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Awards for Gallantry
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John Welsby |
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Edward Medal, First Class | |||
| Date: | 04 Mar 1908 | ||
| Colliery: | Hamstead Colliery | ||
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Whitehall, July 27, 1908.
His Majesty has been pleased to award the Edward Medal of the First Class to James Hopwood ; James Whittingham ; James Cranswick ; John Henry Thorne ; Walter Clifford; and the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Joseph Outram.
On the 4th March, 1908,a fire broke out at the Hamstead Colliery; 24 miners were entombed. The above named miners (together with John Welsby, who succumbed) descended the mine at various times at great personal risk to rescue the miners. They were provided with oxygen apparatus, but were unable to effect their object.
His Majesty has been graciously pleased to allow the widow of John Welsby to receive the Medal which would have been granted to her husband.
Source: London Gazette (28 Jul 1908)
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