Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Leading Boatman J. J. Redmond, H.M. Coast Guard, late Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (A.B., H.M.S. St. George), single initial ‘J.’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (171916 A.B., H.M.S. Barrosa); 1914-15 Star (171916 P.O. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (171916 Lg. Btn., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (171916 Ldg. Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard), the first two in particular with contact wear and edge bruising, good fine, the remainder generally about very fine or better (6) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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John Joseph Redmond was born at Liverpool in October 1876 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1893. His subsequent stints of active service comprised time aboard H.M.S. St. George during the Benin operations of 1897, when he was landed for service in the Naval Brigade and gained valuable experience for his forthcoming part in the Anglo-Boer War, when he became one of 17 men from the Barrosa to qualify for the Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 with four clasps, and one of just over 140 men of the R.N. and R.M.

Redmond transferred to the Coast Guard in March 1905, served at various stations in Northern Ireland and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1914. Recalled to more regular duties on the outbreak of hostilities, he served aboard the newly commissioned battleship Empress of India from November 1914 until February 1915, before returning to employment with the Coast Guard as a leading Boatman in the latter month. He was pensioned ashore in March 1923.