Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nile (Joshua Office.) light marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine £5,000-£7,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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Joshua Office was born in the Parish of Attleborough, near Norwich, Norfolk, and served as a Private in the Royal Marines from October 1796 to May 1802, being confirmed on the roll as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard Rear-Admiral Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Vanguard (Captain Edward Berry) at the battle of the Nile. He re-enlisted for the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers in March 1803 and served a further 14 years and 90 days as a Driver in the Adjutant’s Detachment of the Corps. He was discharged with ‘chronic rheumatism’ at Woolwich on 31 March 1817, then being aged about 38, and was placed upon the Pension List at One Shilling per diem.

Sold with copied discharge papers.