Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
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The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, initially designated the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service Medal, was instituted in 1908. It could be awarded to part-time ratings in the United Kingdom's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve after twelve years of service and good conduct. The medal was a Naval version of the Volunteer Long Service Medal and its successor, the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.[1][2][3][4]
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | |
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Type | Military long service medal |
Awarded for | Twelve years service |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India |
Eligibility | Part-time ratings of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Clasps | Twelve years additional service |
Status | Still current in New Zealand |
Established | 1908 |
Order of wear | |
Next (higher) | Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
Next (lower) | Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal |
The medal could also be awarded to part-time ratings in the Naval Volunteer Reserves of Dominion and Colonial Auxiliary Forces throughout the British Empire.[5]
The award of the medal was discontinued in the United Kingdom in 1966, when the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, composed of civilian volunteers, was merged with the Royal Naval Reserve, composed of Merchant Navy seamen. It was superseded by its identical sister medal, the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.[1]
The New Zealand version, the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, is still being awarded.[5][6]