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Lot Essay
Ex Glendining's, November 1927.
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Leaper as an Acting Carpenter aboard the Vimiera for the operations leading to the capture of Guadaloupe in February 1810, and as a Carpenter aboard the Goshawk for the action off Malaga on 29.4.1812, the latter being one of just 17 clasps on the Admiralty roll.
William Leaper, a native of Cawood, West Yorkshire, entered the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in November 1798. Joining the Vimiera as an Acting Carpenter in October 1808, he went on to participate in the Guadaloupe operations of 1810, prior to removing to the Goshawk in May 1811 as a Carpenter. Aboard the latter ship, in April 1812, he participated in the action fought off Malaga, Spain, when a combined force of boats manned by men from his ship, and the Hyacinth and Resolute, together with Gunboat No. 16, captured the French Corsairs Brave and Napoleon. Leaper was finally discharged in July 1835 and became a Greenwich Pensioner (P.R.O. ADM 29/15 refers).
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Leaper as an Acting Carpenter aboard the Vimiera for the operations leading to the capture of Guadaloupe in February 1810, and as a Carpenter aboard the Goshawk for the action off Malaga on 29.4.1812, the latter being one of just 17 clasps on the Admiralty roll.
William Leaper, a native of Cawood, West Yorkshire, entered the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in November 1798. Joining the Vimiera as an Acting Carpenter in October 1808, he went on to participate in the Guadaloupe operations of 1810, prior to removing to the Goshawk in May 1811 as a Carpenter. Aboard the latter ship, in April 1812, he participated in the action fought off Malaga, Spain, when a combined force of boats manned by men from his ship, and the Hyacinth and Resolute, together with Gunboat No. 16, captured the French Corsairs Brave and Napoleon. Leaper was finally discharged in July 1835 and became a Greenwich Pensioner (P.R.O. ADM 29/15 refers).