Name

Hugh Bainbridge

Biography

Twenty-four years old. Lost his right arm at Trafalgar. The records do not say what he did afterward, or whether anyone compensated him for the arm the Navy took. Young men, fishermen's sons most of them, raised in the post-Revestment poverty, sent to fight at the far end of Europe, and sent home damaged to an island that had no means to care for them.

Active Period

c.1781–?

Place

Isle of Man

Trafalgar

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Naval Seaman

Trafalgar Veteran

Book Chapter

Chapter 15