Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer H. Bell, Royal Navy, who died on H.M. Submarine E.47, which sank in the North Sea on 20 August 1917

1914-15 Star (J.457 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.457 P.O., R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Harold Bell), with wall suspension fitting, last very fine; others extremely fine (4) £400-500

Harold Bell was born in Ripon, Yorkshire on 17 April 1890. A bottle maker by occupation, he enlisted in to the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 7 February 1908. Appointed a Petty Officer in 1916 and serving on submarines during the war, he was based on the Harwich submarine depot ship Maidstone in June 1917. Bell died on 20 August 1917, whilst serving aboard the submarine E.47. The vessel was lost with all hands through unknown causes in the North Sea. Bell’s name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied service paper and research.