Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (297295. F. E. Talbot, Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Dartmouth.) edge bruise, very fine £70-£90

Frederick Edgar Talbot was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, on 13 September 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 6 May 1901. He joined H.M.S. Dartmouth on 1 June 1913, and served in her during operations in the Persian Gulf that year. He was admitted to Plymouth Naval Hospital on 9 June 1915, and was shore pensioned later that month.