Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Boatman C. Riddett, Royal Navy

Baltic 1854-55 (C Reddell [sic]. CG. HMS. Royal George) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Chs. Reddett. Chf. Boatn. H.M. Coast. Gd. 32 Yrs) note various spellings of surname, very fine (2) £600-£800

1 of just 42 awards of the wide suspension L.S. & G.C. variety issued to the Coast Guard.

Charles Riddett [sic] was born in Plymouth, Devon, in May 1821. He joined the Royal Navy, and served as an Ordinary Seaman with H.M.S. Belleisle from November 1841 to September 1843 (entitled to China 1842 Medal). Riddett transferred as a Boatman to the Coast Guard in May 1848, before serving in the Baltic with H.M.S. Royal George from February 1854 to April 1856. He returned to service with the Coast Guard, and advanced to Chief Boatman in August 1863; he was shore pensioned in March 1874 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in the same month).

Sold with copied service papers.