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Awards for Gallantry
Walter Henry Sheldrake |
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Carnegie Hero Fund | |||
| Date: | 29 Sep 1930 | ||
| Colliery: | Hedley Colliery | ||
| Occupation: | Deputy | ||
The Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees at Dunfermline have made awards to miners and officials of South Moor, County Durham, who, on September 29, assisted in the rescue of a man who had been buried by a fall of stone from the roof in the Hedley pit, South Moor. The recipients of the awards were W. R. SCOTT (colliery manager), H. REED (under-manager), and Dr. C. J. B. Fox, each the choice of an award of the value of £20; and a money award of £20 each to V. VIMY, J. T. AKERS, T. BUCKLEY, P. Cox, J. DART, R. JOHNSTON, J. KENT, J. LEES, G. NANCOLLAS, T. H. UREN, W. WAUGH and H. SHELDRAKE (all deputy foremen), R. H. KING and J. GEORGE (turn shifters); G. F. MASON (storeman), and T. DIXON (overman).
Source: Colliery Guardian, January 8, 1932
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