1st Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 19 October 1923 , 1st Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 30 May 1927 , 2nd Battalion Appointed Paid Lance Corporal 6 January 1937 , 2nd Battalion Attended course of Instruction at Anti Gas Wing Small Arms School Winterbourne Gunner from 26 April 1937 to 20 May 1937 and Qualified Q1 , 2nd Battalion appointed unpaid Lance Sergeant 23 November 1937 ,1st Battalion appointed unpaid Lance Corporal 26 November 1938 , 2nd Battalion promoted Sergeant September 1939 , 2nd Battalion Awarded General Service Medal clasp Palestine 36 to 39 on 4 April 1940