Explanatory note

This Order amends the Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Order 1956. The 1956 Order deals with the situation where an officer, seaman or marine is entitled to a medal that has not been issued to him at the date of his death, and he has not left the medal by the terms of a will. It provides for a list of relations, in priority order, to whom the medal is to be given. This Order amends the reference to widow in the 1956 Order to include a widower or surviving civil partner.