Naval General Service 1793-1840, Archive very fine and better

very fine and better

coupled with a tactical skill well above the average of his rank

Charlotte Knollys

Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Barron

Naval General Service 1793-1840, Archive very fine and better1 clasp, Syria (Aaron Cock) good very fine; Aaron Cock was born in the Parish of Meshaw, near South Molton, Devon, and enlisted at Exeter to serve as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division, on 6 March 1830, aged 23. He took part in the operations on the coast of Syria as a Sergeant of Marines in H. M. S. Thunderer, and was invalided from that ship in February 1842. He became a 1st Class Marine in March 1844, and was discharged