Lot Archive

Lot

№ 779

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£200

Three: Lieutenant J. Reynolds-Peyton, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (John Reynolds-Peyton) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140

John Reynolds-Peyton was appointed a Midshipman on 15 May 1914, promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in November 1916, an Acting Lieutenant from January 1918 and Lieutenant in Janaury 1918. As a Lieutenant aboard the destroyer Ambuscade, he died of influenza and pneumonia on 4 November 1918, aged 22 years. He was the son of James and Alice Reynolds-Peyton of 37 Augusta Gardens, Folkestone, Kent. He was buried in Windsor Cemetery, Berkshire. Sold with copied research and copied photographs on the vessels on which he served.