LIFE SAVING AWARDS 447
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Patrick Rooney, Voted 21st May 1942) with uniface ‘double-dolphin’ suspension, mounted as worn, in case of issue, extremely fine
£450-550
Patrick Rooney was a crew member of the Newcastle, Co. Down, Lifeboat L.P. and St. Helen. On 21 January, 1942, a convoy of ships missed its way in the early morning, a number of vessels going ashore near Ballyquinton, Co. Down, northern Ireland, in a south-east gale with very heavy seas, rain and sleet. As the Cloughey lifeboat was already on service, the self-righting motor lifeboat L.P. and St. Helen launched at 5 a.m. with a 20 mile voyage ahead in limited visibility. Reaching the scene, Coxwain Murphy found seven ships ashore but only one, the Liverpool S.S. Browning, capable of being reached. Seventeen of her crew had been taken ashore by lifesaving apparatus and one of the remaining 39 had been shot in the hand while destroying horses. The Coxwain made several attempts to reach the vessel from the windward but without success. Then, switching to the lee side, he took the lifeboat through a dangerously narrow channel into a small lagoon of calm water. Taking off all survivors, the lifeboat was now seriously overloaded but the Coxwain took the only way out and crossed the reef of rocks at full speed, judging the time to perfection. With no chance of returning to Newcastle in the conditions prevailing, he landed the survivors at Porravogie, a small fishing village. The R.N.L.I. voted medals in gold to the Coxwain, in silver to the 2nd Coxwain and to the Mechanic, and in bronze to the four other members of the lifeboat crew. Coxswain Murphy was additionally awarded the British Empire Medal.
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SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE, 5th type, silver (P.C. Ernest Payne, 285H, 161, Brick Lane, E, 8th April 1906) with silver buckle, in John Pinches, London case of issue, small edge bruise to reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine
£220-260
449
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, MARINE MEDAL, 1st type, 56mm., silver (Benjamin Holden, Fireman, for saving 13 persons at various times chiefly by gallantly plunging into the Mersey, March 1862) ring suspension, signs of brooch mounting to reverse, edge bruising, very fine
£280-320 450 451 452 453 454
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK ANDHUMANE SOCIETY, MARINEMEDAL, 3rd type, silver (To Mr Albert Tranent, First Officer Ship “Barcore” for Gallant Service, 8th Dec. 1906) with silver buckle, in Oldfield, Liverpool case of issue, extremely fine
£180-220
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, silver (To William Lynch for Gallant Service at Widnes, September 7th 1907) minor edge bruise, good very fine
£140-180
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, bronze (To Joseph Whemond, for Gallant Service, 29/8/31) with bronze brooch bar, in case of issue, some edge bruising, good very fine
£120-160
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK ANDHUMANE SOCIETY, MARINEMEDAL, 3rd type, silver (To Robert McKnight, for Gallant Service, 23/4/35) hallmarks for Birmingham 1934, with silver brooch bar, in case of issue, good very fine
£160-200
LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY, MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, bronze (To Abraham Cooke, for Gallant Service 27/7/1941) with bronze brooch bar, in case of issue, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine
£120-160
With a newspaper cutting citing awards made by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, including that for the above: ‘Abraham Cooke, Village-road, Eastham, for rescuing a boy from drowning.’
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