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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 395

Nine: Stoker Petty Officer C. W. Redwood, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.23815, C. W. Redwood, Sto.1, R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 ([...] W. Redwood. Act. L. Sto. R. [...]); Victory Medal 1914-1919 (K.23815 C. W. Redwood. Act. L. Sto. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (K.23815, C. W. Redwood. S.P.O. H.M.S. Dolphin.), mounted as worn, the Great War awards and L.S. & G.C. polished with heavy contact wear, overall very fine (9)

Clifford William Redwood was born in Surrey on 19 November 1899 and attested with the Royal Navy as a Stoker Class II on 11 January 1915. Posted to Syren on 8 May 1915 she served with the Dover Patrol for most of the war, Redwood went ashore in March 1918 and was posted to the Light Cruiser Birmingham.

Serving on Coastal Motor Boats between 1921-23 Redwood later joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1927 as Stoker Petty Officer serving in Quebec until 1929. He re-entered the Royal Navy on 22 March 1937 as Stoker Class I although it is unclear in what capacity he served there; sold together with copied research including a copied Jubilee Medal roll.

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Starting price
£80