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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 306

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, London 13 March 1806, Java (Charles Murray.), suspension and retaining rod re-affixed, with second clasp additionally affixed immediately on top of first, nearly very fine Estimate £ 450-550 Charles Murray served as a Private, Royal Marines in H.M.S. London at the capture of the French ship-of-the-line Marengo and the frigate Belle Poule, after a running fight lasting five hours approaching the Azores, 13.3.1806; and as a Private, Royal Marines, in H.M.S. Hussar during the assistance given by the Navy in the capture of the island of Java from July until the surrender, 18.9.1811. Corporal Charles Murray, born Skirt, Queen´s County, Ireland, c.1783; enlisted in the Plymouth Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry, July 1805; served in H.M.S. London, September 1805 to June 1809; served in H.M.S. Hussar from June 1810; promoted Corporal, August 1812; discharged, August 1814. Two other men with this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants´ List, both single clasp medals, for Egypt and St. Vincent. A single clasp Naval General Service Medal, with the clasp London 13 March 1806, was sold as part of the Whitaker Collection in 1890; it is probable that this was the same medal, and the Java clasp has been subsequently added to give the recipient his correct entitlement. Approximately 27 ´London 13 March 1806´ clasps issued.

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