Awarded to CPO. Harry Elliott. 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: '183840 H. ELLIOTT. ACT. C.P.O. R.N.' Fitted with an orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes. Mounted on a bar with three others.

Harry Elliott (1879-1977) was born in Portsmouth. His father, also Harry, was a stoker in the Royal Navy. Harry Elliott junior joined the RN as a boy 2nd class on 11 May 1895. He was in HMS 'Prince of Wales' at the beginning of World War I protecting the eastern end of the Channel while the British Expeditionary Force crossed to France. Later she ferried the Portsmouth Marine Battalion to Belgium. She briefly participated in the Dardanelles campaign, covering the landings of the 3rd brigade Australian Army in April 1915. 'Prince of Wales' then assisted the Italian Navy in blockading the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic. Elliott left her when she returned to Gibraltar for a refit. He was then in the destroyer 'Cockatrice' and HMS 'Apollo'. Elliott was demobilised in 1920, now with the rank of Chief Petty Officer, but briefly re-entered the Navy, rated Able Seaman, in 1928. In 1902 he married Annie Maria Raistrick and had three daughters. He was born and died in Portsmouth.