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The group of nine miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Major-General F....
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The group of nine miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Major-General F. J. C. Piggott, Royal West Surrey Regiment
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Coronation 1953, all mounted for display purposes in a Spink, London, glazed display frame, with plaque below inscribed ‘Maj. Gen. F. J. C. Piggott, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. 11th October 1910 - 26th July 1996’, all of modern manufacture, extremely fine as produced (9) £120-£160
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C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1963.
C.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1961.
D.S.O. London Gazette 22 March 1945:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952.
Francis James Claude Piggott was born in Tokyo on 11 October 1910, the son of Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Pigott, C.B., D.S.O., and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1931, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1933; Captain in 1939; Major in 1941; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 1942; Colonel in 1955; Brigadier in 1959; and Major-General in 1961. He served during the Second World War initially with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940 (Mentioned in Despatches), and then in Burma, including during the final Arakan Offensive (D.S.O.). Post-War he served at HQ, British Troops in Egypt (O.B.E.); and then as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment with the B.A.O.R. and in Malaya.
Major-General Piggott subsequently held various staff jobs, including as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office (C.B.E.), and with S.H.A.P.E. (C.B.). He retired in 1969, and died in Somerset on 21 July 1966.
For the miniature medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see the previous lot, Lot 546.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Coronation 1953, all mounted for display purposes in a Spink, London, glazed display frame, with plaque below inscribed ‘Maj. Gen. F. J. C. Piggott, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. 11th October 1910 - 26th July 1996’, all of modern manufacture, extremely fine as produced (9) £120-£160
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C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1963.
C.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1961.
D.S.O. London Gazette 22 March 1945:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952.
Francis James Claude Piggott was born in Tokyo on 11 October 1910, the son of Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Pigott, C.B., D.S.O., and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1931, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1933; Captain in 1939; Major in 1941; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 1942; Colonel in 1955; Brigadier in 1959; and Major-General in 1961. He served during the Second World War initially with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940 (Mentioned in Despatches), and then in Burma, including during the final Arakan Offensive (D.S.O.). Post-War he served at HQ, British Troops in Egypt (O.B.E.); and then as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment with the B.A.O.R. and in Malaya.
Major-General Piggott subsequently held various staff jobs, including as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office (C.B.E.), and with S.H.A.P.E. (C.B.). He retired in 1969, and died in Somerset on 21 July 1966.
For the miniature medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see the previous lot, Lot 546.
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The group of nine miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Major-General F. J. C. Piggott, Royal West Surrey Regiment
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Coronation 1953, all mounted for display purposes in a Spink, London, glazed display frame, with plaque below inscribed ‘Maj. Gen. F. J. C. Piggott, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. 11th October 1910 - 26th July 1996’, all of modern manufacture, extremely fine as produced (9) £120-£160
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C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1963.
C.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1961.
D.S.O. London Gazette 22 March 1945:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952.
Francis James Claude Piggott was born in Tokyo on 11 October 1910, the son of Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Pigott, C.B., D.S.O., and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1931, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1933; Captain in 1939; Major in 1941; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 1942; Colonel in 1955; Brigadier in 1959; and Major-General in 1961. He served during the Second World War initially with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940 (Mentioned in Despatches), and then in Burma, including during the final Arakan Offensive (D.S.O.). Post-War he served at HQ, British Troops in Egypt (O.B.E.); and then as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment with the B.A.O.R. and in Malaya.
Major-General Piggott subsequently held various staff jobs, including as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office (C.B.E.), and with S.H.A.P.E. (C.B.). He retired in 1969, and died in Somerset on 21 July 1966.
For the miniature medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see the previous lot, Lot 546.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Coronation 1953, all mounted for display purposes in a Spink, London, glazed display frame, with plaque below inscribed ‘Maj. Gen. F. J. C. Piggott, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. 11th October 1910 - 26th July 1996’, all of modern manufacture, extremely fine as produced (9) £120-£160
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C.B. London Gazette 8 June 1963.
C.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1961.
D.S.O. London Gazette 22 March 1945:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’
O.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952.
Francis James Claude Piggott was born in Tokyo on 11 October 1910, the son of Major-General Francis Stewart Gilderoy Pigott, C.B., D.S.O., and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1931, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1933; Captain in 1939; Major in 1941; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel 1942; Colonel in 1955; Brigadier in 1959; and Major-General in 1961. He served during the Second World War initially with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940 (Mentioned in Despatches), and then in Burma, including during the final Arakan Offensive (D.S.O.). Post-War he served at HQ, British Troops in Egypt (O.B.E.); and then as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment with the B.A.O.R. and in Malaya.
Major-General Piggott subsequently held various staff jobs, including as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office (C.B.E.), and with S.H.A.P.E. (C.B.). He retired in 1969, and died in Somerset on 21 July 1966.
For the miniature medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see the previous lot, Lot 546.
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