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Five: Chief Petty Officer E. C. Osmond, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Caradoc in the...
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Five: Chief Petty Officer E. C. Osmond, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Caradoc in the Baltic Operations in 1919, and was awarded the Russian Cross of St. George Fourth Class
1914-15 Star (186090 E. C. Osmonde, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16090 E. C. Osmonde. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186090 E. C. Osmond [sic], P.O., H.M.S. Glasgow.) ship partially officially corrected; Russia, Empire, Cross of the Order of St George, Fourth Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘944495’, generally very fine or better (5) £400-£500
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M.I.D. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Edda Charles Osmond was born in Preston, Dorset in February 1880. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1895, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1918. Service included with H.M.S. Glasgow, September 1912 - January 1916, during the latter dates she took part in the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Osmond served with the cruiser H.M.S. Caradoc, November 1918 - January 1920. During this period Caradoc was employed in the Baltic operations of 1919 and participated in a prolonged and successful bombardment of Bolshevik forces in Estonia. Osmond was Shore Pensioned in June 1920.
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1914-15 Star (186090 E. C. Osmonde, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16090 E. C. Osmonde. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186090 E. C. Osmond [sic], P.O., H.M.S. Glasgow.) ship partially officially corrected; Russia, Empire, Cross of the Order of St George, Fourth Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘944495’, generally very fine or better (5) £400-£500
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M.I.D. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Edda Charles Osmond was born in Preston, Dorset in February 1880. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1895, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1918. Service included with H.M.S. Glasgow, September 1912 - January 1916, during the latter dates she took part in the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Osmond served with the cruiser H.M.S. Caradoc, November 1918 - January 1920. During this period Caradoc was employed in the Baltic operations of 1919 and participated in a prolonged and successful bombardment of Bolshevik forces in Estonia. Osmond was Shore Pensioned in June 1920.
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Five: Chief Petty Officer E. C. Osmond, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Caradoc in the Baltic Operations in 1919, and was awarded the Russian Cross of St. George Fourth Class
1914-15 Star (186090 E. C. Osmonde, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16090 E. C. Osmonde. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186090 E. C. Osmond [sic], P.O., H.M.S. Glasgow.) ship partially officially corrected; Russia, Empire, Cross of the Order of St George, Fourth Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘944495’, generally very fine or better (5) £400-£500
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M.I.D. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Edda Charles Osmond was born in Preston, Dorset in February 1880. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1895, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1918. Service included with H.M.S. Glasgow, September 1912 - January 1916, during the latter dates she took part in the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Osmond served with the cruiser H.M.S. Caradoc, November 1918 - January 1920. During this period Caradoc was employed in the Baltic operations of 1919 and participated in a prolonged and successful bombardment of Bolshevik forces in Estonia. Osmond was Shore Pensioned in June 1920.
Sold with copied service papers and research.
1914-15 Star (186090 E. C. Osmonde, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16090 E. C. Osmonde. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186090 E. C. Osmond [sic], P.O., H.M.S. Glasgow.) ship partially officially corrected; Russia, Empire, Cross of the Order of St George, Fourth Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘944495’, generally very fine or better (5) £400-£500
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M.I.D. London Gazette 12 December 1919.
Edda Charles Osmond was born in Preston, Dorset in February 1880. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1895, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1918. Service included with H.M.S. Glasgow, September 1912 - January 1916, during the latter dates she took part in the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Osmond served with the cruiser H.M.S. Caradoc, November 1918 - January 1920. During this period Caradoc was employed in the Baltic operations of 1919 and participated in a prolonged and successful bombardment of Bolshevik forces in Estonia. Osmond was Shore Pensioned in June 1920.
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