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William Piercey |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 19 Jun 1910 | ||
| Colliery: | Lyndhurst Road Station | ||
| Occupation: | Porter | ||
Whitehall, October 25, 1910.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to William Piercey, under the following circumstances:—
On the evening of Sunday, June 19th, as an express train from Bournemouth to Waterloo was entering Lyndhurst Road Station, a little boy, about four years old, fell from the up platform on to the line, a few yards in front of the approaching train. William Piercey, a porter, who was on duty on the platform, hearing the child scream, and seeing him lying on the line, at once sprang on to the permanent way, seized him, and jumped with him in his arms into the six-foot way. Both the little boy and his rescuer were uninjured, though they had a narrow escape from death.
His Majesty personally decorated William Piercey and George Cole at Marlborough House on the 12th October, 1910.
Source: London Gazette (25 Oct 1910)
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