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Distinguished Service Cross and Bar

In August 1916, bars were introduced to reward further acts of gallantry meriting the Cross, with a silver rosette worn on the ribbon when worn alone, to denote the award of each bar. The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a third-level military decoration awarded to officers; and, since 1993, ratings and other ranks of the British Armed Forces, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the British Merchant Navy have been included. CREDIT:Wikipedia 

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A Lieutenant with Motor Gun Boat 444, Edward died on 15th of February 1944 aged 25. Edward was born on 29 June 1918 at Heatherside House, Camberley, Surrey, a son of Lieutenant Charles Symonds Leaf, Royal Marines, and the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Blanche Leaf. By 1943 Edward’s parents lived at The Manor House, Freckenham, Bury St. Edmunds. Edward was a pupil at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1937 he took part in an expedition to Ellesmere Land and Baffin Island, and in 1939. Edward was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.   Distinguished Service Cross and Bar