Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Leading Stoker J. S. Channon, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Flirt

1914-15 Star (K.4306 Sto.1 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Act. L. Sto. R.N.) extremely fine (3) £100-120

Leading Stoker Joseph Stephen Channon was killed in action on 26 October 1916 when H.M.S. Flirt was sunk by German torpedo boat destroyers in the Straits of Dover. He is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.