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Carnegie Hero Fund - Honorary Certificate | |||
| Date: | 1942 | ||
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| Occupation: | Miner | ||
A Hero At Nine
Though unable to swim, nine years old Dennis Light, Pepper Place, Hunslet, Leeds, tried to rescue a young companion from drowning. They both lost their lives and Dennis's parents have received a memorial certificate and £50 from, the Carnegie Hero Fund.
Henry Polglass, miner, of Tanfield, County Durham, who rescued a companion from a roof fall although himself suffering from a fractured thigh, receives a certificate and £20.
Source: Northern Daily Mail (31 Dec 1942)
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