http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330668333202?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT#ht_1425wt_1132 This was an interesting group on ebay. Still worth a look .... The seller said: A VERY NICE 100% GENUINE WW2 CAMPAIGN MEDAL GROUP WITH A VAST ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.TO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (K.O.Y.L.I) WHO TRANSFERED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS (A.A.C) IN 1943 AND WAS WOUNDED IN NORTH WEST EUROPE IN 1944 4685702.SGT.ERIC.ALBERT.LEVERTON.A.A.C 1939-45 STAR, FRANCE & GERMANY STAR, DEFENCE MEDAL,1939-45 WAR MEDAL. ALL NEAR MINT AS ISSUED AND COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL RIBBONS & WAXED PAPER PACKETS. COMPLETE WITH THE RECIPIENTS NAMED K.O.Y.L.I REGIMENTAL MEDAL & MINT BOXED KINGS BADGE FOR WOUNDED SERVICEMEN ALONG WITH THE RECIPIENTS MEDALS WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VAST ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS 1) REGULAR ARMY CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2) AB 64 ARMY PAYBOOK 3) SOLDIERS CLASS A RELEASE BOOK 4) 2ND & 3RD CLASS EDUCATION CERTIFICATES 5) ARMY BOXING COURSE CERTIFICATE 6) CITY OF SHEFFIELD EDUCATION CERTIFICATE 7) CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER TO THE ARMY RESERVE 8) 1947 TERRITORIAL ENLISTMENT PAPERS 9) WAR DEPARTMENT DRIVING PERMIT 10) TA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1947-1950 11) CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER TO THE RESERVE 12) RECORD OF SERVICE CARD 13) THE RECIPIENTS FULL MEDICAL HISTORY WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMY 14) K.O.Y.L.I OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP CARD ERIC ARTHUR LETHERTON WAS BORN IN SHEFFIELD IN 1907 AND JOINED THE K.O.Y.L.I ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY 1926. HE SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT AT HOME BETWEEN 1926 & 1933 WHEN HE TRANSFERED TO THE RESERVE AFTER 7 YEARS COLOUR SERVICE. HE WAS RECALLED TO THE REGIMENT ON THE DAY BEFORE WAR BROKE OUT 2-9-1939. HE THEN SERVED AT HOME WITH THE REGIMENT UNTIL HE WAS TRANSFERED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN NOVEMBER 1943. HE LANDED WITH THE A.A.C IN NORTH WEST EUROPE 5-6-1944 AND WAS WOUNDED BY GUN SHOT ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST 1944. HE RETURNED TO THE UK AND WAS DISCHARGED 8-11-1945. BUT THEN WENT BACK TO SERVE WITH THE TERRITORIAL BRANCH OF THE A.A.C AS A WO.CL.2 BETWEEN 1947 & 1950 DESPITE ALL THIS SERVICE HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY OTHER MEDALS EXCEPT THE FOUR UNNAMED WW2 CAMPAIGN MEDALS THAT FORM PART OF THIS GROUP Asher
Hi walmer_10 Very Interesting. I believe these are the papers of E. A. Leverton who was the A Company Sergeant Major with the 7th Battalion (L.I.) the Parachute regiment. Looking at a blow up of the dates on one of the included photos his gun shot wounds were sustained on August 22/23 1944 (probably late on Aug 22) and not on August 27th as stated. This would put him in the vicinity of the action occurring at Pont L'Eveque at that time. He would have been around 37 years of age when he dropped with the Paras on D-Day.
