The Devon Trafalgar Roll
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THE DEVON TRAFALGAR ROLL Extracted from the Ayshford Complete Trafalgar Roll with the kind permission of Pamela and Derek Ayshford. Further details are available at www.ageofnelson.org/ Presented by the Exeter Flotilla on the occasion of the Trafalgar Day Service held on the bicentenary of the battle. INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVON TRAFALGAR ROLL On the 19th October 1805 the combined fleet of France and Spain was observed to be sailing from Cadiz. News that the enemy fleet was at sea was relayed to the Commander in Chief of the British fleet, Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, and to intercept it his fleet sailed for the Straits of Gibraltar. On the eve of battle Nelson prayed: - May the great God, whom I worship, grant my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to him that made me, and may his blessings alight my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen. When the fleets met off Cape Trafalgar on the morning of the 21st the British formed two columns and, in light westerly airs, set an easterly course to close. The van was led by Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory and the rear column by Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood’s flagship HMS Royal Sovereign. The combined fleet of 33 sail of the line, commanded by Admiral Villeneuve in Bucentaure, wore round and reached back to the north. Royal Sovereign was first in action and received fire before breaking through the middle of the enemy line astern of the seventeenth ship, Santa Ana. Shortly afterwards Victory also broke through, passing astern of the twelfth ship, Bucentaure. The leading eight ships in the enemy line were cut off from the action which soon left all three principle flagships without masts and rigging. The British fleet of twenty seven sail of the line and six smaller vessels was crewed by over 18,000: 1,112 were Devonian by birth: - ABRAHAM Jonas 37 Dartmouth Dartmouth Able Seaman Neptune ADAIR William 17 Stonehouse Plymouth, Stonehouse Master's Mate Sirius ADAMS Josh 32 Exeter Exeter Able Seaman Prince ADAMS Thomas 22 Brixham Brixham Landsman Conqueror ADAMS Thomas 20 Plymouth Dock Devonport Landsman Conqueror ADAMS William 25 Killmington, Devon Kilmington Private R.M. Thunderer ALFORD John 28 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Private R.M. Britannia ALLEN William 15 (Plymouth) Dock Devonport Volunteer 1st Class Naiad ANDERSON John 27 Exeter Exeter Able Seaman Victory ANDREWS John 24 Totness, Devon Totnes Able Seaman Belleisle ANDREWS Samuel 20 St David's, Exeter Exeter Private R.M. Temeraire ANSTEY Thomas 34 Bampton, Devon Bampton Private R.M. Spartiate ARCHER Nicholas 18 Totness Totnes Boy 3rd Class Tonnant ARCHER Richard 22 Berry Pomery, Devon Berry Pomeroy Landsman Tonnant ARNOLD Richard 30 Plymouth Plymouth Ship's Corporal Naiad ARNOLD William 15 Stonehouse Plymouth, Stonehouse Boy 2nd Class Naiad ARSCOTT James 21 Teignmouth Teignmouth Master's Mate Temeraire ARTHUR Samuel 27 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Landsman Tonnant ASH Robert 51 Dartmouth Dartmouth Quarter Gunner Orion ATWELL Thomas 30 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Private R.M. Spartiate AUNGER George 23 Exeter Exeter Ordinary Seaman Victory AVANT Thomas 26 Wembury Wembury Ordinary Seaman Naiad AYRES John 40 Exeter Exeter Landsman Conqueror BABB Daniel 21 Hunstum, Devon (Hunstum) Landsman Ajax BABBAGE Thomas 17 Thorveton, Devon Thorverton Private R.M. Thunderer BAGUE George 22 Exeter Exeter Lieutenant Colossus BAKER John 28 Hilford Hillfield Able Seaman Leviathan BAKER Robert 27 Kentishbeer, Devon Kentisbeare Private R.M. Dreadnought BAKER William 34 Exeter Exeter Landsman Thunderer BAKER William 35 Ottery St. Mary,Devon Ottery St Mary Private R.M. Conqueror BAKER William 23 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Private R.M. Belleisle BALDWIN John Devon (PM) Devon Lieutenant Leviathan BALL Arthur Hitchins Stoke Damerel, Devon Stoke Damerel Capt R.M. Tonnant BALL John 18 Ashburton Ashburton Boy 2nd Class Sirius BALL Thomas 42 Chudleigh, Devon Chudleigh Able Seaman Orion BALTIMORE Robert 23 Dartmouth Dartmouth Ordinary Seaman Mars BANT Christopher 26 Stonehouse, Devon Plymouth, Stonehouse Quarter Gunner Britannia BANT Thomas 19 Stoke Damerel Stoke Damerel Midshipman Bellerophon BARBARY Thomas 24 Exeter Exeter Able Seaman Thunderer BARKER Thomas 23 Plymouth Plymouth Ordinary Seaman Orion BARRETT William 45 Exmouth Exmouth Able Seaman Ajax BARRY James 22 Crediton Crediton Able Seaman Thunderer BARRY John 31 Exeter Exeter Armourer Leviathan BASLEY John 21 Exeter Exeter Landsman Prince BASSETT William 26 Plymouth Plymouth Landsman Neptune BASTIN John 25 St Mary Ottery, Devon Ottery St Mary Private R.M. Thunderer BASTIN Robert 25 Ottery St Mary Ottery St Mary Lieutenant Belleisle BATTERSCOMB Thomas 24 Starcross, Devon Starcross Ordinary Seaman Prince E BAXTER James 15 Barnstable Barnstaple Boy 3rd Class Euryalus BEALE John 51 Exeter Exeter Landsman Dreadnought BEANSEY James 23 Dartmouth Dartmouth Ordinary Seaman Pickle BEER John 26 Brixham, Devon Brixham Ordinary Seaman Tonnant BEER John 23 Crediton, Devon Crediton Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BELLAMY John 27 Devon Exeter Landsman Royal Sovereign BENJAMIN John 21 Plymouth Plymouth Midshipman Prince BENNETT Isaac 45 Bridford, Devon Bridford Ordinary Seaman Ajax BENNETT William 26 Exeter, Devon Exeter Able Seaman Belleisle BENNETT William 25 Plymouth Plymouth Ordinary Seaman Mars BENNETT William 24 Stonehouse Plymouth, Stonehouse Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BERRY John 21 Dartmouth Dartmouth Ordinary Seaman Naiad BEST Gaml 27 Exeter, Devon Exeter Quarter Gunner Belleisle BICKELL Thomas 30 Tavistock Tavistock Captain's Cook Defiance BICKELL William 42 Devon Exeter Ordinary Seaman Temeraire BICKFORD Henry 21 Totness Totnes Landsman Tonnant BIDGOOD John 28 Plymouth, Devon Plymouth Midshipman Britannia BIGNELL George 19 Charles, Plymouth Plymouth, Charles Lieutenant Spartiate BISHOP Josh 22 Tinmouth Teignmouth Caulker's Mate Achilles BLACKLEY Samuel 27 Exeter Exeter Quarter Master Dreadnought BLACKLOCK Park 25 Teignmouth Teignmouth Quarter Master Colossus BLACKWOOD Henry 34 Devon South Molton Able Seaman Neptune BLAKE James 23 Sidmouth, Devon Sidmouth Ordinary Seaman Minotaur BLAKE John 43 Catdown, Devon Plymouth Cattedown Yeoman of the Sheets Sirius BLAMY James 30 Plymouth Dock Devonport Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BLANEY James 55 Dunsford, Devon Dunsford Able Seaman Ajax BLEWETT Thomas 28 N. Petherton, Devon North Petherton Private R.M. Thunderer BLIGHT Emanuel 17 Plymouth Plymouth Midshipman Britannia BLIGHT William 21 Stoke Damerel Stoke Damerel Lieutenant Britannia BLISS Robert 29 Plymouth Plymouth Able Seaman Revenge BODY John 28 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Private R.M. Spartiate BOLT William 26 Exeter Exeter Ordinary Seaman Bellerophon BOLTON John 55 Tiverton, Devon Tiverton Carpenter's Crew Britannia BONAFORD William 33 Plymouth Plymouth Ordinary Seaman Tonnant BOND John 23 Molland, Devon Molland Private R.M. Temeraire BOND Mali 35 Honiton, Devon Honiton Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BONOTHAN Philip 32 Devon Devon Quarter Gunner Revenge BOSTIN Samuel 16 Ottery St Mary, Devon Ottery St Mary Private R.M. Thunderer BOUNDY Humphry 39 Crediton, Devon Crediton Captain's Cook Neptune BOVEY John 32 Totnes Totnes Carpenter's Crew Thunderer BOW John 35 Chiddenhampton Chittlehampton Ordinary Seaman Swiftsure BOWDEN George 26 Exeter Exeter Ordinary Seaman Dreadnought BOWDEN William 44 St. Bovey, Devon Bovey Tracey Ordinary Seaman Defiance BOWDIGE Thomas 27 Axminster, Devon Axminster Steward's Mate Royal Sovereign BOYD William 38 Plymouth Dock Devonport Able Seaman Belleisle BOYNES John 31 Plymouth Plymouth Landsman Spartiate BRADFORD William 31 Plymouth Dock Devonport Purser's Steward Mars BRADFORD William 39 E.Morshett, Devon (E Morshett) Ordinary Seaman Bellerophon BRADY John 18 Dock Devonport Ordinary Seaman Naiad BRAND William 21 Clove Alley,Devon Clovelly Carpenter's Crew Achilles BRAND William 35 St Pauls Sidbury, Exeter Sidbury Private R.M. Prince BRAUND Thomas 16 Plymouth Dock Devonport Midshipman Royal Sovereign BRAUND William 20 Plymouth Plymouth Ordinary Seaman Temeraire BRAY Henry H. 29 Stonehouse, Devon Plymouth, Stonehouse Sergeant R.M Spartiate BRAY John William 14 Plymouth Dock Devonport Boy 3rd Class Sirius BRAY Joseph 23 Plymouth Plymouth Armourer's Mate Sirius BRAY Josias 24 Stoke Damerel Stoke Damerel Lieutenant Achilles BRAY Walter 35 Plymouth Dock Devonport Landsman Tonnant BREWER Roger 38 Devon Devon Landsman Defence BRICE William 22 Manhead, Devon Mamhead Private R.M. Prince BRIDGEMAN Roger 46 Northroom, Devon Northam Able Seaman Ajax BRIDGEMORE Roger 46 Northroom, Devon Northam Able Seaman Ajax BROOKS Thomas 24 Plymouth Plymouth Ordinary Seaman Naiad BROPHY Edward 27 Plymouth Dock Devonport Ordinary Seaman Achilles BROWN George 21 Exeter Exeter Landsman Tonnant BROWN George 28 Teignmouth Teignmouth Ordinary Seaman Conqueror BROWN John 21 Brixham Brixham Able Seaman Phoebe BROWN John 32 Stoke Damerel Stoke Damerel Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BROWN Josh 15 Plymouth Plymouth Boy 3rd Class Belleisle BROWN William 14 Plymouth Dock Devonport Midshipman Tonnant BROWN William 25 Otterton, Devon Otterton Able Seaman Prince BROWN William 23 Tavistock, Devon Tavistock Ordinary Seaman Belleisle BRYAN Peter 47 Plymouth Dock Devonport Sailmaker Achilles BRYANT Richard 38 Exeter Exeter Landsman Neptune BRYANT William 31 Lympston,