WW1 British Victory Medal to a Royal Navy - Commander Philpott

Description

WW1 British Victory Medal Engineering Officer, Stevenson, KIA WW2 Arctic Convoy
Impressed to :
LT.COMMR. R.K. PHILPOTT R.N.
Richard Knight Philpott was born 27 Aug 1882 in Brazil to Richard Courtney Philpott, a Merchant from Somerset. He joined the R.N. on 15 May 1897 and during WW1 served on HMS Black Prince, just missing her loss at Jutland, then was in command of HMS Eclipse. He requested to be placed on half pay due to defective vision but this was refused. He was promoted to Commander (Retired) in Aug 1922 and became a Coffee-planter in Kenya. He retired from the Navy in Sept 1939 and passed away in Kenya in March 1944, his estate took several years to settle.
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