Life Saving Awards from the Collection of John Wilson

Pair: Constable Herbert W. Woodward, Hull Police

Defence Medal, unnamed; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, silver (Herbert W. Woodward, Hull. 3-3-29) first with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £220-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Life Saving Awards from the Collection of John Wilson.

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Case 16,429: ‘On 3rd March 1929, Mrs Ethel, Kathlene (9), Donald (7), Zena (21/2) and Brinda Leathley (15 months) and Emma Sherwood (66) were saved from a fire at 9 Clarendon Street, Hull, cause of fire was unknown.’

P.C. Herbert William Woodward, Hull Police, retired from the force on 21 October 1955. With some copied research.