Rear-Admiral William Alfred Rombulow Pearse

Introduction Is it a pre-requisite of admirals of the 18th and 19th centuries to have grandiose names?  Probably not, but one of the first graves we researched was that of Rear-Admiral Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt – a name to conjure with.  A Royal Naval Mediterranean explorer, he could be called the “Indiana Jones” of his time! Rear