Chief Petty Officer William Philip
Le Sauteur
Royal Navy, HMS Galatea
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Meritorious
Service Medal
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Medaille
Militaire
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1914-15 Star
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William Philip Le Sauteur was born in
St Helier, Jersey on the 12th February, 1878. He enlisted
into the RN as a Boy, 2nd Class on the 3rd November,
1893, and steadily rose through the ranks, becoming
a Seaman Gunner and getting his buttons as a CPO on
the 1st February, 1911. He retired from the RN with
a pension on the 24th February, 1920, to carry on working
as a civilian Seamanship Instructor at Whale Island.
Sadly he died on the 18th January, 1923 from influenza.
In his 27 years of service he was awarded the following:
- Meritorious Service Medal
- Medaille Militaire
- Ashanti Medal (with the Benin 1897 clasp)
- Queen's South African Medal (with the
Cape Colony clasp)
- Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
- 1914-15 Star
- British War Medal
- Victory Medal
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