词条 | William Hicks (Royal Navy officer) |
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}} |awards = |relations = |laterwork = }} Lieutenant William Hicks (1788–1874) was a British Naval officer who at the age of 16, was an aide-de-camp to Captain Pellew of the Conqueror, at the Battle of Trafalgar. His vivid accounts describing the surrender of Admiral Villeneuve's flagship Bucentaure were published in The Times newspaper. His uniform is preserved at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and is said to be the only one of its type from that era [2] At TrafalgarAs midshipman at the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), he served under Captain Israel Pellew on the HMS Conqueror [3] Letters from him also preserved in the family show that the carnage he saw at Trafalgar made a deep and lasting impact. He wrote:
Describing the surrender of the 'Bucentaure' he wrote...
UniformHis pre-1815 pattern lieutenants uniform is on display in the National Maritime Museum. It was donated by a descendant having been carefully preserved by succeeding generations of the Hicks family. There are no other examples of this type of uniform anywhere in the world.[4] Post-war careerIn 1819 he left the Navy and trained for priesthood in the Church of England. In 1829 he became Rector of St Mary’s, Sturmer, in Essex, where he served for 44 years, until his death in 1874.[5] A memorial plaque in the church, erected by parishioners, commemorates 'William Hicks, our Vicar who fought at Trafalgar.'[6] FamilyHe was the son of Richard Hicks and Martha Peter (of Padstow) in the Parish of St Columb Major. In 1823 he married Charlotte Willimot, the daughter of Alderman Willimot of Cambridge, and had 6 children. His younger brother, Richard Hicks also fought in the French Wars of 1793–1815, serving in the army in Wellington’s Peninsular campaigns. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m6265/|title=Maritime Memorials M6265|publisher=National Maritime Museum Greenwich|accessdate=8 August 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, William}}2. ^http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051867/Rare-Royal-Naval-uniform-Battle-Trafalgar-survivor-William-Hicks-goes-display.html 3. ^Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle By Roy Adkins (page 4. ^http://www.1805club.org/Lt_William_Hicks 5. ^http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayCcePerson.jsp?PersonID=52955 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Result_Details.aspx?DocID=988759|title=Seax - Catalogue: T/Z 151/248 Monumental inscriptions at St Mary, Sturmer|work=Seax - Essex Archives Online|publisher=Essex Record Office|accessdate=8 August 2015}} 10 : 1788 births|1848 deaths|British reporters and correspondents|British war correspondents|Royal Navy officers|Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars|Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars|People from St Columb Major|Cornish sailors|19th-century Anglican priests |
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