List of recipients of the Order of Industrial Heroism explained

The list of recipients of the Order of Industrial Heroism (OIH) contains 440 recipients,[1] [2] 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. Only one of the solo awardees was a woman;[3] another received one alongside three men.

NameOccupationResidenceIncident datePresentation venuePresentation dateFurther info.
1 Dock worker 30 September 1923 Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.[4]
2 Dock worker Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.
3 Dock worker Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.
4 Dock worker Put out a fire beneath railway wagons containing picric acid, thereby preventing a major explosion.
5 Fisherman Glass Dome Spa, Bridlington 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 Train driver Beswick Co-operative Hall, LongsightBrought his train to a safe stop despite being badly scalded in a boiler blow-back. Presented by George Lansbury, MP.[5]
7 Collier (coal hewer) Burnopfield, DurhamPavilion Theatre, Burnopfield Rescued an injured miner by cerawling through a narrow gap, at South Garesfield Colliery.
8 Shipwright apprenticeFor a "man overboard" rescue from ice-cold water, while working for Harland and Wolff, on Briton, a steamer.
9 Workman Llanelly Market Hall Rescued a colleague from the collapsing roof of Llanelly Copper Works.
10 Train driverDrove his train ahead of a runaway train, gradually bringing them together and then to a stop.
11 Collier (mine deputy) Rescued two unconscious men from a gas-filled underground road at Wallsend G Pit.
12 Collier Royston Miners' Gala, Royston Rescued a man buried by an ongoing rock fall at a mine pit, despite being restricted to 'light duties' by ill health.
13 Collier Shankhouse Co-operative Hall Pulled a man away from under a falling rock, at great risk to his own life.
14 Forrest Gate Ewen Hall, Barnet Brought a runway High Barnet to Moorgate train safely to a halt, despite being badly burned by an engine blow-back.
15 BirtleyCo-operative Hall, Birtley
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17 Tram driver 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.
18 Colliery manager Kidsgrove Town Hall also received the Edward Medal.[6] [7]
19 Collier Kidsgrove Town Hall [8] also received the Edward Medal.
20 Rescued colleagues from a flood at the Killan Colliery.
21 Collier Leigh Labour Club Award presented by Joseph Tinker, M.P.[9]
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24 Collier Dalton Casuals Hall, Dalton
25 South Kirby The Cinema, South Kirby
26 South Kirby The Cinema, South Kirby
27 Murton Colliery, Durham
28 Murton Colliery, Durham
29 Dyer and bleacher For an attempted rescue at Marsland's bleach works. Presented by Arnold Townend MP. Also awarded the Edward Medal.[10] [11]
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32 Dock worker 1924 "...at the age of only 16 saved his colleague from drowning as he slipped and fell into the dock"[12]
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34 Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe
35 Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe
36 Radcliffe Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe
37 Little Lever, Farnworth Co-operative Hall, Radcliffe
38 Hydraulic packer Unity Hall, 18 July 1926 Presented by Albert Purcell, M.P. Also received the Edward Medal.[13] [14]
39 Dock labourer Unity Hall, 18 July 1926 Presented by Albert Purcell, M.P.
40 Plumber [15]
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44 Union Lodge
45 Union Lodge
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47 Collier 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.
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49 Public Hall, Canning Town21 May 1928
50 West Ham Public Hall, Canning Town 21 May 1928
51 West Ham Public Hall, Canning Town 21 May 1928
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53 Workman's Hall, Blaengarw 29 January 1929
54 Blaengarw Workman's Hall, Blaengarw 29 January 1929
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56 Railway fireman 1929 [16]
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59 Collier
60 Railway Crane Operator.
61 Union Lodge
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63 Union Lodge
64 Bus inspector 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.[17] [18] [19]
65 Painter (chargehand) Beehive Co-op Hall, Workington30 May 1930 Award for rescuing an unconscious colleague from high up a factory chimney. Also received the Edward Medal.[20]
66 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.
67 The Flower Show at Llay
68 Llay The Flower Show at Llay
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74 Collier Bentley For heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster.
75 Collier Bentley Bentley Posthumous; for heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster. Presented to his widow by Robert Williams of The Daily Herald.[21]
76 Collier Bentley Bentley For heroism in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster; also received the Edward Medal.[22]
77 Colliery ambulanceman Bentley Bentley 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.[23]
78 Llwynypia, Tonypandy
79 Llwynypia, Tonypandy
80 Tonypandy
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82 Collier Saved the lives of two boys working beside him, after an explosion, despite being badly burned himself.[24]
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84 [25]
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86 Charity Hall, Southampton
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90 Collier15 June 1933Workmen's Institute, Pengam5 November 1933At great personal danger he rescued a fellow collier who was caught in revolving picks while cutting coal at Britannia Colliery.
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92 Collier Garnant Public Hall, Brynamman29 November 1933 Also received the Edward Medal.[26] [27]
93 Collier Brynamman Public Hall, Brynamman 29 November 1933
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96 Railway guard Co-operative Hall, Carlisle Award presented by Patrick Dollan.
97 Engineer Rescued a man from inside a burning tank aboard the steamer Laurelwood, and carried him up a ladder. Sustained burns in the process.
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99 Winter Gardens, Garston
100 Winter Gardens, Garston
101 Winter Gardens, Garston
102 Winter Gardens, Garston
103 Winter Gardens, Garston
104 Brewery worker Entered an ammonia-filled room in an attempt to rescue a colleague.
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110 Canton, Cardiff Cardiff Transport Hall
111 Cardiff Cardiff Transport Hall
112 Cardiff Transport Hall
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114 Grappenhall Ex-Serviceman's Hall
115 Warrington Grappenhall Ex-Serviceman's Hall
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117 Plater's helper For a "man overboard" rescue, on the estuary of the River Medina.[28]
118 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.[29]
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123 Withington, Manchester Beswick Co-op Socierty, Levenshulme
124 Cheadle, Manchester Beswick Co-op Society, Levenshulme
125 London Public Hall, Canning Town
126 London Public Hall, Canning Town
127 Furnaceman Rescued two colleagues from inside a gas-filled blast furnace.
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135 12 February 1940
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143 Postman For rescuing children from a bomb-damaged house[30]
144 Seaman 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.
145 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.
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148 Channel Dry Docks, Cardiff 24 October 1941
149 Channel Dry Docks, Cardiff 24 October 1941
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152 Barking, LondonBaths Hall, East Street, Barking 20 September 1932
153 IlfordBaths Hall, East Street, Barking 20 September 1932
154 SalfordSalford Central Mission 18 November 1943
155 SalfordSalford Central Mission 18 November 1943
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158 Ironstone miner Known as "Abe"; also received the British Empire Medal.[31]
159 Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley
160 Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley
161 Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley [32]
162 Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley
163 Collier April 1943 NUM's Office, Barnsley
164 Train driver Hippodrome, March, Cambridgeshire Also received George Cross and LNER Silver medal for Courage and Resource.[33] Medals now in the March & District Museum.[34]
165 Railway fireman Hippodrome, March, Cambridgeshire Posthumous. Also received George Cross and LNER Silver medal for Courage and Resource
166 Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley
167 Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley
168 Cross Keys Hotel, nr. Barnsley
169 Cross Keys Hotel, near Barnsley
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171 Railway fireman Also received the George Medal.[35] [36] [37]
172 Train driver [38]
173 Colliery under-manager Birtley Miner's Welfare Hall, Birtley [39]
174 Collier Birtley Miner's Welfare Hall, Birtley [40] [41]
175 Middlesbrough Union Council, Middlesbrough
176 Union Council, Middlesbrough
177 Union Council, Middlesbrough
178 Union Council, Middlesbrough
179 "For his gallant attempts to save life... during a factory explosion in Widnes"[42]
180 The King's Cinema, Langley Park Rescued a miner who had been overcome by gas, at Langley Park Mine.
181 The King's Cinema, Langley Park Rescued a miner who had been overcome by gas, at Langley Park Mine.
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184 Mansfield Co-operative Hall, Nottingham [43]
185 Mansfield Co-operative Hall, Nottingham
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187 NurseCane Hill Mental HospitalJune 1948County Hall, WestminsterRescued a patient who had climbed up onto the sloped roof of his ward in the dark from a drop, a "calculated act of bravery". Medal presented by Mary Ormerod, chairman of the LCC Mental Hospitals Committee.[44] [45]
188 NurseCane Hill Mental HospitalJune 1948County Hall, WestminsterRescued a patient who had climbed up onto the sloped roof of his ward in the dark from a drop, a "calculated act of bravery". Medal presented by Mary Ormerod, chairman of the LCC Mental Hospitals Committee.[46]
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190 Train driver (London tube) Saved a child who was lying under the live rail in front of his train.[47]
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193 Nurse Princess Hall, Workington One of two female recipients; for the "courageous rescue" of man after a furnace explosion.
194 Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
195 Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
196 Workington Princess Hall, Workington 10 April 1949
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198 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.[48]
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201 Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on TeesAlso received the George Medal.
202 Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on Tees Medal and certificate now in the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. Also received the George Medal.[49]
203 Stockton Jubilee Hall, Stockton on Tees Also received the George Medal.
204 Newbridge St. John Ambulance Hall, Newbridge
205 Newbridge St. John Ambulance Hall, Newbridge
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207 Railway guard Rescued a woman who had jumped onto the track, and tried to grab a live rail, at Ravenscourt Park tube station
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|| Rescued a woman who had jumped onto the track, and tried to grab a live rail, at Ravenscourt Park tube station|-| 209 || || || || || || |||-| 210 || || || Lydbrook || || Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford || |||-| 211 || || || Coleford || || Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford || |||-| 212 || || || Lydbrook || || Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford || |||-| 213 || || || Lydbrook || || Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford || |||-| 214 || || || Ruardean || || Miner's Welfare Hall, Cinderford || |||-| 215 || || Stoker || || || Edmonton Town Hall || || 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.[50] |-| 216 || || || || || || |||-| 217 || || || || || || |||-| 218 || || || || || || |||-| 219 || || Quarryman || Scarborough || || Roscoe Rooms, Scarborough || || Also awarded the George Medal. Also served with No. 3 Commando in World War II.[51] |-| 220 || || Quarryman || Scarborough || || Roscoe Rooms, Scarborough || || Also awarded the George Medal.|-| 221 || || || || || || |||-| 222 || || || || || || |||-| 223 || || || || || || |||-| 224 || || || || || || ||[52] |-| 225 || || || || || || |||-| 226 || || || || || || |||-| 227 || || || || || || |||-| 228 || || || || || || |||-| 229 || || || Preston || || 55th Division Club, Preston || 1 May 1951 |||-| 230 || || || Preston || || 55th Division Club, Preston || 1 May 1951 |||-| 231 || || || Ashton-on-Ribble || || 55th Division Club, Preston || 1 May 1951 |||-| 232 || || || || || || |||-| 233 || || || || || || |||-| 234 || || || || || || |||-| 235 || || Deep-sea diver || || || || || Cut off own finger to escape being trapped underwater. Had already been awarded the DSM during World War II.[53] |-| 236 || || || || || || |||-| 237 || || || || || || |||-| 238 || ||Collier || Trent Vale ||14 September 1951 || Council Chamber, Newcastle || 24 January 1952 ||Underground rescue at Hem Heath Colliery|-| 239 || || Collier || Stoke-on-Trent || || Council Chamber, Newcastle || 24 January 1952 || Undergrounde rescue at Hem Heath Colliery.[54] |-| 240 || || Collier || Stoke-on-Trent || || Council Chamber, Newcastle || 24 January 1952 || Undergrounde rescue at Hem Heath Colliery.|-| 241 || || || || || || |||-| 242 || || || || || || |||-| 243 || || || || || || |||-| 244 || || || || || || |||-| 245 || || || || || || |||-| 246 || || || || || || |||-| 247 || || || || || || |||-| 248 || || Chief Officer || || || || || 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.[55] [56] [57] |-| 249 || | || | || || |||-| 250 || | || | || || |||-| 251 || | || Guisborough| || Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough || 16 October 1952 |||-| 252 || | || Boosbeck| || Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough || 16 October 1952 |||-| 253 || | || Boosbeck| || Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough || 16 October 1952 |||-| 254 || | || Lingdale| || Corporation Hotel, Middlesbrough || 16 October 1952 |||-| 255 || || Boat-builder || || || || ||For a "man overboard" rescue in Stockholm.[58] |-| 256 || || || || || || |||-| 257 || || || || || || |||-| 258 || || || Kirkby-in-Ashfield || || Miner's Institute, Kirkby-in-Ashfield || 28 March 1953 |||-| 259 || || || Sutton-in-Ashfield || || Miner's Institute, Kirkby-in-Ashfield || 28 March 1953 |||-| 260 || || || || || || |||-| 261 || || || Bedminster || || National Dock Labour Board, Sports Welfare and Social Club || 10 April 1953 |||-| 262 || || || Bristol || || National Dock Labour Board, Sports Welfare and Social Club || 10 April 1953 |||-| 263 || || || || || || |||-| 264 || || || || || || |||-| 265 || || Collier || || || || || "...for the bravery he showed in the rescue of a fellow worker at Walsall Wood Colliery".[59] |-| 266 || || || || || || |||-| 267 || || Boatswain || Parkeston, Essex || || Dovercourt, Essex || || Rescued three people from his ship, TSS Duke of York, after a collision at sea.[60] |-| 268 || || || || || || |||-| 269 || || || || || || |||-| 270 || | || | || || 1953 ||For "preventing a serious collision at Bradford Goods Depot on 26 January 1953". Certificate now in the Science Museum, London.[61] |-| 271 || || || || || || |||-| 272 || || 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."[62] |-| 273 || || || || || || |||-| 274 || || || || || || |||-| 275 || || || || || || |||-| 276 || || || Bothel || || Social Centre, Aspatria || 21 May 1954 |||-| 277 || || || Gilcrux || || Social Centre, Aspatria || 21 May 1954 |||-| 278 || || 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|-| 279 || || || Hartshorne || || Town Hall, Swadlincote || 24 March 1954 |||-| 280 || || || Midway || || Town Hall, Swadlincote || 24 March 1954 |||-| 281 || || || Aspatria || || Social Centre, Aspatria || 21 May 1954 |||-| 282 || || || || || || |||-| 283 || || || || || || |||-| 284 || || || || || || |||-| 285 || || || Footscray, Kent || || Greenwich Town Hall || 27 October 1954 |||-| 286 || || || Charlton, S.E.7 || || Greenwich Town Hall || 27 October 1954 |||-| 287 || || || St. Paul's Cray, Kent || || Greenwich Town Hall || 27 October 1954 |||-| 288 || || || Ecclesfield || || Barnsley Town Hall || 27 November 1954 |||-| 289 || || || Rotherham || || Barnsley Town Hall || 27 November 1954 |||-| 290 || || || Sheffield || || Barnsley Town Hall || 27 November 1954 |||-| 291 || || || || || || |||-| 292 || || || || || || |||-| 293 || || || Thornton Heath || || Cafe Royal, North End, Croydon || 23 March 1955 |||-| 294 || || || Croydon || || Cafe Royal, North End, Croydon || 23 March 1955 |||-| 295 || || || || || || |||-| 296 || || || Rossington || || Miner's Offices, Barnsley || 12 September 1955 |||-| 297 || || || Rossington|| || Miner's Offices, Barnsley || 12 September 1955 |||-| 298 || || Farmworker || Woodbury || || 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"[63] |-| 299 || || Farmworker || Lympstone || || 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"|-| 300 || || || || || || |||-| 301 || || || || || || |||-| 302 || | || | || || |||-| 303 || | || | || || |||-| 304 || | || | || || |||-| 305 || || Railway lampman || Netherton || || || || 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.[64] [65]

|-| 306 || | || | || || |||-| 307 || | || | || || |||-| 308 || | || | || || |||-| 309 || | || | || || |||-| 310 || | || | || || |||-| 311 || | || | || || |||-| 312 || | || | || || |||-| 313 || Manvers Main Lodge || Union Lodge || || || || |||-| 314 || || || || || || |||-| 315 || || Collier || || || || || "shielded a trapped miner with his body, and in the process got buried himself".[66] |-| 316 || ||Fireman GWR || || || || |||-| 317 || || || || || || |||-| 318 || || Driver || Keighley || 23 February 1956 || Co-operative Hall, Keighley || || Rescued three women firm a fire at Eastwood Mills, Keighley[67] [68] [69] |-| 319 || || || || || || |||-| 320 || || || || || || |||-| 321 || || || || || || |||-| 322 || || || Felling || || County Hotel, Newcastle || 21 June 1956 |||-| 323 || || || South Shields || || County Hotel, Newcastle || 21 June 1956 |||-| 324 || | || Ponteland| || County Hotel, Newcastle || 21 June 1956 |||-| 325 || || || || || || |||-| 326 || || || London, E.16 || || Stratford Town Hall || 7 December 1956 |||-| 327 || || || Barking || || Stratford Town Hall || 7 December 1956 |||-| 328 || || || || || || |||-| 329 || || || || || || |||-| 330 || || || Scunthorpe || || Queensway Hotel, Scunthorpe || 6 February 1957 |||-| 331 || || || Scunthorpe || || Queensway Hotel, Scunthorpe || 6 February 1957 |||-| 332 || || || || || || |||-| 333 || || || || || Walsall Wood Colliery Canteen || 4 February 1957 |||-| 334 || || || || || Walsall Wood Colliery Canteen || 4 February 1957 |||-| 335 || | || Portnahaven, Islay| || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || 24 October 1958 |||-| 336 || | || Shetland Islands| || Presented privately at NUS office in Glasgow || |||-| 337 || | || | || || |||-| 338 || | || | || || |||-| 339 || | || | || || |||-| 340 || || Train driver || || || || ||Posthumous. Also received George Cross.[70] Certificate now in the Science Museum, London.[71]

|-| 341 || | || Houghton-le-Spring| || Lambton Miner's Hall, Fence Houses || 21 September 1957 |||-| 342 || | || Houghton-le-Spring| || Lambton Miner's Hall, Fence Houses || 21 September 1957 |||-| 343 || || || near Blackpool || || North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood || 11 October 1957 |||-| 344 || || || Fleetwood || || North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood || 11 October 1957 |||-| 345 || || || New Cross || || Small Library Hall, Bermondsey || 29 November 1957 |||-| 346 || || || London, S.E.4 || || Small Library Hall, Bermondsey || 29 November 1957 |||-| 347 || || || Drayton || || Berkshire County Conf. Reading || 23 November 1957 |||-| 348 || || || Drayton || || Berkshire County Conf. Reading || 23 November 1957 |||-| 349 || || || || || || |||-| 350 || || || West Hampstead || || Finsbury Town Hall || 12 February 1958 |||-| 351 || || || Peckham || || Finsbury Town Hall || 12 February 1958 |||-| 352 || || || Coalpit Heath || || Portcullis Hotel, Chipping Sodbury || 22 February 1952 |||-| 353 || || || Warmley || || Portcullis Hotel, Chipping Sodbury || 22 February 1952 |||-| 354 || || || || || || |||-| 355 || || Collier || Pontypool || || Elm House, Pontypool || 24 May 1958 || [72] |-| 356 || || Collier || Pontypool || || Elm House, Pontypool || || Medal now in the National Museum Wales.|-| 357 || || || || || || |||-| 358 || || Lift boy (seaman) || London, E.16 || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || || Saved a drowning "man overboard" at Wellington, New Zealand.|-| 359 || || Bell boy (seaman) || Birmingham || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || || Saved a drowning "man overboard" at Wellington, New Zealand.|-| 360 || || || || || || |||-| 361 || || || || || || |||-| 362 || || Railwayman (station foreman)|| East Croydon || || S.R.A. Club Hall, East Croydon station || || 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.|-| 363 || || || || || || |||-| 364 || || || Wallasey || || Lancaster Gate || 2 January 1959 |||-| 365 || || || Edinburgh || || Lancaster Gate || 2 January 1959 ||[73] |-| 366 || || || || || || |||-| 367 || || || || || || |||-| 368 || || || || || || |||-| 369 || || || || || || |||-| 370 || || || || || || |||-| 371 || || || || || || |||-| 372 || || || Stockton-on-Tees || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || 16 February 1959 |||-| 373 || || || South Shields || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || 16 February 1959 |||-| 374 || || || || || || |||-| 375 || || || || || || |||-| 376 || || || || || || |||-| 377 || || || || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || 22 July 1959 |||-| 378 || || || || || Merchant Navy Hotel, London || 22 July 1959 |||-| 379 || || || || || || || Posthumous.[74] |-| 380 || || || || || || |||-| 381 || || || || || || |||-| 382 || || || || || || |||-| 383 || || || || || || |||-| 384 || || || || || || |||-| 385 || || || || || || |||-| 386 || || || || || || |||-| 387 || || || || || || |||-| 388 || || || || || || |||-| 389 || || Collier || || || || || "...for stopping a manriding train which had run away on a steep incline at Dawdon Colliery".[75] |-| 390 || || || || || || |||-| 391 || || || || || || |||-| 392 || || || || || || |||-| 393 || || || || || || |||-| 394 || || || || || || |||-| 395 || || || || || || |||-| 396 || || || || || || || For "bravery following a fire incident at Richmond gas works". Also given the British Empire Medal.[76] |-| 397 || || || || || || |||-| 398 || || || || || || |||-| 399 || || || || || || |||-| 400 || Hickleton Main Colliery || Union Lodge || || || || |||-| 401 || || Lorry driver || || || || ||[77] |-| 402 || || || || || || |||-| 403 || || || || || || |||-| 404 || || || || || || |||-| 405 || || || || || || |||-| 406 || || || || || || |||-| 407 || || || || || || |||-| 408 || || || || || || |||-| 409 || || || || || || |||-| 410 || || || || || || |||-| 411 || || Potato picker || || || Gainsborough || || The only solo female recipient; for giving prompt first aid to a burns victim.|-| 412 || || || || || || |||-| 413 || || || || || || |||-| 414 || || || Sunderland || || Roker Hotel, Sunderland || |||-| 415 || || || Sunderland || || Roker Hotel, Sunderland || |||-| 416 || || || || || || |||-| 417 || || || Great Clifton, Workington || || Westfield Centre, Workington || |||-| 418 || || || Workington || || Westfield Centre, Workington || |||-| 419 || || || Workington || || Westfield Centre, Workington || |||-| 420 || || || || || || |||-| 421 || || || || || || |||-| 422 || || || Bishop Auckland || || T. Bainbridge Hall, Newcastle || 13 October 1962 |||-| 423 || || || Bishop Auckland || || T. Bainbridge Hall, Newcastle || |||-| 424 || || || Isle of Lewis || || Southampton Office, N.U.S. || |||-| 425 || || || Southampton || || Southampton Office, N.U.S. || |||-| 426 || || || || || || |||-| 427 || || || || || || |||-| 428 || || || || || || |||-| 429 || || || || || || |||-| 430 || || || || || || |||-| 431 || || || || || || |||-| 432 || || || || || || |||-| 433 || || || || || || |||-| 434 || || || || || || |||-| 435 || || || || || || |||-| 436 || || || || || || |||-| 437 || || || Sholing, Southampton || || The Top Hat Ballroom, Southampton || |||-| 438 || || || Southampton || || The Top Hat Ballroom, Southampton || |||-| 439 || || || || || || |||-| 440 || || || || || || |||}

References

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Awards for Gallantry . . 20 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Order of Industrial Heroism . TUC 150 Stories . . 20 May 2019 . 26 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Lot 456, 25 June 2014 . . 20 May 2019.
  5. News: Mr Lansbury Decorates an Engine-Driver . . 15 October 1923 . 11 . subscription .
  6. Web site: Harry Wilson EM . VC Online . 21 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Harry WILSON, GC . 22 May 2019.
  8. Web site: History Online . TUC . 21 May 2019.
  9. Web site: Lot 210, 25 September 2008 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Lot 1185, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (4 December 2002) . Dix Noonan Webb . 22 May 2019.
  11. News: Stockport Labour Victory Ball . . 2 November 1925 . 10 . subscription .
  12. Web site: Latest News - Stained Glass Specialists, The Stained Leaded Glass Company, Bolton, Greater Manchester . The Stained Leaded Glass Company Ltd - Stained Glass Specialist in Greater Manchester . 20 May 2019 .
  13. Web site: Lot 138, 19 September 2003 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  14. Web site: Lot 773, 15 December 2011 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019 . Tanner, who lived in Phyllis Street, Barry Island, was... the recipient of the Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism (ref: Daily Herald, 12 July 1926). This was presented to him, and to Gilbert Klee, a Dock Labourer, for assisting in the same rescue, by Mr Albert Arthur Purcell, M.P., at Unity Hall, Barry, on Sunday 18 July 1926..
  15. Web site: Lot 82, 25 September 2008 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  16. Web site: History Online . TUC . 21 May 2019.
  17. "Councillor's Plucky Act", The Guardian (21 March 1930), p. 10.
  18. "Councillor as Rescuer", The Guardian (28 March 1930), p. 8.
  19. Web site: Lot 627, 25 March 2013 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  20. Web site: School dinners risking children's health . Times and Star . 25 March 2005 . 22 May 2019 . en.
  21. Web site: Lot 526, Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (4 December 2002) . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  22. Web site: Pit hero's medal in museum show . Russ . Newton . Doncaster Free Press. 14 December 2006.
  23. Book: Elliott . Brian . Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians . 2014 . . 72 . 9781848842397 .
  24. Web site: 'The Order of Industrial Heroism' medal (at auction) . LOT-ART . 21 May 2019 . en.
  25. Web site: Island of Jersey census 1851,1871,1891 and 1901 . troyfamily.co.uk . 20 May 2019.
  26. Web site: Tommy Derwydd . Cwmamman History . 21 May 2019.
  27. Web site: Thomas Thomas EM . VC Online . 22 May 2019.
  28. Web site: Lot 387, 9 December 1999 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  29. News: Driver Wins £6,100 For Damages . . XXXI . 1587 . Victoria, Australia . 24 June 1937 . 22 May 2019 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  30. Fevyer . W. H. . The Worker's V.C. . Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal . 34 . 56–70 . September 1998.
  31. Web site: Hero 'Abe' In Underground Rescue . 22 May 2019.
  32. News: (no title) . 20 May 2019 . The Daily Herald . 12 June 1944 . 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..
  33. Web site: BBC - A History of the World - Object : George Cross awarded to Ben Gimbert . BBC.
  34. Web site: The Haylock Room . . 22 May 2019 . en.
  35. P.V. . Braniff . I Owe My life to Harold . Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal . 39 . 36–38 . June 2000 .
  36. News: (unknown). https://web.archive.org/web/20190522162909/https://drigg.org.uk/sites/drigg.org.uk/files/attachments/pages/CRUG%20minutes%2012.08.2017.pdf . dead . 22 May 2019 . 22 May 2019 . . 20 March 2015.
  37. Web site: Herbert Norman Stubbs Fireman Ammunition Train Explosion 22nd March 1945 . Cumbria Railways . 22 May 2019.
  38. News: Hero Of Industry . . 27 . 3087 . Queensland, Australia . 16 September 1946 . 22 May 2019 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  39. News: Heroes of Industry . . 57 . 3098 . Queensland, Australia . 2 December 1946 . 22 May 2019 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  40. Web site: Lot 211, 25 September 2008 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  41. Web site: Lot 192, 27 February 2019 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  42. Web site: A Fine Edward Medal (Industry) and Order of Industrial Heroism Group of Three to Wilfred Beasley . www.the-saleroom.com . 24 July 2014 . 20 May 2019 .
  43. Web site: P6 - 1989 - Bob Bradley . Healey Hero . 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..
  44. Web site: Life Saving Awards Research Society (LSARS) award details . 2023-10-21 . www.lsars.org.uk.
  45. News: 1948-06-30 . Saved patient from roof death fall . 3 . Daily Herald . 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..
  46. Web site: Life Saving Awards Research Society (LSARS) award details . 2023-10-21 . www.lsars.org.uk.
  47. News: Workers' V.C. . . 59 . 3203 . Queensland, Australia . 6 December 1948 . 22 May 2019 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  48. Web site: Arthur Bobbett's Story . . 21 May 2019.
  49. Web site: The Order of Industrial Heroism . Safe and Sound - Stories of Emergency Response in the Tees Valley . 22 May 2019 . en . 18 March 2015.
  50. Web site: George Medal . www.bonhams.com . Bonhams . 20 May 2019.
  51. Web site: Liley, Eric Vincent . www.commandoveterans.org . 22 May 2019.
  52. Web site: Coin auctions by Corbitt Stamps. Coin auction 36. Gallantry. . Corbitt . 21 May 2019.
  53. Web site: Lot 50, 22 September 2006 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  54. News: Rescuers Freed from trap . Staffordshire Evening Sentinel . September 1951.
  55. Web site: The Flying Enterprise Saga, Page 6 . Teesships . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617205312/http://www.teesships.freeuk.com/1129flying6.htm . 17 June 2009 . 20 May 2019 . dead .
  56. Web site: RFA Turmoil . Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society . 27 May 2019.
  57. News: Kenneth Dancy . 27 May 2019 . . 11 August 2013.
  58. News: Rescue Won Workers' V.C. . . CLXXII . 25,542 . Tasmania, Australia . 31 October 1952 . 22 May 2019 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  59. Web site: Cannock Chase Coalfield & Its Coal . BBC . 20 May 2019 . In 1953 Jimmy Tatton was awarded the Order of Industrial Heroism... for the bravery he showed in the rescue of a fellow worker at Walsall Wood Colliery. Also at Walsall Wood Colliery, Ernie Passam shielded a trapped miner with his body, and in the process got buried himself, until they were both dug out safely. Ernie received the Order of Industrial Heroism in 1955....
  60. News: 'VC' for Bos'n Warner . Daily Herald . 23 October 1953.
  61. Web site: order of industrial heroism certificate . . 22 May 2019.
  62. News: Worker's V.C. For Catholic Miner . . LXXXII . 5144 . Victoria, Australia . 25 February 1954 . 22 May 2019 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  63. Web site: Medals and Decorations - The Daily Herald Order Of Industrial Heroism - Awarded to Percy Sharland . The-Saleroom.com . 30 August 2012 . 21 May 2019 .
  64. News: Rescue Dive at Station . . 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..
  65. Web site: Lot 217, 20 October 1993 . 20 May 2019 . Dix Noonan Webb .
  66. Book: Rollins . Brian . Coal Mining in the north east section of Walsall Metropolitan Borough . 2006 . Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society . 0-9550892-6-3 . 53–55.
  67. Web site: Eastwood Mills fire, Keighley . Fire Brigades Union . 27 May 2019 . en . 23 February 1956.
  68. House of Commons . Mill Fire, Keighley . 18 May 1956 . 552 . 2413 . 2427 .
  69. Some sources misspell Arthur Bird's surname as "Hird"
  70. Book: Bob . Burrows . The Ultimate Sacrifice: 11 February 1957 . Infamous Cheshire . 2006 . 51–52.
  71. Web site: Certificate 'Order of Industrial Heroism' awarded to John Axon, 1957 . . 22 May 2019.
  72. Web site: Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism medal . National Museum Wales . 20 May 2019 . Presented to Mr J. Arthur Jones who, with Mr William J. Read (who was also awarded a medal), attempted to rescue John Cureton from a roof fall at Tirpentwys Colliery on 13th February 1958. .
  73. Web site: Lot 459, 18 September 1998 . Dix Noonan Webb . 20 May 2019.
  74. Web site: John McIntee . 27 May 2019 . en.
  75. Web site: Guestbook . 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. .
  76. Web site: BHS Project . 22 May 2019.
  77. Web site: Retirement home fit for a hero . The Northern Echo . 21 September 2015 . 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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