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': Engraved on the edge: 'K.10049 B. EAGLETON, STO.1 R.N.' Ribbon missing.

Benjamin Eagleton was born in Leigh on Sea, Essex, the son of George and Jane. His father worked as a railway labourer and he was one of nine children. Eagleton signed up for twelve years’ service in the Royal Navy on 30 January 1911. He was rated stoker I in the following year. His wartime service started in HMS ‘Actaeon’ – a torpedo school and patrol base at Sheerness. In 1916 he served in HMS ‘Clio’ in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, then in in destroyer ‘Albacore’ based at Scapa Flow for a few months following her mine damage and repair in 1917. The following year he was attached to HMS ‘Wallington’ – the auxiliary patrol base at Grimsby. In 1919 he was in the sea plane carrier ‘Empress’ from May to October. From October 1919 to April 1920, he served in HMS ‘Ivy’ - a convoy sloop based at Malta and from May 1920 to January 1921 Eagleton was at the 3rd submarine flotilla base at Rosyth. He was invalided out of the service the following month via the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham.
In 1939, Eagleton was working as a labourer and still living in Leigh-on-Sea, next door to his brother William and his family. Benjamin Eagleton seems to have died in the Rochford district of Southend in 1956.
He was entitled to receive the 1914-15 Star and Victory medal which are not in the collection. His British War Medal was found in a back garden in Australia in 1983.