Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Gunner E. J. Pickett, Royal Marine Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery

1914 Star (R.M.A. 7215. Gunner E. J. Pickett, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 7215 Gr. E. J. Pickett); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7215. E. J. Pickett, Gunner. R.M.A.) good very fine (4) £180-£220

Ernest James Pickett was born at South Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire, on 14 September 1879 and attested for the Royal Marine Artillery on 29 December 1897. He served or 12 years until December 1909 before being discharged to the Royal Fleet Reserve. Mobilised in August 1914 he served in 1914 at Ostend and Dunkirk, but his application for a clasp to his 1914 Star was refused. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1917, and was demobilised in April 1919.

Sold with copied record of service.