Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, Testimonial on Vellum, inscribed ‘William H. Thomas is justly entitled to the Honorary Testimonial of this society, inscribed on Vellum, which is hereby awarded him for having on the 3rd August 1908 gone to the rescue of T. H. Davies who was in imminent danger of drowning at St. Justinian St. David and whose life he gallantly saved’, with signature of George V as President of the Society, slight water damage, otherwise good condition £80-£100

Case No. 36388: ‘3.30pm 3 Aug 1908 Sea. St. Justinian. The men were bathing and Davies became exhausted 12 yards out 10 to 15 feet deep. Thomas went to his help and took him to a rock whence they were taken by a boat.’

W. H. Thomas was a farmer from St. David, Pembroke.

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