The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:
Boats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.
A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.
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| Name |
Lieut |
Cmd |
Died |
| MORGAN, John Fortescue |
15 Sep 1806 |
12 Oct 1814 |
9 Dec 1843 |
| MORGAN, Thomas |
10 May 1809 |
16 Nov 1814 |
Apr 1843 |
| MORGAN, Charles |
15 Jun 1781 |
1 Jan 1816 |
1817 |
| MORGAN, James (1) |
2 Sep 1783 |
25 Apr 1827 |
1835 |
One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.
Hello Andreas,
Thank you for sharing this very interesting medal with us. I found an on-line article regarding the wreck of the D.H. Ingraham that has a photo of Somers Godfrey:
http://sunbythesea.com/ww/the-wreck-of-the-d-h-ingraham/
Best regards,
Lorin
Very Cool. Great research!!!
Here another example:
Treasures from the Curator’s Desk…
A Coast Guard Life Saving Medal
Among the important objects on display at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum is a solid silver medal presented in 1943 to Robert C. Kennedy. Known as the Coast Guard Silver Life Saving Medal, the award is presented to a coastguardsman who performs a rescue or an attempted rescue.
There are two versions of the medal created by an act of Congress in 1874, one being gold, the other silver. Gold is the highest recognition, silver is differentiated where circumstances do not sufficiently distinguish the individual to deserve the gold. Per the US Coast Guard, a recipient of the Gold Life Saving Medal has performed a rescue, or attempted rescue, at the risk of his or her own life, and demonstrated extreme and heroic daring.
We do not know the particular act that Robert C. Kennedy performed during World War II to receive this medal but we are fortunate to be able to share it within our Coast Guard display.
One of the most famous recipients of the Coast Guard Life Saving Medal was a woman. Ida Lewis (b.1842 – d.1911) grew up on Lime Rock Light, Rhode Island, a lighthouse maintained by the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which is now a part of the U.S Coast Guard. Beginning at age 15 Lewis helped her family tend the lighthouse. During her years there she saved 18 lives.