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Awards for Gallantry
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Samuel Stoppard |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 08 Jun 1915 | ||
| Colliery: | Clay Cross No. 2 Pit, Chesterfield | ||
| Occupation: | Deputy | ||
Whitehall, 15th Jaivuary, 1916.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the second class to Samuel Stoppard, a Deputy at the Clay Cross No. 2 Pit, near Chesterfield, under the following circumstances:—
On the 8th of June, 1915, a miner named Haslam was hewing coal at the face of his stall, when a fall of roof occurred and buried him all but his head. Stoppard ran to the spot and tried to get him out, but failed and, as the roof was very weak and a further fall imminent, he set catch props to it and erected a metal plate to protect Haslam's head. He then made further attempts to liberate Haslam and, while he was doing so, a further fall occurred, burying Stoppard up to his waist. He managed to free himself, and worked at the fall until Haslam was liberated; but unfortunately Haslam was by this time dead.
The place at which the fall occurred was difficult to get at, and only one man could work at a time there. During the whole of the rescue operations Stoppard ran great risk from a further fall of roof, and he was well aware of this. His action therefore was a very brave one.
The medal was presented by His Majesty on the 15th of January, 1916.
Source: London Gazette (18 Jan 1916)
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| Alan Stoppard | 01 Jul 2011 |
I am compiling a family Tree and Samuel Stoppard was my Great Uncle. I am also interested in finding the whereabouts of the Medal he recieved,is it in a private collection? or is it lost never to be seen again? I would also be very interested to find out if there are any photographs of Samuel in the Muuseums collection. |
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| Gail | 17 Jul 2011 |
My mothers maiden name was Stoppard, she was born in Clay Cross. Her fathers name was James joseph and her Mother was called Marjory. Samuel who we think was her Grandfather married Sarah Anne Holmes, do you know any of these Stoppards, I dont know if Samuel is the same Samuel you are researching. Would be grateful to know. Thank you Gail. |
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