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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 75

Alexander Davison's Medal for the Nile 1798, the reverse engraved 'Ambrose Southwood', worn and corroded overall, fine



Ambrose Southwood, a native of Devon, served aboard Culloden under the command of Captain T. Troubridge at the Battle of the Nile. Having been assigned to tow a captured French merchant vessel prior to the engagement, she attempted to re-join the British fleet but ran aground upon the shoal on the entrance to Aboukir Bay. Having been freed, the vessel was rudderless and the seriously damaged hull was taking in vast quantities of water.

Southwood was serving in Cambrian during 1807 when he was married at Portsmouth, however he did not claim his Naval General Service Medal; sold with a quantity of copied muster rolls and research.

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Sold for
£150