Watch: How Sunderland’s naval hero Jack Crawford was forgotten for decades
He’s a local lad who became a hero.
His statue stands in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park, and his heroic actions in a famous battle at sea created a figure of speech that’s still in use today.
But after the glory days of his youth, Jack Crawford fell upon hard times.
Worse, he was an early victim of a deadly cholera outbreak on Wearside.
And were it not for a revival of interest in his story, decades after his death, he might not even have been remembered today.
Watch to find out more.