Awards for Gallantry
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George Coleman |
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Carnegie Hero Fund |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Colliery: | North Celynen Colliery |
| Occupation: | Miner |
The Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees have awarded an inscribed
gold watch to Albert Grubb, colliery overman, who rescued a man
who had been buried by a roof fall at Cribbwr Fawr Colliery. To
George Coleman, miner, who assisted in extricating two men who
had been buried by a fall of roof at North Celynen Colliery, Mon.,
the Trustees awarded a medallion and arranged to assist him
financially to qualify as a motor engineer.
Source: The Science and Art of Mining (18 Dec 1926)
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