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British War Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Edward Leake RN (1893-1966). Obverse: Head of King George V (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP:' Reverse: A Knight on horseback (right) a short sword in his right hand, trampling on the German shield, skull and cross-bones. Legend: '1914-18': Engraved on the edge: 'SURG.LT. C.E. LEAKE, R.N.' Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes.
Charles Edward Leake was born in Normanton and obtained his medical qualification at Leeds in 1915. He served as a Temporary Surgeon RN between 1915-1919. Towards the end of the war, he served with field ambulence units attached to the Hood and Hawke battalions of the Royal Naval Division and was awarded the Military Cross with bar for his services in treating and evacuating the wounded under fire. He left the Royal Navy in 1919 and returned to civilian life as a Yorkshire doctor. He married Hilda Thistlethwaite in 1924.
Charles Edward Leake was born in Normanton and obtained his medical qualification at Leeds in 1915. He served as a Temporary Surgeon RN between 1915-1919. Towards the end of the war, he served with field ambulence units attached to the Hood and Hawke battalions of the Royal Naval Division and was awarded the Military Cross with bar for his services in treating and evacuating the wounded under fire. He left the Royal Navy in 1919 and returned to civilian life as a Yorkshire doctor. He married Hilda Thistlethwaite in 1924.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1666 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; McMillan, William |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1919 |
| People: | Leake, Charles Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |