British War Medal (F.15557 A.L.WARREN. A.M.2. R.N.A.S.); War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal; Coronation Medal QEII 1953; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, in Silver with 2nd award bar (S/L A.L.WARREN. EDMONTON. 25.7.44.)
With box of issue for Fire Brigade Medal and box of issue and Defence Medal award slip for WWII. The entitlement slip in the WWII box indicates that the War Medal 1939-45 was issued to Warren.
Albert Leonard Warren was born at Enfield Middlesex on 8 July 1897 and enlisted with the Royal Naval Air Service on 2 June 1916. He served at R.N.A.S Howden, an airship station near York during the Great War, earning only a British War Medal however never served overseas.
Later moving to Edmonton, Middlesex he appeared on the 1939-45 Census as a Sub Officer with the Provisional Fire Service. Warren appears to have served there during the Second World War, earning his long service medal in 1944 while there.
The 1939 Register has him as a Sub Officer Provisional Fire Service, living at 49 Hydeside Gardens, Edmonton, Middlesex. He was awarded the 1953 QEII Coronation Medal as a Leading Fireman with the Middlesex Fire Brigade
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