Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., attributed to Lieutenant T. Redman, Durham Rifle Corps, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Corporal T. A. Redman, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (DM2-151534 Cpl. T. A. Redman. A.S.C.) nearly very fine

Three: Sergeant Flight Engineer N. A. Redman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was brought down by flak, 11 December 1944
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to T. A. Redman, Esq., 39 Albany Road, Cardiff’, extremely fine (6) £180-£220

Thomas Redman was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the 1st Durham Rifle Corps, Volunteer Forces, on 8 December 1873, and was promoted Lieutenant on 10 April 1876.
Sold with the recipient’s two original Commission Documents.

Norman Arthur Redman was born on 9 June 1924, the son of Corporal T. A. Redman, and attested for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 17 June 1943. Posted to 514 Squadron as a Sergeant Flight Engineer, flying Lancasters, he flew his first sortie on 29 November 1944, and was killed in action on his fifth sortie, to Osterfeld, on 11 December 1944, when his Lancaster NG350, piloted by Flying Officer E. Hill, was hit by flak and fell into a built up areas of Sterkrade, destroying several houses. All the crew were killed, and Redman is buried alongside his crew in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

Sold with the recipient’s Airman’s Service Book; official telegram to the recipient’s father, reporting him missing in action; two Air Ministry letters regarding his death; photograph of the recipient; and various copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient with his crew.