Joe Baker-Cresswell
| Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 February 1901 Mayfair, London |
| Died | 4 March 1997 (aged 96) Bamburgh, Northumberland |
| Buried at | St Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1919–1951 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit |
HMS Tiger HMS Castor HMS Veronica HMS Adventure HMS Nelson HMS Rodney |
| Commands held |
HMS Arrow HMS Bulldog HMS Gambia |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | DSO |
| Other work | High Sheriff of Northumberland |
Captain Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell DSO (2 February 1901 – 4 March 1997) was a Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland. He is noted prominently for his role as the commanding officer of HMS Bulldog during the capture of U-110 which an intact Enigma cipher machine was seized.
Baker-Cresswell was born in Mayfair, London, the younger of the two sons of Major Addison Francis Baker-Cresswell (1874–1921), a Grenadier Guards officer and a member of a landowning family from Northumberland, and his wife Idonea Fitzherbert Widdrington. The elder brother, John Baker-Cresswell (1899–1920), was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy who was drowned in an accident at Portsmouth.
Baker-Cresswell was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, where he was a member of the school's Officer Training Corps.
He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1919. His first ship was the battlecruiser HMS Tiger. He later served in the light cruiser HMS Castor based at Queenstown, Ireland, and in the sloop HMS Veronica, based in New Zealand. In 1927 he joined the minelayer HMS Adventure and the battleship HMS Nelson, then for three years was navigating officer on the battleship HMS Rodney. He was promoted commander in 1937.
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