2nd Battalion awarded 2nd Class Certificate of Education at Lichfield 26 March 1925 , 2nd Battalion appointed paid Lance Corporal 15 November 1926 , 1st Battalion promoted Colour Sergeant (Company Quarter Master Sergeant) 11 October 1939 , 2nd Battalion Awarded General Service Medal clasp Palestine 36 to 39 on 4 April 1940 , Orderly Room Sergeant Clerk as a civilian at Londesborough Barracks on the re,formation of the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 1st March 1947