London County Council Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Bronze. 1st type. Named (Fireman J.T. Radford.)

Prisoner of War: Served 'Hawke Battalion' Royal Naval Division (1914), and was captured with R.N.D. during their retreat from Antwerp, Belgium. Petty Officer I Radford was subsequently interred in the Netherlands (Service Sheet and R.N.D. service record - showing name as Joseph Charles (sic) Radford refers)

In addition to his London County Council Fire Brigade medal, Joseph Radford had earlier qualified for and received the below following medals for his Great War service with 'Hawke Battalion' Royal Naval Division:

- 1914 Star. Width dated clasp: ADM 171/139
- British War Medal. Silver issue: ADM 171/139
- Interallied Victory Medal: ADM 171/139

Joseph Thomas Radford, son of Joseph Charles Radford was born at Bermondsey, Surrey, England, on 10 May 1869 (his extant Royal Navy service sheet, in which he is shown as Joseph 'Charles' (sic) Radford, refers). He joined the Royal Navy on 29 July 1884 rated 'Boy' 2nd Class. He was discharged from the Royal Navy in August 1897.  On his return to  civilian life, Joseph joined the London Fire Brigade as a Fireman, and on, 5 August 1900, married Kate Francis Hawkins at, Saint John the Baptist, Hoxton: New North Road, Hackney, London. Joseph joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 9 September 1903, and re-enrolled in the R.F.R. on, 9 September 1908. His service sheet shows that he never qualified for, or received a Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal during his service with the Royal Navy. Following the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, he was mobilized for service with the Royal Naval Division and was appointed Petty Officer I Class. He subsequently served overseas with the British Expeditionary Force, where he deployed for 1 x month at Antwerp, Belgium. and after the R.N.D.'s retreat from Antwerp was in October 1914 interred as a Prisoner of War in the Netherlands 1914-18. After his repatriation to the United Kingdom in December 1914, Joseph Thomas Radford re-joined the London Fire Brigade

Prior to mobilization in 1914, Foreman Radford had been stationed at The Fire Station located at Southwark Bridge Road, London. Post war he served at The Fire Station, Herne Hill, London. At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England & Wales in 1921, Joseph and his wife were resident at The Fire Station, Battersea Park Road, London. S.W.11

In retirement, Joseph Thomas Radford died at Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England, where on 17 May 1930, his body was laid to rest when  buried at at Kimbolton Cemetery

Condition: About VF 

Code: 26235