In Memory Of

DANIELS, CHARLES CECIL

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1895-05-23
Service No:
 K/22606
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Former Regiment:
 H.M. Submarine E.41.
Date of Death:
 1916-08-15
Cause of Death:
 HMS E41 collided with E4 on the surface during exercises off Harwick on 15 August 1916. Sixteen crewmembers were lost, but fifteen escaped including seven from the bottom. Six crew members trapped in the submarine as she sank were able to escape by waiting under the conning-tower until the air pressure building up as the submarine sank blew the hatch open and allowed them to float to the surface. Chief Petty Officer William Brown was left behind, but was eventually able to escape from the engine room after an hour and a half in the sunken submarine.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 R.N. Plot. 100.
Cemetery:
 SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Suffolk
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Brother of Fred Daniels, of 69, Caledonian Rd, Kings Cross, N. Born Cape Town, South Africa.