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Frederick Holcombe Edgelow |
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Edward Medal, First Class | |||
| Date: | 30 Sep 1910 | ||
| Colliery: | Psyche Mine, Southern Rhodesia | ||
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Whitehall, April 21, 1911.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to Frederick Holcombe Edgelow, under the following circumstances:—
On the 30th September, 1910, two natives descended a shaft of the Psyche Mine, in Southern Rhodesia, and, as no sign was given to haul up the bucket, the natives on the surface concluded that something was wrong below. As Mr. Walsh, the miner in charge, was absent, they called to Mr. Edgelow, a mining prospector, who happened to be staying at the camp. He looked down the shaft, which was 110 feet deep, and saw the two natives lying unconscious. Although he had little experience of mines, and had never been down lower than 40 feet, he immediately descended the shaft with a native; but, when they encountered gas, the native lost his presence of mind, and gave the signal to draw up. On reaching the surface Mr. Edgelow tied a wet towel round his face, and, lashing himself to a rope, descended by himself. He tried to lift one of the natives into the bucket, but before he succeeded in doing so, he felt the effects of the gas and was only just able to give the signal to draw up. He was raised to the surface unconscious, and, on being revived, sent a note to Mr. Walsh, and again prepared to descend. On Mr. Walsh's arrival, Mr. Edgelow made two more descents with a rope provided with a running loop, and by this means he succeeded in bringing both the natives to the surface, although life was found to be extinct. Mr. Edgelow displayed a high degree of courage in his persistent attempts to rescue the natives, and ran an imminent risk of losing his own life.
Source: London Gazette (25 Apr 1911)
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| robert challiss Phd | 03 Sep 2010 |
writing a history of Albert and Edward medals and George Crosses in Zimbabwe during Colonial period. Article to be published in near future in Heritage magazine of The Zimbabwe Historical magazine. Would also like to know about Arthur Ernest Morris, Edward Medal and Leornard Pemberton, Albert Medal. |
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| robert john challiss | 10 May 2014 |
post#doctoral research on the history of education in zimbabwe with special reference to child abuse in high schools.member of zimbabwe history and medal sicieties with publications on various aspects of zimbabwean history. |
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| Robert Connell Easton | 22 Nov 2020 |
Frederick Holcombe Edgelow is the brother of my Grandmother, Gladys Holcombe Easton (formally Edgelow) 1880-1968; married to Montague George Easton |
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