Medals of the British Navy and how They Were Won: With a List of Those Officers, who for Their Gallant Conduct Were Granted Honorary Swords and Plate by the Committee of the Patriotic FundNorie & Wilson, 1895 - 450 páginas |
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... POMONA , " August 23rd , 1806 . On the morning of August 23rd , the " Arethusa " thirty- eight , Captain C. Brisbane , and " Anson , " forty - four , Captain C. Lydiard , while cruising off Havanna , discovered the Span- ish frigate " ...
... POMONA , " August 23rd , 1806 . On the morning of August 23rd , the " Arethusa " thirty- eight , Captain C. Brisbane , and " Anson , " forty - four , Captain C. Lydiard , while cruising off Havanna , discovered the Span- ish frigate " ...
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... frigate " Pomona " of thirty - eight guns , with a complement of three hundred and forty - seven men , the destruction of twelve gun - boats , each carrying a twenty - four pounder with a complement of one hundred men each , and the ...
... frigate " Pomona " of thirty - eight guns , with a complement of three hundred and forty - seven men , the destruction of twelve gun - boats , each carrying a twenty - four pounder with a complement of one hundred men each , and the ...
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... frigate Pomona , " the destruction of twelve gun- boats , and the explosion of a Castle near the Moro Castle in the Island of Cuba , on the 23rd of August , 1806. ( See Page 132. ) . · MAITLAND , Captain Frederick Louis , H.M.S. ' Loire ...
... frigate Pomona , " the destruction of twelve gun- boats , and the explosion of a Castle near the Moro Castle in the Island of Cuba , on the 23rd of August , 1806. ( See Page 132. ) . · MAITLAND , Captain Frederick Louis , H.M.S. ' Loire ...
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... frigate " Pomona , " the destruction of twelve gun - boats , and the explosion of a Castle , mounting 16 thirty - six pounders , in the island of Cuba , on the 23rd of August , 1806 ( See Page 132 .; -a Vase of the value of 100 MCKENZIE ...
... frigate " Pomona , " the destruction of twelve gun - boats , and the explosion of a Castle , mounting 16 thirty - six pounders , in the island of Cuba , on the 23rd of August , 1806 ( See Page 132 .; -a Vase of the value of 100 MCKENZIE ...
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Página 384 - Gazette, and a registry thereof kept in the office of Our Secretary of State for War. Fourthly. It is ordained, that any one who, after having received the Cross, shall again perform an act of bravery, which, if he had not received such cross, would have entitled him to it, such further act shall be recorded by a Bar attached to the riband by which the Cross is suspended, and for every additional act of bravery an additional Bar may be added.
Página 281 - I nad known him many years. We cheered, and I tried to get on, when a shot struck my boat quite amidships, cut one man in two, and took off the arm of another. Prince Victor [of Hohenlohe], who was with me, jumped forward, to bind the man's arm up with his neckcloth. While he was doing so, another round shot passed through both sides of the boat, wounding two others of the crew. The boat was filling with water, and I got on one of the seats to keep my legs out of it: just as I stepped up, a third...
Página 384 - Cross shall only be awarded to those officers or men who have served Us in the presence of the enemy, and shall have then performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country.
Página 384 - Our army ; and whereas the third class of Our most Honourable Order of the Bath is limited, except in very rare cases, to the higher ranks of both services, and the granting of medals, both in Our navy and army, is only awarded for long...
Página 384 - It is ordained, with a view to place all persons on a perfectly equal footing in relation to eligibility for the decoration, that neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any "other circumstance or condition whatsoever, save the merit of conspicuous bravery, shall be held to establish a sufficient claim to the honour.
Página 332 - Highlanders effectually covered the naval brigade from great loss, but it was an action almost unexampled in war. Captain Peel behaved very much as if he had been laying the Shannon alongside an enemy's frigate.
Página 384 - Whereas We, taking into Our Royal Consideration that there exists no means of adequately rewarding the individual gallant services either of officers of the lower grades in Our Naval and Military Service, or of warrant and petty officers, seamen, and marines, in Our Navy, and non-commissioned officers and soldiers in Our Army...
Página 396 - That to animate the efforts of our defenders by sea and land, it is expedient to raise, by the patriotism of the community at large, a suitable fund for their comfort and relief — for the purpose of assuaging...
Página 65 - Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to command that a medal should be struck to record the services of Her Fleets...
Página 309 - All received their orders, and had them carried out, as if the men were embarking, instead of going to the bottom...