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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 22

Five: Chief Petty Officer C.P. Plumpton, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, for M´wele 1895, one clasp, Benin 1894 (C. Plumpton, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Phoebe), suspension claw re-affixed; 1914-15 Star (166925 C.P. Plumpton, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (166925 C.P. Plumpton. C.P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (166925 C.P. Plumpton, C.P.O., H.M.S. Orion.), light contact marks overall, therefore very fine, mounted court-style for display (5) Estimate £ 320-350 M.I.D. London Gazette 17.3.1919 C.P.O. Charles Peter Plumpton, O.N. 166925 (Ch.), ´´For services in Destroyers of the Grand Fleet Flotillas between the 1st July and 11th November, 1918.´´ 166925 Chief Petty Officer Charles Peter Plumpton, born London, 1876; joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Penelope, 4.3.1894-8.5.1894 and in H.M.S. Phoebe, 9.5.1894-21.1.1896; his service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Blenheim (Cruiser), 1.4.1915-31.10.1915 and 4.1.1916-16.7.1917; H.M.S. Woolwich, 20.10.1918-28.2.1919 Approximately 6 ´´M´´wele 1895-6´´ awards to H.M.S. Phoebe.

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