Name

Thomas Crellin

Biography

Manx soldier captured while serving in Wellington's army, held prisoner at Longwy in France from 1806. Wrote to Robert Cannell in Douglas distributing £40 that the Bishop of Sodor and Man had raised for the relief of twenty-seven Manx prisoners held across seven French depots from Cambrai to Besançon. His letter names every man and traces each to his parish. The relief came not from the Crown but from the Island itself — the Bishop's collection, ordinary Manx people contributing what they could for men they would have known by family if not by face.

Active Period

fl. 1806–1814

Place

Peel

Longwy, France

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Soldier

Prisoner of War

Book Chapter

Chapter 15