Obverse: Head of King George VI. Legend: 'GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX : F:D : IND : IMP'. Reverse: An oak tree and Royal crown supported by lions rampant, their heads turned away. Inscription: '1939', '1945'. Exergue: 'THE DEFENCE MEDAL'. On the edge 'P.S.N. SMITH. CH. P.O C/J 72232'. Awarded to Philip Stroud Nisbet Smith C.P.O., R.N. Fitted with a bar and orange ribbon with pale green edges divided by a narrow black stripe.

Philip Stroud Nisbet Smith (1901-1966) was born in Skegness, the son of pharmacist Philip Smith, he was working as a factory hand before he joined the Royal Navy in 1917 as a Boy 2nd class. He served throughout the interwar period and was rated Petty Officer in 1928. During his service 1940-41 in HMS 'Lynx', the shore base of the Dover Patrol, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for 'For outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness'. He married Lily Jeans Toms in Dover in 1940 and was pensioned out of the service on 8 June 1941. He died in Canterbury in 1966.