Editing Lloyd Trigg (section)

==Legacy==

In 2007, New Zealand researcher Arthur Arculus tracked down Klemens Schamong near [[Kiel]]. The commander said of Trigg's effort "such a gallant fighter as Trigg would have been decorated in Germany with the highest medal or order".<ref>{{cite web  |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10436019
 |title=U-boat skipper's testimony led to VC for New Zealand pilot |author=Lambert, Max |date=24 April 2007 |work=NZPA   |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>

In May 1998, Trigg's VC was sold at auction by Spinks of London for £138,000, the highest price ever realised for a VC at that time.<ref name=Spink>{{cite web|url=http://www.spink.com/departments/medals.asp |title=Spink Medal Department |access-date=7 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030124614/http://www.spink.com/departments/medals.asp |archive-date=30 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>''Medal Yearbook 2000'' back cover with photograph  ISBN 1870192265</ref> The seller was not believed to have been a relative of Trigg and the medals were purchased on behalf of the Michael Ashcroft Trust, the holding institution for [[Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft|Lord Ashcroft's]] VC Collection.<ref name=Trigg>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbtrigg.htm|title=Lloyd Trigg VC|website=www.victoriacross.org.uk |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> The VC is now on display at the [[Lord Ashcroft Gallery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/heroes|title=Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes|website=Imperial War Museums}}</ref> at the [[Imperial War Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgecrossheroes.com/files/medalnews_december2010.pdf |title=Gallantry: Victorious |first=Philip |last=Mussell |access-date=22 March 2019}}
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Trigg Avenue, [[Rotorua]] is named in his honour.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/flying-heroes-of-wwii-honoured-in-city-artwork/CCPIQZNUWDIZAE5TGSM7AKPW7Y/ |title=Flying heroes of WWII honoured in city artwork |newspaper=[[Rotorua Daily Post]] |first=Alison |last=King |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>

Trigg's complete medal awards are:<ref name=Trigg/><ref name=Spink/>
*[[Victoria Cross]]
*[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
*[[1939–45 Star]]
*[[Atlantic Star]]
*[[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]]
*[[War Medal 1939–1945]]
*[[New Zealand War Service Medal]]