William Rooke Creswell
Vice-Admiral William Rooke Creswell, (20 July, 1852 – 20 April, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Gibraltar. Creswell entered Britannia in 1866, having been top scorer of forty-eight candidates accepted in competitive examinations.
Creswell was specially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, dated 16 September, 1873 for his gallantry after being wounded in a pirate attack on boats of the gun vessel Midge at Laroot River, in or near Penang on 15 September. The Royal Navy was not to suffer such attacks, however, and the wooden screw corvette H.M.S. Thalia captured a pirate stockade on the river before the 24th.[1]
Creswell was evacuated to Britain to recover from a gunshot wound to his hip.
Creswell retired from the Royal Navy in 1878.
His son, Colin Fraser Creswell died in the loss of E 47 in 1917.
See Also
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Post |
First Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board Mar, 1911 – 10 Jun, 1919 |
Succeeded by Edmund P. F. G. Grant |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 25 Sept. 1873, p. 5.
