Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (David Howells. 15th Nov. 1915) complete with bronze brooch buckle, extremely fine £200-£240

‘Awards to Glynea Heroes - At its first meeting for the year the Committee of the Royal Humane Society awarded bronze medals and certificates to Daniel Thomas, under manager, and to Evan Thomas, Griffith Davies, Thomas Daniel, and Daniel Howells, miners at the Glynea Colliery, Llanelly, for their heroic action on November 15th in rescuing David Bowen, who had been caught by a sudden fall of roof while on his way to work. Finding it impossible to remove the debris, his rescuers buried underneath, and after working for three hours in the greatest peril, they succeeded in reaching Bowen, and liberating him from his living tomb.’

Sold with copied page from the Llanelly Argus, January 22, 1916, reporting the incident as given above, and copies from R.H.S. Case book.

This is a small bronze medal not silver