Africa General Service clasp Aro 1901-1902,
A.B. W. Beddard, H.M.S. Thrush
46 Aro clasps to the Royal Navy
William Beddard alias Johnson, b. Sculcoates, York, joined 1900, Boy 2. Cl. discharged dead 1905, onboard H.M.S. Triumph, aged 22 abscess of the liver
Naval General Service, 2 clasps, Stately 22 March 1808, 25 July Boat Service 1809, Pte. Royal Marines, unique name on the roll, for the destruction of the Danish 74-gun Prinds Christian Frederick in March 1808, and in the boats of the Princess Caroline on 25 July 1809, in a brutal engagement with four Russian gun-boats and an armed brig in the gulf of Finland where one of the Russian gun-boats fought to the last with every one of it's 44 crew killed or wounded 




