British War Medal 1914-18

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'. Engraved on the edge: '146955 T.W. WIMBLE. C.E.R.A.1 R.R.' Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes.

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: MED0995
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; McMillan, William Mackennal, Edgar Bertram
Events: World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1919
People: Wimble, Thomas William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm