Studio portrait of Sub-Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) John Howell-Price DSO DSC ...

Accession Number A02628
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of Sub-Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) John Howell-Price DSO DSC (1886-1937). Howell-Price served with the Royal Naval Reserve from 1915 to 1918 and in the RAN from 1918 to 1921, taking part in the submarine attack on Zeebrugge, Belgium, on 23 April 1918, for which he received the Distinguished Service Order. He subsequently served with the Merchant Navy until his death on 13 November 1937 in Liverpool, England.