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

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: '287919 E.C .MARKQUICK STO. P.O., H.M.S. ATTENTIVE'. Mounted on a bar with three other medals. Suspended from a clasp and dark blue ribbon edged with white.

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.

Object Details

ID: MED1193
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Mackennal, Edgar Bertram
Vessels: Attentive (1904)
Date made: 1910
People: King George V; Markquick, Edward Christian
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm