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Awards for Gallantry
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David Humphrey |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 08 Dec 1914 | ||
| Colliery: | Murton Railway Station | ||
| Occupation: | Porter | ||
Whitehall, April 14, 1915.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to ...
Also to David Humphrey under the following circumstances:—
On the 8th December, 1914, a woman was standing on the platform of Murton Railway Station and fell on to the line in an epileptic fit about eighty yards in front of a train which was approaching at fifteen miles an hour. Humphrey, a porter, who was standing some fifteen yards away, ran up and jumped on the line. The train at this moment was only a little over twenty yards off, and he was unable to remove the woman; but he succeeded in holding her down between the rails until the train came to a standstill, after the engine and one waggon had passed above them. By this brave action he saved the woman's life at great risk to himself.
Source: London Gazette (16 Apr 1915)
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