Auction Catalogue

29 June 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 218

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£95

Three: Stoker Petty Officer E. A. Fiddament, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.7177, E. A. Fiddament, Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.7177 E. A. Fiddament. Sto. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine

Three: Stoker First Class W. Langdon, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.27487, W. Langdon. Sto. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.27487 W. Langdon. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine (6) £70-£90

Ernest Arthur Fiddament was born in Norwich on 26 February 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II on 8 June 1910. He was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Neptune on 1 September 1911, and served for the majority of the Great War in the minesweeping sloop, H.M.S. Hollyhock, being appointed Acting Leading Stoker on 16 October 1915, and being confirmed in that rate on 16 April 1916. He was appointed Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Victory II, on 3 August 1918. He remained in naval service following the Great War and was shore pensioned in June 1932. He was recalled for service on 28 August 1939, and was appointed to H.M.S. Vernon for service in the Weymouth Experimental Station. He was released from service in October 1945.

Walter Langdon was born at Exeter on 31 August 1891 and joined the Royal Navy on a hostilities only engagement on 20 July 1915, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Viivid II. He was advanced Stoker First Class in H.M.S. London on 2 March 1916, and was invalided from H.M.S. Colleen on 7 February 1917 after having suffered a severe fracture to his left thigh.