Born in July, 1818, the son of John Craddock, of Radstock, Somerset. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on Jan 30th, 1843, being promoted to Surgeon on May 31st, 1857, and to Surgeon Major on January 30th, 1863. In 1857 he was attached to the 70th Native Infantry, and saw service in the

Educated at the Aldersgate School of Medicine, where he was at one time Demonstrator of Anatomy. He was afterwards a successful general practitioner in Claremont Square, then in Myddelton Square, Clerkenwell, and was a good operator. The son of an Army officer, he inherited a taste for military life