Auction Catalogue

25 May 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 119

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£95

Three: Skipper W. W. Peddle, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (2146 D.A. W. W. Peddle. Skr. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (DA.2146 W. W. Peddle. Skr. R.N.R.) good very fine

Three: Engineman R. H. B. Allan, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (ES. 3781, R. H. B. Allan. Engn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals; (3781 E.S. R. H. B. Allan. Engn. R.N.R.) good very fine (6) £70-£90

William Walter Peddle was born at Warminster, Wiltshire, on 4 May 1878 and was appointed Temporary Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, on 25 February 1915. He served during the Great War as Skipper of the Auxiliary Small Craft vessel Iago, and was invalided from the R.N.R. on account of neurasthenia on 19 September 1918.

Robert Hope Brown Allan was born at Dundee on 7 December 1867 and enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 14 July 1915. He served during the Great War in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, H.M.S. Zaria, which had been requisitioned by the Admiralty, as a stores carrier, on 26 November 1914. However, his service in the R.N.R. was short-lived as he was discharged to shore medically unfit with a heart condition on 15 October 1915.