Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 142

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809, 2 May Boat Service 1813 (James Young.), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine

James Young served as Armourer in H.M.S. Volontaire, when boats from Captain B. Hallowell´s squadron, including from the Volontaire, under the orders of Lieutenant J. Tailour of the Tigre, captured or destroyed a French convoy which consisted of five warships and a number of merchant vessels in Rosas Bay, off the north-east coast of Spain, 1.11.1809; Young served in the same capacity and in the same vessel´s boats, when on 2.5.1813 the marines from the Volontaire, Repulse and Undaunted under Captain M. Ennis, R.M., were landed and destroyed some newly erected works in the vicinity of Morgiou, near Toulon. The boats from the same ships, under the orders of Lieutenant I. Shaw of the Volontaire, covered by launches and by H.M.S. Redwing brought out six laden merchant vessels. There are several men of the same name listed on the Admiralty Claimants´ List, however, the medal appears entirely as issued.

Provenance:
Glendining, July 1921
Spink, October 1984

Sold for
£2,400