Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Petty Officer First Class T. H. Redman, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, last clasp loose on riband (T. Redman, Ord: H.M.S. “Hecla”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘T. Redman. H.M.S. “Hecla”.’, light pitting from Star, good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Egypt Medals to the Royal Navy.

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One of only 23 El-Teb_Tamaai clasps awarded to H.M.S. Hecla.

Thomas Henry Redman was born in Bristol on 6 October 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 12 April 1876. He served in H.M.S. Hecla from 22 June 1882 to 30 September 1885, seeing active service in that ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July, and the Sudanese campaign of 1884, including the actions at El-Teb on 29 February, and at Tamaai on 13 March 1884. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 4 October 1890, he was shore pensioned on 31 March 1899.

Sold with copied service records and medal roll extracts.