Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman C. J. Oates, Royal Navy, lost in H.M. Submarine E-5 in March 1916

1914-15 Star (J.4526. C. J. Oates, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.4526 C. J. Oates. A.B., R.N.) good very fine (3) £130-£170

Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000.

Charles John Oates was lost aboard H.M. Submarine E-5 sometime after 6 March 1916, when she failed to return from a patrol in the Heligoland Bight. The cause of her loss was never ascertained, but she was last seen in an area that was known to have been heavily mined. Sold with copied service papers.