Awarded to Captain Albert Edward Dossett MC. Obverse: Head of King George V (left). Legend; 'GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN REX ET IND : IMP:' Reverse: A Knight on horseback (right) a short sword in his right hand, trampling on the German shield, skull and cross-bones. Legend: '1914-18'. Inscription on edge: 'CAPT. A.E.DOSSETT'. Suspended from an orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes. Mounted on a bar with two others.

Captain Albert Edward Dossett (1896-1972) Dossett entered the Royal Navy at the age of eighteen in 1915 and transferred to the Royal Naval Division. Whilst serving as a Sub-Lieutenant he was wounded at the Battle of the Somme and awarded the Military Cross. The citation in the ‘London Gazette’, 1916 reads as follows: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although severely wounded, he continued to lead and encourage his men, displaying great courage and determination’. When recovered he was made a King’s Messenger and in October 1917 he transferred to the Indian Army. He was invalided home to Britain in 1923.