Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925) 'for distinguished services rendered during the war' see 'London Gazette' 22 January 1920. Badge: A gold star of forty rays arranged in groups of five, enamelled in white, yellow, red, blue and black, charged with an identical gold star bearing in the centre an enamelled representation of a tiger, three gold stars in chief. The badge is suspended by a wreath enamelled green, tied with a red enamel ribbon, from a sash of red ribbon edged with orange. Star: Identical but larger.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee was the son of Captain Frederick Ranney Sturdee, RN. He entered the Royal Navy on 15 July 1871. At the beginning of World War I, Vice-Admiral Sturdee was serving as Chief of Naval War staff under Prince Louis of Battenberg. His tenure was marked by the loss of HMS 'Aboukir', Cressy' and 'Hogue' and the defeat of the Battle of Coronel. His old enemy, the new First Sea Lord, Sir John Fisher re-appointed Sturdee Commander in Chief, South Atlantic and South Pacific. He destroyed the German squadron led by Maximilian, Count von Spee off the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914, avenging von Spee’s earlier victory over the British. Sturdee was granted a baronetcy for this service and commanded the 4th Battle Squadron at Jutland in 1916. He was promoted Admiral in 1917 and to Admiral of the Fleet in 1921 on his retirement.
In later life he became president of the Society for Nautical Research and was active in the campaign to preserve HMS ‘Victory’.