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Awards for Gallantry
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George Evetts |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 02 Apr 1916 | ||
| Colliery: | Faversham | ||
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Whitehall, March 14, 1917.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the 2nd Class to Mr. George Evetts, Mr. William Edmund Bethell, Mr. Urbane Charles Beach, Mr. John Harrison, Mr. John Sears, Mr. William Wallace, Mr. George Gilham, and Private William James Wiltshire, on account of their gallant action on the occasion of an explosion which occurred at Faversham on the 2nd of April, 1915.
Source: London Gazette (16 Mar 1917)
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Simon Jervis | 04 Jun 2014 |
I have George Evetts' papers regarding the aftermath of the explosion in my collection. |
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| Mary Kemp | 30 Jan 2015 |
I live in Faversham where the accident took place and am researching the aftermath of the explosion for a DVD for the local Church. |
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| Tony Mann | 31 Dec 2018 |
I have been researching the award of the Edward Medal to those involved in the Faversham Explosion |
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| Peter Vessey | 22 Jan 2021 |
According to a number of other sources, the Faversham explosion was in 1916 not 1915. |
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