Identity
Person No.
41221
Service No.
K/22606
Last Name
First Name
Charles Cecil
Initials
C C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Stoker 1st Class
Regiment
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
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
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Brother of Fred Daniels, of 69, Caledonian Rd, Kings Cross, N. Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project