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Awards for Gallantry
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Walter Holroyd Lee |
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Edward Medal | |||
| Date: | 11 Nov 1947 | ||
| Colliery: | Wombwell Main Colliery, Sheffield | ||
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Whitehall, May 4, 1949.
The KING has been pleased to award the Edward Medal to Walter Holroyd Lee and to the late George Dorling in recognition of their gallantry in the following circumstances:—
A fall of roof occurred at about 4 p.m. on the 11th November, 1947, at Wombwell Main Colliery, near Sheffield, burying three men. The first rescuer on the scene was a workman, George Dorling, whose calls for assistance attracted a coal cutter team of three men. Dorling had climbed over the fall in an attempt to reach the trapped workmen and was being followed by the cuttermen when the roof again began to move and a second fall occurred. The cuttermen were just able to withdraw in time but Dorling could not escape and was killed instantly. Shortly afterwards Walter Holroyd Lee arrived on the scene when it was clear from their cries that two of the men trapped by the original fall were still alive. Lee then took the lead in making a way through the fall and after some two hours one of the men was extricated alive. Lee was largely instrumental in saving this man's life and exposed himself to great risks in so doing.
Source: London Gazette (10 May 1949)
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