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拍品專文
The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Longley as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Blanche for the action of 19.7.1806, one of just 22 recipients of this clasp on the Admiralty roll.
For the capture of the French Frigate Guerriere, off the Faroe Islands on 19.7.1806, the enemy sustaining casualties of 20 killed and 30 wounded. Captain Lavie of the Blanche was knighted.
William Longley joined the Ship's Company of the Blanche at Zealand in April 1806, having recently been discharged from the Lucifer. Still listed in the Blanche's last surviving muster roll for July of the same year, it is probable that he was taken prisoner when she was wrecked off Ushant on 4.3.1807 (P.R.O. ADM 36/16121 and 37/827 refer).
For the capture of the French Frigate Guerriere, off the Faroe Islands on 19.7.1806, the enemy sustaining casualties of 20 killed and 30 wounded. Captain Lavie of the Blanche was knighted.
William Longley joined the Ship's Company of the Blanche at Zealand in April 1806, having recently been discharged from the Lucifer. Still listed in the Blanche's last surviving muster roll for July of the same year, it is probable that he was taken prisoner when she was wrecked off Ushant on 4.3.1807 (P.R.O. ADM 36/16121 and 37/827 refer).