Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Camperdown, Egypt (Charles Edwards.) edge bruising, toned, nearly extremely fine £1,400-£1,800

Charles Edwards was born in Shrewsbury and joined H.M.S. Bedford on 25 May 1798, aged 23. He served as an Ordinary Seaman in Bedford at the action off Camperdown on 11 October 1797, and was paid off on 19 September 1798. He subsequently served as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Foudroyant in the operations on and off the coast of Egypt in 1801.

One other man with the name Charles Edwards appears on the Admiralty Claimants’ List - a single clasp award for Syria.

Sold with fragments of original riband; copied muster rolls; and other research.