Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Petty Officer and Captain of the Turret H. Muggleton, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (H. Muggleton, Ord. H.M.S. Bacchante.); 1914-15 Star (121951 H. Muggleton. P.O. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (121951 H. Muggleton. P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (121951 (CH. A. 875) H. Muggleton. P.O. R.F.R.) very fine (5)

Harry Muggleton was born in Leicester on 11 June 1867 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 January 1883. Posted to H.M.S. Bacchante, he was one of 253 men serving in this ship to receive the India General Service Medal with the clasp Burma 1885-87. Advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 11 May 1896, he was further advanced to the unusual rank of Captain of the Turret on 21 March 1901. Shore pensioned on 17 August 1905, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve two days later. Recalled to the service following the outbreak of the Great War, he saw service as a Petty Officer 1st Class in H.M. Ships Magnificent, Cyclops, Imperieuce, Manxman and Hecla.