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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 257

Lancashire & Cheshire Coal Owners Rescue Station Medal, silver (6), reverse engraved 'John Hopwood (Senr); Arthur Davies; Joseph Yates; Frederick Evans; John Wm. Latham; Arthur Miller', first three with integral top riband bars, generally very fine or better; together with a Lancashire & Cheshire Miners Welfare Committee Safety Badge, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1935) and enamel, reverse engraved 'St. Helens R. Davies 1937' (7)

Following the Wellington Pit Disaster at Whitehaven in 1910, Rescue Stations were established across the country, with the Lancashire and Cheshire station establishing their own medals for those who had taken part in mine rescue work.

One man with the name 'J. Yates' received the Bolton and District Humane Society Medal for the Hulton Colliery Disaster, 21.12.1910.

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