Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (H. L. Piggot, Midsn. H.M.S. St George) good very fine £140-180

Henry Lionel Piggot entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on 15 January 1892, becoming Midshipman in March 1895, Sub-Lieutenant in September 1898, Lieutenant in December 1900, and retired on 6 September 1901.

He was Midshipman of St George, Flag-ship of Rear-Admiral H. H. Rawson, C.B., and was present on the occasion of the bombardment and capture of the Sultan of Zanzibar’s palace on the 27th August 1896; and also served in the punitive naval expedition commanded by Rear-Admiral Rawson, and landed from the Squadron in 1897 to punish the King of Benin for the massacre of the political expedition, ending in the capture of Benin City on 18 February 1897 (Medal with clasp).