baltic submarine flotilla HMS E19 Depot Ship HMS Rosario and British Royal Navy China Hong Kong submarine flotilla
service start	1898
service end	1918