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Awards for Gallantry
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Allan Holliday |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 25 Jul 1913 | ||
| Colliery: | Burton-on-Trent | ||
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Whitehall, July 23, 1913.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to ...
Also to Thomas Wagstaff and Allan Holliday under the following circumstances:—
On 20th February, 1913, at the Burton Brewery Company's Work, Burton-on-Trent, a number of men were lime-washing the ceiling of a hop-press room. On the wall, about two or three feet above the scaffolding on which the men were standing, a shaft was running, driving two cog-wheels. One of the men, named Arbon, was leaning over the shaft when he was suddenly caught and dragged into the machinery. Holliday, who was standing near, at once seized hold of him and became entangled in the gear-wheels himself. The clothes of both men were torn from them, and they were in imminent peril. With great presence of mind Wagstaff seized hold of Holliday and succeeded in keeping clear of the cogwheels. Holliday escaped with very serious injuries, but Arbon unfortunately lost his life.
There can be no doubt that by their plucky action both Holliday and Wagstaff incurred the gravest risk to their own lives.
Source: London Gazette (25 Jul 1913)
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