Awarded to William Webster Stoker RN. Obverse: Head of King George V (left). Legend; 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN REX ET IND: IMP:" Reverse: A Knight on horseback (right) a short sword in his right hand, trampling on the German shield, skull and cross-bones. Legend: '1914-18'. Inscription on edge: '39828 W. WEBSTER STO.1. R.N.' Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes. In original box of issue with MED1506.

William Webster (1878-1960) was the son of a Gravesend fisherman. During World War I, he served as a stoker in the Royal Navy from Jan 1917 to April 1919 in HMS 'Pembroke', 'Euryalus' and 'Sapphire' - the last two vessels stationed in the Far East. Webster was demobilised on 1 April 1919. In 1906 he had married Annie Mary Jennings at Cheltenham where the couple settled, Webster returning to his former trade as stonemason.