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	James Parkin
	Edward Medal
	Date:	24 Oct 1922
	Colliery:	Hickleton Main Mine, Yorkshire
	Occupation:	Under Manager

 

Whitehall, 23rd March, 1923.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal to James Parkin, Harry Aspinall, Joseph Mason and Albert Henry Fowler Dawson in the following circumstances:—

On the evening of 24th October, 1922, a miner named Bridges was removing timber in the Hickleton Main Mine, near Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, when a fall of roof occurred which completely buried him. His workmates, Dawson and Mason, heard the fall, and immediately proceeded to his assistance. They at once sent for Aspinall, the deputy in charge of the district, and for Parkin, the under-manager. They succeeded in clearing the debris from Bridges' head, thus preventing his being suffocated, but further falls of roof continued to occur, and rendered the work of rescue very difficult, as the rescuers themselves ran great risk of being buried. The rescue party worked continuously throughout the night, sometimes shielding Bridges from the falling stones with their own bodies, and finally succeeded in freeing him after more than sixteen hours' work, though he unfortunately died from the shock some hours later.

All the men concerned in the rescue were working in very adverse conditions, and they displayed fortitude and courage of a very high order.

Source: London Gazette (27 Mar 1923)

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