Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. Redwood, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (Ply.12955, Pte. J. Redwood, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.12955 Pte. J. Redwood. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply/12955. Jesse Redwood, Private. R.M.L.I.) very fine and better (4) £120-£160

Jesse Redwood was born in Hockworthy, Somerset, on 4 February 1883. A carpenter by trade, he joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Tiverton on 5 July 1904 and was posted to Depot at Deal. Transferred to “B” Company, Plymouth Division on 24 June 1905, Redwood served in Hong Kong and aboard a wide variety of naval ships including St. George, Amphitrite, Niobe, and the scout cruiser Adventure. He spent almost the entirety of the Great War aboard the cruiser Foresight, and was present when she accidentally collided with the destroyer Falcon in November 1913; assigned to the Dover Patrol, Foresight took part in numerous operations off the Flanders coast in October 1914 which helped to protect the Allied flank during the Battle of the Yser. She later guarded against Zeppelin raids on the east coast of England and assisted the wounded survivors of H.M.H.S. Britannic which had struck a mine in the Aegean Sea on 21 November 1916.