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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Glamorganshire => Topic started by: landeg on Thursday 17 December 15 09:32 GMT (UK)
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I'm researching a bravery award for Richard Landeg.
There's family talk of the awarding of a medal but nobody living has actually seen it.
The incident involved saving a girl from an oncoming railway loco in Cwmafan/Port Talbot before his emigration to USA in 1927 aged 21yrs.
An American newspaper article reported the award being made by the British Humane Society (which doesn't exist as far as I can establish).
I've recently spent a few hours looking at the Royal Humane Society records before having a lightbulb moment in realising their awards are, essentially, for rescue from drowning or resuscitation (water/gas).
The archivist told me that I am not the first to go there under this mistaken belief and that many bravery awards are erroneously reported as being from the RHS.
So, what other bodies of that era could have awarded a medal?
Steve.
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The GWR magazine (Vol 39 No 6, June 1927) lists him as having been commended and awarded a gratuity (presumably by GWR).
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Hi if you look on the NLW website in its collection of Welsh Newspapers there are two entries that will be of interest to you.
http://newspapers.library.wales/search?range[min]=1804&range[max]=1919&query=%22Richard+Landeg%22
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The incident itself is also recorded in the Gloucester Citizen and the Gloucester Journal on 9 and 12 Mar 1927 (FindMyPast).
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Great news.
All those repiles are very useful.
Thank you.