Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (233617. F. Wignall. A.B., H.M.S. Fox.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £70-£90

Frederick Wignall was born in Preston, Lancashire, on 2 June 1889 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 11 April 1905. He was advanced Able Seaman on 3 November 1909, and served in H.M.S. Fox from 21 November 1913 to 8 November 1914. He served in a variety of ships and shore based establishments during the Great War, and was shore demobilised on 17 July 1919.