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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (George Jeans.) very fine £600-£800 --- George Jeans was born in the Parish of Wimbourne, Dorset, and attested for the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines at Salisbury on 30 August 1839, aged 22, having been enlisted by Corporal Coleman for a bounty of three pounds. He served as a Private R.M. on board H.M.S. Vanguard from 3 April 1840 to 16 August 1843, including the Syrian operations for which he received the medal and clasp. He served subsequently, always as a Private, aboard H.M. Ships Vernon & Albion, 11 April 1844 to 1 May 1845; Siren & Perseus, 17 May 1845 to 18 December 1848; and finally aboard Fox from 26 July 1850 to 23 May 1854, including the operations in Burma for which he is probably entitled to the medal for ‘Pegu’. He was invalided with ‘articular rheumatism’ at Haslar Hospital on 24 June 1854, and discharged by Admiralty Order dated 28 June 1854. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (George Jeans.) very fine £600-£800 --- George Jeans was born in the Parish of Wimbourne, Dorset, and attested for the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines at Salisbury on 30 August 1839, aged 22, having been enlisted by Corporal Coleman for a bounty of three pounds. He served as a Private R.M. on board H.M.S. Vanguard from 3 April 1840 to 16 August 1843, including the Syrian operations for which he received the medal and clasp. He served subsequently, always as a Private, aboard H.M. Ships Vernon & Albion, 11 April 1844 to 1 May 1845; Siren & Perseus, 17 May 1845 to 18 December 1848; and finally aboard Fox from 26 July 1850 to 23 May 1854, including the operations in Burma for which he is probably entitled to the medal for ‘Pegu’. He was invalided with ‘articular rheumatism’ at Haslar Hospital on 24 June 1854, and discharged by Admiralty Order dated 28 June 1854. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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