VIPs Connections at Port Essington
Commander Crawford’s Pasco's father Lt. John Pasco served on HMS Victory & was wounded at Trafalgar 1805. (8) Rear-Admiral J. Pasco was born in 1774. Entered service, 1784; Mid., 1790; Lieut., 1795. Lieut, of Beaulieu at reduction of St. Lucie, 1796. Lieut, of Victory at capture of French frigate Ambuscade, 1803. Senior Lieut, and Signal Lieut, of Victory at Trafalgar, 1805 ; but did not act as First. Arranged with Lord Nelson the memorable signal, “ England expects that every man will do his duty.” Was severely wounded in the right side and arm, for which he received a grant from the Patriotic Fund, and an Admiralty pension of /250 per annum. Was promoted Commander, 1805. Carried a bannerol of lineage at Nelson’s funeral, 1806. Captain, 1811. Good Service Pension, 1842. Captain of Victory, 1847. Retired Rear-Admiral, 1847. Medal and clasp. Died at Stonehouse, Devonport, November 1853, aged 78.
Captain of Marines Joseph Vallack was aboard HMS Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar. Lt. Benjamin Vallack was aboard Temeraire - Lieut. B. Vallack became Lieut., 1801. Lieut, in the Temeraire at Trafalgar, 1805. Not in Navy List after 1811
Montague F. O'Reilly RN
Montagu Frederick O’Reilly (1822-1888) was an artist and Royal Navy officer. The son of a naval officer, O’Reilly enlisted in the Royal Naval College in February 1835 and two years later volunteered for service aboard HMS Pelorus. The ship was in Australian waters in 1838-39, from which period date two small watercolours by O’Reilly (now a midshipman). The first is a fine view of his ship HMS Pelorus running out of Port Jackson, and the second is a remarkable depiction of the ramshackle conditions at Port Essington where the Pelorus was wrecked in a cyclone. O’Reilly later served in the First Opium War (1841) and on the West African Squadron. Later he served on board the Bellerophon.
During the Crimean War (1853-56) Lieutenant O’Reilly was commissioned by the Admiralty to make a plan of the fortifications of Sevastopol. Turkish officials in Istanbul, were highly impressed, and arranged for O’Reilly to have a rare personal audience with Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I, in order to show him his sketch.
His work A Series of Twelve Views from Water-colour Sketches made on the Spot, during the Period of Service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus was published in 1856 with detailed descriptions of the plates. [Nicolas Nicolaides 2016] National Portrait Gallery UK.
AB M.F. O'Reilly name is on the P.E. Cemetery plaque as presumably died on 26.11.1839
During the Crimean War (1853-56) Lieutenant O’Reilly was commissioned by the Admiralty to make a plan of the fortifications of Sevastopol. Turkish officials in Istanbul, were highly impressed, and arranged for O’Reilly to have a rare personal audience with Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I, in order to show him his sketch.
His work A Series of Twelve Views from Water-colour Sketches made on the Spot, during the Period of Service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus was published in 1856 with detailed descriptions of the plates. [Nicolas Nicolaides 2016] National Portrait Gallery UK.
AB M.F. O'Reilly name is on the P.E. Cemetery plaque as presumably died on 26.11.1839
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