Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class E. Peplow, H.M.S. Midge, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (222266, E. Peplow, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (222266 E. Peplow. Sto. 1 R.N.) light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The destroyer H.M.S. Midge was launched on 22 May 1913 and was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Ernest Peplow was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, on 15 February 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 19 August 1902. Advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Fox on 1 July 1906, he served during the Great War borne on the books of H.M.S. Hecla (for service in H.M.S. Midge), and was shore demobilised in February 1919.