List of recipients of the Order of Industrial Heroism

'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. [61][62]
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. [63][62]
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			17th April 1948		18th November 1948	"a brave man who in a moment of peril thought more of others than himself" Train crash on 17th April 1948, at Winsford in the London Midland Region (British Railways).
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	Dock Worker	Rotherhithe, London	5 January 1955	Assembly Hall, Rotherhithe	10 June 1955	"Diving into the Grand Surrey Canal and saving a fellow registered worker (Mr. G. Collie) from drowning" [83]
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][84][85][86]
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][87]
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[88][89][90][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.[91] Certificate now in the Science Museum, London.[92]
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	[93]
356	J. Arthur Jones	Collier	Pontypool		Elm House, Pontypool	24 May 1958	Medal now in the National Museum Wales.[93]
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.[94]
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.[95]
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	[96]
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.[97]
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".[98]^[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.[99]
397	George Barnett
398	John Reeves
399	Alan Brown
400	Hickleton Main Colliery	Union Lodge
401	George Walker	Lorry driver					[100]
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

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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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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.
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49. "The Haylock Room". March & District Museum. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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52. "Herbert Norman Stubbs Fireman Ammunition Train Explosion 22nd March 1945". Cumbria Railways. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
53. "Hero Of Industry". The Worker. Vol. 27, no. 3087. Queensland, Australia. 16 September 1946. p. 18. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
54. "Heroes of Industry". The Worker. Vol. 57, no. 3098. Queensland, Australia. 2 December 1946. p. 17. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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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. "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.
61. "Life Saving Awards Research Society (LSARS) award details". www.lsars.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
62. "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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64. "Workers' V.C." The Worker. Vol. 59, no. 3203. Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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78. "Cannock Chase Coalfield & Its Coal". BBC. Retrieved 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...
79. "'VC' for Bos'n Warner". Daily Herald. 23 October 1953.
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83. Letter received by Mr Henderson from the National Dock Labour Board, signed by the Port Manager, Mr Saunders
84. "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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86. "No. 40480". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 May 1955. p. 2874.
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90. Some sources misspell Arthur Bird's surname as "Hird"
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96. "Lot 459, 18 September 1998". Dix Noonan Webb. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
97. "John McIntee". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
98. "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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