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George Locke |
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Edward Medal | |||
| Date: | 08 Oct 1925 | ||
| Colliery: | Oxford Street, London | ||
| Occupation: | Leading Hand | ||
Whitehall, February 25, 1926.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal to George Locke, leading hand of steelwork erectors, employed by Messrs. Dorman Long and Company Limited, in the following circumstances:—
On October 8th, 1925, Locke was engaged in the erection of steel work for the rebuiliding of the premises of Messrs. Bourne & Hollingsworth in Oxford Street. He and another workman named Frederick Dowser were standing on parallel girders on the fourth floor level when Dowser tripped and fell, striking his head in his fall and lying stunned on the girder. The girders on which the men were working were only 7 inches in width and were no less than 7 feet apart. Locke, on seeing his comrade fall, with great presence of mind immediately leapt across the intervening space and throwing himself upon the legs of the fallen man pinned him to the girder until help arrived and they were dragged back to safety. But for Locke's prompt action there is little doubt that Dowser would have fallen to the ground and been killed. Locke's action was a very brave one and he showed total disregard of his own safety. To spring from one girder to the other at a great height was no small feat and he must have recognised, in holding down his comrade that any struggle on the letter's part must endanger the lives of both.
Source: London Gazette (02 Mar 1926)
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