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Awards for Gallantry
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John Dixon |
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Edward Medal | |||
| Date: | 16 Feb 1939 | ||
| Colliery: | Lincoln | ||
| Occupation: | Electrician | ||
Whitehall, February 14, 1940.
His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal to John Dixon in recognition of his gallantry in the following circumstances:—
On the 16th February, 1939, an accident occurred during the casting of a mould at the foundry of Messrs. Robey and Company, Limited, Globe Works, Lincoln, which resulted in two large overhead electric cranes and the foundry roof being set on fire. Dixon, who is an electrician, was on the crane gantry to watch the electrical equipment and was able to escape from immediate danger, but the driver of one of the cranes, a man named Whittaker, who managed to climb out of the cabin, collapsed on the top of the crane with his clothing ablaze. Dixon saw this and promptly went back to rescue Whittaker, although the fire was then at its height and there was also some risk of his suffering an electric shock. He extinguished the flames from Whittaker's clothing and carried him from his own crane across the crane in the next bay, out on to the roof gutter, along and then across the roof, and down a vertical ladder, 31 feet in length, to the ground. Dixon then collapsed. He was very badly burnedabout the arms and upper part of the body and was absent from work about ten weeks. His action, which involved going back from a point of comparative safety to face considerable risk, almost certainly saved Whittaker's life.
Source: London Gazette (23 Feb 1940)
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