LIFE SAVING AWARDS
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LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, Marine Medal, 2nd type oval
medal with ‘Liver Bird’ suspension, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘John
Hancox, Superintendent of Police Fire Brigade, Oct. 30. 1874’,
additionally inscribed around the edge, ‘For Courage & Humanity in
attempting to save Two Children from a burning house in Fontenoy St.
- Oct. 1874’, complete with top bar with stick pin, in damaged leather
case by Paris, late Mayer, Liverpool, good very fine £400-450
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A Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea awarded to Cook & Steward Edgar Chalker, Merchant Navy, awarded the B.E.
M. for services in the ‘George Cross’ action aboard the S.S. Cormount, 21 June 1941
LLOYD’S WAR MEDAL FOR BRAVERY AT SEA (Cook & Steward Edgar Chalker, S.S. “Cormount”, 21st June 1941) in case of issue,
extremely fine £1200-1400
Ex Fevyer Collection, 25 September 2008.
B.E.M. London Gazette 23 September 1941.
Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, Lloyd’s List & Shipping Gazette Not published.
Edgar Chalker, Cook & Steward, Cormount. ‘The ship was attacked by a German bomber from a low level with cannon, machine-guns
and bombs. Two bombs struck the starboard side of the ship abreast the bridge; a fourth fell into the sea on the port side. She replied at
once with her defensive armament, manned by the Chief Officer at the Schermuly Pistol, a Military Gunner at the Hotchkiss, and a
Steward at the Lewis gun. They continued firing despite the hail of bullets and cannon shell. The Military Gunner behaved with
unbelievable gallantry. He was badly wounded, but when the attack had ceased, and the Master asked how he was, he said he would
carry on. He then insisted on lifting the Chief Officer, who was also badly wounded, from the bridge and down two ladders to the deck
below, placing him in shelter near a lifeboat. He then died. It was afterwards found that his stomach had been ripped open by
machine-gun bullets. The brave defence put up by these three men, all of whom were wounded, saved their ship, for the enemy was
driven off before he could make a last and probably fatal assault. The action of the Military Gunner, utterly selfless and gallant, helped
to save the life of the Chief Officer, and was the supreme example of valour in a valiant episode of the war at sea’.
The S.S. Cormount, a British collier of 2,841 tons, was attacked by aircraft on 21 June 1941. For their gallant services in beating off the
attack, Gunner Henry Herbert Reed, Royal Artillery, was awarded a posthumous George Cross; Chief Officer Clifford Walter Davies
was awarded a M.B.E. and Cook & Steward Edgar Chalker, a B.E.M. All three were awarded the Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery.
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A posthumous Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea awarded to Third Radio Officer Colin St. Kieran Begdon,
Merchant Navy, who remained at his post, thereby sacrificing his life, on the S.S. Tanda, 15 July 1944
LLOYD’S WAR MEDAL FOR BRAVERY AT SEA (Third Radio Officer C. St. K. Begdon, S.S. “Tanda”, 15th July 1944) in case of issue,
extremely fine £1400-1800
Ex Fevyer Collection, 25 September 2008.
King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct London Gazette 4 September 1945.
Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyd’s List and Shipping Gazette 11 December 1947. ‘Colin St. Kieran Begdon, deceased, Third
Radio Officer, S.S. Tanda’. ‘The ship, sailing alone with over two hundred passengers and crew, was torpedoed amidships during
darkness. The steam and electricity failed, and as it was obvious that the ship would sink, orders to abandon her were immediately
given. The passengers and crew got away in boats and were subsequently rescued. The vessel sank within 15 minutes of being
torpedoed. First Radio Officer Harris, Second Radio Officer Humphrey and Third Radio Officer Begdon displayed outstanding courage
and devotion to duty. Although they could have left the ship, they chose to remain on board in an effort to send out a distress message,
thereby sacrificing their lives’.
The S.S. Tanda, a passenger cargo liner of 7,147 tons, of the Eastern & Australian Steamship Company, was sailing from Melbourne to
Bombay when she was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine on 15 July 1944, east of the Laccadive Islands. 18 of the crew and
one passenger were lost. For their self-sacrifice, the three radio officers were each awarded a posthumous Commendation and the
Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery.
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CORPORATION OF GLASGOW BRAVERY MEDAL, 1st type, silver (Angus Campbell) hallmarks for Birmingham 1934, lacking correct
brooch bar and ribbon, minor edge bruising, good very fine £120-160
Angus Campbell, of 130 Watt Street, Glasgow, was awarded the Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal on 27 November 1934. Angus
Campbell, with John Kelly and James Rafferty, ‘assisted in the rescue of two boys and the attempted rescue of a third boy from
drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal near Firhill Road on 29th May last.’
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CORPORATION OF GLASGOW BRAVERY MEDAL, 2nd type, silver (Mr Martin Smart 1952) hallmarks for Birmingham 1947, with
silver brooch bar, extremely fine £100-140
Martin Smart, of 58 Eastburn Road, Glasgow, was awarded the Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal on 5 August 1952, ‘.... for
removing to a place of safety a crippled woman, aged 66 years, from the scene of a fire at 39 Paisley West on 29th May, 1952.’
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