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== William Peel ==
'''Captain William Peel''' (1824–1858) was the third son of Sir Robert Peel, prime minister of Great Britain. He served with the Naval Brigade in the Crimea where he won a Victoria Cross. His leadership of the Shannon's Naval Brigade played a significant role in the [[Oude Campaign]] where the 8 inch naval guns were able to breach fortifications which the field artillery could not penetrate. He was nominated a KCB and an aide-de-camp to the queen. At the final recapture of Lucknow he was severely wounded and died of smallpox a month later in Cawnpore at the age of 33. After the recapture of Lucknow the brigade returned to Calcutta by bullock train. The majority of the ship's company rejoined HMS Shannon on 12 August and she sailed for England on 15 September reaching Spithead on 29 December 1858.
== Shannon's Officers ==
A list of the officers is given on the [http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm this web site] where there are also more details of the following individuals:
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=774 Captain William Peel CB]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1531 Lieutenant James William Vaughan]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1675 Lieutenant Thomas James Young VC]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1564 Lieutenant William Charles Fahie Wilson]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1431 Lieutenant Edward Hay]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1280 Lieutenant Henry Rushworth Wratislaw]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1264 Lieutenant Nowell Salmon VC]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/Verney.php Mate Edward Hope Verney]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1422 Midshipman Edmund John Church]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/Kerr.php Midshipman Lord Walter Talbot Kerr]
*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=877 Captain Oliver John Jones]
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|Died of heatstroke 13 June 1858
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shannon_(1855) HMS Shannon] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=94 HMS Shannon] www.pdavis.nl<br>
[http://www.pdavis.nl/Mutiny.htm Description of the Brigade's service] www.pdavis.nl<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7JjBbZwtikwC&pg=PA79&dq=HMS+Shannon+1857+Peel&hl=en&ei=-ZItTNWSGteUsQbD84i2Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=HMS%20Shannon%201857%20Peel&f=false Hall's VC at Shah Najaf Mosque] Google Books
