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1914 - 15 Star, named 305410. E. HOWELLS. S.P.O. R.N., British War and Victory, named 305410 E. HOWELLS. S.P.O. R.N., Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (G.V.R.) named 305410 EDWIN HOWELLS. S.P.O. H.M.S. WOOLWICH. Court mounted for display. Comes with copy of service papers and medal roll.
Stoker Petty Officer Edwin Howells was born on the 13/1/1884 in in Pembroke, Wales. A farm labourer by trade, he enlisted into the Royal Navy on the 24/11/1903 as a Stoker 2nd class. He served on a variety of H.M. ships and shore bases including: Vivid, Medea, Vivid II (Stokers and Engine Room Artificers School in Devonport), Commonwealth, Leander (depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers), Donegal, Aboukir, Indus (Devonport, part of the stoker training establishment), H.M.S. Carnarvon 5/3/1912 - 31/3/1913 which was sunk during the Battle of the Falklands 1914), Egmont (Malta), Highflyer.
During WW1 he served aboard H.M.S. Erin (Dreadnought) 2/8/1914 - 27/2/1917 which fought at the Battle of Jutland (31/5/1916 - 1/6//1916), H.M.S. Diligence (depot ship for the destroyer -M.S. Nonsuch) 29/5/1917 - 31/7/1918, remained on the Nonsuch, but the depot ship was moved to the H.M.S. Woolwich 1/8/1918 - 31/1/1919.
Post war: Vindictive II 1/2/1919 - 15/3/1919 and to shore for demobilisation. He died in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1969.
Promoted Stoker Petty Officer 12/3/1913. Awarded LS & GC 21/12/1918.
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