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Awards for Gallantry
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John Jones |
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Edward Medal, First Class | |||
| Date: | 13 Feb 1908 | ||
| Colliery: | Glencoe Colliery, Natal | ||
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Whitehall, February 22, 1909.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to John Jones, William Dickson, and T. Teasdale, and to allow the widow of the late William Nicol Muir, Inspector of Mines, Natal, to receive the Edward Medal of the First Class which would have been awarded to her husband.
On the 13th and 14th of February, 1908, a series of destructive explosions took place in the Glencoe Colliery, Natal, in the course of which a large number of Europeans and natives lost their lives. The above named showed most conspicuous gallantry in descending the shaft with various rescue parties, and William Nicol Muir lost his life in endeavouring to save the lives of others.
Source: London Gazette (23 Feb 1909)
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