Awarded to Sergeant Francis George Smith RMLI (1879-1952). 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: 'PO.9239 SGT. F.G. SMITH. R.M.L.I.' Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes.

Francis George Smith was born in Lambeth to George William Smith, a cook and his wife Lucy Smith (formerly Clark). By 1891 he was resident in Penge, the adopted child of Henry and Jane Bryant. He enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 4 Jul 1897 and served in HMS 'Orlando' from 16 February 1899 to 31 December 1901. On the 30 May 1900, he was part of a a force landed to guard the British legation in Peking (Beijing) during the Boxer rebellion and he took part in the siege.
From 1904 he was on the books of training ships 'Boscawen', 'Hogue', 'Impregnable' and the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, working as a physical training instructor. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on 9 July 1914 and was demobilised on 26 March 1919. After the war, now in the Royal Fleet Reserve, Frank worked as a fireman at Richborough , Kent, in the Pensioner Coastguard Forces and as a sacristan and parish clark at Glastonbury. He was also a postman and carpenter's mate.
He married Anna Maria E. (Sprules) at Chippenham in 1908. A son, George Frances was born in Gosport the following year and they also had two daughters..By 1939 the couple had moved to Aylsham, Norfolk, where Frank worked as a labourer for Electromotors Ltd, Norwich. Smith remained in Norwich until his death.