One of Nelson's heroes.

Went to the churchyard to photograph some trees with the autumn sunlight coming through them and ended up spotting this which was far more interesting.

I have (I think) managed to find someone who was making enquiries about the man this gravestone was for and this was the result....

The only claim for a
naval pension with this surname is for a James CORLETT, who also
originates from the Isle of Man : without tracing a man's service
through all the Pay and Muster Lists, this is about the nearest you
can get to a service record for those who served prior to 1853, and
even some after that date : therefore, you need to find your Charles
on board a ship before you can start to trace his career in the Muster
Lists etc :

ADM 29/47/113 Original page number: 113 James CORLETT; Rating;
Born: Isle of Man; Age on entry: 21; Dates served: 10 July 1827-4
December 1851; Date and Type of Application: Whitehall 8 December 1851
1851 June - 1852 Aug.

Perhaps his real name was James, but for some reason he preferred to
be known as Charles, or like so many people in those days, he was
christened James, but acquired an additional christian name - it was
quite fashionable from the 1790s to add that extra name later,
especially if the vicar refused to christen the child with two first
names - in the PRs you can see the upper classes being christened with
2 or more first names, but that would never do for the working class !