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Awards for Gallantry
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Richard Brookes |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 08 Feb 1912 | ||
| Colliery: | Burton-on-Trent | ||
| Occupation: | Fitter | ||
Whitehall, September 24, 1912.
His Majesty the King has been pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Richard Brookes under the following circumstances:—
On the 8th of February, 1912, a workman named Thomas Rogers was repairing the spouting of a building at a height of 40 feet from the ground at the brewery of Messrs. Charrington and Co., Burton-on-Trent, when without warning the ladder on which he was standing broke, and he fell headforemost. Brookes, a fitter in the employment of Messrs. Charrington, rushed forward with outstretched arms and caught him as he fell, thereby saving Rogers' life at considerable risk to his own. His action was rendered more difficult and dangerous by his having to evade the portion of the ladder to which Rogers continued to cling as he fell.
Source: London Gazette (27 Sep 1912)
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