The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Joseph F. Thompson, Royal Navy, for...

The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Joseph F. Thompson, Royal Navy, for his services on board the Dictator in her action with Danish ships off Mardoe in July 1812 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 (J. F. Thompson, Midshipman.) fitted with silver pin-brooch and original ribbon, toned, extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Peter Dale Collection, July 2000. 47 clasps issued for the action Off Mardoe 6 July 1812. On 6 July 1812, the Dictator, in company with the Calypso and two gun-brigs, was present at the capture and destruction, off Mardoe on the Norwegian coast, of a whole Danish squadron, consisting of the Nayaden of 48 guns, the Laland, Samsoe and Kiel sloops, and several gun-boats, after a long contest. Joseph Frank Tompson (Thompson on clasp application list) entered the Navy on 17 May 1811. He was slightly wounded when serving in Dictator’s boats at the capture of Danish gun-boats; and in that ship at the destruction of a Danish squadron in July 1812. He served in Sparrowhawk and Mulgrave until the end of the war. He obtained his commission on 21 January 1824, and was appointed, 15 April following and 5 March 1825, to the Ramillies 74 and Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ships, Captains William M‘Culloch and William James Mingaye. He was placed on half-pay in 1826, advanced to the rank of Commander in 1865 and was resident latterly at Rockmount, St Martin, Jersey.