Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Great War Memorial Plaque awarded to Able Seaman A. R. Daykin, Royal Navy, who died in H.M.S. Begonia, a Q-Ship that was sunk after a collision with a German submarine on 6 October 1917

Memorial Plaque (Alfred Richard Daykin) a few spots of verdigris, very fine £70-£90

Alfred Richard Daykin was born in Westminster, London, on 8 December 1885. He attested for service in the Royal Navy during the Great War on 15 November 1915 and first saw service in H.M.S. Camellia, before joining the “Q-Ship’ (Q-10), H.M.S. Begonia, in which he died, aged 32, on 6 October 1917, when she collided with a German submarine, whilst operating in disguise as a Merchantman, off Casablanca, Morocco. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.