Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman G. L. Dugger, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Renown during the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

1914-15 Star (172973 G. L. Dugger, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172973 G. L. Dugger. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (172973 (CH. B. 897) G. L. Dugger. A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (4) £80-£120

George Lewis (Louis) Dugger was born in Mullingar, Ireland on 7 November 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class, serving in the training ship H.M.S. Caledonia, on 6 April 1893. Advanced Ordinary Seaman in the torpedo cruiser H.M.S. Fearless on 7 November 1895, he was promoted to Able Seaman on 1 August 1896 in the same ship.

Dugger joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 27 September 1902 for five years and re-enrolled for a further five years on 28 September 1907. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Magnificent from 2 August 1914 until 1 February 1915, H.M.S. Royal Arthur from 2 February 1915 until 12 July 1916 and in the battlecruiser H.M.S. Repulse from 8 August 1916 until 17 December 1918. He was present at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917 when Renown scored a hit on the light cruiser S.M.S. Konigsberg igniting a major fire on board. Dugger transferred to the shore barracks at Chatham, H.M.S. Pembroke I, on 18 December 1918 and was awarded his Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 April 1922. He died in Bedfordshire in 1956.