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George Henry Rhodes |
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Edward Medal, First Class | |||
| Date: | 26 Jun 1911 | ||
| Colliery: | Effingham Street, Sheffield | ||
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Whitehall, January 18, 1912.
His Majesty the King has been pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to George Henry Rhodes and the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Sidney Dickson and Herbert Wood under the following circumstances:
On the 26th June, 1911, Rhodes was working in an underground washer-tank belonging to the Sheffield Gas Company, at Effingham Street, Sheffield, with two men named Jenkinson and Foster when a serious explosion of gas took place. As a result, Foster was severely burned and imprisoned at the far end of the tank, access to which was blocked by the explosion. Having given the alarm, Rhodes returned through the underground passage to the tank, in the presence of great danger of a further explosion from escaping gas, and managed to reach Foster, whose cries he heard. He could not, however, release him until Dickson and Wood came to his assistance. These two men were not working in the tank, but heard Foster's cries, and immediately went to his assistance without knowing that Rhodes had preceded them. They got into the underground passage by another entrance, and their help enabled Rhodes to release Foster.
Source: London Gazette (19 Jan 1912)
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