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John Harrison |
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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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| yvonne wills | 10 Apr 2016 |
The explosion took place in 1916 not 1915 as stated above. The town council has just had commerative events to mark the occasion. John Harrison is my great grandfather |
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