Awarded to Alfred William Newman RN (1889-1984). Obverse: Britannia seated (right), a trident and shield at her side, clasping the hand of a naval boy, the muzzle of a cannon at his feet; the stern of a vessel with Union Jack (left) a ship in the distance (right). Legend: 'MARINE SOCIETY INSTITUTED MDCCLVI'. Exergue: 'INCORPORATED MDCCLXXII'. Reverse: inscription within a floral wreath. 'REWARD OF MERIT TO (incuse) ALBERT (sic) WILLIAM NEWMAN'. Fitted with a bar and dark blue ribbon. In box of issue.

The medals were presented to former Warspite boys for five years of exemplary service after they had left the ship and joined the Merchant Navy. They are now awarded annually for deeds of exceptional merit at sea.

Newman entered the Marine Society Training Ship ‘Warspite’ and was drafted into the Royal Navy in August 1903. He specialised in gunnery and torpedo work. During WWI he served on HMS ‘Laurel’ at the battle of Heligoland. He was promoted to Acting Gunner in 1915 and appointed Mate of HMS ‘Tetrarch’ in June 1917. He was awarded the Albert Medal for extracting the cartridges from a smoking box of cordite in the magazine. They were passed on deck and thrown overboard. Commander Newman was presented with the Albert Medal by King George V at Harwich in 1918. In April 1919 he was Mentioned in Dispatches for services in late 1918 and in December that year was promoted to Lieutenant. In 1939, Newman now a Lieutenant-Commander was recalled because of his unique knowledge of boom defence work. Promoted to Commander he was in West Africa from 1941-43 in charge of defending harbours in Gambia and from 1943-45 he was in charge of harbour defence based at Aden, covering the area from Suez to Bangkok. After further service in the Mediterranean Commander Newman retired in 1948. He died in 1984.