Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (F. W. Bateman, Actg. Master.) good very fine £2,200-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793-1840.

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Francis William Bateman served as Master’s Assistant aboard the Genoa 74, Captain Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827. He was promoted to the rank of Master on 26 July 1837, and was employed, from 30 October following until 1842, in the Carysfort 26, Captain Henry Byam Martin, under whom he was stationed in the Mediterranean and took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and in the bombardment of St Jean D’Acre. From 13 November 1843, until December 1851, he was in command of Nereus, store depot, at Valparaiso, Chile, and from 27 March 1855 until 1857, at Deptford, with his name on the books of the Fisgard. He was promoted to Staff Commander on Reserved Half Pay on 11 June 1863.