Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (William Fox.) a few scratches and minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £2000-2600

William Fox is confirmed as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Berwick for the siege of Gaieta.

William Fox is first traced on the muster roll for Berwick on 16 July 1810, having been ‘prest’. He was rated Landsman, but on 28 December 1811 he became an Ordinary Seaman. He remained in Berwick until he was discharged (’paid off’) on 9 July 1816, apart from short periods with other vessels, viz: H.M.S. Spey, from 18 February to 8 March, 1815, and H.M.S. Grasshopper, 23-24 May 1815. He does not appear to have seen any further service. Sold with copied muster details.