Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker Petty Officer H. R. Piggott, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (308750 H. R. Piggott. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (308750. H. R. Piggott, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) polished, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

Herbert Richard Piggott was born in London in November 1883 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in September 1905 as a Stoker Second Class, having previously served as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry (CH/13462). He saw operational service during the Great War aboard the sloops H.M.S. Azalea and H.M.S. Heliotrope, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1917 whilst serving with the shore establishment H.M.S. Pembroke, having attained the rate of Stoker Petty Officer. He was discharged from the service with a pension in January 1923.