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Pair: Stoker Benjamin Proctor, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp,...
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Pair: Stoker Benjamin Proctor, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Benjamin Proctor.) medal additionally fitted with three contemporary but unofficial clasps mounted on solid silver back-plate, inscribed ‘St. Jean de. Acre’, ‘Sidon’ and ‘Beyrout’; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze (Benjn Proctor) privately engraved in sloping capitals, suspension re-affixed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-£1,000
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Benjamin Proctor is confirmed on the roll as a Stoker on board H.M.S. Gorgon for the Syria operations.
Proctor volunteered at Plymouth and joined Gorgon as a stoker on 13 August 1839, aged 27. Gorgon was the largest steam vessel in the service of the Royal Navy, with accommodation for one thousand troops on board. She is known for her prominent position in the Syrian campaign, during which she transferred troops to the region and was involved in repeated bombardments of Beyrout. The most notable engagement of the conflict was when she participated in the bombardment of Acre alongside paddle sloops Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phoenix, all under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford. It was either Gorgon or her sister ship H.M.S. Benbow that fired the consequential shell which destroyed Acre's powder magazine and greatly weakened the city's defences - significantly aiding a British victory. Admiral Stopford commented, 'The steam vessels have been eminently useful in constantly moving along a great extent of coast with troops and arms, and taking part in the attacks upon the different forts, which services have been executed entirely to my satisfaction.’
After the close of the conflict, Gorgon returned to England where Proctor was paid off at Woolwich on 2 April 1842.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Benjamin Proctor.) medal additionally fitted with three contemporary but unofficial clasps mounted on solid silver back-plate, inscribed ‘St. Jean de. Acre’, ‘Sidon’ and ‘Beyrout’; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze (Benjn Proctor) privately engraved in sloping capitals, suspension re-affixed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-£1,000
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Benjamin Proctor is confirmed on the roll as a Stoker on board H.M.S. Gorgon for the Syria operations.
Proctor volunteered at Plymouth and joined Gorgon as a stoker on 13 August 1839, aged 27. Gorgon was the largest steam vessel in the service of the Royal Navy, with accommodation for one thousand troops on board. She is known for her prominent position in the Syrian campaign, during which she transferred troops to the region and was involved in repeated bombardments of Beyrout. The most notable engagement of the conflict was when she participated in the bombardment of Acre alongside paddle sloops Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phoenix, all under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford. It was either Gorgon or her sister ship H.M.S. Benbow that fired the consequential shell which destroyed Acre's powder magazine and greatly weakened the city's defences - significantly aiding a British victory. Admiral Stopford commented, 'The steam vessels have been eminently useful in constantly moving along a great extent of coast with troops and arms, and taking part in the attacks upon the different forts, which services have been executed entirely to my satisfaction.’
After the close of the conflict, Gorgon returned to England where Proctor was paid off at Woolwich on 2 April 1842.
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Pair: Stoker Benjamin Proctor, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Benjamin Proctor.) medal additionally fitted with three contemporary but unofficial clasps mounted on solid silver back-plate, inscribed ‘St. Jean de. Acre’, ‘Sidon’ and ‘Beyrout’; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze (Benjn Proctor) privately engraved in sloping capitals, suspension re-affixed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-£1,000
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Benjamin Proctor is confirmed on the roll as a Stoker on board H.M.S. Gorgon for the Syria operations.
Proctor volunteered at Plymouth and joined Gorgon as a stoker on 13 August 1839, aged 27. Gorgon was the largest steam vessel in the service of the Royal Navy, with accommodation for one thousand troops on board. She is known for her prominent position in the Syrian campaign, during which she transferred troops to the region and was involved in repeated bombardments of Beyrout. The most notable engagement of the conflict was when she participated in the bombardment of Acre alongside paddle sloops Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phoenix, all under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford. It was either Gorgon or her sister ship H.M.S. Benbow that fired the consequential shell which destroyed Acre's powder magazine and greatly weakened the city's defences - significantly aiding a British victory. Admiral Stopford commented, 'The steam vessels have been eminently useful in constantly moving along a great extent of coast with troops and arms, and taking part in the attacks upon the different forts, which services have been executed entirely to my satisfaction.’
After the close of the conflict, Gorgon returned to England where Proctor was paid off at Woolwich on 2 April 1842.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Benjamin Proctor.) medal additionally fitted with three contemporary but unofficial clasps mounted on solid silver back-plate, inscribed ‘St. Jean de. Acre’, ‘Sidon’ and ‘Beyrout’; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze (Benjn Proctor) privately engraved in sloping capitals, suspension re-affixed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-£1,000
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Benjamin Proctor is confirmed on the roll as a Stoker on board H.M.S. Gorgon for the Syria operations.
Proctor volunteered at Plymouth and joined Gorgon as a stoker on 13 August 1839, aged 27. Gorgon was the largest steam vessel in the service of the Royal Navy, with accommodation for one thousand troops on board. She is known for her prominent position in the Syrian campaign, during which she transferred troops to the region and was involved in repeated bombardments of Beyrout. The most notable engagement of the conflict was when she participated in the bombardment of Acre alongside paddle sloops Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phoenix, all under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford. It was either Gorgon or her sister ship H.M.S. Benbow that fired the consequential shell which destroyed Acre's powder magazine and greatly weakened the city's defences - significantly aiding a British victory. Admiral Stopford commented, 'The steam vessels have been eminently useful in constantly moving along a great extent of coast with troops and arms, and taking part in the attacks upon the different forts, which services have been executed entirely to my satisfaction.’
After the close of the conflict, Gorgon returned to England where Proctor was paid off at Woolwich on 2 April 1842.
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