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Records vary as to when James Sharman was press-ganged into the Royal Navy. Whatever the date he was said to be 14 years old and then working at the WRESTLERS. He served on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar (21st October 1805) as an ordinary seaman. He was said to be one of those who carried the dying Nelson to the cockpit. After serving on three other ships, he was discharged due to ill health. He was awarded a General Service Medal with Trafalgar clasp. (Which sold for £27,000 in 2012) Appointed first keeper of the Monument to Nelson, the house next to the monument became his home in 1819 and later a beerhouse. See the FORT, where in November 1829, his part in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew member is recorded. He died 6th November 1867 age 82. Various reports give his age at Trafalgar as either 14, 16 or `about ' 20, but if he was 82 in 1867 then he would have been born in 1785 and his age at Trafalgar would have been 20. Furthermore to have been 14 at the time of being press-ganged the year would have had to have been 1799. |
 NELSON'S HOTEL in 1846. NELSON HOTEL in 1865. NELSON MONUMENT in 1892. MONUMENT HOUSE 1883 & 1925 James K. Lawson, late Waiter at the Bear and Star Hotels, informed the public, June 1850, that he had taken the Nelson Hotel and Monument House, Denes. It was reported September 1856 that the monument was in a dilapidated state. Amongst other problems, all of the six Caryatides, supporting the roof, were injured. The easternmost one had lost right shoulder, side and arm. Britannia had lost her trident. Some 30 years previously, James Sharman, the brave old veteran, had re-laid the terrace for an expense of about £50 and since that time he had spent about £20 on maintenance. As keeper of the monument he had been paid money which he had received during the first ten years of showing the memorial. However the takings had dropped and the annual amount was too small to maintain him and his family. Were this not the case he would freely do all required to preserve the monument without asking the country for a single farthing for the expense. Had a popular open air skittle alley. A new building was erected 1930 further to the
East. Last licence for the NELSON MONUMENT was
granted 5th February 1930 and removed to the NELSON TAVERN,
Marine Parade South. NELSON TAVERN 1959
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