Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Chas. Sainsbury.) a few light edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine £500-£700

Charles Sainsbury is confirmed on the roll as a Sergeant Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Pique for the operations on and off the coast of Syria.

Charles Sainsbury was born in the Parish of Badminton, Gloucestershire, and was a stone mason by trade when he attested for the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines at Gloucester on 23 October 1824, aged 18. He was discharged at his own request in the rank of Colour-Sergeant on 16 January 1846.

Sold with copied record of service.