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A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman
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An Edward Medal awarded to Edward Nurse for the gallant rescue of an entombed miner at the Ireland Colliery,
Staveley, Derbyshire in February 1916
EDWARD MEDAL (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze (Edward Nurse), one or two edge bruises, otherwise very fine £800-900
Gallantry states:
‘A fall of roof occurred at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire, on 28 February 1916, by which a filler named John William
Fieldsend was imprisoned. Gregory, Franklin, Hudson, Nurse, and Smith at once set to work to open a passage through the fallen roof
in order to rescue their fellow workman. The roof was everywhere very uneasy and a further fall was liable to occur at any moment.
Owing to the narrowness of the place, only one man could work at the head of the passage (the most dangerous place), while the
remaining four, one behind the other, passed out the material removed, the men taking by turns the post of danger. After about three
hours’ work, at 10 a.m. a further fall occurred, closing the passage which had been made for three yards. Fortunately the workers
escaped without injury. Work was at once resumed, and Fieldsend was reached. As soon, however, as an attempt was made to remove
him from under a piece of timber, by which he was pinned down, a third fall occurred, blocking up the passage for about four yards,
and displacing much of the timber which had been used to prop up the roof and walls of the passage as it was made. Finally, at 5 p.m.,
after 10 hours’ continuous work, Fieldsen was reached and taken out of the pit. He was not much injured. All five men ran continuous
risk, during the whole 10 hours, of serious injury or death from falls of roof.’
All five of the gallant rescuers were awarded the Edward Medal.
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LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, GENERAL MEDAL, silver (P.C.65 William Theobald for a gallant attempt to stop a
runaway Horse attached to a Cab in Park Road North Birkenhead on February 24th 1899) with silver buckle on
ribbon, nearly extremely fine £150-200
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LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, silver (To Second Officer S. C. Grant, S.S. “Orduna” for
Gallant Service, 24th Jan. 1915) with silver buckle on ribbon, extremely fine £160-200
The S.S. Orduna was a 15,500 ton ocean liner built in 1913/14 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Pacific Steam Company. During the
Great War she was utilised as an auxiliary cruiser and troopship. In her latter guise she transported troops from Halifax, Nova Scotia to
Liverpool. 2nd Officer Grant was probably awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Medal for his part in the rescue of
the Russian crew of the sailing ship Loch Torridon which had sprung a leak while transporting timber off the west coast of Ireland. The
Orduna continued to have an eventful war, being targeted by a U-Boat in 1915, the fired torpedo missing its target, and in 1918 she
accidentally collided with and sank the 4,400 ton steamer Konkary.
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