Four: Artificer Engineer A. J. Daniels, H.M.S. Warrior, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of Warrior at the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916

1914-15 Star (Art. Eng. A. J. Daniells. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. A. J. Daniells. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269428 A. J. Daniells, C.E.R.A. 2Cl, H.M.S. Antrim:) good very fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Warrior was launched on 22 February 1909 and was part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she was heavily damaged by German shells - having been taken in tow, she foundered on 1 June 1916.

A. J. Daniells was appointed Artificer Engineer in H.M.S. Black Prince on 2 January 1914, and transferred to H.M.S. Warrior on 27 October 1914. He served in Warrior during the Great War, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. At Jutland the armoured cruisers H.M.S. Defence and Warrior, part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, were closing with the disabled German light cruiser Wiesbaden, when they came under concentrated fire from the battlecruiser Derfflinger and four battleships at less than 8,000 yards. Defence blew up and Warrior was heavily damaged and was only saved from from further punishment when the German ships switched their fire to the more tempting target in the form of the battleship Warspite whose steering had become jammed. Badly damaged, Warrior was able to make her way out of the battle zone and was eventually taken in tow by the seaplane carrier Engadine who took off her surviving crew. However, the ship could not be saved and she was abandoned the next day and subsequently foundered, with the loss of 70 lives.

Daniells was one of the survivors- he subsequently served as an Artificer Engineer in H.M.S. Ossory, before being appointed Warrant Artificer in H.M.S. Midge in October 1919.

Sold with copied research including a photograph of H.M.S. Warrior.