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Corporal Frederick Levy Royal Air Force late Royal Artillery
The Man Frederick Levy attested into the Royal Artillery Territorial Army in 1937 as a Gunner and with service number 865046. He was mobilised during World War II and most probably saw service during the campaign in France in 1940 and evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. Frederick was awarded the Efficiency Medal ‘Territorial’ first type in circa1943 and after the war the 1939-45 Star, Defence & War Medals. He was discharged from the Army, but re-enlisted into the RA Territorials on 30th October 1947 with a new service number 21130071, only to be discharged again on 1st February 1948 on enlisting into the Royal Air Force. He was given another service number L4029571, which was a block issue (4017000 to 4029999) allotted to regular enlistments non ATC at RAF Cardington from December 1946 to June 1958. He was subsequently promoted to Corporal and saw service in the Malayan Emergency and awarded the General Service Medal with ‘Malaya’ clasp and further awarded the RAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in circa 1966 which was notified in the RAF News of 26th February 1966 as Corporal.
The Story The group of medals awarded to Frederick Levy were acquired from The London Medal Company on 22nd December 2017. They were of interest because of the unusual combination of the Royal Air Force Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and Efficiency Medal ‘Territorial’. The former representing a long career in the RAF following his war time service in the Army. No information could be obtained from Ancestry.UK due to the large number of people with the name Frederick Levy, however it was possible to build up a brief service record from papers contained with the lot.
Medal Details:
- 1939-45 Star: Unnamed as awarded.
- Defence Medal: Unnamed as awarded.
- War Medal 1939-45: Unnamed as awarded.
- General Service Medal: 4025571 CPL.F.LEVY. R.A.F.
- Royal Air Force Long Service & Good conduct Medal: L4025571 CPL. F.LEVY. R.A.F.
- Efficiency Medal: 865046 GNR.F.LEVY. R.A.
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