Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Ordinary Telegraphist R. W. A. Stovell, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Cassandra, as part of a Russian Convoy group, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-365 off Kola Inlet in the Barents Sea, 11 December 1944

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. W. E. Stovell, 76 Auckland Road, Ilford, Essex’, extremely fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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Roy William Arthur Stovell served during the Second World War as an Ordinary Telegraphist in the C-class Destroyer H.M.S. Cassandra, serving primarily in Northern waters, escorting Russian Convoys. On 11 December 1944 Cassandra was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-365, which resulted in the loss of 62 men; reports suggested that the largest loss of life was from the telegraphy rooms.

Stovell was amongst those killed. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his father William Stovell.