Sergeant R Leys Royal Signals and Royal Army Pay Corps
The Man R Leys enlisted into the Royal Signals, Territorial Army in about 1953 with service number 22191343, he was promoted to Sergeant and at some time, transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps.
In Army order 68 of 1965 he was awarded the Efficiency Medal ‘Territorial’ followed by the first clasp in AO 87 of 1970. Once a further six years of service was completed, he returned his clasp in exchange for the newly created Efficiency Medal ‘T&AVR’, following the changes made in 1967, these appearing in Army Order 111 of 1976. He was awarded a further clasp to his EM(T&AVR) in Army Order 136 of 1983.
No further detail is known about R Leys.
The Story The medals awarded to R Leys were acquired from Noonan’s Auction on 18th January 2023 and of interest because of the double Efficiency Medal combination.
Nothing could be found on Ancestry.UK even remotely matching his unusual surname, although there were a number of possible matches on Scotland’s People, using 1935 as an approximate birth date. Too many though, to be sure of a definitive match.
The medals are mounted as worn in the incorrect order.
In Army order 68 of 1965 he was awarded the Efficiency Medal ‘Territorial’ followed by the first clasp in AO 87 of 1970. Once a further six years of service was completed, he returned his clasp in exchange for the newly created Efficiency Medal ‘T&AVR’, following the changes made in 1967, these appearing in Army Order 111 of 1976. He was awarded a further clasp to his EM(T&AVR) in Army Order 136 of 1983.
No further detail is known about R Leys.
The Story The medals awarded to R Leys were acquired from Noonan’s Auction on 18th January 2023 and of interest because of the double Efficiency Medal combination.
Nothing could be found on Ancestry.UK even remotely matching his unusual surname, although there were a number of possible matches on Scotland’s People, using 1935 as an approximate birth date. Too many though, to be sure of a definitive match.
The medals are mounted as worn in the incorrect order.
Medal Details:
- Efficiency Medal 'T&AVR': 22191343 SGT. R.LAYS RAPC.
- Efficiency Medal 'Teritorial': 22191343 SGT.R.LEYS. R.SIGNALS.
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