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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 70

Alexander Davison's Medal for the Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, the reverse attractively engraved 'Fredk. Morrish of the Alexander 74 Guns.', good very fine

Frederick Morrish was born at Plymouth in 1775, volunteering for the Royal Navy in September 1796. He served as a Landsman aboard Alexander, under the command of Captain A. Ball, during the Battle of the Nile. She was the second ship to fire during the battle, engaging and sharing in the destruction the French flagship L'Orient. Besides this she sunk three French vessels before being forced to withdraw as a result of a fire.

Paid off in August 1802, Morrish served as a Cooper at the Victualling Office at the Deptford Dockyard, a post which he held for a further 23 years, whilst living at Greenwich.

Morrish claimed his Naval General Service Medal with clasp 'Nile'; sold with copied muster rolls.

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