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Awards for Gallantry
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Bert Craig |
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Edward Medal in Silver | |||
| Date: | 14 Nov 1922 | ||
| Colliery: | Nixon's Navigation Colliery, Glamorgan | ||
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Whitehall, 29th May, 1923.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal in Silver to Bert Craig in the following circumstances:—
On 14th November, 1922, in the course of operations at Nixon's Navigation Colliery at Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire, a workman named Jones was completely buried by a heavy fall of stones and rubbish. Four other men were present at the time, and made some attempt to get Jones out, as, although they could not see him, they could hear him moaning. Further falls, however, took place, and the four men, considering the risk too great, retreated under cover. At this moment Bert Craig, another workman at the Colliery, arrived on the scene, and hearing of what had happened at once ran to where Jones was buried and began to remove the stones. In spite of his appeals for help, the other men present hung back until the falls ceased, but they then came to Craig's assistance, and Jones was extricated. All the time falls were taking place, and within two minutes of Jones being pulled out so large a fall took place that both he and Craig would certainly have been killed. Craig's action was a very gallant one, and he undoubtedly saved Jones's life. He was working under conditions of very great danger, and his conduct appears even more gallant in view of the fact that he suffers from the result of a severe bullet wound in the head, and any blow might have been fatal.
Source: London Gazette (01 Jun 1923)
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