A pair of Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society medals awarded to Police Constable William Dodson Barton, Liverpool Police

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To P.C. 207 William D. Barton, for gallant service, 18th Feby. 1924) hallmarks for Birmingham 1923, with silver brooch bar; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (To P.C. 207c Wm. D. Barton, for gallant service, 22/1/27) hallmarks for Birmingham 1924, with silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Life Saving Awards formed by The Late W.H. Fevyer.

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Ex Dawson Collection; ref. Spink Exhibition 1985, No. 145.

‘Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks to Wm. Dodson Barton, for having, with another, rescued a man in peril of drowning in West Harrington Dock, Liverpool, on the 18th February 1924’.

‘Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks to P.C.207c, Wm. Dodson Barton, for stopping a runaway horse attached to a four wheeled van in Mill Street, Liverpool, on 22nd January 1927’ (Extracts from the Society’s records).

William Dodson Barton was born on 12 September 1894 and joined the Liverpool Police from the Army on 4 October 1920. In addition to the two Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Medals, he was awarded a Liverpool Police Long Service Medal in October 1945. He was pensioned on 18 February 1946 after completing 25 years service.