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.

Object Details

ID: MED1666
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
Close

Your Request

If an item is shown as “offsite”, please allow eight days for your order to be processed. For further information, please contact Archive staff:

Email:
Tel: (during Library opening hours)

Click “Continue” below to continue processing your order with the Library team.

Continue