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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Staffordshire => Topic started by: Kessy1 on Saturday 03 April 10 01:40 BST (UK)
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Hi, I am tracing my family tree and have learnt that my grandfather, John William Griffiths (B: 16-07-1890, D: 17-11-1937) rescued people from the pit. He went in several times and saved lives. He was awarded a medal for this. Has anyone got any info on this at all. i wondered if he would be mentioned anywhere. Would really love to find out more. thank you for reading my post and for your help. Kessy1 :)
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Hi
Quite a good site
http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/
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Kessy, welcome to RootsChat. There's a specific thread on RootsChat recording Staffordshire Colliery deaths that may tie in:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,86158.0.html
There's also a site for the North Staffs Coalfield where researchers have created an index of accidents and have other information on many of the former pits. Both are works in progress.
http://www.stokecoll.ac.uk/NSCFWeb/index.htm
If your grandfather was awarded the sort of medal that would be in the honours lists these are on the London Gazette website which is free to search:
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
Otherwise if the medal was local or from, for example, a life-saving society you may find details in a local newspaper. I think Ancestry has some searchable databases for the Sentinel (Stoke based paper) - I don't know the dates.