Three: Corporal M. Redmond, 7th (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; (3844. Pvte. M. Redmond. 7 Dn. Gds.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3844 Corpl: M. Redmond. 7th Drgn: Gds:); British War Medal 1914-20 (21667 Pte. M. Redmond. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280

Michael Redmond was born at Longford, Ireland, the ‘son of the regiment’ being the son of Farrier-Sergeant Redmond of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and attested for service as a Boy soldier, at Umballa, Punjab, on 9 April 1891. He served in South Africa during the Boer War and was discharged on termination of his period of engagement at Gosport on 3 June 1903. He attested for service in the Great War, declaring his prior service in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and was initially restored to the 7th Dragoon Guards, but was then posted to the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, the Dorset Regiment and from 30 November 1915 to 10 December 1919, to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His service during the Great War was ‘at Home’, and in India, and consequently the British War Medal was his sole entitlement. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 10 December 1919, giving his home address as Pendleton, Manchester.