Royal Humane Society Medal, Type 2, 1844 Archive It is unclear as to

It is unclear as to what ships he served

April/June 1983

Five years later

as part of the Home Fleet at Devonport

or simply returned to the ranks

Royal Humane Society Medal, Type 2, 1844 Archive It is unclear as toSilver, large successful type 2 by Pistrucci, engraved "HAMMOND MAXTED. VIT. OB. SERV. D. D. SOC. REG. HVM. 21. SEPT. 1844" on the reverse, 51 mm, missing suspension, minor contact marks, very fine. Footnote: On September 21, 1844, about seven o'clock in the evening, a young man was found trapped clinging to a rock, having been hemmed in by the sea opposite Cliff Crescent in Margate, East Kent, England. Two seperate boats were launched at different