Auction Catalogue
Four: Stoker J. W. Redman, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (312235 J. W. Redman Sto.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (312235 J. W. Redman Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (312235 J. W. Redman Sto.1. H.M.S. Fisgard) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100
John Walter Redman, a footman from Chichester, Sussex, was born on 14 May 1885. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 25 September 1907, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Adamant, a submarine depot ship, and H.M.S. Leviathan, on convoy escorts. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 November 1923, and was shore pensioned 26 November 1930. He was recalled for Second War service on 1 July 1939, and serving ashore in the UK, he was released to Class A Reserve on 14 August 1945.
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