[18] He was lost with 200 of the crew in February 1863, when H.M.S. Orpheus was wrecked, being in charge of a pilot, on the Mana Kau reef, New Zealand.
[19] An attenuated faggot, used for facing, or revetting earthen walls.
[20] Letter from Captain W. Peel, R.N., to the Rev. Sir John Page Wood: “Your son was only known to me through his gallant behaviour.... He volunteered to bring up powder through a fire which daunted others.”
[21] The “Col” was the ascent from Balaklava Plain to the Upland.
[22] Later, Admiral Sir W. M. W. Hewett, V.C., K.C.B.
[23] The general officer in charge of the Front at Inkerman had written a week previous to the battle, “I have only the six hundred men on this front position.”
[24] Throughout the winter there was always barley for the taking away, except for ten days, and during that time I fed my pony on biscuits and bread, bought in the French camp, paying 2s. 6d. for a 2-lb. loaf.
[25] Erected in January 1855.
[26] Commodore Lushington’s Diary shows he saw a soldier coming out of the trenches towards camp, and ran to help him; but the man fell dead before he got to him, having struggled on till his heart ceased to act.
[27] Later, Admiral Sir W. M. W. Hewett, V.C.