Photograph of John Roon, signalman in HMS VICTORY, 1860.

Albumen print mounted in an oval card frame, showing a portrait of John Roon, the signalman in HMS VICTORY who hoisted Nelson's famous signal 'England expects every man to do his duty'. A note on the frame states that the photograph was taken in 1860, when Roon was an aged pensioner at Greenwich Hospital.

Record Details

Item reference: PKS/5
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1860
Creator: Parks, Murray Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London