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New? Back Press releases Jerseymen at the battle The Able Bodied Seamen An Able Bodied seaman (AB) had a great deal of experience in performing the sailing tasks on board a ship. He was able to handle the sails and rigging as well as taking his turn at the wheel to steer the ship. He earned £1 8s per lunar month and after the Battle each man could claim £1 17s 8d Prize Money and a Parliamentary Award of £4 12s 6d. Thomas Anthoine, 23, was born in St Brelade and served as one of the 117 ABs on board HMS Leviathan. He was pressed into the Navy and joined his ship in Gibraltar in February 1800. According to his papers he gave his age as two years older than he actually was and gave his place of birth as Guernsey. He may have done this intentionally so as to be more difficult to find if he had the opportunity to desert. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal and Trafalgar clasp issued in 1848. John Brown, 34, served as one of the 121 Abs on board HMS Belle Isle. He was wounded in the battle for which he received £10 from the Lloyds Partriotic Fund. Edward Hammond, 28, served as one of the 59 ABs on board the frigate HMS Naiad. Josh Henri, 22, served as one of the 120 ABs on board HMS Achilles. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal and Trafalgar clasp issued in 1848. Nicholas Le Couteur, 23, was born in St Peter and served as one of the 219 ABs on board HMS Victory. He was pressed into the Navy. He was severely wounded in the battle for which he received £10 from the Lloyds Patriotic Fund. Josue Mars, 38, born in St Mary was pressed into the Navy and joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. He served as one of the 120 ABs on board HMS Achilles. William Mason, 24, served as one of the 62 ABs on board the frigate HMS Euryalus. He transferred into his new ship from the third rate ship HMS Cumberland when she was taken out of service and broken up. John Richard, 43, served as one of the 79 ABs on board the frigate HMS Phoebe. He had joined the Navy in Malta in 1803. He had just recovered from his wounds received while attacking the French brig Eliza for which he had been awarded £20 from the Lloyds Patriotic Fund. Thomas Spencer, 23, served as one of the 129 ABs on board HMS Minotaur. He transferred into his new ship from the Pandour. He ran after the battle before the prize money was distributed. James Le Bouef, 34, named as Le Bieuf on his papers, was pressed into the Navy and served as a Gunner's mate on board HMS Minotaur. He was one of 11 gunners and their mates serving on board and as a specialist he was able to claim £10 14s 2d as the Parliamentary Award.
An Ordinary Seaman (OS) was useful aboard a ship and able to handle sails and rigging; with experience he could be promoted to AB. He earned £1 3s 4d per lunar month and after the Battle each man could claim £1 17s 8d Prize Money and a Parliamentary Award of £4 12s 6d. George Boutillier, 20, served as one of the 106 OSs on board HMS Achilles. He had transferred into the Achilles from the brig-sloop Kite when she was sold. He deserted along with fellow Jerseyman John Hutton when his ship reached Plymouth, before the distribution of the Prize Money. Peter Broford, 47, served as one of 106 OSs on board HMS Achilles. He joined his new ship from the fifth rate frigate HMS Acasta. John De Gruchy, 22, named as De Greche on his papers served as one of the 108 OSs on board HMS Agamemnon. He had only just joined his new ship (September 1805) from the fifth rate frigate HMS Uranie. George Hemery, 20, named as George Emery on his papers, served as one of the 105 OSs on board HMS Thunderer. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal and Trafalgar clasp issued in 1848. John Hutton, 26, served as one of the 106 OSs on board HMS Achilles. He deserted along with fellow Jerseyman George Boutillier with whom he had also served in HMS Kite, when his ship reached Plymouth, before the distribution of the Prize Money. John Le Maynard, 38, served as one of 161 OSs on board HMS Neptune. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. John Norman, 21, had been pressed into the Navy. He served as one of 99 OSs on board HMS Defiance. He joined his ship from the Portsmouth guard ship, the Royal William. John Prevue, 20, (possibly Prevost) served as one of 48 OSs on board the frigate, HMS Naiad. John Russell, 42, served as one of the 139 OSs on board HMS Tonnant. He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Sirius. The Landsmen A Landsman was the lowest rated sailor on board a ship. Usually he had no naval training and was only able to perform the most basic tasks, such as hoisting and hauling on ropes. He earned £1 1s per lunar month and after the Battle each man could claim £1 17s 8d Prize Money and a Parliamentary Award of £4 12s 6d. John Britten, 19, born in Grouville served as one of the 64 Landsmen on board the frigate HMS Sirius. John Gruchy, 24, named as Grechie on his papers, served as one of the 64 Landsmen on board the frigate HMS Sirius. Philip Hocquard, 21, was pressed into the Royal Navy and served as one of the 166 Landsmen on board HMS Achilles. Amos Huelin, 22, named as Ueling on his papers, served as one of the 169 Landsmen on board HMS Neptune. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. Abraham Collas Laws, 22, served as one of the 169 Landsmen on board HMS Neptune. Pressed into the Navy, he joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. Samuel Le Gresley, 19, born in St Ouen, was the son of Samuel Le Gresley and Jane Manley, named as Le Grady on his papers served as one of the 191 Landsmen on board HMS Temeraire. He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion. He was the only Jerseyman to be killed in the battle. His father received his Prize Money and Parliamentary Award. Thomas Marat, 22, served as one of the 97 Landsmen on board HMS Victory. He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion and after the Battle he was transferred into the third rate HMS Illustrious. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal with the Trafalgar and the Basque Roads (1809) clasps issued in 1848. Philip Mourant, 19, named as Morrant on his papers, served as one of the 25 Landsmen on board HMS Orion. He had joined his ship from the fifth rate frigate HMS Cerberus. John Noel, 19, served as one of the 191 Landsmen on board HMS Temeraire. He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal and Trafalgar clasp issued in 1848. Joseph Selous, 22, named as Seloe on his papers, served as one of the 169 Landsmen on board HMS Neptune. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. Elias Syvret, 23, named as Civrac on his papers served as one of the 169 Landsmen on board HMS Neptune. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. Nicholas Vesconte, 22, served as one of the 169 Landsmen on board HMS Neptune. He joined his ship from the Plymouth receiving ship, the Salvador del Mundo. He applied for and was granted the Naval General Medal and Trafalgar clasp issued in 1848. Boy 3rd Class Philip Langley, 17, served as a Boy 3rd Class on board HMS Temeraire. He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion. Joseph Melle, 12, served as a Boy 3rd Class on board HMS Ajax. Although he gave his birth place as Jersey he may have already served in the French navy as he was transferred out of a prison ship. Midshipman Midshipmen
ranked below Lieutenants but were not commissioned officers. After 1794
all prospective Lieutenants had to serve at least two years as Midshipmen
before taking their lieutenant's exams. The numbers of midshipmen on board
a ship was determined by its rating.
Officers Lieutenants
Received £65 11s 5d Prize Money and £161 parliamentary Award.
Jerseymen who missed the battle John C Lempriere, 18, midshipman on board HMS Britannia was discharged into fifth rate frigate HMS Alcmene in April 1805. George Gowry, 29, Quarter Gunner on board HMS Britannia, deserted in Plymouth in March 1805. John Le Boeuf, 23, able bodied seaman on board HMS Phoebe, deserted in Madelena in December 1803. Henry John Gosset, 32, landsmen on board HMS Achilles, deserted in January 1805 while the ship was in Jersey. Francis Fullard, 16, Boy 3rd Class on board HMS Belle Isle, deserted in Plymouth in September 1805. John Lowry, 16, Boy 2nd Class was discharged from HMS Phoebe in 1802. Officers Charles Bertram, born 1777 in St Helier, joined the navy as an able bodied seaman in 1794. He was examined for lieutenant in 1801 and appointed to the Dryad in 1802. He was made Commander in 1808 and promoted to Post captain in 1814. It was while commanding HMS Persian in the West Indies that he was shipwrecked. John Collas, born 1779, joined his first ship HMS Bravo, Captain Philippe D'Auvergne. stationed in Jersey in 1795 as an able bodied seaman. He was midshipman or master's mate in 1797. In 1802 he served on board the 14 gun schooner HMS Netley. In October 1803 he passed his lieutenant's exam while serving with Captain Le Gros on board HMS Hindostan, (50 In September 1805 he was acting lieutenant on board HMS Calcutta (50) under Captian Daniel Woodriff when he was captured by French off the Scillies. He was held prisoner until the end of the war and peace in 1814. His lieutenancy was confirmed in 1812 while he was held in Verdun. Philippe d'Auvergne, born in1754, entered the Royal navy in 1770 as a Volunteer 1st Class on board the Royal Yacht. In 1772 he was a midshipman on board HMS Flora, 32. In 1774 after transferring to the HMS Asia, 64, operating in the American colonies he was made acting lieutenant of HMS Kingfisher, 16. He passed his lieutenant's exams in June 1777. In August 1781 he was made master and commander of the 16 gun sloop HMS Lark and was mand Post Captain in 1784 but was immediately placed on the half pay list as the war with the American Colonies ended. He resumed active duties commanding a flotilla of gunboats based in Gorey in 1793 when war with France was declared once more. In November 1805 he was made Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. By the time of his death in 1816 he was Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Corbet James Dauvergne, born 1765, passed for lieutenant in 1791 and made lieutenant in 1794. He was made Commander in October 1807 and promoted to Post Captain in August 1811. Philip Dumaresq, born in 1780 in St Lawrence, made Lieutenant in September 1798, he disappears from the Navy List in 1811. Philip Dumaresq, examined and made lieutenant in 1799. He was made Commander in 1801, in 1805 he was in command of the Charwell, 18 formerly the French L'Aurore taken in 1801, and made Post Captain in 1806.
John Le Gros, born 1763, entered the Royal Navy in 1779 as an able bodied seaman on board HMS Leviathan. In April 1780 he was rated Midshipman/master's mate. He passed his lieutenants exam in 1786 but wasn't made up until 1794. In 1803 he was appointed to the command of the storeship, HMS Hindoostan, a converted East Indiaman. He was in command when she was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Rosas, on 2 April 1804. He died in 1808. George
Lempriere, born in 1766, entered the Royal Navy as an able bodied
seaman in April 1780 on board HMS Namur. In June he was rated midshipman/master's
mate. He passed his lieutenant's exam in 1788 and was made up in 1794.
He was taken prisoner by a squadron of frigates off Toulon, France while
in command of the Redbridge schooner. He was drowned in Toulon harbour
when the boat carrying him on shore capsized. Philip Pipon, born 1771 in St Brelade, entered the Royal Navy and served ass midshipman on HMS Diana. He was examined and commissioned in 1794. He was made Commander of the brig-sloop, HMS Kite on the Jersey station in 1802 and then the hired vessel Rose. He was promoted Post Captain in 1808. In 1814 he was captain of the frigate HMS Tagus, 36.
Amice Bertram born 1765 served 40 years in the Royal Navy Philip Mauger
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