King Edward VII Medal from the Royal Naval College (RNC) Dartmouth to Cadet Captain Reginald Hibbert Tupper, 1911. On the obverse: KIng Edward VII On the reverse: His Majesty the King's Medal / Royal Naval College Dartmouth / 1911 Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the initial officer training establishment of the British Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, England. Royal Naval officer training has taken place in Dartmouth since 1863. Reginald Hibbert Tupper (1893-1972) was the sixth of their seven children. Born in Ottawa, he spent his childhood in Vancouver before being shipped off at the age of 11 to the Royal Navy prep school at Osborne, Isle of Wight. Subsequently, he attended Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, where he contracted rheumatic fever and was invalided out in 1911. Early in 1912, completely recovered, he returned to Vancouver and enlisted in the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders. At the outbreak of war, he took a commission as a lieutenant in the 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish. He was seriously wounded by shrapnel at the second Battle of Ypres and evacuated to England in April, 1915. He was invalided to Canada in November 1915. Like many soldiers and aviators, his recuperation left him addicted to morphine--an affliction he soon overcame. Tupper was promoted Major and assumed command of 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, [the home unit] in 1916. Major Tupper was soon appointed second in Command 1st Depot Battalion, Vancouver 1917 and later he was the Officer Commanding for the1st Depot Battalion, B.C. Regiment, CEF. His brother Victor Gordon Tupper was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 with the 16th Battalion. His father was the Canadian lawyer and politician, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper KCMG PC (August 3, 1855 - March 30, 1927.