The Transport Medal was a British campaign medal sanctioned on 8 November 1903[1] and awarded by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. It was awarded to masters and officers[a] of merchant ships employed by the Transport Service to move troops to either South Africa during the South African War or to China during the Boxer Rebellion.[3][4] The officers of hospital ships also qualified.[1]
It was intended that the medal would be awarded for any future campaign where a medal was issued to the troops taking part, but it was not awarded again after the South Africa and China wars.[5][6]
The medal, 1.4 inches (36 mm) in diameter, is silver and has a plain straight swivel suspender. The obverse bears the head of King Edward VII in Royal Navy uniform, with the inscription EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR.[1] The reverse depicts HMS Ophir beneath a map of the world with, below, the words in Latin OB PATRIAM MILITIBUS PER MARE TRANSVECTIS ADJUTAM which translates as for services rendered in transporting troops by sea.[3] The recipient's name, although not his rank or ship, is impressed in block capitals on the rim of the medal.[1] However for those who were ship masters the notation "IN COMMAND" was added after their names.[7] The 1.25 inches (32 mm) wide ribbon is red, with a blue stripe towards each edge.[1]
^ abcdeJoslin, Litherland and Simpkin. British Battles and Medals. p. 210. Published Spink, London. 1988.
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^ ab"The Transport Medal 1899-1902". North East Medals. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
^Spencer, William (31 May 2006). Medals: The Researcher's Guide. The National Archives, Richmond, Surrey, England. p. 38. ISBN 1-903365-63-5.
^"Medal for Transport Service". Official Appointments and Notices. The Times. No. 39621. London. 10 November 1902. col D, p. 8.
^Dorling, H. Taprell (1956). Ribbons and Medals. London: A.H.Baldwin & Sons. pp. 74–75. OCLC 930416375.
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