Ceremony for the presentation of the Medaille Militaire to Chief Petty Officer Barry. This photograph was taken from the aft end of the upper deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) looking forward. The barrels of 'Y' turret's guns (with tompions in place) have been elevated to clear the deck area while 'X' turret is trained on the port beam.

Admiral Sir David Beatty and other senior officers have their backs to the camera, while opposite them the ship's Royal Marines have formed a guard of honour and are at 'general salute; present arms'. The Marines' rifles appear to be Lee-Metfords, and have Japanese Type 30 bayonets fixed.

To the left of the picture the superstructure of a Colossus class battleship can be seen, while off to the right in the distance is the armoured cruiser HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904).