King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V.

King George V Silver Jubilee Medal

Type	Commemorative medal
Awarded for	community contribution
Presented by	United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Eligibility	Commonwealth citizens
Clasps	None
Established	6 May 1935
Total	85,234

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Precedence
Next (higher)	King George V Durbar Medal
Next (lower)	King George VI Coronation Medal

Issue

This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver Jubilee. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions.

For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who would be awarded a medal and why.

A total of 85,234 medals were awarded, including

6,500 to Australians
7,500 to Canadians
1,500 to New Zealanders

The medal was worn with other coronation and jubilee medals, immediately after campaign and polar medals, and before long service awards. Ladies could wear the medal near their left shoulder with the ribbon tied in the form of a bow.

Description

Designed by Sir William Goscombe John.
A circular, silver medal, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse features the conjoined effigies of King George V and Queen Mary, crowned and robed, facing left. The legend around the top edge reads "GEORGE • V • AND • QUEEN • MARY • MAY • VI • MCMXXXV".
The reverse displays the Royal Cypher "GRI", surmounted by an Imperial Crown. At the left is the date "MAY 6 / 1910" in two lines, and at right the date: "MAY 6 / 1935". The border is ornate.
The purple ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, with three narrow stripes of dark blue, white, and dark blue at each edge. The three narrow stripes are 0.25 inches wide in total.
It was awarded unnamed.

Notable recipients

Australia

The following list includes some notable Australians who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. It is not an exhaustive list of recipients.

Frank Chaffey
Lou Cunningham
Hudson Fysh
Irene Hall
Eric Harrison
Walter James
William Dartnell Johnson
Norbert Keenan
William Wilson Killen
Allan MacDonald
Alick McCallum
Horace Nock
Fanny Reading
Elizabeth Laurie Rees

Canada

The following list includes notable Canadians who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.

Robert Borden
Joseph Clarke (Canadian politician)
Andrew Davison
William Egbert
Richard Gavin Reid
William Antrobus Griesbach
Horace Harvey
George Hoadley (Alberta politician)
Frederick Jamieson
Irene Parlby
Edith Campbell
Alexander Cameron Rutherford
William Simmons (politician)

New Zealand

The following list includes notable New Zealanders who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.

A

Hugh Acland
James Allen
Stephen Allen
John Allum
George James Anderson
Alfred Ansell
Gilbert Archey
John Archer
Harry Atmore
Alfred Averill
Hugh Ayson

B

Esther Mary Baber
George Baildon
William Henry Peter Barber
Bill Barnard
Louis Barnett
John Barton
Alice Basten
Blanche Baughan
Harold Beauchamp
John Beanland
Campbell Begg
Francis Bell
Charles Bellringer
Horace Belshaw
Frederick Bennett
Carl Berendsen
George Bertrand
Marmaduke Bethell
Arthur Bignell
John Bitchener
William Blomfield
Tom Bloodworth
William Bodkin
Grafton Bothamley
Fred Bowerbank
John H. Boyes
Tom Brindle
Walter Broadfoot
Matthew Brodie
David Buddo
Lindsay Buick
Peter Buck
Thomas Burnett

C

Keith Caldwell
John Callan
Hugh Campbell
Blanche Carnachan
Walter Carncross
Clyde Carr
Charles Chapman
Frederick Chapman
Cecil Cherrington
Frederick de Jersey Clere
Cecil Clinkard
George Clinkard
Gordon Coates
James Coates
John Cobbe
David Coleman
Jeremiah Connolly
James Craigie
Samuel Crookes

D

Berkeley Dallard
Eliot Davis
George Davis-Goff
Frederick de la Mare
Harold Dickie
James Donald
John Duigan

E

Thomas Easterfield
Ned Ellison
Bill Endean

F

Mark Fagan
Norrie Falla
Willi Fels
Lindo Ferguson
William Hughes Field
James Lloyd Findlay
Billy Fitchett
George Forbes
Flora Forde
Thomas Forsyth
John Robert Fow
Annie Fraer
Janet Fraser
Peter Fraser

G

Victor Galway
Mac Geddes
William Girling
Billy Glenn
C. F. Goldie
Samuel Goldstein
Henry Greenslade
James Gunson

H

Adam Hamilton
John Ronald Hamilton
Alfred Harding
James Hargest
Arthur Paul Harper
Richard Hawke
Oswald Hawken
James Hay
Edward Healy
Joe Heenan
James Hight
Frederick Hilgendorf
John Bird Hine
Thomas Hislop
Frank Hockly
James Thomas Hogan
Henry Holland
Keith Holyoake
Ted Howard
William Hunt
Thomas Alexander Hunter
Thomas Anderson Hunter
George Hutchison

I

Lindsay Merritt Inglis
Tracy Inglis
Leonard Isitt (minister)
Leonard Isitt (aviator)

J

David Jones
Fred Jones

K

Truby King
Joseph Kinsey
Cybele Kirk
Bert Kyle

L

Robert Laidlaw
Mary Lambie
Frederic Lang
Frank Langstone
John A. Lee
Joseph Linklater
James Liston
Henry Livingstone
Charles Luke
Frederick Lye
Douglas Lysnar

M

Lance Macey
John MacGregor
Clutha Mackenzie
Charles Macmillan
John Andrew MacPherson
Ernest Marsden
John Mason
Rex Mason
Jack Massey
Walter William Massey
Robert Masters
Elizabeth McCombs
Donald McGavin
William McIntyre
Robert McKeen
Alexander McLeod
James McLeod
Peter McSkimming
Ellen Melville
Reginald Miles
Frank Milner
Walter Moffatt
Richard Moore
Alan Mulgan
Jim Munro

N

Jimmy Nash
Walter Nash
Edward Newman
Āpirana Ngata
Erima Northcroft
Charles Norwood
William Nosworthy
Emily Nutsey

O

James O'Brien
Tom O'Byrne
Walter Oliver
John Ormond
Thomas O'Shea
Hubert Ostler

P

George John Park
Ronald Park
Bill Parry
George Pascoe
George Pearce
Geoffrey Peren
Philip De La Perrelle
Hugh Poland
William Polson
Dugald Poppelwell

R

Alfred Ransom
John Reed
Vernon Reed
Stewart Reid
Heaton Rhodes
Thomas William Rhodes
Arthur Shapton Richards
Randolph Ridling
Frank Rolleston
John Rolleston
Harold Rushworth
Andrew Hamilton Russell
George Russell

S

Albert Samuel
Michael Joseph Savage
Bill Schramm
Tom Seddon
Bob Semple
Emily Siedeberg
William Sinclair-Burgess
George John Smith
Stephen Smith
Sydney George Smith
William Walter Smith
William Snodgrass
Robert Speight
Arthur Stallworthy
Charles Statham
Edith Statham
William Stevenson
William Stewart
William Downie Stewart Jr
Duncan Stout
Alexander Stuart
Bill Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
George Sykes

T

Takurua Tamarau
William Taverner
Te Puea Hērangi
Te Rangi Hīroa
Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino VI
Taite Te Tomo
Henry Thacker
Algernon Thomas
Te Hata Tipoki
Eruera Tirikatene
Tonga Mahuta
Jonathan Trevethick
George Troup

V

Bill Veitch

W

Fred Waite
Vincent Ward
Paddy Webb
Campbell West-Watson
James Whyte
Thomas Wilford
Thomas Wilkes
Charles Wilkinson
Kenneth Williams
Ida Willis
George Witty
Ward Wohlmann
Cecil J. Wray
Robert Wright

Y

Alexander Young
Bruce Young
W. Gray Young

Papua New Guinea

Hubert Murray
Henry Newton

South Africa

Julia Solly