Awarded to Frederick Albert Philpott MN. Obverse: Head of King George V (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN:REX ET IND :I MP:'. Reverse: Within a laurel garland in relief, the bow view of a drifter, a ship in the distance (right).Exergue: 'FOR WAR SERVICE MERCANTILE MARINE 1914-1918'. Inscription on edge: 'FREDERICK A. PHILPOTT'. Fitted with a bar and light green and scarlet watered silk ribbon divided by a narrow white stripe. Mounted on a safety pin as worn with one other.

Frederick Albert Philpott was born in Blean, Whitstable In 1855, the son of Stephen Philpott a mariner. In 1877 he was an able seaman on 'Venus' of Faversham and in 1901, a seaman on the packet boat SS 'Boulogne'. His First World War Mercantile Marine War Medal was issued to an address in Folkestone. He was still resident in Folkestone, now retired, in 1939. He seems to have died in Somerset in 1941.

He married Emily May Clothier in 1874.