Royal Navy Long Service Medal To Stoker Joseph Harold Bricknell ( Taken Prisoner of War HMS Crusader

Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal
George V
k55653 J.H.Bricknell, Sto 1 HMS Delhi
With copy of Service papers Born on the 24th October 1894 in Stonehouse Devon
papers state he was missing believed Prisoner of War following the sinking of HMS Maori Confirmed Prisoner of War at Giessan then to Cellelager P of W List RND 242
HMS Maori struck a mine in the North Sea on 7 May 1915 off Zeebrugge, Belgium, and sank.
she was carrying out a reconnaissance of the Belgium coast between Hayst and Blankenberge, to lay down markers for a bombardment by the battleship HMS Venerable. At 1515 she hit a mine. She then came under heavy German artillery fire and sank. Her sister ship Crusader was nearby, and lowered a boat to try and rescue the crew. However she came under heavy gun fire and had to retreat. Nobody was killed in either ship, but the Maori’s crew of 7 officers and 87 men all reached the shore where they were captured, along with thirteen men from HMS Crusader.
The Maori was awarded one battle honour, for the Belgian Coast in 1914-15.
With a copy of the Medal Roll Bricknell was one of the men who went to rescue the crew of HMS Maori

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