JOHN FORBES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in Dec. 1800; presented with the Turkish gold medal, at the close of the Egyptian campaign, in 1801; wounded while serving under Sir John T. Duckworth, in the Royal George, first-rate, during the expedition against Constantinople, in 1807; appointed to the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Admiral John Holloway, in the summer of 1810; and advanced to his present rank on the 1 7th Mar. 1812. He subsequently commanded the Erebus sloop, on the North Sea station.
CHARLES FARWELL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 30th April, 1807; promoted to the rank of commander. Mar. 17th, 1812; appointed to the Alert sloop, Feb. 11th, 1819; and granted the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, June 7th, 1830.
THOMAS GALLWEY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Sept. 1807; served as such under Captain (now Sir Philip) Broke, the Shannon frigate; and was advanced to his present rank, Mar. 17th, 1812. Since the peace he has been employed in the Preventive and Coast-Guard services.
JOHN JEKYLL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant towards the close of 1796; and commander on the 21st Mar. 1812. Previous to this latter promotion, he had displayed much ingenuity in contriving the common hand-pump to serve as a fire-engine on board ships; and some years afterwards, obtained a patent for certain improvements in steam or vapour baths, to render the same more portable and convenient than those then in
