The Naval Meritorious Service Medal 1919-1928: The First Ten Years

The Naval Meritorious Service Medal is an account of the development of the medal which largely replaced the Distinguished Service Medal from 1918 as an award for acts of gallantry not under enemy fire, as well as providing an appropriate award to recognise the many men who provided long and meritorious service.
 
This medal has previously remained largely un-researched but this account draws together the surviving recommendations for these awards, providing an analysis of the campaigns for which the awards were made as well as detailing the Army and Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal awards made to Naval personnel. The work provides a definitive history of these awards, and is a fitting companion to the author’s previous work detailing the history of the Distinguished Service Medal.

Dr Simon Eyre’s previous books includes The Distinguished Service Medal: The first 25 Years (published by Spink Books) which provides a comprehensive account of the use of this medal during the First World War and the inter-war years. He has also written a detailed account of the Naval Surgeons who served during the First World War and also the Skippers of the Royal Naval Reserve serving during the same conflict. He has worked for nearly 30 years in General Practice in East Sussex but has also lived and worked extensively in East Africa, and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is married to Ann, and they have four children and eleven grandchildren.