Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Royal Navy 1910-1930

Awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer Albert Jew (1877-1916) lost in HMS Invincible during the Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Obverse: Bust of King George V in naval uniform, orders and medals (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP'. Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: 'FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT'. Inscription on edge: '269506 A.E.JEW. E.R.A. 1.CL, H.M.S.INVINCIBLE'. Suspended from a clasp and dark blue ribbon edged with white. The medal was issued in 1913 and Albert Jew is wearing it in the photograph Neg D442.

Albert Jew was born in Swindon where his father worked as a railway carriage smith. He entered the Royal Navy on 10 October 1898 having been employed as a fitter and turner. Apart from a period stationed in the Mediterranean from 1899-1902 most of his early career was spent in home waters. He served on 'Invincible' from 12 August 1914 until her loss with all but six of her crew on 31 May 1916 during the battle of Jutland. He would have been present in this ship at the battle of Heligoland 28 August 1914 and the battle of the Falklands, 8 December the same year.

Object Details

ID: MED1758
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; Wyon, William
Date made: 1910
People: Jew, Albert Edward
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm