John Crawford Wilson R.N.
John Crawford Wilson R.N.

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John Crawford Wilson R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
4 July 1885 Died (Brighton)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
27 January 1854Mate
31 October 1855Lieutenant
29 January 1861Commander
17 February 1865Captain
23 November 1881Rear-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
27 January 185429 May 1854Mate in Maeander, commanded by Captain Charles Talbot, Cape of Good Hope
30 May 18548 July 1855Mate in Algiers, commanded by Captain Charles Talbot, troop transport to the Baltic, and Black Sea during the Russian War
9 July 185530 October 1855Acting Lieutenant in Spiteful, commanded by Commander Francis Henry Shortt, Mediterranean
31 October 185525 March 1857Lieutenant in Spiteful, commanded by Commander Francis Henry Shortt, Mediterranean
26 March 185715 April 1857Lieutenant in Sphinx, commanded by Captain Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, Mediterranean
31 July 18571 January 1860Lieutenant in Chesapeake, commanded by Commodore Rundle Burges Watson, East Indies and China
2 January 186029 January 1861Acting Commander in Fury, East Indies and China
30 January 186131 March 1861Commander in Fury (until paying off at Woolwich), East Indies and China
1 April 186111 February 1864Commander in Gorgon (until paying off at Woolwich), Cape of Good Hope
15 March 186418 February 1865Commander (2ic) in Bombay, commanded by Colin Andrew Campbell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, south-east coast of America (until accidentally burnt off Montevideo, 91 died)
9 June 186617 July 1869Captain in Narcissus (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral George Ramsay, South Ameirca
1 July 187031 December 1871Captain in Pembroke, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, Sheerness
1 January 187231 December 1874Captain in Impregnable, Devonport, training ship for boys
11 July 187630 April 1877Additional Captain in Asia, commanded by Captain Charles Lodowick Darley Waddilove, Guardship of Reserve, Portsmouth, for Thunderer
1 May 187730 September 1878Captain in Thunderer (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, including the Particular Service fleet
1 October 187810 March 1882Commodore in Wolverene (until paying off at Sydney), Australia
(11 May 1883)12 May 1884Second in command, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt
23 February 18854 July 1885Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (until he died), flag in Indus

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