Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Royal Navy 1910-1930

Awarded to C.P.O. Thomas Bouttell in 1928-29. Obverse: Bust of King George V in naval uniform, orders and medals (left). Legend: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP .' 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: '233455 BOUTTELL. C.P.O. H.M.S. CONSTANCE'. Suspended from a clasp and dark blue ribbon edged with white.

Chief Petty Officer Thomas Bouttell (1888-1960) entered the navy in 1906. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal and the Stanhope Gold Medal for rescuing a passenger from drowning during the catastrophic fire which destroyed the SS 'Sardinia' in 1908. During the First World War, Boutell served as leading seaman on 'Irresistable' during the Dardanelles Campaign until she sank following damage by a mine on 18 March 1915, when he transferred to HMS 'Prince George'. He left the navy in 1929 but was briefly called up again in 1938.

Object Details

ID: MED1127
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Mackennal, Edgar Bertram
Vessels: Constance (1915)
Date made: 1910
People: King George V; Bouttell, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm