Obverse: Winged Victory standing (front), a palm branch in her right hand, her left arm outstretched. Reverse: Within a laurel garland, Inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION 1914-1919'. Inscription on edge: '287919 E.C. MARKQUICK CH. STO. R.N.' mounted on bar with three other medals. Fitted with a ring and watered silk ribbon of rainbow hues.

Edward Christian Markquick (1878-1944) was born in Shoreditch, London, the son of a printer - Samuel Lorency Markquick. Edward Markquick joined the Royal Navy on 17 March 1898 and was rated Stoker Petty Officer from 1910. During World War I he served during 1913-16 in the battleship HMS 'Britannia' 1904, attached to the 3rd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet. She saw no action during this period. During 1916 and 1917 he was at 'Attentive II' the shore base of the Dover Patrol. Marquick was demobilised in 1919 and by the 1930s was living on his naval pension and work as a commissionaire. He had married Eva Catherine May Wilson on 21 March 1905 at Norwich.