George dreamed of joining the navy, but his mother who was a widow raising her children alone didn’t like the idea. Nevertheless she put on a brave face & agreed to let him go. The day he was due to sail, he hugged her goodbye. In an uncharacteristic show of emotion she started to cry. After enduring so much heart break she refused to endure anymore. George must not board that ship; instead he must stay and be strong fro the rest of the family. The boy in the midshipman's uniform wanted a navy career but not if it meant adding to his mothers grief. So, reluctantly he returned his uniform and ordered his belongings ashore. Of all the young men who might have left home in search of an adventure, he was just one more. Yet his decision had profound on the Revolutionary war. A mother's 11th hour anxiety prevented her fifteen year old from ascending the ranks of the British Navy and embarking on an adventure different from the one which he eventually became famous for. That is because the boy's name is
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