China Medal 1900 : Able Seaman R Williams, New South Wales Naval Contingent Accession Number: RELAWM14694

Description

China Medal 1900. The recipient's details are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX' around the rim. Reverse: A collection of war trophies, with an oval shield bearing the Royal Arms in the centre, all positioned under a palm tree. Above is the legend,'ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM'. In the exergue is 'CHINA 1900'. The medal is fitted with a straight bar suspender and has a piece of 32 mm wide crimson ribbon with yellow edges.

Contextual Description

Awarded to Able Seaman R Williams who was attached to B Company of the New South Wales Naval Contingent to China. He sailed for China aboard SS Salamis on 8 August 1900 and returned on 25 April 1901 aboard SS Chingtu. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916, and of his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.

Details

Conflicts

• China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising)

Places

• New South Wales
• China

Units

• New South Wales Naval Brigade

Tags

• China Medal (1900)