Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Trimmer D. Knights, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (T.S. 722. D. Knights. Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (722 T.S. D. Knights. Tr. R.N.R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine

Three: Able Seaman E. Cronk, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1914-15 Star (L.Z. 2864, E. Cronk, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (L.Z. 2864 E. Cronk. R.N.V.R.) very fine (6) £70-£90

Daniel Knights was born at Darsham, Suffolk, on 19 June 1877 and enrolled for service in the Royal Naval Reserve on 24 September 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. St. George (Terrier), H.M.S. Wallington, H.M.S. Pekin, H.M.S. Pembroke, H.M.S. Attentive, and H.M.S. Actaeon. He was sent to the R.N. Hospital Chatham, ‘sick’, on 18 November 1918, and was invalided from H.M.S. Pembroke on 1 January 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge.

Edwin Cronk, a native of Margate, Kent, was born on 27 November 1886 and enlisted in the London Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on 8 August 1915. He was initially posted to the R.N.V.R. Depot at Crystal Palace, and served during the Great War attached to the 6th Battalion, R.N.V.R., as well as in H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. Hercules, H.M.S. Excellent and H.M.S. President III. He was demobilised on 2 July 1919.