Neston Diggle
Military Person
1881 – 1963
Who was Neston Diggle?
Captain Neston William Diggle, CMG, RN was a Royal Navy officer during the First World War.
Diggle was born in 1880, the son of Wadham Neston Diggle who had previously been a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and his first wife, Emma Cookson. Diggle senior subsequently married on 5 April 1883 Lily Julia Noble.
He entered the Royal Navy, training like all other naval cadets at Britannia, and was on 8 June 1897 appointed to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as a Midshipman. Diggle was soon after appointed to the battleship HMS Mars, when he was selected to travel with a procession of 12 pdr guns in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee parade through London.
Decorations. In addition to the CMG, Diggle was awarded the 1914 Star, the WWI British War Medal, the WWI Victory Medal, the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal, Officer of the French Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of the Crown, the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with palm, and the Croix de guerre with palm.
After his retirement from the Royal Navy, Diggle lived in the village of Tellisford, Somerset and he became a director of the investment company the Sons of Gwalia Limited.
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