Orders, Decorations and Medals

Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type, 9ct. gold (William McAuley, 1971) hallmarks for Edinburgh 1965, mounted as worn but lacking brooch bar, extremely fine £200-240

William McAuley. of 20 Riverbank Street, Glasgow, C.3, was awarded the Glasgow Bravery Medal ‘for bravery in helping to rescue a family from a burning house on 13th February, 1971.’

An account of the incident in The Glasgow Herald of 15 February 1971, reads, ‘FAMILY OF FIVE SAVED FROM FIRE. Mary Fox, aged 11, and her brother Steven, aged 4, of Parkhouse Road, Nitshill, Glasgow, were both “satisfactory” in the Southern General Hospital yesterday after being rescued from a fire in their home on Saturday night. Their mother, father, and brother Robert, aged 2, also escaped. Mary was injured after jumping 30ft. from a window into a blanket being held by neighbours. Robert and Steven, who was detained in hospital for observation after inhaling smoke, were rescued by Mr William McAuley, aged 22, who pulled his shirt over his head and ran through the smoke and heat to reach the bedroom. Their father Mr Charles Fox, who was trapped unconscious in the living room was rescued by firemen’.

With copied newspaper extract and other research.