Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 11 Aug Boat Service 1808 (Thomas Williams.) extremely fine £1,400-£1,800

W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Phillips Collection 1925; Glendining’s, January 1931; Sanderson Collection 1941.

16 clasps issued for this boat service action.

Thomas Williams is confirmed on the roll as an Ordinary Seaman in the boats of Edgar for the boat service action on 11 August 1808. He is also confirmed on the Greenwich Hospital roll which notes that he was discharged dead on 17 January 1851 and that his medal was returned to ‘Mr Jay’. Fourteen other men of this name are shown on the rolls for a variety of clasps.