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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 7

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 copy clasp, Nassau 22nd March 1808 (James Hazlewood.), claw sometime re-affixed and re-suspended with a contemporary tailor's copy clasp, otherwise with light edge wear and bruising, very fine

James Hazlewood is entitled to a clasp for Syria, serving as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Castor.

Castor was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate launched in May 1832. She participated in the Syrian Campaign against the Pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali as part of the Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral Robert Stopford. Castor was involved in the Bombardment of Acre during the conflict on 3 November 1840, which successfully ended with the capture of the city and the forced surrender of Muhammad Ali, bringing the conflict to a close. However, Castor faced unusually several losses in what was nearly a bloodless engagement for the British, with the ship sustaining four of the eighteen overall British casualties.

James Hazlewood potentially went on to participate in the Crimean War, as his name appears on the roll for the Baltic Medal serving as a Private aboard H.M.S. Nile.

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£380

Starting price
£210