Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Lieutenant P. E. Daniels, Royal Army Service Corps and Civil Defence Force
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. P. E. Daniels.); Defence Medal, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Lt. P. E. Daniels, The Den, Cropston, Leicestershire’; together with the recipients’ Civil Defence Force lapel badge, nearly extremely fine

Six: Lieutenant D. J. Daniels, Royal Artillery, who was recommended for an M.B.E., and subsequently served as an Inspector with the Leicestershire and Rutland Special Constabulary
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Special Constabulary Long Service, E.II.R., 1st issue (Inspr. Derek J. Daniels), mounted as worn; together with five sets of riband bars and the recipient’s Leicestershire and Rutland Special Constabulary lapel badge, good very fine (9) £160-£200

Philip Evelyn Daniels was born in Leicester in 1891 and commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on 4 June 1917. He served during the Great War in the Mesopotamia with the Motor Transport branch from December 1917, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 February 1919).

Derek John Daniels was born in 1915, the son of Lieutenant Philip Evelyn Daniels, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 19 December 1941. He served during the Second World War in the 155th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Antwerp, against V-weapons. For his services he was recommended for the M.B.E., the original recommendation stating:
‘Since entering the theatre, War Substantive Lieutenant Derek John Daniels has shown a devotion to duty which has been a great example to all other Officers. Apart from his normal duties he has, at all times, had the welfare of the troops at heart, and has spent long hours organising canteens and supplies, always ensuring that the supplies and rations for the troops have been forthcoming. This officer came on the advance party to this theatre, and the great amount of hard work that was done in obtaining extra amenities for the troops has been very greatly appreciated by all members of the unit.’

In the end, the recommendation was ‘downgraded’, and Daniels was instead Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 April 1946). He subsequently served as an Inspector with the Leicestershire and Rutland Special Constabulary, and died in Leicester on 22 November 2006.

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