Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John W. Wakefield, Volr.) some light pitting, otherwise toned, very fine £1,600-£2,000

Confirmed on the roll as a First-class Volunteer aboard H.M.S. Hebrus at the battle of Algiers.

John Watson Wakefield entered the Navy in 1816, as a Volunteer on board the Hebrus 36, Captain Edmund Palmer, and on 16 August in the same year was present at the battle of Algiers. He served afterwards as Midshipman in North America and the East Indies in the Forth 40 and Leander 60 (the latter bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood); and as Mate (he passed his examination in 1822) on the Home, South American, and West India stations, in the Apollo yacht, Captain Hon. Sir Charles Paget; the Éclair sloop and Doris 42, both commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone; and Barham 50, flag-ship of Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming. He returned home from the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Captain John Leith, shortly after his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place on 20 August 1827, and was then placed on half-pay.