by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Hill, William (1823)
“ This officer entered the navy in Jan. 1795; and was a midshipman on board the Colossus 74, commanded, pro tempore, by Captain John Monkton, in Lord Bridport’s action off l’Orient, on which occasion that ship had 5 men killed and 30 wounded [1] . He subsequently proceeded to the West Indies, with his first patron, Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bart., in the Carnatic 74 [2] . ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Hill, William (1823)
“ His first commission bears date April 11, 1803, previous to which he had been wounded in the right arm and side, while acting as lieutenant of the Rattler sloop, Captain J. M. Spread, on the Jamaica station. Mr. Hill returned to England, in the Vanguard 74, after an absence of nearly nine years, during which time he was very frequently employed in boat service. He then joined the Achille 74, Captain Richard King, under whom he bore a part at the glorious battle of Trafalgar [3] . ”
