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This stands for the rating of "Stoker" and goes back to the days when ships' boilers were coal-fired and thus "stoked" by stokers. In the Royal Navy they are now known as Marine Engineering Mechanics, further divided into Mechanical and Electrical sub branches.  ( this is not a fun job ..lol..)
Boy 2nd Class
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Boy 1st Class
= 16-18, usually- could go to sea
Stoker 2nd Class
= basic grade
Stoker 1st Class
= stoker with some competence, by WWI it seems that a stoker was advanced to this grade after 2 years service
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Victory Medal (United Kingdom)
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Victory Medal 1914-19
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Type
Campaign medal
Awarded for
Campaign service.
Description
Bronze disk, 36mm diameter.
Presented by
United Kingdom
/
British Empire
Eligibility
British and Imperial forces.
Campaign(s)
First World War 1914-20.
Clasps
None
Established
1 September 1919
Total
Circa 5,725,000
[1]
Ribbon bar
Ribbon bar with
mention in despatches
emblem
Precedence
Equivalent
Victory Medal (South Africa)
Related
1914 Star
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Territorial Force War Medal
The
Victory Medal
(also called the
Inter-Allied Victory Medal
) is a
United Kingdom
and
British Empire
First World War
campaign medal.
The award of a common allied campaign medal was recommended by an inter-allied committee in March 1919.
[2]
Each allied nation would design a 'Victory Medal' for award to their own nationals, all issues having certain common features, including a winged figure of
victory
on the obverse and the same ribbon.
[1]
Fourteen countries finally awarded the medal.
Eligibility
[
edit
]
The Victory Medal (United Kingdom) was issued to all those who received the
1914 Star
or the
1914–15 Star
, and to most of those who were awarded the
British War Medal
. It was not awarded singly.
[3]
To qualify, recipients need to have served in the armed forces of the United Kingdom or the British Empire, or with certain recognised voluntary organisations, and have entered any theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. While home service did not count, United Kingdom based members of the
RAF
who were actively engaged in the air against the enemy did qualify, as did those who flew new planes to France.
[1]
Women qualified for this and other First World War campaign medals while serving in nursing and auxiliary forces in a theatre of war.
[4]
It was also awarded for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919 and for participation in the
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
up to 1 July 1920.
[5]
Description
[
edit
]
The medal is bronze, circular and 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. While originally to be of dull bronze, the final award had a clear lacquer coating, giving it a bright finish.
[6]
It was designed by
William McMillan
.
[1]
The obverse shows the winged, full-length, full-front, figure of 'Victory' (or '
Victoria
') with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand,
[7]
similar to the statue surmounting the
Queen Victoria Memorial
, in front of
Buckingham Palace
in London.
[8]
The reverse has the words ‘THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914-1919' in four lines, all surrounded by a
laurel wreath
.
[7]
The 39 millimetres (1.5 in) wide
watered
ribbon has an
iridescent
colour scheme, with the violet moving through to a central red stripe where both schemes meet. It attaches to the medal through a ring suspender.
[1]
The recipient's name, rank, service number and unit were impressed on the edge of the medal. The name of the regiment or corps was omitted on medals awarded to Army officers.
[9]
Those
mentioned in despatches
between 4 August 1914 and 10 August 1920 wear a bronze oak leaf spray on the medal's ribbon, with a smaller version on the ribbon bar when medals were not worn.
[10]
Nicknames
[
edit
]
The three First World War medals, either one of the
1914 Star
or the
1914-15 Star
, the
British War Medal
and the Victory Medal, were collectively irreverently referred to as
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
, after three comic strip characters, a dog, a penguin and a rabbit, which were popular in the immediate post-war era.
Pip
represented either of the two Stars,
Squeak
represented the British War Medal and
Wilfred
represented the Victory Medal.
[11]
When only the British War Medal and Victory Medal were worn together, they were referred to as
Mutt and Jeff
, after contemporary newspaper comic strip characters.
[12]
Order of wear
[
edit
]
The order of wear of medals awarded for service during the First World War is as follows:
[13]
1914 Star
1914–15 Star
British War Medal
Mercantile Marine War Medal
Victory Medal
Territorial Force War Medal
International award
[
edit
]
In March 1919 a committee in Paris comprising representatives from the various allied powers recommended the award of an inter-allied campaign medal of common design,
[2]
thereby avoiding the need for allied nations to exchange campaign medals.
[4]
Each allied country designed their own version, following certain common criteria. The medal was to be in bronze with a 36 mm diameter, having a winged figure of victory on the obverse, a common inscription on the reverse and suspension by a double rainbow design ribbon.
[2]
Japan and Siam replaced the figure of victory, since a winged victory symbol was not culturally relevant.
[14]
The following versions were finally awarded:
[15]
Country
Designer
Manufacturer
Number issued
Belgium
Paul Du Bois
(1859-1938)
-----
300,000 - 350,000
Brazil
Jorge Soubre (1890-1934)
Casa da Moeda
-
Rio de Janeiro
approximately 2,500
Cuba
Charles Charles
Etablissements Chobillon
6,000 - 7,000
Czechoslovakia
Otakar Španiel (1881-1955)
Kremnice Mint
approximately 89,500
France
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878 - 1951)
Monnaie de Paris
approximately 2,000,000
France
[16]
Charles Charles
Etablissements Chobillon
-----
France
[16]
M. Pautot
Louis Octave Mattei
-----
-----
Greece
Henry-Eugène Nocq (1868-1944)
V. Canale
approximately 200,000
Italy
Gaetano Orsolini (1884-1954)
Sacchini-Milano
S.Johnson-Milano
F.M.Lorioli & Castelli-Milano
approximately 2,000,000
Japan
[17]
Shoukichi Hata
Osaka Mint
approximately 700,000
Poland
[18]
No medal established
Modern 'fantasy' pieces only
-----
Portugal
João Da Silva (1880-1960)
Da Costa
approximately 100,000
Romania
.... Kristesko
-----
approximately 300,000
Siam (
Thailand
)
[19]
Itthithepsan Kritakara
(1890-1935)
-----
approximately 1,500
South Africa
[20]
William McMillan (1887–1977)
Woolwich Arsenal
approximately 75,000
United Kingdom
[21]
William McMillan (1887–1977)
Woolwich Arsenal
Wright & Son
Circa 5,725,000
[1]
United States
James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)
Arts Metal Works Inc.
S.G.Adams Stamp & Stationary Co.
Jos. Mayer Inc.
approximately 2,500,000