Lot Essay
Ex Greg Collection 1887.
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm John Bartlett as an Able Seaman aboard the Marlborough for the Boat Service actions of April and May 1813, one of just 57 recipients of this clasp recorded on the Admiralty roll.
For the destruction of a Battery and vessel at Frenchtown on 29.4.1813, and of the Cannon Foundry at Havre de Grace, up Elk river, Chesapeake Bay on 3.5.1813.
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm John Bartlett as an Able Seaman aboard the Marlborough for the Boat Service actions of April and May 1813, one of just 57 recipients of this clasp recorded on the Admiralty roll.
For the destruction of a Battery and vessel at Frenchtown on 29.4.1813, and of the Cannon Foundry at Havre de Grace, up Elk river, Chesapeake Bay on 3.5.1813.