Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Paymaster Lieutenant G. P. Haddon, Royal Canadian Navy, late Royal Navy, who served ashore from H.M.S. Exmouth during the Messina Earthquake Rescue Operations

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Clerk G. P. Haddon. R.N. H.M.S. Hyacinth.); 1914-15 Star (Act. Paymr. G. P. Haddon, H.M.C.S. Shearwater); British War and Victory Medals (G. P. Haddon Pay. Lieut. R.C.N.) VM renamed; Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s miniature AGS; a silver Football prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Atlantic Fleet 1907-8’; a reduced sized unofficial representation of the French Croix de Guerre, the reverse dated 1914-15; and Naval Cap Tallies for H.M.C.S. Laurent and H.M.C.S. Skeena, generally very fine and better (5) £300-£400

G. P. Haddon served as Assistant Paymaster in H.M.S. Exmouth during the Messina Earthquake operations, and was one of the men from this ship that landed ashore in order to participate in the rescue operations.