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Captain Edmund William Briggs, DSC. Uniforms and journals belonging to Captain E.W. Briggs, DSC, comprising, naval officers peaked hat, naval uniform the tunic with Queen's crown brass buttons, medal riband bar representing a long and distinguished career which includes the Distinguished Service Cross, the inner pocket with tailor's label for Moseley & Poundsford Ltd, printed E.W. Briggs, 23.11.59, 87cm long, a naval cape and trousers, a great coat and coatee both with King's crown brass buttons plus two midshipman's journals kept by Briggs, the first journal for the period of 8 January 1930 to 2 April 1931 (HMS Tiger) and 4 May 1931 to 15 August 1931 (HMS Emerald), the second journal for 16 August 1931 to 5 November 1932 (HMS Emerald), the journals include many original diagrams and illustrations including HMS Tiger upper deck, merchant flags at Gibraltar, arrangements of boilers and lead of steam pipes in HMS Tiger, a drawing of the HMS Tiger, snapshot photographs (all captioned) including HMS Furious, London, Eagle, Canterbury, Frobisher, Comus, Hindenberg and record service in Gibraltar, Scapa Flow, Home and at Sea, the second logbook is mostly recording service in India and the middle east DSC: London Gazette 14 November 1944 Lieutenant-Commander Edmund William Briggs, Royal Navy (Chippenham, Wilts). 'For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy' (Task Force G). Captain Edmund William Briggs (1912-1995) was the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Briggs (see lot ...), he was lived at Willow House, Biddestone, Wiltshire and joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1929, he was a Midshipman from 1930 and advanced to Lieutenant Commander in 1942, he retired from service in 1956 (Captain).