FREDERICK ERNEST DAILEY (b. 1873)
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF A LADY WARRANT OFFICER CARPENTER FREDERICK ERNEST DAILEY, RN Born in Portsmouth, Dailey was actively sought by Scott for the expedition and joined the Discovery from HMS Ganges. He had served his apprenticeship at HM Dockyard Devonport, a wooden shipyard, and was sent up to Dundee during the building of Discovery. He accompanied Scott on the daily 'rounds' of the ship and was a member of the first southern support party in October-November 1902. 'In his own department our carpenter, F.E. Dailey, worked with the same zealous care as the boatswain. He possessed the same 'eye' for defects and the same determination that his charge should be beyond reproach. (R.F. Scott, The Voyage of the "Discovery", London, 1907, I, p.54). After the expedition he served in the war, was Mentioned-in-Despatches and received the DSC. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on his retirement as Barrack Master of the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport.
FREDERICK ERNEST DAILEY (b. 1873)

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FREDERICK ERNEST DAILEY (b. 1873)

A collection of Warrant Officer Dailey's personal effects and ephemera from the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04 comprising:

45 contact prints including the voyage south ('Send off from Lyttleton', 'Sea lion Macquarie [Island]'); photographs of the crew and officers on deck ('On the bridge', 'Working one of Hodson's nets'); in the pack ice ('Our first experience on Ski', 'Boat leaving ship in slight pack'); 'Landing at Cape Adare'; 3 photographs of the balloon ascent on the Great Ice Barrier; the huts at Discovery Point; sledging scenes including 'Captain Scott RN', 'Luncheon Camp', 'Return of Capt. Scott. Capt on extreme left. Shackleton & Wilson behind by sledge. Armitage in gangway giving welc[ome]' and Dailey in sledging kit; 14 studies of wildlife, and various others

[with:] a quarter-plate glass negative of Vince and others on board the Discovery; a studio portrait photograph of Warrant Officer Dailey by Standish & Preece, Christchurch, New Zealand; 2 albumen prints of Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand; 2 autograph letters signed by Sir Clements Markham, 31 March 1903 ('Your brother has not returned. You may be sure that when the Captain called for volunteers to remain with him, Mr Dailey would not be the man to desert his chief.') and 9 April 1904 ('The "Discovery" will refit at Lyttelton, and be ready to sail in about a month'), to Dailey's sister, giving her news of the delayed return of the expedition; Dailey's Continuous Certificate of Discharge ('Discovery 31 JUL 1901 DOCK ST., E.'), and Book of Certificates including his certificate of discharge for 'Discovery ... Antarctic Exploration ...' signed and dated 'R.F. Scott, 30 Sept 04'

[and:] other miscellaneous photographs, invitations, programmes, Antarctic commemorations, newspapers, and other ephemera relating to Dailey's later life.
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Frederick Ernest Dailey, and thence by descent to the present owner, his great-granddaughter.
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