Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 897

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£55

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K. 46526 F. A. E. Peckham, L. Sto., H.M.S. Victory) edge bruising and polished, good fine £20-30

Frederick Albert Edward Peckham was born at Brixton, London in September 1899 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in October 1917. Active service in the cruiser H.M.S. Royal Arthur followed, and, remaining a regular at the end of hostilities, he was advanced to Stoker 1st Class in May 1923. Peckham joined the submarine branch one year later, his first appointment being the H23 between January 1925 and January 1927. Subsequent postings between the latter date and January 1936 included L16, L21, L56, H27 and the Odin, and he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in March 1936, the month in which he returned to ‘general service’; it is probable Peckham went on to witness further active service in the Second World War, his record stating that his time expired in March 1943.