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Awards for Gallantry
Matthew Chapman |
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Hartley Disaster Medal | |||
| Date: | 16 Jan 1862 | ||
| Colliery: | Hartley | ||
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The Hartley Sinkers
The medals struck in commemoration of the heroic deeds done at Hartley Pit by the sinkers who so nobly toiled to rescue the encaverned miners, were handed over to the recipients at the Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle, on Saturday morning. The formal proceedings took place in the Town Hall some months ago ; and there was accordingly no ceremony observed on the present occasion, the medals being simply given to the men as they arrived.
Mr. T. C. Hurst, the Secretary of the Testimonial Fund, distributed these tokens of approbation ; and there were present Mr. Charles Carr, Mr. Hugh Taylor, Mr. T. E. Forster, Mr. G. B. Forster, Mr. T. Y. Hall, Mr. Coulson, the Rev. J. Smithard, Mr. W. Nicholson, and Mr. Henry Richardson. On receiving the handsome gold medal that was awarded to him, Mr. Coulson expressed his thanks to the committee and the subscribers, and more especially the ladies, to whom he believed they were largely indebted for this recognition of their services at Hartley.
The medals given to the men are of silver, and have been already described in these columns. Those who received them, many of whose names will be recognised by newspaper readers, were :— Wm. Coulson, sen., Wm. Coulson, jun., George Emmerson, George Pace, John Angus, Matthew Chapman, Ralph Harrison, Mitchel Bailey, Thomas Ellerington, Fenwick Charlton, Jessie Smith, W. Shields, David Wilkinson, John Smith, Jas. Muters, Henry Snowdon, John Nevens, Robert Milburn, Wm. Reed, George Graham, W. Johnson, John Manderson, Peter Lindsay, John Heron, Elsdon Heron, Ralph Heron, Richard Johnson, Robert Hamilton, M. Dodds, Lashley Hope, Edward Davison, Andrew Swain, Richard Wilson, Ralph Maughan, John Little, John Henderson, John Sedgwick, and John Burns. The name of each recipient was engraved upon the rim of his medal, and for many generations, we trust, these tokens will be preserved as mementoes of the heroism of those whose names they bear, and as a record of one of the most appalling calamities that ever befell the miners of the North.
Source: Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury (03 Jan 1863)
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Joseph Lawson | 22 Nov 2015 |
researching family history |
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| Delwyn Freestone | 17 Mar 2022 |
Matthew Chapman is my great great grandfather and I would like to know more about his life and family; his son George Denham Chapman is my great grandfather |
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