David Geach's Claim for Campaign Stars and/or Defence Medal

David Geach's Claim for Campaign Stars and/or Defence Medal

RAF Form 2825 filled in by David Geach claiming 1939/45 star, Air Crew Europe Star and France and Germany Star

Two printed sheets with handwritten annotation

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

MGeachDG1394781-160401-050001,
MGeachDG1394781-160401-050002

[underlined] CLAIM FOR CAMPAIGN STARS AND/OR DEFENCE MEDAL (Front Page) [/underlined]
Number 1394781
RANK W/O
NAME GEACH
INITIALS D.G.

1394781 W/O GEACH D.G / AIR BOMBER

[Page Break]

[underlined] CLAIM FOR CAMPAIGN STARS , ETC., [/underlined] (back page)
Particulars of qualifying Service

1. 1939/45 Star
623 Squadron Downham Market. 27-9-43 to 5-12-43
Date on which the full qualifying period for this star completed 27-11-43.
GRANTED
6. Air Crew Europe Star
115 squadron, Witchford 21-12-43 to 24 – 3 -44
BERLIN 24-3-44
7. France and Germany Star
P.O.W 24-3-44 – 7-4-45
Escaped 7-4-45. RELIEVED BY BRITISH ARMY 16.4.45
REPATRIATED 2-5-45