King's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines

King's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines
TypeMilitary marksmanship medal
Country United Kingdom
Presented bythe Monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms
EligibilityAll ranks
ClaspsDisplaying year of award
StatusCurrent
Established1966
First awarded1966
Ribbon bar
Order of wear
Next (higher)Northern Ireland Home Service Medal
Next (lower)King's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces
RelatedNaval Good Shooting Medal

The King's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines was instituted in 1966. The medal is a Naval counterpart of the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces and the King's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces and is identical to the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces that had been instituted in 1958. One medal can be awarded annually to the champion shot of a small-arms marksmanship competition, held by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.[1][2]

The reverse of the medal and the ribbon are identical to those of the Naval Good Shooting Medal, instituted by King Edward VII in 1903 as an award for outstanding naval gunnery and discontinued in 1914. In 1955 that medal's reverse and ribbon had been used for the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces.[1][3][4]

Origin

The Medal for the Best Shot in the British Army, Infantry, was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1869 and was awarded, from 1870 to 1882, to the best shot of the annual Army shooting competition. In 1923 the medal was re-introduced by King George V and designated the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces. This was followed by the institution of the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The two medals were awarded to the champions of annual Army and Air Force small-arms marksmanship competitions respectively, at central meetings in the United Kingdom and some countries of the British Commonwealth.[5][6][7]

In 1955 New Zealand began to award a Naval version of these two medals, of which the reverse and the ribbon are identical to those of the Naval Good Shooting Medal of 1903. This medal was retrospectively approved by Royal Warrant in 1958.[1][8][9]

Institution

The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966 to replace the Naval Good Shooting Medal for naval gunnery champions, the awarding of which had been discontinued in 1914.[1][2][10]

Every medal is awarded with a clasp, inscribed with the year of award and attached to the medal's suspension bar. Holders of the medal who qualify for a subsequent award, are awarded a clasp only, to be worn on the ribbon of the original medal and attached to the original or previous clasp. When medals are not worn, the award of second or further clasps are denoted on the ribbon bar by a silver rosette to denote the award of each additional clasp.[1][2]

Award criteria

The Medal may be competed for by any serving officers and ratings in the Royal Navy and any serving officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines. It is awarded annually to the winner of a competition, organised under service rifle championship conditions.[1][2]

Order of wear

In the order of wear prescribed by the British Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the King's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines takes precedence after the Northern Ireland Home Service Medal and before the King's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces.[10][11]

Description

The medal was struck in silver and is a disk, 36 millimetres (1.42 inches) in diameter, with a raised rim on each side and suspended from a straight silver bar.[1][2]

Obverse

The obverse bears the crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and is circumscribed "ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F. D.", reading around from the top. The effigy was designed by sculptor Cecil Thomas OBE and was also used on a number of other medals.[1][2]

Reverse

The reverse is identical to that of the Naval Good Shooting Medal and King's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces. It bears a representation of a naked and cloaked Neptune, grasping thunderbolts in both hands and with his right arm drawn back in the act of hurling the missiles. Behind him is the prow of a Roman trireme, drawn by three sea horses. Above the horses, a trident is depicted on the table of the medal. The inscription is "AMAT VICTORIA CVRAM" (Victory delights in care), as required by King Edward VII. The design dates back to 1904, when the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint invited students of the Modelling School of the Royal College of Art in South Kensington to submit designs for the reverse of the Naval Good Shooting Medal. The winning design was submitted by Miss Margaret Winser, while the original die was engraved by George de Saulles.[1][2][3][4][12]

Clasps

Since the medal can be won multiple times, each subsequent award is indicated by the award of another clasp, which displays the year of the subsequent award. The clasps are designed to be attached to the suspender and to each other with rivets, in roller chain fashion. When medals are not worn, the award of second and subsequent clasps are denoted by silver rosettes on the ribbon bar. Since it is impossible to sew more than four rosettes onto a single ribbon bar, gold rosettes were introduced to provide for situations where more than five championships have been won. One champion, Warrant Officer T.A. Sands of the Royal Marines, has already won the award six times.[2][6][13][14]

Ribbon

The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide with an 8 millimetres wide dark blue band and a 3½ millimetres wide white band, repeated in reverse order and separated by a 9 millimetres wide dark crimson band. It is identical to the ribbons of the Naval Good Shooting Medal and King's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces.[1][2]

Recipients

The first Naval small-arms championship to compete for the medal took place in 1966 and the first medal was won by Aircraft Articifer First Class R.J.S. Curtis of the Royal Navy. Since then, the Royal Navy Small Arms Meeting has been held annually on the National Rifle Ranges, Bisley, Surrey, except in 1991 when no competition was held as a result of the Gulf War. The competition consists of a series of combat shooting matches encompassing attack, defence, fighting in built-up area and close quarter battle shooting scenarios.

Recipients[13][14]
Year Rank Name Service
1966 Aircraft Artifcer 1st class R.J.S. Curtis Royal Navy
1967 Sgt W.V. Holmes Royal Marines
1968 CSgt P. Mercier Royal Marines
1969 Sgt W.V. Holmes Royal Marines
1970 Lt R.W.J. Walker Royal Marines
1971 Marine Engineering Artificer First Class D.G.W. Gladwin Royal Navy
1972 Cpl J. Tilley Royal Marines
1973 Chief Aircraft Artificer (AE) T.G. Watson Royal Navy
1974 CAA R.J.S. Curtis Royal Navy
1975 Lt G. McKay Royal Navy
1976 Cpl B.P. Barker Royal Marines
1977 WO2 I.M. Laidlaw Royal Marines
1978 WO2 A.F. Wood Royal Marines
1979 WO2 I.M. Laidlaw Royal Marines
1980 Sgt P.J. Hill Royal Marines
1981 AEA1 (M) N.J. Ball Royal Navy
1982 Sgt J.S. Chapman Royal Marines
1983 Leading Weapons Electrical Mechanic (R) C. Privett Royal Navy
1984 Marine C. Humphries Royal Marines
1985 Marine C. Humphries Royal Marines
1986 POWEM (R) C. Privett Royal Navy
1987 Cpl D.L. O'Connor Royal Marines
1988 Marine P. Nunn Royal Marines
1989 Lt P.R. Denning Royal Marines
1990 Marine R. Osborne Royal Marines
1992 WO2 T.A. Sands Royal Marines
1993 L Cpl M.A. Cole Royal Marines
1994 L Cpl M.A. Cole Royal Marines
1995 Lt (W) Sally Roots Royal Navy
1996 Marine J.L. Waller Royal Marines
1997 WO2 T.A. Sands Royal Marines
1998 WO2 T.A. Sands Royal Marines
1999 CPO J. Crawford Royal Navy
2000 Gy Sgt D.W. Stovall United States Marine Corps (British Royal Marines Exchange Program)
2001 WO2 T.A. Sands MBE Royal Marines
2002 WO2 T.A. Sands MBE Royal Marines
2003 AEM J. Stead Royal Navy
2004 AEM J. Stead Royal Navy
2005 Sgt M.A. Cole Royal Marines
2006 WO2 D.L. O'Connor MBE Royal Marines
2007 CSgt N. Gibbett Royal Marines
2008 Cpl J. Bloom Royal Marines
2009 WO1 ET (WE) J.S. Newell Royal Navy
2010 Lt D. Anderson Royal Navy
2011 Lt D. Anderson Royal Navy
2012 Lt D. Anderson Royal Navy
2013 J. Bloom Royal Marines
2014 AET A. Fisher Royal Navy
2015 Cpl J. Bloom Royal Marines
2016 Cpl A. Kendrick Royal Marines
2017 WO1 ET (WE) J.S. Newell Royal Navy
2018 Lt J. Crawford Royal Navy
2019 Marine B. Wallace Royal Marines
2022 WO1 G. Kendall Royal Naval Reserve
2023 Sgt T. Hughes Royal Marines
2024 Cdr C. Oldfield Royal Navy

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Naval Awards (Accessed 7 August 2015)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Royal Navy and Royal Marines Rifle Association - HM The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines (Accessed 15 August 2015)
  3. ^ a b The Fitzwilliam Museum - Naval Good Shooting Medal, awarded to PO1 A. Gass 1905 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 14 August 2015)
  4. ^ a b Royal Museums Greenwich - Naval Good Shooting Medal 1910-1914 (Accessed 14 August 2015)
  5. ^ Mayo, John Horsley (1897). Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Vol. II, 1897 (No. 217. Best Shot.). London: A. Constable. p. 484.
  6. ^ a b The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Army Medals (Accessed 7 August 2015)
  7. ^ Royal Air Force - RAF Small Arms - Royal Warrant - The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces (Accessed 12 August 2015)
  8. ^ New Zealand Defence Force - The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the New Zealand Naval Forces - Royal Warrant Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 15 August 2015)
  9. ^ The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - Royal New Zealand Navy (Accessed 15 August 2015)
  10. ^ a b "No. 49522". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1983. p. 14201. (Accessed 16 August 2015)
  11. ^ "No. 56878". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 2003. p. 3353. (Accessed 16 August 2015)
  12. ^ Miss Margaret Winser, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 (Accessed 15 August 2015)
  13. ^ a b Royal Navy and Royal Marines Rifle Association - HM The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines - Medal Winners (Accessed 16 August 2015)
  14. ^ a b The Queen's/King's Medal for Champion Shots - The Royal Navy and The Royal Marines (Accessed 16 August 2015)

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