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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 285

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers (William Stephens.), edge bruise, nearly very fine

William Stephens served as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Severn when the combined English and Dutch fleets attacked the heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816.

Ordinary Seaman William Stephens, born Goudhurst, Kent, November 1798; joined the Royal Navy, February 1813; entered H.M.S. Severn at Chatham, May 1816, and was present at the Bombardment of Algiers; retired, November 1838.

Four other men with this name appear on the Admiralty Claimant´s List, including three single clasp awards for Syria.

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