orders, decorations, campaign medals and militaria - Spink

November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN
156
Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Gaieta
24 July 1815 (Charles Barclay.), very fine
£2,000-2,500
Charles Barclay served as Landsman in H.M.S. Berwick when
she combined with H.M.S. Malta during the attack and
reduction of Gaieta, on the Italian coast, in the Kingdom of
Naples, 8.8.1815.
PROVENANCE:
Baldwin, 1969
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers
(J. Garrett, Midshipman.), good very fine
£1,600-2,000
John Garrett served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Granicus
when the combined English and Dutch fleets attacked the
heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816. British casualties
amounted to 128 killed, 690 wounded; the Dutch suffered
13 killed and 52 wounded. The Granicus, Glasgow,
Impregnable, Leander, and Superb, had their masts and yards
greatly damaged.
Commander John Garrett, R.N., was the second son of
John Garrett, Esq., of Ellington, near Ramsgate and was the
brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett, K.H., Commanding
Officer 46th Foot; joined the Royal Navy as First Class
Volunteer, 1810, and was appointed to H.M.S. Hamadryad
(Captain Sir Thomas Staines); in the latter he visited St.
Helena and cruized on the Irish station until 1812, when he
removed as Midshipman with his Captain to H.M.S. Briton;
he served with the later in the Pacific until August 1815,
when he served in the Niger followed by the Granicus;
promoted Lieutenant, March 1822, and was appointed to
H.M.S. Euryalus, on the Mediterranean station; appointed to
H.M.S. Shannon, September 1828, and saw subsequent
service in the West Indies with H.M. ships Slaney, Mersey and
Racehorse; assumed acting-command of H.M.S Falcon, 1831;
Commander 1833.