Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: 'GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX : F : D : INDIAE : IMP'. Reverse: A lion standing (left) on a prostrate dragon, its right paw resting on the latter's head. Inscription above: '1939 1945'. Awarded to George William Woodford. Mounted on a bar with MED1310-1317. Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon with wide red borders and a narrow central red stripe with white borders.

George William Woodford was born at Ryde, Isle of Wight in 1880. In 1901 the family was living at Bembridge where Woodford was employed as yacht crew. He married Lawrie Elizabeth Silvester, at Henley on Thames in 1909. Woodford served as a boatswain in the Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary during World War I and during the early 1920's on 'Orbita', Royal Mail Line, Southampton to New York route. He was active in the merchant service throughout World War II being awarded the British Empire Medal see (London Gazette 6 June 1941).