Naval General Service Medal (1915-1964)

medal with 1 clasps See MODEL; includes one clasp 'Yangtse 1949'

Devany was a member of a crew of a Short Sunderland flying boat (ML772) which delivered a medical officer and medical supplies to the frigate HMS AMETHYST on 21 April 1949 when she was trapped by Communist forces in the Yangtze River.

574563 GUN.II G.DEVANY. R.A.F.