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Awards for Gallantry
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George Livermore |
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Edward Medal | |||
| Date: | 07 Mar 1923 | ||
| Colliery: | Andover | ||
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Whitehall, 1st August, 1923.
His Majesty The KING has been.graciously pleased to awird the Edward Medal to George Livermore, a trainee at the Enham Village Centre for Disabled Ex-Service Men, in the following circumstances:—
Livermore served in the Royal Air Force during the war and was discharged in 1919 with a disability pension on account of a gun-shot wound in the foot. He was undergoing a course of training in French polishing at the Enham Village Centre, Andover, and on March 7th, 1923, was, together with other disabled men, in a room where some beeswax mixed with turpentine was being heated on a stove. This caught fire, and Livermore, realising the danger, seized a walking stick and with the crooked end lifted the blazing bucket and made for the door. His clothing was alight, but not withstanding serious burns he gallantly made his way to the doorway, when he was compelled to drop the bucket. When the fire occurred some of the men in the room managed to escape through the windows but all the men were in various degrees disabled and some were unable to escape. As it was, some of the men were slightly burnt, while Livermore himself sustained severe injuries causing him intense suffering. He had to lose part of his left arm while his right hand and arm were severely burnt. There is no doubt that Livermore realised the danger to his comrades if the building caught fire and without hesitation risked his life on their behalf.
Source: London Gazette (03 Aug 1923)
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| David Livermore | 15 Aug 2014 |
George is my Grandfather |
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| Alan Livermore | 10 Jan 2021 |
George Livermore was my paternal grandfather |
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| Liz Cosgrove | 12 Apr 2023 |
I am the Enham Historian and am searching to see if he is buried near Enham Alamein as his story has been included in a book we are producing on 100 stories of Enham Village |
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