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19 & 20 July 2017

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Lot

№ 786

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20 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (G. T. M. Martin, Asst. Surgn.) extremely fine £700-900

Provenance: Sotheby’s, June 1971.

Gilbert Thrift Meldrum Martin entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Surgeon serving in H.M.S. Britannia on 3 May 1838, transferring to H.M.S. Hastings on 14 July of that year. He served in that ship during operations on and off the coast of Syria in November 1840, before transferring to H.M.S. Illustrious on 15 September 1841. Promoted Surgeon on 17 June 1842, he served in H.M.S. Eurydice from 23 February 1844.