Obverse: A nude boy with short cloak flying out from his shoulder, blowing on a torch held in his right hand. Legend: 'LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN'. Exergue: 'SOC . LOND . IN . RESVSCITAT . INTERMORTVORVM INSTIT . MDCCLXXIV'. Reverse: Within an oak wreath tied with ribbon name of recipient and inscription: 'VIT . PERIC . EXPOS D . D . SOC . REG HVM.' [5 straight lines]. Inscription on edge: 'LIEUT. COLIN H.C. SINGLETON RN'. Fitted with a bar inscribed 'STANHOPE MEDAL'. Above: '1930'. Suspended from a dark blue ribbon edged with yellow and black (as worn from 1921). With brooch pin bar.

Awarded to Lieutenant Commander Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton DSC, RN (1905-1949). He was picking up crew members who had been on shore at Hangkow in a motor sampan and making sure they got back to HMS 'Peterel' . Stoker O’Brien fell backwards into the Yangtse from the boat – the river had a swift undertow and was very polluted. O’Brien was the only non-swimmer on board and Singleton immediately dived in after him, but as the stoker struggled violently, Singleton lost his grip on the casualty and was unable to find him again. A lifebuoy was thrown to him and he told the sampan crew to continue searching for O’Brien. After failing to find him, the boat returned and with some difficulty found Singleton and pulled him out.

Commander Colin Henry Corbet-Singleton DSC (1905-1949) was awarded the Royal Humane Society Stanhope Medal for attempting to rescue a stoker who fell into the river Yangste at Hangkow while being returned to his ship from a trip on shore. He went on to command a series of minesweepers during the Second World War. In HMS 'Albury' during the evacuation of Dunkirk for service which he was awarded the DSC and Croix de Guerre. He later commanded HMS 'Felixstowe', HMS 'Halcyon', HMS 'Fort York' and HMS 'Rinaldo'. He died in command of HMS 'Lofoten' in Valetta, Malta.