1914 Star awarded to Private William Harvey Goodyear, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

Bronze four-pointed star surmounted by a crown, with two crossed swords beneath a scroll bearing the date range, 'Aug 1914 Nov', within a wreath of oak leaves bearing the royal cypher for King George V, 'G V'. The reverse is unadorned save for the recipient's rank, name and unit. The medal ribbon has red, white and blue watered and shadowed stripes.

William Goodyear served as a mounted Infantryman during the Boer War (1899-1902), was discharged to the Reserve in 1908 and rejoined the Middlesex Regiment in 1914. He died of rheumatic fever on the Western Front on 26 January 1915, aged 32, and is commemorated at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

The 1914 Star (also known as the Mons Star) was awarded to military personnel, including civilian medical practitioners, nursing sisters, nurses and others employed with military hospitals who served in France or Belgium between 5 August 1914 and midnight on 22-23 November 1914.