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Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal

Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, GV, 40573 Corporal T.W.E. Heath, Royal Air Force. Thomas William Edwin Heath was born during 1880, he joined the Royal Flying Corps for the…

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Origin: United Kingdom
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Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, GV, 40573 Corporal T.W.E. Heath, Royal Air Force.

 

Thomas William Edwin Heath was born during 1880, he joined the Royal Flying Corps for the duration of the war on 26th July 1916, aged 36.
He was a Civilian Clerk and with the Royal Flying Corps he was sent to Egypt from July 1916 until September 1919.
He served as a Clerk at ‘X’ A.D. He rose from 2nd AIrman up to Corporal, being transferred to the RAF as Corporal Clerk and then reclassified as a Flight Sergeant.

 

He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his services during the war in Egypt in the London Gazette on 10th October 1919.

 

With copy service papers.