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'Order of Industrial Heroism' certificate awarded to Thomas "Derwydd" Thomas in 1933. Features a 1923 woodcut design by Eric Gill.

The list of recipients of the Order of Industrial Heroism (OIH) contains 440 recipients,[1][2][3] who received awards between its inception in 1923 and dissolution in 1964.

Sometimes there were multiple awards relating to one event; six of the awards were to miners' union lodges, rather than individuals, where a large number of members had been involved in mine rescues.[2] Only one of the solo awardees was a woman;[4] another received one alongside three men.

No. Name Occupation Residence Incident date Presentation venue Presentation date Further info.
1 Joseph Sloss Dock worker Aigburth, Liverpool Liverpool Stadium 30 September 1923 Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.[5]
2 Michael Lavan Dock worker Bootle Liverpool Stadium 30 September 1923 Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.[5]
3 Joshua Bamber Dock worker Bootle Liverpool Stadium 30 September 1923 Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.[5]
4 Thomas Pinnington Dock worker Walton, Liverpool Liverpool Stadium 30 September 1923 Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.[5]
5 John William Shippey Fisherman Bridlington 1 June 1923 Glass Dome Spa, Bridlington 3 October 1923 Saved the crew of the Mistletoe, a motorboat which was on fire off Spurn Point. Was badly burned carrying a can of burning petrol from below decks.[6]
6 Fred Davies Train driver Manchester Beswick Co-operative Hall, Longsight 14 October 1923 Brought his train to a safe stop despite being badly scalded in a boiler blow-back. Presented by George Lansbury, MP.[7][8]
7 Wilfred Westoe Collier (coal hewer) Burnopfield, Durham 27 October 1923 Pavilion Theatre, Burnopfield 27 April 1924 Rescued an injured miner by cerawling through a narrow gap, at South Garesfield Colliery.[9]
8 Nicholas A. Nugent Shipwright apprentice December 1923 Pavilion, Southampton Pier 1 May 1924 For a "man overboard" rescue from ice-cold water, while working for Harland and Wolff, on Briton, a steamer.[10][11]
9 Harold Aston Workman Llanelly Llanelly Market Hall 1 June 1924 Rescued a colleague from the collapsing roof of Llanelly Copper Works.[12]
10 A.H. Sutton Train driver 3 April 1924 Attercliffe, Sheffield 13 July 1924 Drove his train ahead of a runaway train, gradually bringing them together and then to a stop.[13][4][11]
11 Surtees Jobling Collier (mine deputy) Walker Borough Theatre, Wallsend 20 July 1924 Rescued two unconscious men from a gas-filled underground road at Wallsend G Pit.[14]
12 Thomas Willetts Collier Royston Miners' Gala, Royston 21 August 1924 Rescued a man buried by an ongoing rock fall at a mine pit, despite being restricted to 'light duties' by ill health.[15]
13 James Horn Collier Hartford Shankhouse Co-operative Hall 6 September 1924 Pulled a man away from under a falling rock, at great risk to his own life.[16]
14 George Bowles Railway fireman Forrest Gate Ewen Hall, Barnet 11 September 1924 Brought a runway High Barnet to Moorgate train safely to a halt, despite being badly burned by an engine blow-back.[17]
15 Samuel Whitfield Birtley Co-operative Hall, Birtley 13 October 1924
16 Edward Thompson
17 William Walker Forrester Tram driver Hanley 18 February 1924 Severely injured after staying at the controls of a tram whose brakes had failed, in an effort to stop it as it ran downhill. Award presented by Ernest Bevin.[11]
18 Paling Baker Colliery manager Harriseahead Kidsgrove Town Hall 1 February 1925 [11] also received the Edward Medal.[18][19]
19 Harry Wilson Collier Mow Cop Kidsgrove Town Hall 1 February 1925 [11][20] also received the Edward Medal.[18][19]
20 George Jones Swansea April 1925 Rescued colleagues from a flood at the Killan Colliery.[4]
21 Samuel Jones Collier Leigh Labour Club 18 May 1925 Award presented by Joseph Tinker, M.P.[11][21]
22 Joseph Shelton
23 Samuel Stewart
24 Robert Irving Collier Dalton 23 June 1925 Casuals Hall, Dalton 18 September 1925 [11][22]
25 John Donnell South Kirby The Cinema, South Kirby 11 October 1925
26 Herbert Eades South Kirby The Cinema, South Kirby 11 October 1925
27 Vincent Elwick Murton Colliery, Durham 12 October 1925
28 George Wilson Murton Colliery, Durham 12 October 1925
29 Robert Pearson Dyer and bleacher 11 July 1925 Stockport Town Hall 31 October 1925 For an attempted rescue at Marsland's bleach works. Presented by Arnold Townend MP. Also awarded the Edward Medal.[4][11][23][24]
30 Philip Rodman
31 Arthur Hatcher
32 Arthur Flynn Dock worker 1924 "...at the age of only 16 saved his colleague from drowning as he slipped and fell into the dock"[4][25]
33 William H. Owen
34 James Grimshaw Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe 6 March 1926
35 Ernest Bowkett Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe 6 March 1926
36 Fred Fairbrother Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe 6 March 1926
37 Robert Davies Little Lever, Farnworth Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe 6 March 1926
38 Bert Tanner Hydraulic packer Barry Island Barry 18 July 1926 Presented by Albert Purcell, M.P. Also received the Edward Medal.[26][27]
39 Gilbert T. Klee Dock labourer Barry Island Barry 18 July 1926 Presented by Albert Purcell, M.P.[26]
40 Ernest T. Johnson Plumber [11][28]
41 John Jenkins
42 William Lindon
43 Joseph T. Brown
44 No. 1 Marine Lodge Union Lodge
45 Tanfield Lea Lodge Union Lodge
46 William Shillito
47 Alf Bluer Collier Royston The Palace, Royston Bluer, a former professional football player, rescued a pit boy after a roof fall, working for to hours to do so despite the threat of a further fall.[29]
48 Morgan Morgan
49 Charles Acock West Ham Public Hall, Canning Town 21 May 1928
50 Peter Lawler West Ham Public Hall, Canning Town 21 May 1928
51 W. Mowbray West Ham Public Hall, Canning Town 21 May 1928
52 Archie Burton
53 Thomas Ford Blaengarw Workman's Hall, Blaengarw 29 January 1929
54 Henry Parry Blaengarw Workman's Hall, Blaengarw 29 January 1929
55 Henry Charles Hamblin
56 A. Burge Clarke Railway fireman 1929 [30]
57 George Johnstone
58 Robert Richardson
59 James Medlen Collier Linton and Woodhorn Miner's Hall, Ashington [11]
60 William Pickering Railway Crane Operator.
61 South Garesfield Lodge Union Lodge
62 Walter Taylor
63 Gelliceidrim Lodge Union Lodge
64 James Fletcher Bus inspector 18 May 1930 Jumped from a moving bus to pull a child from in front of another bus, being injured in the process. Also served as chairman of the Sunderland Labour Party at the time.[31][32][33]
65 Thomas Fleming Painter (chargehand) Newcastle Beehive Co-op Hall, Workington 30 May 1930 Award for rescuing an unconscious colleague from high up a factory chimney. Also received the Edward Medal.[34]
66 Nicholas Whitehead Painter's labourer Workington Beehive Co-op Hall, Workington 30 May 1930 Award for rescuing an unconscious colleague from high up a factory chimney. Also received the Edward Medal.[34]
67 W.H. Peters Llay The Flower Show at Llay 9 August 1930
68 W. Ellis Llay The Flower Show at Llay 9 August 1930
69 Thomas Caygill
70 Joseph Bosley
71 Frederick Scott
72 Allen Moffat
73 William Fox
74 W.J. Ballam Collier Bentley 20 November 1931 Bentley 3 January 1932 For heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster.[35]
75 Albert Huckerby Collier Bentley 20 November 1931 Bentley 3 January 1932 Posthumous; for heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster. Presented to his widow by Robert Williams of The Daily Herald.[35]
76 Philip Yates Collier Bentley 20 November 1931 Bentley 3 January 1932 For heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster; also received the Edward Medal.[36][37]
77 Thomas Hopkinson Colliery ambulanceman Bentley 20 November 1931 Bentley 3 January 1932 Posthumous; for heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster. Insisted on staying to give first aid to colleagues, despite being fatally injured by an underground explosion.[35][38]
78 Fred Cordy Llwynypia, Tonypandy Tonypandy 21 February 1932
79 Leonard Milton Llwynypia, Tonypandy Tonypandy 21 February 1932
80 John Lewis Tonypandy Tonypandy 21 February 1932
81 James Crompton
82 Frederick Harding Collier Saved the lives of two boys working beside him, after an explosion, despite being badly burned himself.[39]
83 Clarence Tomlinson
84 Patrick Troy [40]
85 Robert Cornelius Northam Charity Hall, Southampton 3 February 1933
86 Donald Stewart Southampton Charity Hall, Southampton 3 February 1933
87 James William Sutton
88 George Hutchison
89 John William Smith
90 Lewis Phillips Collier 15 June 1933 Workmen's Institute, Pengam 5 November 1933 At great personal danger he rescued a fellow collier who was caught in revolving picks while cutting coal at Britannia Colliery.
91 John Thomas Kenyon
92 Thomas "Derwydd" Thomas Collier Garnant Public Hall, Brynamman 29 November 1933 Also received the Edward Medal.[41][42]
93 D. Elwyn Davies Collier Brynamman Public Hall, Brynamman 29 November 1933 [41]
94 John Hambleton
95 Thomas Berry
96 Robert Jardine Railway guard Co-operative Hall, Carlisle Award presented by Patrick Dollan.[11]
97 Alexander Anderson Engineer South Shields 18 February 1935 Rescued a man from inside a burning tank aboard the steamer Laurelwood, and carried him up a ladder. Sustained burns in the process.[43]
98 D. Calford
99 E. Harrison Garston Winter Gardens, Garston 9 September 1935
100 George James Radcliffe Garston Winter Gardens, Garston 9 September 1935
101 D. Plumbley Garston Winter Gardens, Garston 9 September 1935
102 A.G. Webster Garston Winter Gardens, Garston 9 September 1935
103 H. Mason Garston Winter Gardens, Garston 9 September 1935
104 Thomas Thoburn Brewery worker Sutton's Dwellings, Newcastle Entered an ammonia-filled room in an attempt to rescue a colleague.[11]
105 Frederick Woodhouse
106 J. Morgan
107 William Jackson
108 J. Westwood
109 Alfred George Gardiner
110 Albert G. Turner Canton, Cardiff Cardiff Transport Hall 20 September 1936
111 Clifford Davies Cardiff Cardiff Transport Hall 20 September 1936
112 Walter G. Gould Llantrisant Cardiff Transport Hall 20 September 1936
113 Wilfred Hatherley
114 Donald H. McInnes Grappenhall Grappenhall Ex-Serviceman's Hall 30 November 1936
115 Harold Harper Warrington Grappenhall Ex-Serviceman's Hall 30 November 1936
116 Robert Butterworth
117 Frederick J. Fox Plater's helper 13 November 1936 Alexandra Hall, Cowes 21 January 1937 For a "man overboard" rescue, on the estuary of the River Medina.[44]
118 P.J.F. Turner Lorry driver Had both legs amputated and was burned after he selflessly crashed his vehicle to avoid hitting a car which had pulled out in front of him.[45]
119 Harold J. Wild
120 Harold Godwin
121 James Wilson
122 G.W. Norman
123 Cyril Wilde Withington, Manchester Beswick Co-op Socierty, Levenshulme 30 November 1937
124 Philip Beeston Cheadle, Manchester Beswick Co-op Society, Levenshulme 30 November 1937
125 R.G. Abbott London Public Hall, Canning Town 23 December 1937
126 R.J. Reid London Public Hall, Canning Town 23 December 1937
127 James R. Hughes Furnaceman Port Talbot Port Talbot 7 February 1938 Rescued two colleagues from inside a gas-filled blast furnace.[11]
128 Andrew Kiers
129 Hayden Lippiat
130 Lewis Morgan
131 George Albert Deutz
132 Elijah Bowers
133 John Dixon
134 John B. Ormiston
135 Thomas G. Tatlock Walkden Walkden Town Hall 12 February 1940
136 Jack Granwell Walkden Walkden Town Hall 12 February 1940
137 Richard H. Potter
138 John Gerald Fisher
139 Alexander Noteman
140 Stanley Hart Easter
141 John Wainwright
142 J. Johnston
143 William Barrington Postman For rescuing children from a bomb-damaged house[11]
144 John R. Nicholson Seaman Speke 20 September 1940 Dived fully clothed into Stalbridge Dock, to rescue a colleague. Also commended for a second rescue. Award presented by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman Sir Sydney Jones.[11]
145 Timothy O'Brien Rescued men from the hold of a bombed ship in an unspecified Welsh port. Had also been a prisoner of war in World War I.[11]
146 W.H. Rowberry
147 Dr. John O'Hara
148 William A. Wakeling Channel Dry Docks, Cardiff 24 October 1941
149 Charles Henry Barkley Channel Dry Docks, Cardiff 24 October 1941
150 John Harris
151 Richard Johnson
152 Richard J.V. Gray Barking, London Baths Hall, East Street, Barking 20 September 1932
153 Frederick Winters Ilford Baths Hall, East Street, Barking 20 September 1932
154 John Sinnott Salford Salford Central Mission 18 November 1943
155 Charles Henry Sunley Salford Salford Central Mission 18 November 1943
156 George H. Houghton
157 James Sharman
158 George Bradley Ironstone miner Known as "Abe"; also received the British Empire Medal.[46]
159 Thomas Harold Barker Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley 16 September 1944 [47]
160 W. Rawson Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley 16 September 1944 [47]
161 J.A. Hall Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley 16 September 1944 [47]
162 J. Cruise Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley 16 September 1944 [47]
163 L. Thompson Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley 16 September 1944 [47]
164 Benjamin Gimbert Train driver 2 June 1944 Hippodrome, March, Cambridgeshire 26 November 1944 Also received George Cross and LNER Silver medal for Courage and Resource.[48] Medals now in the March & District Museum.[49]
165 James W. Nightall Railway fireman 2 June 1944 Hippodrome, March, Cambridgeshire 26 November 1944 Posthumous. Also received George Cross and LNER Silver medal for Courage and Resource [48]
166 Richard V. Hawkes Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley 11 August 1945
167 Thomas Wood Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley 11 August 1945
168 Melville Hague Cross Keys Hotel, nr. Barnsley 11 August 1945
169 Arthur Hodson Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley 11 August 1945
170 John Leonard Timms
171 Herbert Norman Stubbs Railway fireman 22 March 1945 Also received the George Medal.[50][51][52]
172 T.H. Stainton Train driver [53]
173 William Hazon Colliery under-manager Birtley Miner's Welfare Hall, Birtley 14 September 1946 [54]
174 John William Ainsley Collier Birtley Miner's Welfare Hall, Birtley 14 September 1946 [54][55][56]
175 G.H. Dale Middlesbrough Union Council, Middlesbrough 14 December 1946
176 G. Knight Union Council, Middlesbrough 14 December 1946
177 J. Easton Union Council, Middlesbrough 14 December 1946
178 T. Wheatman Union Council, Middlesbrough 14 December 1946
179 Wilfred Beasley 16 November 1946 "For his gallant attempts to save life... during a factory explosion in Widnes"[57]
180 F.P. Agar Langley Park The King's Cinema, Langley Park 16 February 1947 Rescued a miner who had been overcome by gas, at Langley Park Mine.[58]
181 T.W. Gardiner The King's Cinema, Langley Park 16 February 1947 Rescued a miner who had been overcome by gas, at Langley Park Mine.[59]
182 Arthur F. Couves
183 Charles H. Fowler
184 Charles Fairbrother Mansfield 26 November 1947 Co-operative Hall, Nottingham 25 April 1948 [60]
185 Horace R. Lievers Mansfield 26 November 1947 Co-operative Hall, Nottingham 25 April 1948 [60]
186 William Perkins
187 Harold Childs Nurse Cane Hill Mental Hospital June 1948 County Hall, Westminster 29 June 1948 Rescued a patient who had climbed up onto the sloped roof of his ward in the dark from a 40 ft 0 in (12.19 m) drop, a "calculated act of bravery". Medal presented by Mary Ormerod, chairman of the LCC Mental Hospitals Committee.

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188 Henry Garnett Nurse Cane Hill Mental Hospital June 1948 County Hall, Westminster 29 June 1948 Rescued a patient who had climbed up onto the sloped roof of his ward in the dark from a 40 ft 0 in (12.19 m) drop, a "calculated act of bravery". Medal presented by Mary Ormerod, chairman of the LCC Mental Hospitals Committee.

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189 John Dexter
190 John V. Harrild Train driver (London tube) Saved a child who was lying under the live rail in front of his train.[64]
191 William James Carrick
192 Harry E. Neave
193 Sister Eileen M. S. Wiltshire Nurse Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949 One of two female recipients; for the "courageous rescue" of man after a furnace explosion.[65]
194 James Wordsworth Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
195 David Wallace Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
196 Leonard Cross Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
197 David Satorius
198 Arthur Bobbett Also awarded the Edward Medal. Died in a further incident before receiving his medals. OIH certifiicate and both medals now in the Abertillery and District Museum.[66]
199 James Regan
200 Robert Jefferson
201 Frederick Pearce Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on Tees 27 November 1949 Also received the George Medal.[67]
202 Frank Simpson Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on Tees 27 November 1949 Medal and certificate now in the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. Also received the George Medal.[67]
203 Stanley E. Bell Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on Tees 27 November 1949 Also received the George Medal.[67]
204 Arthur W. Whatley Newbridge St. John Ambulance Hall, Newbridge 12 November 1949
205 Ivor Rees Newbridge St. John Ambulance Hall, Newbridge 12 November 1949
206 James Sinclair
207 Harold J. Berwick Railway guard Bow Paddington Town Hall 12 December 1949 Rescued a woman who had jumped onto the track, and tried to grab a live rail, at Ravenscourt Park tube station[29]
208 William T. Chater Acton Paddington Town Hall 12 December 1949} Rescued a woman who had jumped onto the track, and tried to grab a live rail, at Ravenscourt Park tube station[29]
209 W. Sanderson
210 Cecil Brazington Lydbrook Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford 28 April 1950
211 Ronald Carter Coleford Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford 28 April 1950
212 Albert Morgan Lydbrook Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford 28 April 1950
213 Morgan Teague Lydbrook Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford 28 April 1950
214 Henry Toomer Ruardean Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford 28 April 1950
215 Leo Lewis Clarke Stoker Edmonton Town Hall 20 April 1950 Picked up and ran with a bomb that was about to explode, throwing it clear of his colleagues, and thereby sustaining injuries to his hand. Also received George Medal. Medals sold at Bonhams in October 2005.[68]
216 Charles Corps
217 John Collingwood
218 Alfred Palmer
219 Eric Vincent Liley Quarryman Scarborough Roscoe Rooms, Scarborough 22 July 1950 Also awarded the George Medal.[69] Also served with No. 3 Commando in World War II.[70]
220 Donald Sutherland Quarryman Scarborough Roscoe Rooms, Scarborough 22 July 1950 Also awarded the George Medal.[69]
221 Arthur Darel Hughes
222 Stephen Young
223 Thomas Percy Davies
224 Thomas Clark [71]
225 John Rees Williams
226 George Henry Knapp
227 James Lind
228 Richard James Crooks
229 Robert Brown Preston 55th Division Club, Preston 1 May 1951
230 Albert Cartmell Preston 55th Division Club, Preston 1 May 1951
231 Richard Bradshaw Ashton-on-Ribble 55th Division Club, Preston 1 May 1951
232 Sidney Craddock
233 John Oake
234 Cecil Victor Hollis
235 Norman Warden Owen Deep-sea diver Cut off own finger to escape being trapped underwater. Had already been awarded the DSM during World War II.[72]
236 Ernest W. Boxall
237 John Prior
238 Frederick Beckett Collier Trent Vale 14 September 1951 Council Chamber, Newcastle 24 January 1952 Underground rescue at Hem Heath Colliery[citation needed]
239 Thomas Degg Collier Stoke-on-Trent 14 September 1951 Council Chamber, Newcastle 24 January 1952 Undergrounde rescue at Hem Heath Colliery.[73]
240 Jack Ledgar Collier Stoke-on-Trent 14 September 1951 Council Chamber, Newcastle 24 January 1952 Undergrounde rescue at Hem Heath Colliery.[73]
241 Gilbert Beal
242 Eric W. Gillett
243 Sydney C. Tillman
244 T.J. McDermott
245 James French
246 William Henry Wilkins
247 Thomas W. Hiles
248 Kenneth Roger Dancy Chief Officer 10 January 1952 Dancy was Chief Officer of the RFA Turmoil, and was involved in attempts to prevent the SS Flying Enterprise, from sinking. Award presented by TUC Chairman Arthur Deakin, at a dinner hosted by the Navigator and Engineer Officers' Union.[74][75][76]
249 Reginald V. Bowden
250 Fred Nash
251 John Wiliam Boyes Guisborough Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough 16 October 1952
252 Thomas Ward Boosbeck Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough 16 October 1952
253 Harry Passmore Boosbeck Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough 16 October 1952
254 Clarence Swainstone Lingdale Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough 16 October 1952
255 Raymond S. Tracey Boat-builder For a "man overboard" rescue in Stockholm.[77]
256 Wilkinson Cook
257 Michael J. Ryan
258 William Dobb Kirkby-in-Ashfield Miner's Institute, Kirkby-in-Ashfield 28 March 1953
259 Thomas H. Staples Sutton-in-Ashfield Miner's Institute, Kirkby-in-Ashfield 28 March 1953
260 Richard Greensmith
261 Richard Pocock Bedminster National Dock Labour Board, Sports Welfare and Social Club 10 April 1953
262 Edward Ward Bristol National Dock Labour Board, Sports Welfare and Social Club 10 April 1953
263 Lister Addy
264 John Ayrey
265 James Tatton Collier "...for the bravery he showed in the rescue of a fellow worker at Walsall Wood Colliery".[78]
266 David Henry Thompson
267 William Albert Warner Boatswain Parkeston, Essex Dovercourt, Essex 23 October 1953 Rescued three people from his ship, TSS Duke of York, after a collision at sea.[79]
268 Thomas Walker
269 Lawrence Lester
270 Silas J. Bray 1953 For "preventing a serious collision at Bradford Goods Depot on 26 January 1953". Certificate now in the Science Museum, London.[80]
271 Harley Dickson
272 James Walsh Collier Arley, Warwickshire "At grave risk to his life, he struggled through a narrow tunnel to rescue another miner, Delwyn Hughes, who had been trapped for nine hours by a landslip in the mine."[81]
273 James Ernest Hawes
274 Terrance Fagan
275 Arthur Grady
276 Ernest Lomas Bothel Social Centre, Aspatria 21 May 1954
277 James L. Storey Gilcrux Social Centre, Aspatria 21 May 1954
278 Albert S. Damerel Farm Worker Hydro Hotel, Paignton 10 April 1954 Bravery in rescuing a comrade when the petrol tank of a baler engine exploded on a local farm[citation needed]
279 Arthur Vaughan Hartshorne Town Hall, Swadlincote 24 March 1954
280 Frank Vaughan Midway Town Hall, Swadlincote 24 March 1954
281 George Hillary Aspatria Social Centre, Aspatria 21 May 1954
282 Ronald Trevor House
283 John Hughes
284 George T. Jennings
285 Richard Price Footscray, Kent Greenwich Town Hall 27 October 1954
286 Albert Boswell Charlton, S.E.7 Greenwich Town Hall 27 October 1954
287 Henry Cripps St. Paul's Cray, Kent Greenwich Town Hall 27 October 1954
288 Rolyat Smith Ecclesfield Barnsley Town Hall 27 November 1954
289 Nicholas Scallan Rotherham Barnsley Town Hall 27 November 1954
290 Robert Malone Sheffield Barnsley Town Hall 27 November 1954
291 Ernest Gee
292 Richard Thomas Morris
293 Charles William Jack Thornton Heath Cafe Royal, North End, Croydon 23 March 1955
294 Edward John Best Croydon Cafe Royal, North End, Croydon 23 March 1955
295 John Henry Williams
296 George Gargett Rossington Miner's Offices, Barnsley 12 September 1955
297 George Spencer Rossington Miner's Offices, Barnsley 12 September 1955
298 Percy Sharland Farmworker Woodbury 27 December 1954 Hydro Hotel, Paignton 7 May 1955 "Messrs Sharland and Buckley, farmworkers of Woodbury and Lympstone, near Exmouth in Devon received the award for saving each other from an attack by a rogue bull at Webbers Farm, Woodbury on Boxing Day 1954"[82]
299 Nigel Buckley Farmworker Lympstone 27 December 1954 Hydro Hotel, Paignton 7 May 1955 "Messrs Sharland and Buckley, farmworkers of Woodbury and Lympstone, near Exmouth in Devon received the award for saving each other from an attack by a rogue bull at Webbers Farm, Woodbury on Boxing Day 1954"[82]
300 Philip Heron
301 Frederick Henderson
302 Dennis F. Kinchin
303 Alfred Bergman
304 Peter Newland
305 Anthony James Arthur Rivers Railway lampman Netherton 7 October 1954 30 June 1955 Saved a woman whose foot was caught in a level crossing at Cradley Heath station, sustaining a fractured pelvis in doing so. Also received the George Medal.[4][83][84][85]
306 Thomas John Storey
307 Stanley Brotton
308 Allan Leslie Pampling
309 Mark Overson
310 John McLaughlin
311 James Murphy
312 John Douglas Evans
313 Manvers Main Lodge Union Lodge
314 Charles Edward Booles
315 Albert E. Passam Collier "shielded a trapped miner with his body, and in the process got buried himself".[78][86]
316 Albert George Marsh Fireman GWR
317 William White
318 Arthur Bird Driver Keighley 23 February 1956 Co-operative Hall, Keighley Rescued three women firm a fire at Eastwood Mills, Keighley[87][88][89][29]
319 John Henry Moffatt
320 John M. Whitington
321 John Alfred Hughes
322 James Farrell Felling County Hotel, Newcastle 21 June 1956
323 Herbert Austin Heddle South Shields County Hotel, Newcastle 21 June 1956
324 Richard Raylton Joicey Ponteland County Hotel, Newcastle 21 June 1956
325 John Frederic Weike
326 Robert Graham London, E.16 Stratford Town Hall 7 December 1956
327 John Creasey Barking Stratford Town Hall 7 December 1956
328 Douglas Hunter
329 Frederick J. Waye
330 William Henry Browes Scunthorpe Queensway Hotel, Scunthorpe 6 February 1957
331 Clifford Heseltine Scunthorpe Queensway Hotel, Scunthorpe 6 February 1957
332 John E.N. Davies
333 George A. Schofield Walsall Wood Colliery Canteen 4 February 1957
334 George Bywater Walsall Wood Colliery Canteen 4 February 1957
335 Malcolm MacIntyre Portnahaven, Islay Merchant Navy Hotel, London 24 October 1958
336 Kallia Banna Shetland Islands Presented privately at NUS office in Glasgow
337 Daniel McNeill
338 Eric Longden
339 Dennis Hennessey
340 John Axon Train driver Posthumous. Also received George Cross.[90] Certificate now in the Science Museum, London.[91]
341 Frank Milburn Houghton-le-Spring Lambton Miner's Hall, Fence Houses 21 September 1957
342 Roland Todd Houghton-le-Spring Lambton Miner's Hall, Fence Houses 21 September 1957
343 Robert William Ashton near Blackpool North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood 11 October 1957
344 Ernest Leadbetter Fleetwood North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood 11 October 1957
345 Arthur Wilton New Cross Small Library Hall, Bermondsey 29 November 1957
346 Anthony John Bulman London, S.E.4 Small Library Hall, Bermondsey 29 November 1957
347 Philip Richards Drayton Berkshire County Conf. Reading 23 November 1957
348 Eric B. Webb Drayton Berkshire County Conf. Reading 23 November 1957
349 James Gilmore
350 Joseph Anthony Healey West Hampstead Finsbury Town Hall 12 February 1958
351 Stanly Osborn Stone Peckham Finsbury Town Hall 12 February 1958
352 Thomas Davis Coalpit Heath Portcullis Hotel, Chipping Sodbury 22 February 1952
353 Reginald Haycock Warmley Portcullis Hotel, Chipping Sodbury 22 February 1952
354 John Sullivan
355 William Jack Read Collier Pontypool Elm House, Pontypool 24 May 1958 [92]
356 J. Arthur Jones Collier Pontypool Elm House, Pontypool 24 May 1958 Medal now in the National Museum Wales.[92]
357 Ivor Price
358 Frederick J. Scales Lift boy (seaman) London, E.16 6 May 1958 Merchant Navy Hotel, London 11 July 1958 Saved a drowning "man overboard" at Wellington, New Zealand.[93]
359 Leslie Charie Bell boy (seaman) Birmingham 6 May 1958 Merchant Navy Hotel, London 11 July 1958 Saved a drowning "man overboard" at Wellington, New Zealand.[94]
360 Desmond John Stokes
361 Frederick Marchant
362 Thomas Ashby Railwayman (station foreman) East Croydon 4 July 1958 S.R.A. Club Hall, East Croydon station 7 October 1958 Rescued a man who had fallen onto the running line at East Croydon station, adjacent to a live rail, and in front of an oncoming train.[12]
363 Michael Cannon
364 Derek Shallcross Wallasey Lancaster Gate 2 January 1959
365 Ronald Wilson Edinburgh Lancaster Gate 2 January 1959 [95]
366 Frederick John Fice
367 Frank J. Smith
368 Thomas Sellers
369 John Connolly
370 Percy Thomas Bendle
371 Kenneth Barnicoat
372 Alexander McLean Stockton-on-Tees Merchant Navy Hotel, London 16 February 1959
373 Brian Greenwood South Shields Merchant Navy Hotel, London 16 February 1959
374 Kenneth Davies
375 Guy Parker
376 Charles E. Hayward
377 Michael Dennis Merchant Navy Hotel, London 22 July 1959
378 Henry Dillon Merchant Navy Hotel, London 22 July 1959
379 John McIntee 25 April 1959 Posthumous.[96]
380 Ernest McConnell
381 John Albert Norton
382 Donouvan Brightman
383 Terence G. O'Connor
384 Donald Campbell
385 Alfred Benson
386 Horace W. Haigh
387 Iorrie Jones
388 Lawrence Larkin
389 Peter Parkinson Collier "...for stopping a manriding train which had run away on a steep incline at Dawdon Colliery".[97][unreliable source?]
390 Arthur George Fooks
391 Richard H. Sinclair
392 John Ernest Simmons
393 Robert McLean
394 Norman Drayton
395 Thomas Rumble
396 John James Underhill For "bravery following a fire incident at Richmond gas works". Also given the British Empire Medal.[98]
397 George Barnett
398 John Reeves
399 Alan Brown
400 Hickleton Main Colliery Union Lodge
401 George Walker Lorry driver [99]
402 George Fawcett
403 George Leeson
404 William J. Mitchell
405 William Douglas
406 Victor G. Worth
407 Malcolm F. Eyre
408 Brian Dugdale
409 Thomas W. Atkin
410 Raymond Eric Seaton
411 Ruth Stanaway Potato picker November 1961 Gainsborough May 1962 The only solo female recipient; for giving prompt first aid to a burns victim.[4]
412 Ivor Davies
413 Leo Clitheroe
414 George Robson Sunderland Roker Hotel, Sunderland 3 November 1962
415 George Fowler Sunderland Roker Hotel, Sunderland 3 November 1962
416 Harry Piper
417 Kenneth Tinkler Great Clifton, Workington Westfield Centre, Workington 13 October 1962
418 William Currie Workington Westfield Centre, Workington 13 October 1962
419 Herbert Briggs Workington Westfield Centre, Workington 13 October 1962
420 Bulah Carter
421 Dennis O'Neill
422 William Thompson Bishop Auckland T. Bainbridge Hall, Newcastle 13 October 1962
423 Maurice Wall Bishop Auckland T. Bainbridge Hall, Newcastle 13 October 1962
424 John MacIver Isle of Lewis Southampton Office, N.U.S. 21 January 1963
425 Tom D. Archibald Southampton Southampton Office, N.U.S. 21 January 1963
426 Stuart Percy Ransom
427 Anthony C. G. Symes
428 Thomas Price Davies
429 William Kay
430 Nigel Juggins
431 Dennis Savage
432 Thomas F. Briggs
433 John Rae
434 Henry Arthur Dixon
435 Raymond Holt
436 Harold Shaw
437 Gordon Scovell Sholing, Southampton The Top Hat Ballroom, Southampton 8 May 1964
438 Mark Dickson Southampton The Top Hat Ballroom, Southampton 8 May 1964
439 David Charles Ross
440 Ronald G. Hall

References

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Certificate awarded to George Walker in 1961
Report of Councillor James Fletcher's "Plucky Act", Manchester Guardian 21 March 1930, page 10
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  44. ^ "Lot 387, 9 December 1999". Dix Noonan Webb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  45. ^ "Driver Wins £6,100 For Damages". Labor Call. Vol. XXXI, no. 1587. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  46. ^ "Hero 'Abe' In Underground Rescue". Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  47. ^ a b c d e "(no title)". The Daily Herald. 12 June 1944. Retrieved 20 May 2019. 13 [miners] were trapped by a fall of earth at Barnborough Colliery in April 1943. [Hall] led a party of four men who crawled through a tunnel of barely 18 inches wide to rescue 13 men... he and the four men — Messrs. T. H. Barker, W. Rawson, L. Thompson and J. Cruise will receive the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism. {{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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  55. ^ "Lot 211, 25 September 2008". Dix Noonan Webb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  56. ^ "Lot 192, 27 February 2019". Dix Noonan Webb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  57. ^ "A Fine Edward Medal (Industry) and Order of Industrial Heroism Group of Three to Wilfred Beasley". www.the-saleroom.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  60. ^ a b "P6 - 1989 - Bob Bradley". Healey Hero. Retrieved 20 May 2019. A major incident occurred on 26/11/1947 when there was a fall of roof on No5 Meco panel... Horace Leivers and Charles Fairbrother received the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism for their part in the rescue attempt.
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  62. ^ a b "Saved patient from roof death fall". Daily Herald. 30 June 1948. p. 3. The Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism was presented to two male nurses for a "calculated act of bravery" in saving the life of a patient. Each also received a cheque. The men, Harold Childs, aged 42, and Henry Garnett, aged 36, of the Cane Hill Mental Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey, clambered on to a sloping roof in the dark after an escaped patient and rescued him from a 40-feet drop. The medals were presented at County Hall, Westminster, by Mrs Ormerod, chairman of LCC Mental Hospitals Committee.
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  83. ^ "Rescue Dive at Station" (PDF). Birmingham Post. 8 October 1954. The porter, Tony Rivers, of 132, Park Road, Netherton, Dudley, was taken unconscious to Dudley Guest Hospital with head and leg injuries.
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  96. ^ "John McIntee". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  97. ^ "Guestbook". Retrieved 20 May 2019. The Sunderland Echo of 13.05.2008 carried the notice of the death of Peter Parkinson who died on 05.05.2008. In 1959 Peter was awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism for stopping a manriding train which had run away on a steep incline at Dawdon Colliery.
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  99. ^ "Retirement home fit for a hero". The Northern Echo. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2019. In 1960, Mr Walker was awarded The Order Of Industrial Heroism... for risking his own life to avert a tragedy.
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