Arthur Ransome Wiki
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Community
Interactive Maps
Recent Blog Posts
Wiki Content
Recently Changed Pages
Winter Holiday
Frank Farland
Steven Spurrier
Jim Brading
Ramp Holme
Ethnicity
Peter Duck
Ship's babies
Jacksons
Colonel Jolys
Great Grandfather Turner
Native
Dick Callum
Wild Cat
Titmouse
Locations
Rio
The Lake
Secret Harbour
High Topps
Wild Cat Island
Kanchenjunga
Hundredth port
Community
Help
FANDOM
Fan Central
BETA
Games
Anime
Movies
TV
Video
Wikis
Explore Wikis
Community Central
Start a Wiki
Don't have an account?
Register
Sign In
Sign In
Register
Arthur Ransome Wiki
560
pages
Explore
Main Page
All Pages
Community
Interactive Maps
Recent Blog Posts
Wiki Content
Recently Changed Pages
Winter Holiday
Frank Farland
Steven Spurrier
Jim Brading
Ramp Holme
Ethnicity
Peter Duck
Ship's babies
Jacksons
Colonel Jolys
Great Grandfather Turner
Native
Dick Callum
Wild Cat
Titmouse
Locations
Rio
The Lake
Secret Harbour
High Topps
Wild Cat Island
Kanchenjunga
Hundredth port
Community
Help
Editing
Red-haired Bill
Back to page
Edit
Edit source
View history
Talk (1)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
:''not to be confused with '''[[Bill]]''' of the [[Death and Glory]] Red-haired '''Bill''' was the Ship's Boy of [[Black Jake]]'s schooner ''[[Viper]]'' in the [[Peter Duck story|story]] of ''[[Peter Duck]]''. His predicament on that ship arouses sympathy and concern among the crew of the ''[[Wild Cat]]'' and later when he is abandoned at sea by his captain he is welcomed as a member of ''Wild Cat's'' crew. Bill is loyal to his new ship and becomes a close sidekick to [[Mr Duck]]. Bill is ''not as big as John, but a good deal bigger than Roger'' ([[PD|PD2]]). Later they find his feet (like those of [[Dorothea]]) are the same size as Peggy's ([[PD|PD14]]). At the end Susan asks about the teeth he lost ''Were they second ones or first ones, Bill?'' ([[PD|PD25]]). ==Early life== Bill is said by Peter Duck to have been ''born on the [[Wikipedia:Dogger Bank|Dogger Bank]]'' and ''born in a trawler, His mother died when he was a baby. His dad was lost in a gale a year or two back ...'' ([[PD|PD2]]) β it is not clear whether this literally means he was born on board a fishing vessel working there at the time. ==Later life== At the end of ''[[Peter Duck]]'', Bill visits [[Mr Duck]]'s three daughters, who had all married farmers. Bill decides that he likes the one in [[Beccles]] best, and settles down there, where he gets ''a bit of schooling''. The other two daughters are Annie at Acle and Rose at Potter Heigham ([[PD]]6). == Is Bill Bill? == Bill has the same name as [[Death and Glories|Bill of the Death and Glory.]] Red-haired Bill ended up living at Beccles. If he had moved in with Aunt Rose at Potter Heigham he would have been more likely to have at least met his namesake, who, it is recorded, had both parents. [[category:characters]]
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to the Arthur Ransome Wiki are considered to be released under the CC-BY-SA
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Follow on IG
TikTok
Join Fan Lab