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Jack Crawford (sailor)
Jack Crawford (22 March 1775 – 10 November 1831) was a sailor of the Royal Navy known as the "Hero of Camperdown."
==Biography==
Crawford was born in Thornhill's Bank (now Pottery Bank) in the East End of Sunderland. He was a keelman until 1786 when, aged 11 or 12, he joined the crew of the ''Peggy'' at South Shields as an apprentice. In 1796, he was press-ganged into the Royal Navy and served on HMS ''Venerable'' under Admiral Duncan, the Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief of the North Seas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=6963&p=0 )〕
At the Battle of Camperdown (11 October 1797), ''Venerable'' was Admiral Duncan's flagship. During the battle, part of the ''Venerable's'' mast was felled, including the admiral's flag. Lowering the Admiral's personal flag was a sign of surrender, and even an unintentional fall was unacceptable. Despite being under intense gunfire, Crawford climbed the mast and nailed the colours to the top.
After the victory procession in London he was formally presented to the King and was given a government pension of £30 a year, and later a silver medal from the people of Sunderland. However, Crawford fell on hard times and drunkenness, and had to sell his medal. He became the second victim of the cholera epidemic of 1831 and was buried in an unmarked "pauper's" grave.
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