Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Benjn....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Benjn. Bull.) good very fine £2,400-£2,800
Provenance
Glendining’s, June 1938 and July 1945; Collin Message Collection.
Footnote
Benjamin Bull is confirmed on the roll as a Royal Marine 3rd class aboard Tigre at this action in which boats from eight British ships attacked a convoy of five warships and seven merchantmen in Rosas Bay on the extreme N.E. coast of Spain. The whole convoy was destroyed. Tigre's muster for this period shows 21 French p.o.w. aboard, mostly from the brig La Normande, and several names from the crew of Tigre are endorsed, ‘Killed in battle with the enemy’. Bull is shown as a marine 3rd class (i.e. with less than seven years service) from 129 company, Plymouth division. The appropriate description book (ADM 158/211) reveals that he attested on 17 June 1804, aged 18 and came from Froome Sellwood, Somerset. He was only 5'3" tall, with brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion and was by trade a woolcomber. Bull served until 5 July 1816, when he was discharged ‘undersize’
On 7 September 1843, he became an in-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital (No. 8019) shown with 12 years 1 month service and aged 58, born in Frome, Somerset. He was married in Trowbridge and his wife was alive and still living there. Again listed as a woolcomber"by trade. Under "Remarks" is the entry "Narcissus" which is possibly the last ship he was to serve aboard.
Sold with research notes compiled by Colin Message.
Bid on this lot
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Benjn. Bull.) good very fine £2,400-£2,800
Provenance
Glendining’s, June 1938 and July 1945; Collin Message Collection.
Footnote
Benjamin Bull is confirmed on the roll as a Royal Marine 3rd class aboard Tigre at this action in which boats from eight British ships attacked a convoy of five warships and seven merchantmen in Rosas Bay on the extreme N.E. coast of Spain. The whole convoy was destroyed. Tigre's muster for this period shows 21 French p.o.w. aboard, mostly from the brig La Normande, and several names from the crew of Tigre are endorsed, ‘Killed in battle with the enemy’. Bull is shown as a marine 3rd class (i.e. with less than seven years service) from 129 company, Plymouth division. The appropriate description book (ADM 158/211) reveals that he attested on 17 June 1804, aged 18 and came from Froome Sellwood, Somerset. He was only 5'3" tall, with brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion and was by trade a woolcomber. Bull served until 5 July 1816, when he was discharged ‘undersize’
On 7 September 1843, he became an in-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital (No. 8019) shown with 12 years 1 month service and aged 58, born in Frome, Somerset. He was married in Trowbridge and his wife was alive and still living there. Again listed as a woolcomber"by trade. Under "Remarks" is the entry "Narcissus" which is possibly the last ship he was to serve aboard.
Sold with research notes compiled by Colin Message.
