OFFICERS AND SHIP’S COMPANY OF
H.M.S. “ALERT.”
Officers.
| Captain, George S. Nares, F.R.S. |
| Commander, Albert H. Markham, F.R.G.S. |
| Lieutenant, Pelham Aldrich. |
| ” Alfred A. Chase Parr. |
| ” George A. Giffard. |
| ” William H. May. |
| Sub-Lieutenant, George Le C. Egerton (promoted to Lieutenant during the absence of the expedition). |
| Fleet Surgeon, Thomas Colan, M.D. |
| Surgeon, Edward L. Moss, M.D. |
| Engineer, James Wootton. |
| ” George White. |
| Naturalist, Captain H. Wemyss Feilden, R.A., F.G.S., F.Z.S. |
| Chaplain, Rev. W. H. Pullen. |
Ship’s Company.
| Joseph Good, chief boatswain’s mate. | William Ferbrache, A.B. |
| John R. Radmore, chief carp. mate.[1] | George Cranstone, A.B. |
| Geo. Burroughs, ship’s steward. | William Lorrimer, A.B. |
| Vincent Dominic, ship’s cook. | George Winstone, A.B. |
| David Deuchars, ice quartermaster. | Reuben Francombe, A.B. |
| John Thores, ice quartermaster. | Thomas H. Simpson, A.B. |
| James Berrie, ice quartermaster. | David Mitchell, A.B. |
| Edward Lawrence, 1st cl. P.O.[2] | Alfred R. Pearce, A.B. |
| Daniel Harley, 1st cl. P.O.[3] | James Self, A.B. |
| Thomas Stuckberry, 1st cl. P.O. | William Woolley, A.B. |
| Thomas Rawlings, 1st cl. P.O. | John Pearson, A.B. |
| James Doidge, 1st cl. P.O.[4] | William Maskell, A.B. |
| Thomas Jolliffe, 1st. cl. P.O. | William Malley, A.B. |
| Spero Capato, captain’s steward. | Robert Symons, A.B. |
| George Kemish, W. R. steward. | Henry Mann, shipwright. |
| Frederick Cane, armourer. | William Gore, stoker. |
| John Hawkins, cooper. | John Shirley, stoker. |
| William F. Hunt, W. R. cook. | Edward Stubbs, stoker and blacksmith. |
| Robert Joiner, leading stoker. | George Norris, carpenter’s crew. |
| John Simmons, 2nd cl. P.O. | Neil Christian Petersen, Danish interpreter and dog driver.[5] |
| Adam Ayles, 2nd cl. P.O. | Frederic, Eskimo dog driver and hunter. |
Marines
| William Wood, colour-sergeant R.M.L.I. | Elias Hill, gunner R.M.A. |
| William Ellard, private R.M.L.I. | George Porter, gunner R.M.A.[6] |
| Thomas Smith, private R.M.L.I. | Thomas Oakley, gunner R.M.A. |
| John Hollins, private R.M.L.I. |
The following sledge crew from H.M.S. “Discovery” wintered on board the “Alert”:—
| Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson. | James Hand, A.B.[8] |
| George Bryant, 1st cl. P.O.[7] | Thomas Chalkley, A.B. |
| George Stone, 2nd cl. P.O. | Alfred Hindle, A.B. |
| Michael O’Regan, A.B. | Elijah Rayner, private R.M.L.I. |