Correctly named 19015577 Pte M Cloney AAC
Served with the 6th Airbourne Division in Palestine.
He is on the rolls for the 8/9 Parachute Battalion.
The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942.
Early in the war, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced the establishment of a new branch of army aviation, the Army Air Corps. The corps initially comprised the Glider Pilot Regiment and the Parachute Battalions (subsequently the Parachute Regiment), and the Air Observation Post Squadrons.
In 1944, the SAS Regiment was added to the Corps. The AAC was disbanded in 1949, with the SAS regaining independent status, while the Parachute Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment came under the umbrella of the Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps.
The second formation.
In 1957 the Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps was split, with the Parachute Regiment becoming an independent formation, while the Glider Pilot Regiment was merged with the Air Observation Squadrons of the Royal Artillery into a new unit, the Army Air Corps.
Awarded in 1948.
The medal has its original silk ribbon.
