Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil)

Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce enamelled blue grey on reverse. Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto 'FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE'. Reverse: The Royal cypher "GRI". Awarded to Group Captain Charles Russel Jekyl Randall (1879-1956). Suspended from a purple ribbon with a central scarlet stripe of the Military Division. In fitted box of issue.

Charles Russell Jekyl Randall (1879-1956) was born in Guernsey, son of brewer Robert Henry Randall. He was educated at Lancing College and trained at the Royal Naval College 1901-1902. He was promoted through the engineering branch and developed additional expertise in the construction of airships and aeroplanes. In early 1914 he oversaw the construction of airships at Barrow in Furness. Later in the war he served as instructor in theory and construction at the Central Flying School. In 1917, he was in charge of the supply and production of seaplanes. His final rank Lieutenant Colonel RAF. He retired to Guernsey, where he died in 1956.

Object Details

ID: MED1112
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1917
People: Randall, Charles Russell Jekyl
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm
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