Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Petty Officer E. J. Staddon, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (E. J. Staddon, A.B. H.M.S. Niobe.); 1914-15 Star (187535 E. J. Staddon. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (187535 E. J. Staddon. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (187535 E. J. Staddon, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Defiance.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (5) £160-£200

Edward James Staddon was born in Plympton St. James, Devon in November 1878. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1896. Staddon advanced to Able Seaman in November 1897, and served with H.M.S. Niobe, December 1898 - June 1901. He advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in July 1904 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in November 1911). Subsequent service during the Great War included at H.M.S. Defiance, and with H.M.S. Mystic.