SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 831
NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (Henry Brett, Lieut. R.N.) good very fine
£1600-1800
Provenance: H. Gaskell Collection, Glendining’s, July 1929; Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002.
Henry Brett was born on 29 December 1790, fourth son of Captain Peircy Brett, R.N. (a participant in Admiral Keppel’s action with the Compte d’Orvilliers, 27 July 1778), by a daughter of Captain David Phillips, R.N. He was brother to Commander Peircy Brett, R.N. (1812), and of Lieutenant Spencer Phipps Brett, R. A., who was under General Skerrit in the attack of the bridge at Seville, 27 August 1812; also of Major William Thomson Brett, H.E.I.C.’s service; and grand- nephew of Admiral Sir Peircy Brett, who circumnavigated the globe, when Lieutenant, with Lord Anson, and was afterwards, in 1766, a Lord of the Admiralty.
He entered the Royal Navy as First-class Volunteer on board the Dryad on 16 August 1802. After service aboard Russell, Sceptre and Doris, he was invested with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant on 23 April 1810. Shortly after his official promotion, which took place on 29 October following, Brett was sent, in command of a detachment of seamen, to co-operate with the land forces at the reduction of the Isle of France. He further assisted, under Captain Lye, at the capture of the Island of Java in August 1811. He served subsequently on the Home and North American stations and was finally paid off in December 1818.
x832
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (G. W. Connell, Midshipman.) scratch to obverse field, good very fine
£1400-1800 Provenance: Spink, December 1995 and April 1999.
G. W. Connell (also listed as W. G. Connell) served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Modeste during the assistance given by the Navy in the capture of the island of Java, July to 18 September 1811.
x833
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Wm. Sledge.) nearly very fine
£500-600
William Sledge (borne as Slade) is confirmed as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Asia, which ship he entered as an Ordinary Seaman on 30 March 1836. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 28 January 1838 and remained in Asia until 10 April 1841. He subsequently served aboard Dahlia, Ocean and Belleisle, before joining the Coast Guard on 4 October 1848. He was finally discharged on 31 August 1866.
834
NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo (James Waters.) with original ribbon, toned, good very fine
£6000-7000
James Waters is confirmed as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Agamemnon at both actions.
835
MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, disc only (Richd. Teakle, Corpl. 50th Foot) fitted with pin brooch to reverse, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine
£300-400
Richard Teakle was born in the Parich of Horsley, near Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and enlisted into the 50th Foot on 5 October 1805, aged twenty-two. He was transferred to the 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion on 22 February 1809, and was discharged on 6 July 1814, in consequence of ‘the reduction and wounded right thigh and hand.’ He lived to claim the M.G.S. with 2 clasps, for the battles of Roleia and Vimiera, at which latter action the 50th Foot had 89 casualties. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.
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