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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (John Beck, Gunner.) dark...
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (John Beck, Gunner.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
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Provenance: Wallis & Wallis 1969; Glendining’s, November 1987.
John Beck is confirmed on the rolls as a Gunner aboard H.M.S. Fawn 18, for both actions (Commander G. A. Crofton).
John Beck was born at Bigbury, Devon, and joined the Royal Navy as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Castor on 29 March 1795; L.M. Virginie, September 1796 to April 1803, A.B. from January 1799; Ord Doris, May 1803 to January 1805; Ord Circe, July 1805 to November 1806, and A.B. to November 1807; A.B. Bellisle to August 1808; Gunner in Fawn, 12 August 1808 to November 1814
H.M.S. Fawn was employed in the West Indies, and was there present at the reduction of Mariegalante, Martinique, the Saintes and Guadaloupe. The Fawn was subsequently employed in the North Sea, Baltic and Channel, and made prize, 11 October 1810, of the French privateer Le Témeréraire, of 10 guns, 6 large swivels, and 35 men. Beck continued his service as Gunner aboard various ships until his final appointment, the Windsor Castle, from which he was discharged on 23 September 1835.
Sold with copied record of service.
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Provenance: Wallis & Wallis 1969; Glendining’s, November 1987.
John Beck is confirmed on the rolls as a Gunner aboard H.M.S. Fawn 18, for both actions (Commander G. A. Crofton).
John Beck was born at Bigbury, Devon, and joined the Royal Navy as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Castor on 29 March 1795; L.M. Virginie, September 1796 to April 1803, A.B. from January 1799; Ord Doris, May 1803 to January 1805; Ord Circe, July 1805 to November 1806, and A.B. to November 1807; A.B. Bellisle to August 1808; Gunner in Fawn, 12 August 1808 to November 1814
H.M.S. Fawn was employed in the West Indies, and was there present at the reduction of Mariegalante, Martinique, the Saintes and Guadaloupe. The Fawn was subsequently employed in the North Sea, Baltic and Channel, and made prize, 11 October 1810, of the French privateer Le Témeréraire, of 10 guns, 6 large swivels, and 35 men. Beck continued his service as Gunner aboard various ships until his final appointment, the Windsor Castle, from which he was discharged on 23 September 1835.
Sold with copied record of service.
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (John Beck, Gunner.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200
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Provenance: Wallis & Wallis 1969; Glendining’s, November 1987.
John Beck is confirmed on the rolls as a Gunner aboard H.M.S. Fawn 18, for both actions (Commander G. A. Crofton).
John Beck was born at Bigbury, Devon, and joined the Royal Navy as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Castor on 29 March 1795; L.M. Virginie, September 1796 to April 1803, A.B. from January 1799; Ord Doris, May 1803 to January 1805; Ord Circe, July 1805 to November 1806, and A.B. to November 1807; A.B. Bellisle to August 1808; Gunner in Fawn, 12 August 1808 to November 1814
H.M.S. Fawn was employed in the West Indies, and was there present at the reduction of Mariegalante, Martinique, the Saintes and Guadaloupe. The Fawn was subsequently employed in the North Sea, Baltic and Channel, and made prize, 11 October 1810, of the French privateer Le Témeréraire, of 10 guns, 6 large swivels, and 35 men. Beck continued his service as Gunner aboard various ships until his final appointment, the Windsor Castle, from which he was discharged on 23 September 1835.
Sold with copied record of service.
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Provenance: Wallis & Wallis 1969; Glendining’s, November 1987.
John Beck is confirmed on the rolls as a Gunner aboard H.M.S. Fawn 18, for both actions (Commander G. A. Crofton).
John Beck was born at Bigbury, Devon, and joined the Royal Navy as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Castor on 29 March 1795; L.M. Virginie, September 1796 to April 1803, A.B. from January 1799; Ord Doris, May 1803 to January 1805; Ord Circe, July 1805 to November 1806, and A.B. to November 1807; A.B. Bellisle to August 1808; Gunner in Fawn, 12 August 1808 to November 1814
H.M.S. Fawn was employed in the West Indies, and was there present at the reduction of Mariegalante, Martinique, the Saintes and Guadaloupe. The Fawn was subsequently employed in the North Sea, Baltic and Channel, and made prize, 11 October 1810, of the French privateer Le Témeréraire, of 10 guns, 6 large swivels, and 35 men. Beck continued his service as Gunner aboard various ships until his final appointment, the Windsor Castle, from which he was discharged on 23 September 1835.
Sold with copied record of service.
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