xvi+315pp. Illus. in text. For many years the story of Francis Cromie has been overshadowed by histories of the greater tragedy found on the Western Front in WWI, yet his exploits reveal a classic British hero, tenacious and beloved by all who served under him. Churchill called him 'a man of exceptional gifts'. Captain Cromie became a submarine commander at the age of 24, he had already seen action, received the China Medal and the Humane Society's Bronze Medal. In 1915 he was chosen to head a flotilla of submarines to attack German shipping in the Baltic Sea. He was decorated three times by the Csar of Russia, received the DSO and survived the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 through his skills as mediator and diplomat. His murder in the British Embassy in 1918 remained a tragic mystery - until now. The author reveals the background events to the crime. Bibliography and Index.

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