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Vessel:	HM Sloop Childers
Recipient:	Capt. William Henry Dillon
Type:	£100
Action:	Action with a Danish ship of war, coast of Norway (13th March, 1808)
Award Date:	14th June, 1808
Inscription:	From the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's to Capt W.H. Dillon of the Royal Navy for his Gallant and Able Conduct in a Severe Action between H.M. Sloop Childers under his Command and a Danish Man-o-War Brig of very Superior Force on the Coast of Norway on 14th March 1808 in which he was Severely Wounded

Location:	Lloyds of London 12/13