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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (J. Font, Master.) fitted with a...
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (J. Font, Master.) fitted with a contemporary top silver riband buckle with gold brooch pin, large edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Approximately 684 ‘Java’ clasps awarded to the Royal Navy, of which just 13 were claimed by the Officers and ratings serving in H.M.S. Doris. John Font was born in London c.1799 and is first traced in the ship’s musters for H.M.S. Acasta on 30 January 1799. He served as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in H.M.S. Barfleur from 9 October 1805 to 9 January 1807, being present in this ship in Sir R. Calder’s action, and qualified as Master on 20 January 1807. He served as Mater in H.M.S. Pandora in the North Sea and the Channel from 23 January 1807 to 19 May 1808, and took part in the seizure of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen in 1807; in H.M.S. Iphigenia off the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius from 20 May 1808 to 12 December 1810, including at the capture of Bourbon, and when she was captured off Port Sud Est in 1810; and in H.M.S. Doris, 36 guns, in the Eastern Seas and off the coast of Java from 18 December 1810 to 3 December 1812, during which period he assisted in the capture of the island of Java from July until the surrender on 18 September 1811. Font saw further service as Master in H.M.S. Albion in the Channel and off the coast of North America from 18 March 1813 to 30 January 1814; in H.M.S. Sceptre in the North. Atlantic and off Bermuda from 31 January to 28 September 1814; and in H.M.S. Puissant off Spithead from 29 September 1814 to 9 September 1815. He requested to leave the service that same year due to ill health: ‘I do not consider myself fit for active service afloat, because my sight is not good. I am obliged to use glasses. I also suffer seriously at times from the effects of the wounds I received in early life on board the Acasta and besides my constitution had never recovered from the effects of the vile pestilential climate of Java. I am, however, perfectly willing to serve in any situation which I may be thought useful and I think I might perhaps do for something in the Ordinary Department.’ Sold with copied research.
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Java (J. Font, Master.) fitted with a contemporary top silver riband buckle with gold brooch pin, large edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Approximately 684 ‘Java’ clasps awarded to the Royal Navy, of which just 13 were claimed by the Officers and ratings serving in H.M.S. Doris. John Font was born in London c.1799 and is first traced in the ship’s musters for H.M.S. Acasta on 30 January 1799. He served as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in H.M.S. Barfleur from 9 October 1805 to 9 January 1807, being present in this ship in Sir R. Calder’s action, and qualified as Master on 20 January 1807. He served as Mater in H.M.S. Pandora in the North Sea and the Channel from 23 January 1807 to 19 May 1808, and took part in the seizure of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen in 1807; in H.M.S. Iphigenia off the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius from 20 May 1808 to 12 December 1810, including at the capture of Bourbon, and when she was captured off Port Sud Est in 1810; and in H.M.S. Doris, 36 guns, in the Eastern Seas and off the coast of Java from 18 December 1810 to 3 December 1812, during which period he assisted in the capture of the island of Java from July until the surrender on 18 September 1811. Font saw further service as Master in H.M.S. Albion in the Channel and off the coast of North America from 18 March 1813 to 30 January 1814; in H.M.S. Sceptre in the North. Atlantic and off Bermuda from 31 January to 28 September 1814; and in H.M.S. Puissant off Spithead from 29 September 1814 to 9 September 1815. He requested to leave the service that same year due to ill health: ‘I do not consider myself fit for active service afloat, because my sight is not good. I am obliged to use glasses. I also suffer seriously at times from the effects of the wounds I received in early life on board the Acasta and besides my constitution had never recovered from the effects of the vile pestilential climate of Java. I am, however, perfectly willing to serve in any situation which I may be thought useful and I think I might perhaps do for something in the Ordinary Department.’ Sold with copied research.
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