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The Naval General Service Medal (1915 NGSM) was instituted in 1915 to recognise service by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in minor campaigns that would otherwise not earn a specific campaign medal. The Army/Air Force equivalent was the General Service Medal (1918). Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962.
Clasps
- PERSIAN GULF 1909–14 – for operations against pirates, gun-runners and slavers.
- IRAQ 1919–20 – for river gunboat service during the Arab Rebellion.
- N.W. PERSIA 1920 – for service in the Naval Mission in the Caspian Sea.
- PALESTINE 1936–39 – for service during the 'troubles.'
- S.E. ASIA 1945-6 – for operations in Java, Sumatra and French Indochina.
- MINESWEEPING 1945–51 – for 6 months' minesweeping in specified areas.
- PALESTINE 1945–48 – for service during further 'troubles.'
- MALAYA – for service in the Malaya and Singapore in the period during the state of emergency
- YANGTZE 1949 – for the attack on HMS Amethyst and other vessels by Communist Chinese forces.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945–46 – for operations in specified areas.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945–53 – for operations in specified areas.
- BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE MEDITERRANEAN – for operations in the Mediterranean (mostly Valletta harbour)
- CANAL ZONE – for service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954. (Authorised 2003)
- CYPRUS – for EOKA operations, 1955–59.
- NEAR EAST – for operations on the Suez Canal, 1956.
- ARABIAN PENINSULAR – 1957–60 – for service against dissidents and cross-border raids
- BRUNEI – for service in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak, December 1962.
Description
- The medal is silver, 36mm in diameter. The obverse bears the image of three successive Sovereigns, King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
- The reverse shows a mounted figure of Brittania in a chariot pulled by two sea-horses.
- The ribbon is crimson-coloured with three white stripes.