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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Egypt, St. Sebastian (William Martin.) edge...
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Egypt, St. Sebastian (William Martin.) edge bruising, otherwise dark toned, nearly very fine £800-£1,000
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Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Sotheby’s, February 1970.
William Martin served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Hector in Egypt, and aboard H.M.S. Ajax at St Sebastian. Ten other men of this name are shown on the rolls for various clasps.
Sold with extensive biographical notes copied from Mr Payne’s catalogue from which the following is extracted:
"He then returned to England, but left the 'Royal Sovereign' for Woolwich, to join the new division, and on the 28th left that place for the recruiting service, in which he remained until 1809, when he again went on board His Majesty's ship the 'Ajax,' and on the 22nd sailed for the Mediterranean to join the force under Lord Collingwood, but that distinguished man departing this life soon afterwards at Gibraltar, the command devolved on Sir Edward Pellew.
" On the 11th of September, 1810, whilst cruising off the Isle of Elba, they saw a strange sail, which they came up to a few hours afterwards, and, finding it to be an enemy's ship, a smart engagement ensued. Martin had fired about fourteen rounds, when he received a musket ball through his right hand, another in his right breast, another on his head, and one in his foot (we have seen the scars).
"Afterwards, Martin was a good deal knocked about until 1818, when he was declared entitled to a pension and his discharge, after a hard service of twenty years and nine months. He soon afterwards took up his residence at East Retford, where he remained until his death.
" He was a married man with a family, and at pension times had a partiality for his favourite grog, but having served his King and country for so long a period he was not behindhand in his private capacity. We have known him for more than thirty years; he was a constant attendant at his parish Church, a loyal subject to his Sovereign, an excellent neighbour, a good husband and father, and by far from being an unuseful member of society."
Another obituary notice claims that he was also at the battle of Trafalgar:
"On the 25th inst., at East Retford, very suddenly, Mr. William Martin, an old veteran Marine and Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, aged 72, who had served in several engagements, and had been severely wounded. He was at the battle of Trafalgar, the taking of St. Sebastian, and in Egypt, as shown by a Medal with two bars upon it; his service extended over a period of 20 years; he was dismissed with a pension in 1818. A coroner's inquest was held on the body on the 27th inst., before P. R. Falkner, Esq., when a verdict was returned of 'Death from natural causes.'"
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Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Sotheby’s, February 1970.
William Martin served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Hector in Egypt, and aboard H.M.S. Ajax at St Sebastian. Ten other men of this name are shown on the rolls for various clasps.
Sold with extensive biographical notes copied from Mr Payne’s catalogue from which the following is extracted:
"He then returned to England, but left the 'Royal Sovereign' for Woolwich, to join the new division, and on the 28th left that place for the recruiting service, in which he remained until 1809, when he again went on board His Majesty's ship the 'Ajax,' and on the 22nd sailed for the Mediterranean to join the force under Lord Collingwood, but that distinguished man departing this life soon afterwards at Gibraltar, the command devolved on Sir Edward Pellew.
" On the 11th of September, 1810, whilst cruising off the Isle of Elba, they saw a strange sail, which they came up to a few hours afterwards, and, finding it to be an enemy's ship, a smart engagement ensued. Martin had fired about fourteen rounds, when he received a musket ball through his right hand, another in his right breast, another on his head, and one in his foot (we have seen the scars).
"Afterwards, Martin was a good deal knocked about until 1818, when he was declared entitled to a pension and his discharge, after a hard service of twenty years and nine months. He soon afterwards took up his residence at East Retford, where he remained until his death.
" He was a married man with a family, and at pension times had a partiality for his favourite grog, but having served his King and country for so long a period he was not behindhand in his private capacity. We have known him for more than thirty years; he was a constant attendant at his parish Church, a loyal subject to his Sovereign, an excellent neighbour, a good husband and father, and by far from being an unuseful member of society."
Another obituary notice claims that he was also at the battle of Trafalgar:
"On the 25th inst., at East Retford, very suddenly, Mr. William Martin, an old veteran Marine and Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, aged 72, who had served in several engagements, and had been severely wounded. He was at the battle of Trafalgar, the taking of St. Sebastian, and in Egypt, as shown by a Medal with two bars upon it; his service extended over a period of 20 years; he was dismissed with a pension in 1818. A coroner's inquest was held on the body on the 27th inst., before P. R. Falkner, Esq., when a verdict was returned of 'Death from natural causes.'"
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Egypt, St. Sebastian (William Martin.) edge bruising, otherwise dark toned, nearly very fine £800-£1,000
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Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Sotheby’s, February 1970.
William Martin served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Hector in Egypt, and aboard H.M.S. Ajax at St Sebastian. Ten other men of this name are shown on the rolls for various clasps.
Sold with extensive biographical notes copied from Mr Payne’s catalogue from which the following is extracted:
"He then returned to England, but left the 'Royal Sovereign' for Woolwich, to join the new division, and on the 28th left that place for the recruiting service, in which he remained until 1809, when he again went on board His Majesty's ship the 'Ajax,' and on the 22nd sailed for the Mediterranean to join the force under Lord Collingwood, but that distinguished man departing this life soon afterwards at Gibraltar, the command devolved on Sir Edward Pellew.
" On the 11th of September, 1810, whilst cruising off the Isle of Elba, they saw a strange sail, which they came up to a few hours afterwards, and, finding it to be an enemy's ship, a smart engagement ensued. Martin had fired about fourteen rounds, when he received a musket ball through his right hand, another in his right breast, another on his head, and one in his foot (we have seen the scars).
"Afterwards, Martin was a good deal knocked about until 1818, when he was declared entitled to a pension and his discharge, after a hard service of twenty years and nine months. He soon afterwards took up his residence at East Retford, where he remained until his death.
" He was a married man with a family, and at pension times had a partiality for his favourite grog, but having served his King and country for so long a period he was not behindhand in his private capacity. We have known him for more than thirty years; he was a constant attendant at his parish Church, a loyal subject to his Sovereign, an excellent neighbour, a good husband and father, and by far from being an unuseful member of society."
Another obituary notice claims that he was also at the battle of Trafalgar:
"On the 25th inst., at East Retford, very suddenly, Mr. William Martin, an old veteran Marine and Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, aged 72, who had served in several engagements, and had been severely wounded. He was at the battle of Trafalgar, the taking of St. Sebastian, and in Egypt, as shown by a Medal with two bars upon it; his service extended over a period of 20 years; he was dismissed with a pension in 1818. A coroner's inquest was held on the body on the 27th inst., before P. R. Falkner, Esq., when a verdict was returned of 'Death from natural causes.'"
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Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Sotheby’s, February 1970.
William Martin served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Hector in Egypt, and aboard H.M.S. Ajax at St Sebastian. Ten other men of this name are shown on the rolls for various clasps.
Sold with extensive biographical notes copied from Mr Payne’s catalogue from which the following is extracted:
"He then returned to England, but left the 'Royal Sovereign' for Woolwich, to join the new division, and on the 28th left that place for the recruiting service, in which he remained until 1809, when he again went on board His Majesty's ship the 'Ajax,' and on the 22nd sailed for the Mediterranean to join the force under Lord Collingwood, but that distinguished man departing this life soon afterwards at Gibraltar, the command devolved on Sir Edward Pellew.
" On the 11th of September, 1810, whilst cruising off the Isle of Elba, they saw a strange sail, which they came up to a few hours afterwards, and, finding it to be an enemy's ship, a smart engagement ensued. Martin had fired about fourteen rounds, when he received a musket ball through his right hand, another in his right breast, another on his head, and one in his foot (we have seen the scars).
"Afterwards, Martin was a good deal knocked about until 1818, when he was declared entitled to a pension and his discharge, after a hard service of twenty years and nine months. He soon afterwards took up his residence at East Retford, where he remained until his death.
" He was a married man with a family, and at pension times had a partiality for his favourite grog, but having served his King and country for so long a period he was not behindhand in his private capacity. We have known him for more than thirty years; he was a constant attendant at his parish Church, a loyal subject to his Sovereign, an excellent neighbour, a good husband and father, and by far from being an unuseful member of society."
Another obituary notice claims that he was also at the battle of Trafalgar:
"On the 25th inst., at East Retford, very suddenly, Mr. William Martin, an old veteran Marine and Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, aged 72, who had served in several engagements, and had been severely wounded. He was at the battle of Trafalgar, the taking of St. Sebastian, and in Egypt, as shown by a Medal with two bars upon it; his service extended over a period of 20 years; he was dismissed with a pension in 1818. A coroner's inquest was held on the body on the 27th inst., before P. R. Falkner, Esq., when a verdict was returned of 'Death from natural causes.'"
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