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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 72

Alexander Davison's Medal for the Nile 1798, the reverse engraved in running script 'Wm. Cook. H.M.S. Goliath.', good very fine

William Cook, a native of Woolwich, was born in 1775. Initially serving aboard Edgar, he joined 74-gun Goliath as a Landsman in February 1796. Cook would first see action at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent under Captain C. H. Knowles and at the Battle of the Nile under Captain T. Foley. It was at the Nile that Foley's tactical move to lead four ships between the shore and the French ships was credited with cementing the British victory. Goliath inflicted heavy damage on the Guerriere and assisted in the defeat of the Conquérant, herself losing most of her rigging and suffering 60 casualties.

Cook claimed his Naval General Service Medal with clasps 'St. Vincent' and 'Nile', which is recorded as having been sold at Glendining's in 1926; sold with copied muster rolls.


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