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William Evans |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 29 Oct 1909 | ||
| Colliery: | Darran Colliery, Deri | ||
| Occupation: | Pit Carpenter | ||
Whitehall, October 4, 1910.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Mr. William Evans, under the following circumstances:—
On the occasion of the Darran Colliery Explosion, in October, 1909, Mr. Evan Owen, Mr. Edmund Davies, and Mr. William Wagner Turner, M.B., performed acts of gallantry for which they received from His Majesty the Edward Medal of the Second Class, on the 21st June, 1910.
A fourth case has been brought to the notice of His Majesty, that of Mr. William Evans, Pit Carpenter, who was the first man to descend the shaft after the explosion, and render aid to the men who were found alive at the bottom of the shaft. Though no afterdamp was met with at the bottom of the shaft, Evans voluntarily faced unknown dangers in order to go to the assistance of his comrades.
Source: London Gazette (04 Oct 1910)
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