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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 107

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Trafalgar (John Keech.), edge bruising, very fine Estimate £ 4,500-5,500 John Keech served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Ajax during the major fleet action off Cape Trafalgar between the British fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and the Franco-Spanish fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral P.C. de Villeneuve, 21.10.1805. At Trafalgar the Ajax was placed under the temporary command of 1st Lieutenant J. Pilford, and under him fought in the weather column where she was engaged with Dumanoir´s division, losing eleven killed and wounded. Three Large Naval Gold Medals and twenty-seven Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for the battle. John Keech born Bridport, Dorset; was a Greenwich Hospital in pensioner and died 1856. Provenance: Sotheby March 1982 Spink July 1994

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