'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.
Telegraph reports on Old Harrovian "Powder Monkey"