Photo of gravemarker: C. Sanders
Statue in Mowbray Park: J. Brown
Statue in Mowbray Park: J. Brown
Holy Trinity Plaque
The
grave
of
Jack Crawford
The hero of
Camperdown
The sailor who heroically nailed
Admiral Duncan's flag
to the main-top-gallant-mast of
H.M.S. Venerable
after it had been shot away
in the glorious action off Camperdown,
October 11th 1797.
Jack Crawford was born in the
Pottery-Bank Sunderland 1775
and died in his native town 1831,
aged 56 years.
Erected by public subscription
1888
A statue of Jack Crawford can be seen in Mowbray Park which reads:
Jack Crawford
the
Hero
of
Camperdown.
The sailor who so heroically nailed Admiral Duncan’s
flag to the main-top-gallant-mast of H.M.S. Venerable in the
glorious action off Camperdown, on October 11th, 1797.
Jack Crawford was born at the Pottery Bank Sunderland 1775,
and died in his native town 1831, aged 56 years.
Erected by Public Subscription.
There is a brass plaque 18 inches high 24 inches wide, in the porch of Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, which reads:
The Birthplace of Jack Crawford
The Hero of Camperdown, born 1775, died 1841
The sailor who heroically nailed Admiral Duncan’s flag
to the main top gallant mast of H.M.S. “Venerable”
after it had been shot away in the glorious action off
Camperdown, October 11th, 1797.
This brass was erected on Queen’s Day June 22nd 1897
by Councillor Ralph Brown Annison, J.P. Honorary Secretary
“Jack Crawford” Committee which placed a tombstone
over Jack’s grave & erected the statue in Sunderland Park.
Another plaque 2½ inches high 24 inches wide, underneath states:
The above Tablet was removed from the house where Jack Crawford was
born, owing to the demolition of the property and presented at this Church
by Mrs. Annison, widow of Alderman Ralph Brown Annison, J.P.
Sunderland City Library have issued a Local Studies Centre Fact Sheet Number 4 which tells the story of Jack Crawford.
