Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer First Class G. W. H. Tatler, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. W. Tatler. P.O. H.M.S. Monarch); British War Medal 1914-20 (162961 G. W. H. Tatler. P.O.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (162961 G. W. H. Tatler. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) good very fine (3) £160-£200

George Walter Howard Tatler was born in Alverstone, Hampshire, on 17 June 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 22 September 1891. He was advanced Petty Officer Second Class on 4 November 1899, and served in H.M.S. Monarch from this date. He transferred to H.M. Coast Guard on 1 April 1904, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 June 1909. Recalled for War Service, he served throughout the Great War in various shore based establishments, and was promoted Petty Officer First Class on 1 October 1918.