Second World War Medal Group – Captain Trevor Mark Heywood, Royal Army Service Corps
1939-45 Star – unnamed as issued
Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp – unnamed as issued
France & Germany Star – unnamed as issued
Defence Medal – unnamed as issued
War Medal – unnamed as issued
With slip and box of issue.
Trevor Mark Heywood was born on 21 November 1914 at Rochford, Essex, the son of Horace Mark Heywood and Mari Gwendolen Heywood. By the time of the 1921 Census, he was aged 6 years 7 months and living with his family at 7 Thornfield Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, where his father was head of the household.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Heywood entered officer training and was commissioned from the Officer Cadet Training Unit on 19 April 1941, receiving the service number 184391. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C.), the branch of the British Army responsible for transport, supply, and logistical support—roles which were absolutely critical to sustaining frontline operations.
During his wartime service, Heywood rose to the rank of Captain, and his medal entitlement confirms service in multiple active theatres. The award of the Africa Star with 8th Army clasp places him serving with or in direct support of the Eighth Army during the North African Campaign. This formation played a central role in the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, where the R.A.S.C. was heavily engaged in maintaining long and vulnerable supply lines across desert conditions.
His entitlement to the France & Germany Star further confirms that he later served in North-West Europe, indicating continued operational service following the Allied return to the continent after D-Day. This demonstrates that his wartime career spanned both the Mediterranean and European theatres, supporting major Allied advances in the latter half of the war.
Heywood was released from service on 25 November 1945, holding the rank of Captain, and subsequently applied for his campaign medals. His medal issue documentation records his address at that time as 32A Station Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, confirming his return to civilian life in the post-war period.
He is recorded as having died in approximately July 1993 at St Albans, Hertfordshire.
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