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mander Wm. Robt. Ashley Pettman; and on removing to the Raven 16, Capts. John Martin Hanchett and George Gustavus Lennock, attended the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809, and was for four hours on one occasion in destructive contact with the batteries of Cadsand and Flushing. In March, 1811, he joined the Boyne 98, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Harry Burrard Neale, to whom he acted for nearly two years as Signal Mate; after which he proceeded to North America with Capt. J. M. Hanchett, in the Diadem armée en flûte and co-operated in the attack on Craney Island and the town of Hampton, 22 and 26 June, 1813. He had the good fortune, about the same period, to rescue from a watery grave an officer and three men belonging to the San Domingo. Until the receipt of his commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Crooke further served, on the Halifax, Irish, and West India stations, on board the Narcissus 32, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. He has not since been afloat.
CROSBIE. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 15; h-p., 13.)
John Gustavus Crosbie is third son of the late General Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Chas. Richardson, fitting for the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, where he served, a great part of the period as Midshipman, until the close of 1822. He was afterwards employed for some time in the Trinculo 18, Capt. Rodney Shannon, on the coast of Ireland; passed his examination 2 Nov. 1825; and in 1826 returned to India as Mate of the Java 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He there served, from 22 Feb. 1828, to 27 March, 1829, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Champion 18, Capt. Geo. Delmé, and Pandora 18, Capts. Wm. Clarke Jervoise and Hon. John Fred. Gordon; and being then confirmed by commission dated back to 28 May, 1828, was subsequently appointed – 25 April, 1831, to the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Chas. Graham – and, 22 Nov. 1836, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, respectively employed on the South American and Mediterranean stations. He has been on half-pay since Nov. 1838. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
CROSBY, K.T.S., G.S.C. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Sackville Crosby entered the Navy, 6 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Howe store-ship, Capt. Edw. Killwick, in which he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to the Rio de la Plata. Joining, there, the Leda 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the capture of Monte Video and the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres in Feb. and July, 1807; after which, on his return to Europe, he assisted at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. following, and was wrecked, near the entrance of Milford Haven, 31 Jan. 1808. Until the receipt of his commission, 1 Feb. 1815, Mr. Crosby appears to have been further employed, on the Home, Lisbon, Mediterranean, American, and West India stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Goshawk sloop, Capt. Alex. Innes, Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and Geo. Digby, Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, Terpsichore 32, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, and Venerable 74, flag-ship of Sir Philip Chas. Durham. While in the Lavinia, we find him present at the forcing of the passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand, 11 Aug. 1809, and next engaged at the defence of Cadiz in 1811-12. He has not been officially employed since his return home from the West Indies in 1815.
Lieut. Crosby is, by royal licence, an officer of the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword, and a Grand Dignitary of the order of the Southern Cross. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
CROTTY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
William Crotty was born 7 July, 1772.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed), 23 May, 1793, as A.B., on board the Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, stationed in the Channel; served next, from Jan. 1794, to Jan. 1799, in the Resolution 74, flag-ship in North America of Rear-Admirals Murray and Vandeput; and on then joining La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 men, was present, 21 Aug. 1800, at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance, of 52 guns and 326 men, after a brilliant contest of two hours and a half, in which the British lost 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and the French more than twice that number. Until the peace of Amiens he further served in the West Indies as Midshipman of the Carnatic 74, Capt. Edw. Tyrrell Smith; after which we find him successively joining, between 1 Jan. 1804, and the date of his promotion, 25 March, 1809 – the Louisa and Maria, hired armed tenders, both under the command of Lieut. John Keenan – Hibernia 110, and London 98, flag-ships in the Channel of Lord Gardner and Earl St. Vincent – Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, in which he received a wound at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 – and Vixen gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright. From 10 Nov. 1809, until 19 Feb. 1814, Mr. Crotty lastly served, on the Plymouth and Newfoundland stations, as Lieutenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Crotty has been in the enjoyment, since 4 April, 1844, of a pension for wounds of 8l. He married 5 March, 1815; and has had issue 17 children.
CROUCH. (Commander, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 3.)
Edward Crouch, born 3 Dec. 1816, is son of Commander E. T. Crouch, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 June, 1830, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, bearing the flag at the Nore of Sir John Poo Beresford. While in the performance of his duty on board that ship, he had the misfortune, on 4 Nov. following, severely to lacerate both hands, and lose the top of five fingers. Removing, in April, 1831, to the Pearl 20, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Robt. Gordon, he visited the West Indies; and he afterwards served, from 4 Jan. 1833, until wrecked on the coast of Chili, 19 May, 1835, as Midshipman, in the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in South America, and Challenger 28, Capt. Michael Seymour. On his ultimate return to England after suffering many privations, Mr. Crouch, in Dec. of the latter year, joined the Excellent, Capt. Thos. Hastings, gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination in Oct. 1836. He returned, in April, 1837, to South America, as Gunnery Mate of the Samarang 28, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Jas. Scott; and, on eventually proceeding to China, removed, in a similar capacity, to the Wellesley 72, Commodore Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, 22 Dec. 1840. Taking part in the hostilities that followed, he served on board the Hon.E.I.Co.’s steamer Nemesis at the destruction of 10 war-junks, near Chuenpee, 7 Jan. 1841; after which he mainly contributed by the perfection of his fire to the rapid success which, between 13 and 15 March following, attended an expedition up the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa, where were destroyed five forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine man-of-war junks, containing in the whole 115 guns and 8 gingalls.[1] Mr. Crouch, who obtained his first commission 8 June in the same year, was next employed on shore at the reduction of Chinghae 10 Oct. ensuing.[2] Becoming attached, 22 Jan. 1842, to the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he further commanded two boats in an attack on Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842; where, in an attempt to land the
