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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 315

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 23rd June 1795 (William Holmes.), minor edge nick, nearly extremely fine, with contemporary top silver riband bar

William Holmes served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Colossus at the defeat of the French fleet and capture of three ships of the line by Admiral Bridport off the Isle de Groix, Brittany, 23.6.1795; six other men of this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants´ List, five for the single clasp Syria.

Provenance: Sotheby, January 1972

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