On the 21st November, 1913, John and Edward Lodge, two brothers, employed in the Dunkerton Colliery, had drilled and charged eight shot holes in the face of a stone drift, the fuse in each succeeding hole being four inches longer than that in the preceding one. The tools were then collected and carried some distance back, and Edward Lodge returned to light up the fuses. When he had lighted seven of the fuses, a charge in one of the holes exploded. John Lodge immediately went into the face and finding Edward lying on the floor conscious, but with the right thigh broken, dragged him away, though other charges were still exploding, thus, in all probability, saving his life. He himself was injured in the head from stones projected by sbots that went off during the rescue, and his action was courageous to the highest degree.

These Medals were presented by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace on the 12th July, 1915.

Source: London Gazette (16 Jul 1915)

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