Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (left) Legend:'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: the sphinx on an ornamental platform. Legend: 'EGYPT'. Exergue: '1882'. Bar: 'ALEXANDRIA 11TH JULY'. Inscription on edge: 'W.EVANS, PAYMR. R.N. H.M.S. PENELOPE'. Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes.

William Evans (1828-1903) joined the Navy in 1853 as a clerk in the 50-gun frigate HMS ‘Imperieuse’, serving in South Africa and the Baltic. He was then stationed in the Pacific in HMS ‘Monarch’, 84 guns, between 1854 and 1858. He was promoted full paymaster in 1863, serving in the Mediterranean and at Chatham and Sheerness. Continued service saw him on the North America station and in the East Indies. Evans was in HMS ‘Penelope’ at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, staying with her for the remainder of his career after she became the drill ship at Harwich. He retired in 1884 with the rank of paymaster-in-chief.

He married Sarah Eliza Boucher in 1862 at Rochester, Kent and the couple had one son William Boucher Evans. After his retirement William Evans lived in Maidstone, Kent, then moved to Ross, Herefordshire where he died.