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The 1914-15 Star awarded to Stoker 1st Class H. Cann, Royal Navy, who served much of the war in submarine K8 and was lost in submarine L24 on 10 January 1924 after an accidental collision with the battleship Resolution

1914-15 Star (K.16998 H. Cann. Sto. 1, R.N.) very fine £50-£70

Hedley Cann was born at Launceston, Cornwall, on 9 August 1894, and joined the stoker branch of the Royal Navy in December 1912. He served at various submarine depot ships from December 1915 and is shown as serving in submarine K8 from December 1916 to May 1920. He afterwards served in L25 and H28 before joining L24 on 26 April 1923. It was during a naval exercise on 10 January 1924 that L24 was struck by the battleship Resolution and sank with the loss of all hands, 43 lives in all. Sold with copied record of service and other research.