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Awards for Gallantry
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Walter Charles Simmons |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 20 Aug 1912 | ||
| Colliery: | Bournmouth Station | ||
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Whitehall, December 11, 1912.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Walter Charles Simmons under the following circumstances:—
On the afternoon of Tuesday, 20th August, 1912, as an express passenger train was entering Bournemouth Station, a woman jumped from the platform in front of the engine. The driver promptly applied the brakes and sounded the whistle; but was unable to stop the train until the engine had passed the spot where the woman jumped down. Simmons' attention was attracted by the whistle when the engine was only about 12 yards away, and, without an instant's hesitation, he jumped off the platform on to the permanent way, and succeeded in lifting the woman clear of the rails and holding her against another train, which was stationary on an adjoining line, neither of them sustaining injury. There is no doubt whatever that the rescue was effected by Simmons at the risk of his life, and any delay or hesitation would, in all probability, have resulted in fatal consequences.
Source: London Gazette (17 Dec 1912)
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