Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 12 Octr. 1798 (Wm. Bamford.) minor edge bruises, otherwise dark toned, very fine £2,000-£2,600

Provenance: Christie’s, November 1986.

Edward Bamford served as a Private Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Ethalion during Admiral Warren’s action with a French squadron off Tory Island, off the north coast of Ireland on 12 October 1798.

Approximately 75 clasps issued for this action by Sir John Borlase Warren’s squadron off the north-west coast of Ireland which resulted in the capture of the French 74-gun ship-of-the-line Hoche, and three 36-gun frigates, Bellone, Coquille and Ambuscade, all loaded with troops and stores for the intended invasion of Ireland.