Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer M. G. Westlake, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (M. G. Westlake. 2nd. Captn. H.M.S. Falcon); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (M. G. Westlake, P.O. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Defiance.), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £180-£220

Martin George Westlake was born on 16 December 1857 in Tavistock, Devon, before entering the Royal Navy in 1873 as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. He served in H.M.S. Falcon between 1881-85, before a short interlude in H.M.S. Defiance in 1886, during which period he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was shore pensioned in 1895.