Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Royal Navy 1901-10

Obverse Bust of King Edward VII in military uniform, cloak, order and medals (left) Legend: 'EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR'. Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: 'FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT'. Inscription on edge: 'T.W.WIMBLE, C.E.R.A. 2CL., H.M.S. ARGONAUT'. Suspended from a clasp and dark blue ribbon edged with white.

Thomas William Wimble (1867-1934) joined the Royal Navy on 28 November 1888. He held the ranks of Engine Room Artificer, 2nd Class and Chief Engine Room Artificer. As a crew member of HMS 'Satellite' he was awarded the East and West Africa Medal 1894 for his part in the punitive expedition against the slave raider Fodi Silah in the Gambia. During the First World War, he served on torpedo school vessel HMS 'Actaeon' and HMS 'Brilliant' which served as a guardship on the Tyne and later as a depot ship for the Auxiliary Patrol at Lerwick, Shetland. He was demobilised in 1919 and died at Chatham in 1934.

Object Details

ID: MED0993
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Saulles, George William de
Vessels: Argonaut (1898)
Date made: 1901
People: Wimble, Thomas William; VII, King Edward
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm