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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 351

Matthew Boulton's Medal for Trafalgar 1805, 48mm, white metal, the reverse field contemporarily engraved 'Wm Tarrant Victory' in running script, very fine, encased in a hinged brass frame glazed with lunettes, together with a Greenwich Hospital School Medal, bronze-gilt, reverse engraved 'C. Tarrant 1832'; a Parchment Certificate appointing Edward Tarrant a Gunner First Class in Her Majesty's Fleet, dated 1.7.1865; and a large quantity of research (lot)

Boatswain William Tarrant, born Brading, Isle of Wight, 1780; enlisted in the Royal Navy, for service in H.M.S. Utrecht, April 1803; transferred to H.M.S. Victory, May 1803; promoted Quarter Gunner, June 1804; served in H.M.S. Victory 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, and slightly wounded, 'third finger of right hand disabled at Trafalgar' (ADM 38.9257 refers); transferred for service in H.M.S. Ocean, January 1806; advanced Boatswain, October 1810; discharged, March 1838; died, Portsea, Hampshire, February 1855.

William Tarrant received a Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with clasp Trafalgar; a bronze Reward of Merit Medal named to 'Wm Tarrant, Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Victory' is also known.

Boatswain's Mate Charles Tarrant, born 1818, the son of Boatswain William Tarrant; educated at Greenwich Hospital School; subsequently served in the Royal Navy; advanced Boatswain's Mate, October 1852; died, 1856.

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