Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (John Dickenson.) edge cut, nearly very fine £800-£1,200

Provenance: Jubilee Collection, Glendining, 1992; Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003.

John Dickenson served as an Ordinary Seaman with H.M.S. Melampus at the capture of Guadaloupe; there are two men of this name on the published medal roll, the other is given as an Artificer in the Royal Artillery entitled to ‘Algiers’.