Sir George Astley Callaghan ( 21 December 1852 – 23 November 1920 ) was an officer in the Royal Navy . During the Boxer Rebellion he served as commander of a naval brigade sent ashore to form an element of a larger expedition under Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Gaselee : the expedition entered Peking and rescued the legations which had been held hostage there . He came to prominence again when , as Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet , he assisted with the provision of aid to survivors of the Messina earthquake , which had caused the loss of circa 123,000 lives
Messina earthquake
1908 Messina earthquake
George Callaghan