serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1804 -- 1834 royal navy petworth , west sussex , england 29 march 1866 1779 selkirk , scotland united kingdom of great britain and ireland napoleonic of anholt wars battle of trafalgar siege of gaeta battle 1779 ship 's surgeon james marr brydone
 james marr brydone
james marr brydone

james marr brydone -lrb- 1779 -- 29 march 1866 -rrb- , was a scottish surgeon who served in the british fleet at the battle of trafalgar .
he is best remembered for being the first person in the main british battle fleet to sight the franco-spanish fleet , and did so without the use of a glass .
the information was signalled to the fleet flagship , .
