Awarded to Ship's Corporal William Pugh (1869-1938). Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria, crowned and veiled, with order (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: At the foot of a palm tree a trophy of flags, cannons, the royal shield, a capstan etc. Legend: 'ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM' . Exergue: 'CHINA 1900'. Inscribed on edge: 'W. PUGH, SH.CORP, H.M.S. ROSARIO'. Fitted with a bar and cerise ribbon edged with yellow. Mounted on a bar with three others.

William Pugh was born in Canterbury, Kent, the son of a cathedral verger. He joined the Royal Navy on 6 October 1887 and saw service on the China Station in HMS 'Rosario' being awarded the campaign medal for the China War of 1900. At the beginning of World War I, he served on Apollo-class cruiser HMS 'Brilliant'. In October 1914 she shelled German troops on the Belgian coast and later that year she changed her base from Dover to at Sheerness where she served as a guardship. From November 1915, Pugh served on destroyer depot ships 'Diligence' and 'Woolwich'. He was demobilised on 18 April 1919.