Enlisted Depot Beverley October 1925 , Awarded 3rd Class Certificate of Education Beverley 16 December 1925 , 2nd Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education 11 March 1927 , 2nd Battalion Appointed Paid Lance Corporal 9 February 1937 , 1st Battalion promoted Corporal 6 November 1938 , 1st Battalion appointed unpaid Lance Sergeant 18 August 1939 , 2nd Battalion Awarded General Service Medal clasp Palestine 36 to 39 on 4 April 1940