'Rare medals given to an 11-year-old boy who served at the Battle of Trafalgar and rose to become a Royal Navy Admiral have emerged for sale for £10,000. George James Perceval quit Harrow school to join HMS Orion in August 1805, just two months before the historic battle at which Admiral Lord Nelson was killed. The youngster was a "powder monkey" and had the job of running between decks carrying gunpowder for the cannons at the height of the action. And George would have played a vital part in Orion forcing the surrender of the 74-gun French ship Intrepide at 5pm on October 21 - just 30 minutes after Nelson had passed away on HMS Victory nearby. Despite his seemingly tender age, George's well-connected father, Baron Arden of Warwick, arranged for his son to join the Royal Navy through his friend, Edward Codrington, the captain of HMS Orion.' See the full article here.