Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W. E. Pugh, Royal Navy

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (KX. 745092 W. E. Pugh. Mech. 1. H.M.S. Pembroke.), mounted court style as worn, generally very fine (6) £240-£280

M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1980.

William Ellis Pugh was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 19 July 1965, working in the Directorate of Naval Recruitment, with whom he served until he retired in 1980, in which year he was awarded an M.B.E. He died on 20 November 1988.