British War Medal 1914-18

Awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral Frederick Arthur Frith Banbury (1874-1951). 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'. Inscription on edge: 'PAYR. COMMR. F.A.F. BANBURY'. Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes. Mounted on a bar with five others.

Paymaster Rear-Admiral Frederick Arthur Frith Banbury entered the Royal Navy on 15 July 1890.
He served in In HMS ‘Blanche’ 1901-1902 during the South African War. For services during the Messina earthquake of 1908 in 'Minerva', he was made an officer of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus in 1911 and awarded the Italian medal and diploma for the same event. During World War 1, he served in HMS ‘Conqueror’ in the Home and Grand Fleets - mainly in the North Sea and was present at the Battle of Jutland. He was secretary to Admiral Frederick John Charles Tudor, Commander-in-Chief, China Station, between 20 July 1917 and 25 October 1917 in HMS 'Rosario'. Banbury also acted as a French interpreter.
He retired with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral on 1 January 1929.
Banbury married Winifred Fink in 1911, at Godstone, Surrey.

Object Details

ID: MED2578
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; McMillan, William
Events: World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1919
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm