Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Boatman in Charge E. T. Pitt, Royal Navy, later H.M. Coast Guard

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Edwd. T. Pitt. Ch. Boatn. in Chge. H.M. Coast Guard) traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine (2) £240-£280

Edward Thomas Pitt was born in Harwich, Essex, on 4 March 1826, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 9 January 1841. He served as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Caesar from 10 February 1854 to 30 April 1856, and saw active service throughout the Baltic campaign. He joined the Coast Guard at a Boatman on 1 May 1856, based at Bembridge Station, Isle of Wight, and was advanced Chief Boatman in Charge on 8 March 1876, his final posting being at the Sandown Station, Isle of Wight. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 June 1880, and was pensioned on 1 June 1882.

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