Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 897

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Stoker 1st Class C. C. Daniels, Royal Navy, who was killed in a sailing accident when his submarine E.41 collided with the E.4 off Harwich, 15 August 1916

1914-15 Star (K.22606. C. C. Daniels. Sto 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.22606 C. C. Daniels. Sto. 1 R.N.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (3) £200-£240

C. C. Daniels served during the Great War as a Stoker 1st Class with H.M. Submarine E.41. Daniels was killed in an accident on 15 August 1916. During an exercise off Harwich the E.41, travelling on the surface, was accidentally rammed by the E.4 travelling submerged. Both vessels sank, the E.4 lost with all hands; some managing to escape from the E.41 - of the 60 crewmen involved on the two vessels, 45 were lost. Both craft were later salvaged and returned to service in about May 1917.

Stoker 1st Class Daniels is buried in Shotley (St. Mary) Churchyard, Suffolk.