Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Victory Medal awarded to Signalman W. J. Tanner, Royal Navy, who was lost in H.M. Submarine K5 on 20 January 1921

Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.21454 W. J. Tanner. Sig. R.N.) extremely fine £50-£70

William James Tanner was lost aboard H.M. Submarine K5 when engaged in an exercise in the Bay of Biscay on 20 January 1921. K5 had signalled that she was diving but she did not surface at the end of the exercise. An oil slick was discovered and after planks from the battery covers and a sailor’s “ditty box” were recovered, it was presumed that she had somehow gone past her maximum depth and been crushed with the loss of all 57 hands. Sold with copied record of service and other research.