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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 122

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 23 Nov Boat Service 1810 (Geo. Hill.), minor edge nicks, therefore very fine

George Hill served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Milford when the bomb-vessels H.M.S. Devastation, Thunder, and Aetna, together with a number of English and Spanish mortar and gunboats under the command of Captain R. Hall, attacked a French flotilla of gunboats at Port St. Mary, Cadiz, 23.11.1810. Some hundreds of shells were thrown amongst the enemy causing much damage; three other men of this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants´ List, two of which are for Syria.

Approximately 40 clasps issued for this action.

Provenance:
Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930
Spink, June 1975
Seaby 1978

Sold for
£1,800