1st Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 30 May 1927 , 1st Battalion Awarded King George VI Coronation Medal May 1937 , 1st Battalion promoted Corporal 3 November 1937 , 1st Battalion promoted Sergeant and Appointed Band Sergeant 20 December 1938 , 1st Battalion re,engaged for the East Yorkshire Regiment on 9 May 1939 for such period as shall complete 21 years with the Colours