The Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) was a campaign medal approved in 1847, and issued to officers and men of the Royal Navy in 1849. The final date for submitting claims was 1 May 1851. Admiral Thomas Bladen Capel was one of the members of the board that authorised the medal.
Glorious First of June
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The Glorious First of June, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June, Philip James de Loutherbourg
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe; 1794 painting by John Singleton Copley
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, 1839 painting by Guérin
HMS Defence at the Battle of the Glorious 1 June 1794, Nicholas Pocock