Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd issue, bronze (To F. H. S. Petherbridge, .?. Offss., Clan Keith, for Meritorious Service, 17/3/27) small part of naming erased, otherwise extremely fine £100-140

‘Bronze Medal and Certificate of Thanks to F. H. S. Petherbridge, 3rd Officer, S.S. Clan Keith, for rescuing a boy aged 12 in danger of drowning in the ship canal at Eastham, on the 17th March 1927. The boy was playng with others at the edge of the canal when he fell in. Petherbridge, who was on the canal bank taking the ship’s draught, immediately plunged fully clothed into the water and brought the boy safely to the bank’ (Extract from the L.S.& H.S. 88th Annual Report).