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DublinSome Bristol & District Seamen who served in the Napoleonic Wars.Submitted by dplindegaard on 13 September, 2011 - 20:26
CONNERY, JOHN At Dieppe, in consequence of wounds received on board the John Bull, in an engagement with a French privateer, Mr John Connery, formerly of the City of Bristol. FFBJ 18.11.1809. HANCOCK, Isaac On 29th inst by falling over the side of the French schooner La Muche of which he was prize master, Mr Isaac Hancock, midshipman of the Statira frigate, and son of Mr I. Hancock of this City, a promising young officer, greatly respected by his Captain and crew. FFBJ 1.7.1809. MALBON, Micajah. At Stapleton, after a few days illness, Micajah Malbon, esq., Captain, Royal Navy, leaving behind an amiable widow, 4 children and many friends to deplore his loss. He had devoted 34 years of his life to His Majesty's service and distinguished himself in many engagements. FFBJ 19.6.1813
MANSEL Mr Mansel, aged 19, at Gilbraltar, eldest son of the Bishop of Bristol. He was taken prisoner aged 13 with the unfortunate Captain Wright of the Vincego and escaped from the French after 5 years captivity. But the sufferings which he endured from his long and retracted concealment in wet ditches, marshes, etc for upwards of three months visibly affected his constitution. His friends were anxious for a change of profession but his attachment to the sea was unalterable. After staying with them only a few weeks he sailed as midshipman aboard the Circe frigate, Captain Woolcombe, who has now announced his dissolution. FFBJ 1.12.1810. Bristol and other local men at Men at Trafalgar, 1805. Royal Navy (of Bristol unless otherwise stated) John Alden, Landsman William Alden, AB John Allen, Landsman, Bath H.J. Anderden, Midshipman George Anderson, Ord Seaman John Andrews, Quartermaster John Armstrong, Quartermaster Charles Arthur, Ord Seaman William Atkins, AB Charles Baber, Landsman, Bedminster George Baker, Carpenter's Crew, Keynsham, Somerset John Baker, Ord Seaman Francis Barnes, AB. (see letter above) James Barnes, Landsman Peter Barrett, AB Samuel Bateman, Boy, 2nd Class, Bath Joseph Batson, Ord Seaman, Trent (?) Som, (TR "Bellerophon") Christopher Beaty, Quarter gunner. George Beck, clerk George Bedford, AB John Bell, Landsman, Bath Abraham Bennett, Boy 2nd Class John Bennett, AB William Berry AB Bath 'Thomas Blake, Ord Seaman William Blake, Landsman, Marshfield, Glos Walter Bond, Quarter gunner Richard Bowden, AB Robert Boyde, AB, Downing (sic) Glos Thomas Braine, Ord Seaman Joseph Briton (sic) Landsman Philip Britton, Landsman, Bath William Broad, Ord Seaman William Broad, Carpenter's crew John Brock, AB William Brook, AB, St Garges, (sic) Glos Joseph Brooks, Landsman John Brown, AB (? TR "Neptune" and Guadaloupe clasp) John Brown, AB William Brown, Ord Seaman William Buck, Quartermaster William Buckley, Yeoman of the Sheets Samuel Burgess, Landsman James Burton, master's mate, Ratcliffe (sic) Peter Bush, Boy 2nd Class, Kingswood, Glos Joseph Buxton, AB, Hanham, Glos George Cannon, Landsman, Bath John Campbell, Quarter gunner William Cantell, Landsman, Whitechurch (sic) Somerset Jacob Cappell, Pte. Queen Charlton, Somerset, (TR "Victory") Hugh Carney, Pte, St Michael, Bristol, (TR "Britannia") Robert Carr, Midshipman Comm. John. Carslake. Born Colyton, Devon, 1785. Entered R.N. 1799. Midshipman on "Victory" 1805. Promoted after the battle to Lieut. Retired Commander, 1852, N.G.S. Medal, two clasps. Died Clifton 1865. (TR) Charles Cawly, Landsman John Chambers, Landsman (as Ord. Seaman ?TR "Dreadnought". Martinique clasp) James Cheek, Landsman James Cherry, Landsman Daniel Chilcott, Quarter gunner Henry Child, AB, Bath James Chivers, Ord Seaman William Clements, Landsman, Bath Thomas Cobley, Ord Seaman Isaac Cole, Ord Seaman, Hanham, Glos Samuel Cole, Ord Seaman, Downing, (sic) Glos John Coleman, Carpenter's Crew, Bath Michael Collins, Ord Seaman, Bath Thomas Condon, Ord Seaman John Cook, Ord Seaman John Cooper, Landsman, Cyson (sic) (Siston) Glos John Cope, AB. On "Victory" at Trafalgar, aged 24, seriously wounded. Utrecht 11 May 1803, "Ocean" 15 January 1806. Samuel Cowles, AB, Downing (sic) Downend Charles Cox, Landsman, Stapleton, Glos John Cramer, Landsman William Crisp. Landsman, Whitchurch, Som Robert Cuddiford, Carpenter's crew. (TR "Naiad.) Benjamin Dagger, Carpenter's crew, Bath William Davis, Ord Seaman William Dawes, AB Bartholomew George Smith Day, Midshipman (TR "Revenge". "Superiere" 10 Feb 1809) Thomas Day, AB James Dowling, Boy, 2nd Class Thomas Downey, Boy 2nd Class, Bath John Downs, Quarter Gunner Jeremiah Dunn, AB James Earle, Midshipman Francis Eaves, Yeoman of the Sheets. Aged 29, on "Victory" at Trafalgar. 4 May 1804 "Swift", 15 January 1806, "Ocean". James Edwards AB Samuel Edwards, Landsman William Edwards, Landsman William Ellis, Ord Seaman George Emblin, Coxswain Henry Evans, Ord Seaman Matthew Evans, Landsman Thomas Evans, Ord Seaman Thomas Evans, Yeoman of the Sheets William Fields, Ord Seaman Nicholas Fitzgerald, Carpenter's Crew Charles Fletcher, AB Thomas Fletcher, Ord Seaman John Flooke, Boy, 1st class George Floyd, Ord Seaman William Forrest, AB, Keynsham James Fowler, Ord Seaman Thomas Francis, Landsman John French, AB (?TR "Euralyus") Edward Fry, Landsman (TR "Spartiate") John Fry, Landsman Isaac Fudge, Ord Seaman James Fuller, Ord Seaman John Gardner, Landsman John/James Gardner, Landsman William Gardner, Ord Seaman Thomas Gascoyne, Ord Seaman James Gerrard, AB George Gibbons, AB Thomas Gibson, AB (?TR "Euralyus") William Giles, AB Nicholas Gooding, AB William Goodman, Ord Seaman John Gordon, AB, Bath John Graham, Boy, 3rd Class George Grant, AB William Graves, Ord Seaman Thomas Griffiths, Ord Seaman William Griffiths, Landsman Charles Grimes, Ord Seaman Joseph Gullick, Landsman James Hale, Ord Seaman Thomas Hall, Landsman, Bitton, Glos Samuel Hammans, Ord Seaman, Somerset Thomas Handley, AB (TR "Bellerophon" John Hannam, Carpenter's Crew (TR as Hannan "Ajax") Joseph Hannam, Boy, 2nd Class John Harding, Ord Seaman Thomas Harding, Ord Seaman Samuel Harris, AB John Hartland, Ord Seaman James Harvey, Ord Seaman Samuel Hawkins, AB George Hayes, AB John Hazle, AB James Helliar, Ord Seaman William Hemmings, Landsman William Henderson, Trumpeter Edward Henley, Armourer's Mate Job Henley, Landsman William Herbert, Ord Seaman Augustus Thomas Hickes, Volunteer 1st Class, Berkeley (TR as Hicks "Defiance", died 1857) John Hilliar, Ord Seaman John Hinds, Quartermaster's Mate 'Thomas Christopher Holland, Midshipman, Bath Charles Hopkins, Ord Seaman David Howell, Trumpeter, Bath Henry Howell, Ord Seaman John Howell, Ord Seaman William Howell, Landsman, Manilsfield sic - (Mangotsfield), Glos William Hubber, Ord Seaman (TR "Polythemus") Aaron Hubert, Boy, 2nd Class, Cosham sic - (Cotham?), Bristol. aged 16. On "Victory" at Trafalgar. 17 April 1803 "Resistance", 15 January 1806, "Ocean". Abraham Hughes, Ord Seaman William Humphries, Qtr. Gunner, Bath (TR "Mars") William Hutchinson, Ord Seaman Thomas Hyde, Landsman (TR "Conqueror") James Jackson, AB Richard Jackson, Landsman James James, Landsman John James, Ord Seaman Stephen Watts Jeffries, Ord Seaman, Mangotsfield, Glos James Jenkins, Ord Seaman John Jenkins, AB John Jennings, Ord Seaman John Johnson, Landsman John Johnston, Ord Seaman Francis Jones, Landsman, Bath George Jones, Landsman Isaac Jones, Ord Seaman Richard Jones, Ord Seaman William Jones, AB Thomas King, Ord Seaman William King, Ord Seaman Edward Kingston, Ord Seaman (TR "Dreadnought") George Lacey, AB Samuel Lacey, Ord Seaman Solomon Leonard, Ord Seaman John Lisle, Ord Seaman William Lloyd, Ord Seaman George Long, Landsman William Long, Ord Seaman William Loveless, Landsman, Winterbourne, Glos Robert Luton, Ord Seaman William Maggs, Landsman, Bath George Manning, AB, Bath (?TR as Ord. Seaman "Victory", and Basque Roads) Thomas Mansfield, yeoman of the Powder Room John Marks, Ord Seaman, Bath James Marshall, AB James Marshall, Landsman William Marshall, Ord Seaman John Martin, AB William Matthews, Ship's Corporal, Bath Thomas Mason, AB George May, Boy, 2nd Class, Bath Mark McMullen, Landsman, Camerton William Mearn, Ord Seaman Henry Merchant, Ord Seaman Thomas Merchant, Ord Seaman, Bath John Miller, Ord Seaman Charles Mills, AB Simeon Moon, AB, aged 25. On "Victory". Wounded at Trafalgar. 14 June 1803, Clyde, 2 January 1806, Sussex, HS John Mooney, Boy 3rd Class Joseph Henry Moore, Boy 2nd Class, Bath Thomas Moore, Landsman, Bath James Morris, Ord Seaman William Mountain, Landsman Samuel Moxom, Landsman Thomas Murphy, Quarter Gunner Richard Musto, Bosun's mate George Nash, Quartergunner Thomas Nash, Quartergunner Thomas Neal, Ord Seaman Thomas Neal, AB (TR "Prince") Richard Newman, Ord Seaman Thomas Norman, Ord Seaman John Norton, Ord Seaman, Bath John Oliver, Landsman Thomas Ovens, Landsman, Bath William Owen, AB John Palmer, Armourer Charles Parker, Landsman, Bath Giles Parker, Boy, 3rd class, Wootton under Edge Joseph Parker, Ord Seaman Job Parsons, Landsman Thomas Partridge, AB, Bath John Patterson, AB Coulson Pearce, Ord Seaman George Pearson, Volunteer 1st Class, Som *John Peart - see letters, a Portsmouth Man, at Trafalgar Erasmus Peeps, Midshipman, Pill, Somerset William Peirce, Ord Seaman Anthony Perks, Ord Seaman William Perry, Landsman Comm. John Phepoe. Born Dublin, 1776, entered RN, 1801. Midshipman "Ajax" at 'Trafalgar. Ret'd Commander, 1848, N.G.S. medal with clasp. Died Clifton 1862, buried Clifton St Andrews. (TR) James Phillips: according to his obituary in Felix Farley's Bristol Journal of 14 March 1818, he was Lord Nelson's boatswain on board the "Victory" at the Battle of Trafalgar, "having proved his attachment to his brave Admiral by numerous wounds, viz. four large sabre wounds on his head, many gun shot wounds on his body and three balls in his right thigh and leg, his knee being then shattered. He obtained an honourable discharge and a liberal pension from his King and Country. He was boarded however by the grim tyrant of death in North Street, Bedminster on Monday last, having just attained his 47th year, the age of his beloved Commander and he will be lowered to his last berth in Redcliff Church tomorrow at o'clock." His name does not appear on the Age of Nelson website. Another report in the Bristol Observer of 25 March 1994, says his name was "Slasher" Brown! HE IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE AN IMPOSTOR! William Phillips, AB John Phipps, AB William Phipps, Landsman George (or David) Pitt, Ord Seaman, 19, On "Victory". Wounded at Trafalgar. 11 May 1803, "Puissant", 15 January 1806, "Ocean" (TR "Victory") George Pontin, Ord Seaman, Robert Pordie, Yeoman, Bosun's Store room John Powell, Boy, 2nd class John Powell, Ord Seaman, Bath (?TR as "AB" "Conqueror") William Powers, AB Charles Price, Frampton, Glos, Ord Seaman James Price, Landsman (TR "Tennant") Thomas Prior, Ord Seaman Francis Pritchard, Landsman Thomas Pullen, gunsmith, Downing Samuel Randall, AB, Bath William Read, Yeoman of the Sheets Thomas Rees, AB William Reeves, AB James Reynolds, Boy, 3rd Class John Reynolds, Ord Seaman, Bath Francis Rice, Landsman John Rice, Landsman Daniel Rich, Landsman Joseph Richardson, AB, Bath Arthur Roberts, Ord Seaman William Roberts, Landsman William Roberts, AB Daniel Rogers, Ord Seaman, Bedminster, Bristol Richard Rogers, AB, John Rudge, Landsman (TR "Spartiate") Thomas Rumney, AB, Pill James Sanders, AB, Bath John Saunders, Ord Seaman Richard Searle, AB, Bath Samuel Sensbury, Gunner's mate (possibly "Sainsbury") Comm. Joseph Seymour. Master RN, 1796, Master of "Conqueror" at Trafalgar. Ret'd Commander 1846. NGS Medal with two clasps. Died Bristol 1862, buried Arnos Vale. (TR) Elias Shaddock, Quarter Gunner Benjamin Shepherd, Ord Seaman John Shepherd, Ord Seaman James Sherborne, Landsman William Simmonds, AB Benjamin Simmons, Carpenter's Crew (TR "Thunderer") William Simmons, Ord Seaman, Bath (TR "Thunderer") William Smart, AB, Bath Joseph Smith, Landsman Loinel Smith, Armourer's mate, Bathford, Som Thomas Smith, Landsman Thomas Smith, AB, Bath William Smith, Landsman William Smith, Ord Seaman Christopher Spring, Ord Seaman John Steager, Landsman, Keynsham, Somerset Joseph Stokes, Ord Seaman James Stone, Midshipman, Bath Thomas Stone, Landsman William Stone, AB Charles Stowe, Landsman William Strong, Ord Seaman William Symonds, Landsman Francis Taylor, Boy, 3rd class Hugh Taylor, AB William Taylor, Armourer's Mate John Thomas, Ord Seaman (TR "Tennant") Joseph Thompson, Landsman William Thompson, Ord Seaman (TR "Victory") Joseph Thorn, AB, Ratclift (sic) Nathaniel Thorn, Landsman Bowhem Tomkyns, Volunteer, 1st Class, Bath Henry Tripp, Ord Seaman Thomas Tripp, Ord Seaman James Tucker, Carpenter's Crew, Bath John Tucker, AB John Tucker, Ord Seaman William Turner, Landsman Jeremiah Vincent, Landsman, Bath * John Viner, Landsman. See letters. George Warren, AB, Bath John Webb, Quartermaster's mate, Alveston, Glos William Webb, AB George White AB John White AB, Bitton, Glos Thomas White, Master at Arms, Som Thomas White, AB, Som James Whiting, Ord Seaman, Bath James Whittington, AB Richard Whittington, Landsman, Kingswood, (nr Wootton-under-Edge) (TR "Leviathan") Richard Wildgoose, AB George Wilkins, Ord Seaman, 25. On "Victory" at Trafalgar. 11 May 1803, Utrecht, 15 January 1806, "Ocean" Henry Wilkins, Ord Seaman John Wilkins, Ord Seaman John Wilkins, AB, Churchill, Somerset Thomas Wilkins, AB, Keynsham, Somerset John Williams, Landsman John Williams, Ord Seaman (?TR "Defiance" or "Britannia") John Williams, AB John Williams, Landsman Stephen Williams AB, (TR Revenge") Thomas Williams, AB Francis Willis, AB George Wilson, Boy, 2nd Class. Aged 17, on "Victory". Killed at Trafalgar. Joined 27 April 1803. Buried at Sea, 21 October 1805 Samuel Wilson, Ord Seaman, Bath Thomas Wiltshire, Armourer's Mate, Cainsan (sic) (Keynsham) (TR "Agamemnon", and St Domingo, Malaga.) Andrew Winter, Landsman James Wolfe, Ord Seaman John Wood, AB John Woodman, Landsman Jacob Wookey, Ord Seaman, Somerset John Wright, Armourer's mate William Wyatt, AB Thomas York, Landsman John Young, Midshipman Royal Marines: William Abbot, Pte, Marshfield, Glos. (TR "Leviathan") John Adams, Pte. William Adams, Pte, St George's, Bristol Matthew Amos, Pte, "Rackley" sic. (Redcliffe?) Nr Bristol James Applegate, Pte, Berkeley, Glos, (TR "Naiad") William Bailey, Pte, Winford, Som John Ball, Pte, Marshfield, Glos William Bartlett, Pte, Walcot, Bath John Brookes, Pte. On "Victory" at Trafalgar. Aged 30, 14 April 1803, Zealand, 15 January 1806 at Chatham HQ. On TR. John Buckley, Pte, St James, Bristol John Cantle, Pte, Bedminster Jacob Capell, Pte, Queen Charlton, Som (TR "Victory") Hugh Carney, Pte, St Michael, Bristol (TR "Britannia") Isaac Chandler, Pte, Melksham, Wilts. Charles Chappell, Pte, Thornbury Richard Chinnock, Pte, Lye (sic) on Mendip (TR "Britannia") F. Charles Clear, Boy, RM Jeremiah Coke, Clutton, Bath Thomas Coles, Pte, St Philips, Glos John Cook, Sergeant, from St Mary Redcliffe William Cook, Pte, Hawkesbury, Glos Captain James Cottell, 2nd Lieut, RM, 1798, 1st Lieut, 1804. Served in "Tonnant" at Trafalgar. Retired Half pay, 1835, died Bedminster 1842. Moses Dagger, Pte, St Philip & St Jacob, Glos James Davis, Boy, Ratcliffe (sic) Bristol William Day, Pte David Drew, Pte, Croomdell (sic) (Cromhall?) Glos Samuel Eyles, Pte, Stapleton, Glos James Fisher, Pte, Marshfield, Glos William Ford, Pte, C58, St Stephen's, Bristol, aged 24. On "Victory" at Trafalgar. 18 April 1803, Winchelsea, 15 January 1806, Chatham HQ John Grimes, Pte, St Michael's Bristol John Harding. Ord Seaman Thomas Harding, Ord Seaman Samuel Harris, Pte, Winterbourne, Glos John Hayward, Boy, RM, Milksham (sic) Wilts Francis Hicks, Pte, St Bitten, (sic: Bitton) Glos John Hicks, Pte, Bath George Hodges, Pte, C40, St Georges, (sic) Bristol. Age 26. On "Victory" at Trafalgar". 17 April 1803 and 15 January 1806, at Chatham HQ. Edward Hore, Pte, Chew Magney (sic) Robert House, Pte, Camerton, Som James Hughes, Pte. St Philips, Bristol Thomas Hurle, Pte. Berkeley, Glos George Jeffries, Pte, Siston, Glos James Jones, Pte, Milksham (sic) Wilts, (TR "Tonnant") Thomas Lansdown, Pte, Olveston, Glos Moses Llewellyn, Pte, Mangotsfield, Glos Isaac May, Pte, Avening, Glos George Moseley, Pte, Frampton Cotterell Cornelius Organ, Pte. North Nibley John Parfitt, Pte, Strait, Somerset Charles Parsons, Pte, Yeaton (sic) Somerset John Phillips, Pte, Temple, Bristol Charles Pinker, Pte, Temple, Som (Temple Cloud rather than Temple Bristol?) Amos Poulson, Pte, Melksham Benjamin Powell, Pte, Timsbury David Powell, Pte Henry Powell, Pte, P18, aged 22, On "Victory" at Trafalgar. 21 May 1803, Zealand, 15 January 1806, Chatham HQ John Skinner, Pte John Skinner, Pte, Bath George Skidmore, Pte, Iron Acton, Glos *? Isaac Smith, Pte, Trowbridge. (see letters) *John Summers, Pte (see letters) John Thorn, Pte, Barclay, Som, (sic) Daniel Webb, Boy, RM, Melksham, Wilts *? Joseph Webb, Pte, Melksham, Wilts (see letters) Joseph White, Pte, Mangotsfield, Glos John Whiting, Pte, Shepton Mallet (TR) Mark Williams, Pte, Westbury, Glos Bibliography Trafalgar Roll "Men who served with Nelson" BAFHS Journal, No. 71, March 1993 Age of Nelson website & "A British Tar. Examination before a Court Martial of Serving officers of His Majesty's late Ship Java, Jones Humble, boatswain, deposed 'About an hour after the action commenced, I was wounded; I went down and stopped near an hour; and when I got my arm put a little to rights by a tourniquet put on it, nothing else, (my hand was carried away, my arm wounded about the elbow) I put my arm into the bosom of my shirt and went up again and when I saw the enemy ahead of us repairing his damages, I had my orders from Lieutenant Chads before the action began to cheer up the boarders with my pipe that they might make a clean spring of the boarding.' This is a fine and truly characteristic specimen of the British seaman." (FFBJ 5.6.1813) A sailor at Trafalgar aboard "Britannia" had his leg shot off a little below the knee and said to the officer ordering him to be conveyed to the cockpit "That's but a shilling touch, Your Honour, an inch higher and I should have had my eighteenpence." (ie. pension according to severity.) The same fellow said to one of his friends, "I say Bob, take a look for my leg, and give me the silver buckle out of my shoe. I'll do as much for you another time." (anecdotes reported FFBJ 16.11.1822) They followed the Sea 2Submitted by dplindegaard on 26 February, 2010 - 20:01Obituaries of Bristol mariners and their families in Bristol Gazette, 1844/45 & Bristol Mercury (BM), 1844 Captain AYSH, died of apoplexy, en route to Dublin, formerly of Africa trade. (19.12.44) William BODY. chief mate of barque “Congo” en route to Africa, 21st October 1844, aged 27. (14.8.45) Ellen CUNDY. On June 2nd aged 7 years, Ellen youngest daughter of the Late Mr John CUNDY, master mariner, of this port. (BM 8.6.44) Captain E. DOBLE of “Ness”, aged 39, twenty years in the service of Baillie and Evans. (19.6.45) Thomas DUNN, son of Mr Dunn, baker of Bristol, aged 29, died June 6th 1844, due to the upsetting of his ship, “Delphos”, Liverpool on North West Coast. (12.6.45) Thomas R. GRIFFITHS, mariner, late mate of the ship “George” of this port, died Dec 30th 1843, aged 34. (BM 6.1.44) Captain George HOLLAND aged 28, of the “John Cabot” died June 5th of consumption, off Africa Coast. (15.8.44) Captain John JONES, died March 25th en route Mauritius-London, “Anna” of Bristol. (10.7.45) Sarah JONES. Sarah, wife of J. Jones, mariner, aged 30, most affectionate wife and mother leaving a husband and three children to deplore their loss. (31.7.45) Maria SMITH, died May 8th aged 23, at Duke Street, of consumption, wife of Captain Thomas SMITH, “Pamona”, Bristol. (May, 1844) Fanny WAGSTAFFE. Fanny, wife of Captain George Wagstaffe of this port. (30.10.45) Erin Lindegaard, 1901-56Submitted by dplindegaard on 26 February, 2010 - 18:49The on-line catalogue of an auction house Whytes of Dublin has a water colour “Landscape with view of City” 21 x 27 cm. Unfortunately, the auction took place 6.12.2008, so I am a bit late. Erin, who was my husband’s uncle was a scenic artist who worked on British films of the 40s, notably Olivier’s Henry V, and with Powell and Pressburger. We are anxious to trace any of his work as well as what became of his wife Cecily and adopted son Freddie. Any ideas? |
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