Orders, Decorations and Medals

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (R. B. Harvey, Volr.) fitted with contemporary silver ribbon brooch, very fine £800-1000

Robert Beazley Harvey entered the Navy on 2 March 1827, and served as a Volunteer aboard H.M.S. Asia at the battle of Navarino the following October. He passed his examination in July 1833 but did not obtain his commission as Lieutenant until November 1841. He was promoted to Commander in June 1859, and to Captain on the Retired List in December 1865. He is shown in the Navy List as being in receipt of a Naval Pension (late Out-Pension of Greenwich Hospital) of £65 per annum from May 1870.