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Victory Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Edward Leake (1893-1966). Obverse: Winged Victory standing (front), a palm branch in her right hand, her left arm outstretched. Reverse: Within a laurel garland, Inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION. 1914-1919'. Inscription on edge: 'SURG .LT. C.E.LEAKE, R.N.' Fitted with a ring and watered silk ribbon of rainbow hues.
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: | MED1667 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | 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 |