that was Petty Officer 21163, Albert Victor Maxted, of the Royal Navy
he was born 29 Dec 1883,in Ramsgate, Kent
he died of illness on the light Cruiser 'Colombo' 29 Oct 1921

the HMS Colombo was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during WWI. She was part of the Carlisle sub-class of the C class.
She was named Colombo after the former capital city of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and launched on 18 Dec 1918. She was commissioned too late to see action in the First World War, but went on to serve in the Second World War.

This is a link to the log book of the Colombo for EVERY DAY July 1919 to Feb 1924
(trying to find out how the medal got to be in Malaysia - of course, could have been transported there by someone at any time since)
but, on 28 Oct 1920 she was at sea towards Wusung, Shanghai (I think my entry 29 Oct 1921 above was supposed to read 1920)

you can order (for $3.45) download and read his records here which may lead to descendants

Albert served during WWI, on HMS Venus

* In 1908 Venus attended the Quebec Tercentenary in Canada
* Joined the 3rd Fleet at Pembroke in 1913
* Went to Portsmouth in 1914
* Joined the 11th Cruiser Squadron in Ireland in August 1914
* Captured two German merchantmen in Oct and lost her foremast in a gale in Nov 1914
* Went to Egypt 1916
* At the start of 1917 she was at Singapore. She was then sent to visit Macassar in case the German raider Wolf was being sent east to arm German merchant ships that were stuck in neutral ports. In March she was guarding the northern end of the Malacca Straits. In November she was at Colombo, while in December she was sent to the Chagos archipelago. Despite all these efforts, the Wolf escaped back to Germany. By the start of 1918, the Venus was part of the East Indies Squadron, briefly serving as its flagship in 1919, before returning to Britain in May 1919 to be paid off.

Dear ngairedith,
I would like to thank you for your information and details regarding a.v. maxted. I have gone through the logs you have provided and i found it very interesting what the late albert had been through. If i couldn't get in touch with the late albert descendents, i am proud to have the medal for myselfc as i know such history. Thank you again for your fast response of what i am looking for.

are you able to provide a photo of that medal youngjeffery?
I believe Albert received 3 medals and I'd like to see which one this was
thanks

I've changed the medal's photo angle. Sorry i cannot view more photos at one time. Ngairedith thank you for your interest and support to my journal. It seems that you know much more about PO Albert ..lol... For your info, the medal was found about six inches underground behind my backyard couple years ago. It makes me wonder how it came here until i fouund this website.

nice on :)
It is the bronze Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal), a First World War campaign medal of Britain and its then colonies and dominions
It is one of the 3 Albert received
The medal was issued to all those who received the 1914 Star or the 1914–15 Star and to most of those who were awarded the British War Medal
- it was never awarded singly. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred

A front & reverse side photo can be seen here of what it looks like when cleaned up. Also the ribbon bar that went with them

It's the Victory medal (UK).
On the back it reads: THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919

Sorry didn't see your post NG.

Thank you..