ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY BRONZE MEDALS CITATIONS
TAKEN FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1894

Compiled by Bill Fevyer

Allen, Richard Hall  Case 26965

Rescued John Kelly from drowning in the River Tyne, 8th March, 1894.

Anderson, James, Labourer  Case 26936

Saved James Barwise from drowning at Castle Douglas, 7th January, 1894.

Appulswany See Kuber, Rae  Case 26951

Austin, Phillip  Case 27427

At great personal risk, rescued Mary S. Hewitson from drowning in Shannigan Lake, British Columbia, 9th July, 1894.

Azzorpardi, C. See Grech, Felice  Case 27322

Barrett, Richard  Case 27323

At great personal risk, rescued two girls from drowning, at Roundstone Bay, co. Galway, 16th July, 1894.

Barton, Charles  Case 26963

Rescued Edward Hacket from drowning in Lough Key, 12th March,1894.

Bond, F.G., Captain Royal Engineers  Case 27260

At great personal risk, rescued Sapper Dudley from drowning, at Great Marlow, 14th August, 1894.

Boney, H.E.W.  Case 27245

At great personal risk, rescued Robert Bowles from drowning at Gorleston, 2nd August, 1894.

Brett, W.G., Police Constable  Case 27334

At great personal risk, rescued William Searle from drowning at Ryde, Isle of Wight, 31st August, 1894.

Broadbelt, Charles  Case 27414

At great personal risk, rescued five women from drowning at St. Kitts, West Indies, 20th September, 1894

Brook, James, H.  Case 27011

At great personal risk, rescued Frank Ward from drowning at Devonport, 25th April, 1894.

Burke, W.E., Civil Engineer  Case 27395

At great personal risk, rescued John Doyle from drowning at Crosshaven, co. Cork, 30th August, 1894.

Burns, James  Case 27337

At great personal risk, rescued W.E. Lee from drowning in the canal at Leicester, 22nd July, 1894.

Caddy, D.J.  Case 27452

At great personal risk, rescued John Brown from drowning at Carriauco Island, West Indies, 8th October, 1894.

Cameron, A.S.  Case 27308

At great personal risk, rescued Christina Duncan from drowning at Broughty Ferry, N.B., 25th August, 1894.

Chandler, J.H.  Case 27377

At great personal risk, rescued two boys from drowning at Yarmouth, 25th August, 1894.

Channer, George K.  Case 27280

At great personal risk, rescued H.C. Lloyd from drowning at Eastbourne, 18th August, 1894.

Charles, Fred See Dyas, Ernest  Case 27549

Clayton, J.E., Col./Sergt. 2nd Btn., High. Lt. Inf.  Case 27416

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue, Private Guyer, of the same regiment, from drowning in a well at Fysabad, Bengal, 31st August, 1894.

Coalstadt, Charles See Ferguson, Morgan  Case 27236

Cook, James  Case 27074

At great personal risk, rescued J. Patterson from drowning at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 9th June 1894.

Cox, William  Case 27130

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Henry Morley from drowning in the dock at Widnes, 5th July, 1894.

Craig, George  Case 27401

Bronze Clasp

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue two men from drowning in the Tyne at Newcastle, 2nd October, 1894.

Daley, John, Private P.W.O. Regiment  Case 27226

At great personal risk, rescued Lance-Sergeant Thomas Kent, of the same regiment, from drowning at Jersey, 2nd August, 1894.

Daniell, F.W.  Case 27177

At great personal risk, rescued William Berry and John Berry from drowning in Portsmouth Harbour, 18th June, 1894.

David, Ralph See Dyas, Ernest  Case 27549

Davies, H.L. See Ferguson, Morgan  Case 27236

Davis, J.J. 27319

At great personal risk, rescued Miss Raban from drowning at Cromer, 18th August, 1894.

Denham, Herbert  Case 27108

At great personal risk, rescued a man, name unknown, and attempted to rescue Albert Pye from drowning at Hebden Bridge, 1st July 1894.

Donegan, T.T.  Case 27329

Assisted by Martin C. Smith rescued J. Driscoll from drowning in Baltimore Harbour, co. Cork, 19th August, 1894.

Parchment to Smith.

Dyas, Ernest  Case 27549
David, Ralph
Charles, Fred

At great personal risk, rescued two men from drowning at Grange Bay, St. Kitts, 21st September, 1894.

Egan, Pierce See Morgan, Thomas  Case 27015
Ellis, John, Rev.  Case 27087

At great personal risk, rescued Mary Smith from drowning at Crookes, near Sheffield, 23rd June, 1894.

Ellis, Thomas  Case 27272

At great personal risk, rescued George Rogers from drowning in the Thames, 3rd August, 1894.

Evans, John Wm.  Case 26978

At personal risk, rescued from drowning Herbert Stroud and Thomas Stroud at Southsea, 26th March, 1894.

Fatch Din, 29th Madras Infantry  Case 27024

At great personal risk, rescued Private J. Cullen from drowning at Meiktila, Upper Burmah, 24th November, 1893.

Fenwick, W.P.  Case 27265

At great personal risk, rescued Robert Davis from drowning at Kingston, Ontario, 15th July, 1894.

Ferguson, Norman  Case 27236
Coalstadt, Charles
Davies, H.L.

Rescued a Japanese seaman from drowning on the west coast of Australia, 12th September, 1893.

Franks, George See Shaw, William H.  Case 27408
Gaines, James William  Case 27104

At great personal risk, with John Davis, rescued Arthur Kendall from drowning at Kirkstall, near Leeds, 16th June, 1894.

Parchment to J. Davis.

Gallagher, Daniel, Army Service Corps  Case 27110

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Albert Bond, Sapper, R.E., and a native, from suffocation in a cesspit at Cairo, 2nd June, 1894.

Gallagher, F.  Case 27420

Assisted by C. Boyle, at great personal risk, rescued two boys from drowning at Ardara, co. Donegal, 2nd September, 1894.

Vellum to Boyle.

Grech, Felice, Police Constable  Case 27322
Azzopardi, C.
, Police Constable
Mangion, Francesco

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue C. Farrngia from suffocation in a cesspool at Valetta, Malta, 29th August, 1894.

Hallett, Percival H.  Case 27091

At great personal risk, rescued a Greek seaman from drowning at Volo, in Greece, 8th June, 1894.

Hampson, Mathew  Case 27067

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Alice Ann Hillston and William Hillston from drowning at Shaw, near Oldham, 3rd June, 1894.

Hanley, A.  Case 27288

At great personal risk, rescued A. Rashford from drowning at Kingston, Ontario, 30th July, 1894.

Harwood, W., Corporal, Royal Engineers.  Case 26904

Assisted inn saving a soldier from drowning in the Nile, on the 17th November, 1893.

Heather, John  Case 27283

At great personal risk, rescued John Musgrove from drowning at the Old Swan Pier, 27th August, 1894.

Hill, A. See Searle, W.E.  Case 27164
Hines, Seth  Case 27118

At great personal risk, rescued Edmund Carroll from drowning at Alliston, Ontario, 15th April, 1894.

Hollands, William  Case 27043

At great personal risk, rescued Thomas Jarvis from drowning at Stratford, 14th May 1894.

Honey, W.H. See M'Carthy, Timothy  Case 27422
Ingleby, William  Case 26979

At great personal risk, rescued William Parker from drowning in the River Wharfe, 11th March, 1894.

Johns, G.J.  Case 27205

At great personal risk, rescued E.A. Kemp from drowning at sea, three miles from Portland, 28th July, 1894.

Jones, Edward, K Division, Metropolitan Police.  Case 26909

Saved a woman from drowning in the Channel-sea River (sic), on the 6th December, 1893.

Jones, Robert Llewellyn  Case 29956

At great perosnal risk, rescued Leon Cocker from drowning at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, 26th February, 1894.

Jones, Sydney 27320

At great personal risk, rescued two girls from drowning at Nottingham, 15th August, 1894.

Keich, William  Case 26981

At great personal risk, rescued Mary Bugby from drowning at Irthlingborough, 30th March, 1894.

Kuber Rae, Naick  Case 26951
Appulswany
, Private

Rescued Lieutenant C.E. Hendly from drowning in the Manipur River, North Chin Hills, 7th January, 1894.

Lankester, A.  Case 27364

At great personal risk, rescued Thomas Dimont from drowning at Weymouth, 30th August, 1894.

Lawrey, George, Seaman. Case 26906

Bronze Clasp

Salvor in the preceding case, saved a man from drowning at Harbour Grace on the 29th November, 1893.

Lawrey, George, Seaman.  Case 26905

Saved a man from drowning at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on the 22nd November, 1893.

Lendy, E.A.W., Captain, Inspector General of Police Sierra Leone.  Case 26902
Smith, Marcus,
Sergeant, Frontier Police.
Zamba, Amadoo,
Corporal, Frontier Police.
Parkins, E.
Corporal, Frontier Police.

Rescued Constable Bangarah from drowning in an African river on the 4th November, 1893.

Liefeldt, Bernard C., Schoolboy  Case 26999

A schoolboy, at great personal risk, rescued Walter C. Sutton from drowning in the River Waker, Transvaal, 18th December, 1893.

Lindo, Oscar C.  Case 27179

At great personal risk, rescued H. Ellis and S. Ellis from drowning at Williamstown, Jamaica, 11th May, 1894.

Litherland, Thos., Gardener.  Case 26929

Saved Mrs Lucas and Harry Lucas from drowning in the Tame, on the 6th of January, 1894.

Magee, Mr.  Case 27352

Assisted by James J. Morrisey at great personal risk, rescued W. Hickey from drowning at Tramore, co. Waterford, 15th August, 1894.

Vellum to Morrisey

Mangion, Francesco See Grech, Felice  Case 27322
Mangle, M.C.  Case 27227

At great personal risk, rescued Miss G. Medley and attempted to rescue Mr. Medley from drowning at Jersey, 6th August, 1894.

M'Carthy, Timothy, Coastguard  Case 27422
Honey, W.H.
, Chief Boatman

At great personal risk, rescued three men from drowning at Newhaven, 21st October, 1894.

McCormick, R.  Case 27008

At great personal risk, rescued Robert Farquhar from drowning in the Thames at London, Ontario, 2nd March, 1894.

Mogg, Frank  Case 27085

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Alfred Miles from drowning in Falmouth Bay, 8th June 1894.

Monday, William  Case 27370

At great personal risk, rescued Robert Jinks from drowning at Ramsgate, 9th August, 1894.

Morgan, James  Case 27086

At great personal risk, rescued George H. Dyer from drowning at Chepstow, 9th June, 1894.

Morgan, Thomas  Case 27015
Egan, Pierce

Rescued sixteen persons from drowning in the River Danube at Braila, 30th April, 1894.

Nathan, D.L.  Case 27178

At great Personal risk, rescued G.C. Hayward from drowning in the River Evenlode, Oxon, 5th July, 1894.

Newby, Thomas N.  Case 27333

At great personal risk, rescued a boy from drowning in the dock at South Shields, 27th August, 1894.

Norris, C. M'K., R.N.  Case 27396

At great personal risk, rescued Francis Voak from drowning in Scallowy Harbour, 10th October, 1894.

Norton, James  Case 27359

At great personal risk, rescued Thomas Ellis from drowning at Exeter, 14th August, 1894.

Nurse, Thomas A.  Case 27175

At great personal risk, rescued Cornelius Cole from drowning in the London Docks, 6th July, 1894.

Oliver, Robert  Case 27194

At great personal risk, rescued a Russian girl from drowning at St. Petersburg, 27th June, 1894.

Orman, F.L., Lieutenant 10th Madras Infantry  Case 27225
Rae, H.,
Private 10th Madras Infantry

At great personal risk, rescued Private M.S, Lama from drowning in the Manipur River, 19th March, 1894.

Orr, J.B., Lieutenant 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment  Case 27096

At great personal risk, rescued Nellie Morris from drowning at Norwich, 3rd June, 1894.

Parkins, E. See Lendy, E.A.W.  Case 26902
Polley, Charles  Case 27041

At great personal risk, saved Alice Sharman from drowning at Walton-on-the-Naze, 11th May, 1894.

Rae, H. See Orman, F.L.  Case 27225
Rannard, Charles  Case 27409

At great personal risk, rescued two ladies from drowning, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, 12th August, 1894.

Richards, W.  Case 27246

At great personal risk, rescued W.J. Phillips from drowning at Llanelly, South Wales, 10th July, 1894.

Rolfe, Ernest J.  Case 27138

Assisted by G. Cheetham, C.K. Spencer, A.G. Fremlin and John Pinder, rescued, and G.F. Silver lost his life in attempting to rescue, Arthur Anderson from drowning in the River Medway, 29th June, 1894.

In Memoriam to relatives of Silver; Vellum to Cheetham, Fremlin and Spencer; Parchment to Pinder.

Rothwell, W. Captain, S.S. Pemba  Case 27203

At great personal risk, rescued A.B. Ahmadi from drowning at Bushire, 5th March, 1894.

Rowland, Alexander  Case 27052

Bronze Clasp

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue a man, name unknown, from drowning in the Thames at Charing Cross, 23rd May, 1894.

Saunders, G.H.  Case 27151

At great personal risk, rescued Frank Riorden from drowning at South Woolwich, 12th July, 1894.

Screech, William  Case 26967

With Sylvanus Screech rescued Joseph Leslie from drowning at Appledore, 20th March, 1894.
Vellum to Sylvanus Screech.

Searle, W.E.  Case 27164
Hill, A.

At great personal risk, rescued William Tinmouth from drowning at Missalonghi, Greece, 29th April, 1894.

Shaw, William H.  Case 27408
Franks George

At great personal risk, rescued E. Hunter, and attempted to rescue Mr. Turner from drowning at Scarborough, 14th August, 1894.

Shrewsbury, Mabel, Miss  Case 27331

At great personal risk, rescued Albert T. West from drowning at Northfleet, Kent, 10th September, 1894.

Smith, George, The Training Ship Wellesley  Case 27111

At great personal risk, rescued Hudson Baynham from drowning in the River Tyne, 5th July, 1894.

Smith, M. See Lendy, E.A.W.  Case 26902
Sparrell, J., Private, 1st Bedford Regiment.  Case 27403

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Private Stimpson, of the same regiment, from drowning in the Cabul River, 26th July, 1894.

Spells, Joseph  Case 27166

At great personal risk, rescued Alice Ward and attempted to rescue Wm. Friend from drowning at Gillingham, Kent, 7th July, 1894.

Stables, John  Case 26966

At personal risk, rescued John W. Gills from drowning in the River Tay, 22nd March, 1894.

Stacey, John  Case 27451

At great personal risk, rescued Emma Dodd from drowning in a well at Outwood, 14th November, 1894.

Tavener, William  Case 27443

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue E.T. Shanhan from drowning at sea, 20th November, 1894.

Taylor, John, Jun.  Case 27045

At great personal risk, rescued William Johnson from drowning at Cullercoates, Northumberland, 15th May, 1894.

Topham, Harold W.  Case 26959

At great personal risk, attempted to rescue Herr Mousch at St. Moritz Lake, Switzerland, 5th December, 1893.

Utterton, The Rev. Canon  Case 27313

At great personal risk, rescued J. Walton from drowning at Bolton Abbey, 7th August, 1894.

Vernon, Chas., The Rev.  Case 26926

At personal risk, saved two young men from drowning at Falmouth, on the 7th January, 1894.

Verschoile, T.S., Army Student.  Case 26918

At great personal risk, endeavoured to save his brother and two other gentlemen who were unfortunately drowned by the ice breaking on a pond at Stapleton, on the 5th January, 1894.
Mr. J.J. Verschoile lost his life while attempting to save another man.
In Memoriam Testimonial to the relatives.

Wardle, Thomas, Coastguard  Case 27372

At great personal risk, rescued John Lewis from drowning at Oxfordness, Norfolk, 21st September, 1894.

Watson, John  Case 27450

At great personal risk, rescued A. Mackie from drowning at Invergordon, 28th November, 1894.

Wilkinson, H.P.  Case 27448

At great personal risk, rescued J.J. Hatch from drowning at Chefoo, 10th September, 1894.

Williams Arthur W.  Case 27060

At great personal risk, rescued George W. Vincer from drowning in the dock at Chatham, 27th April, 1894.

Wynyard, E.G., Captain, Welsh Regiment.  Case 26907

Instructor at Sandhurst Military College, at great personal risk, attempted to rescue a Swiss peasant from drowning in the Lake of Davos, on 9th December, 1893.

Young, Thomas E. Police Constable  Case 27102

At great personal risk, rescued John Jones from drowning at Cardigan, 16th June, 1894.

Zamba, Amadoo See Lendy, E.A.W.  Case 26902

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