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==Flag Rank==
 
==Flag Rank==
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Cross was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 1 January, 1910, vice [[Angus MacLeod|MacLeod]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/30 no. 28325.  p. 30.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>  He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 16 May, 1913,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28720/pages/3591 no. 28720.  p. 3591.]  20 May, 1913.</ref> and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 17 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28722/pages/3753 no. 28722.  p. 3753.]  27 May, 1913.</ref>
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Cross was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 1 January, 1910, vice [[Angus MacLeod|MacLeod]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/30 no. 28325.  p. 30.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>  He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 16 May, 1913, vice [[George Augustus Giffard|Giffard]],<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28720/pages/3591 no. 28720.  p. 3591.]  20 May, 1913.</ref> and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 17 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28722/pages/3753 no. 28722.  p. 3753.]  27 May, 1913.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:14, 5 April 2011

Admiral Charles Henry Cross, Royal Navy, Retired (18 May, 1852 – 1 January, 1915) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cross was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1894.[1]

Cross was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 June, 1905, vice Rainier.[2]

Flag Rank

Cross was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1910, vice MacLeod.[3] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 May, 1913, vice Giffard,[4] and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 17 May.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7580. 29 December, 1893.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28325. p. 30. 4 January, 1910.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28720. p. 3591. 20 May, 1913.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28722. p. 3753. 27 May, 1913.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral C. H. Cross" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 2 January, 1915. Issue 40741, col D, pg. 5.

Service Records

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