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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 528

(x) Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Charles Wilson Fearon. For Gallant Service at Meols on 26th. July 1911.), minor edge bruising and evidence of surface preparation for engraving, otherwise good very fine

Charles Wilson Fearon was awarded the Marine Medal in silver in the 73rd Annual Report of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society:

'Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Charles Wilson Fearon, also Vote of Thanks to Cecil Darley, for rescuing three young lady bathers from danger of drowning in the sea at Meols, on 26th July, 1911.'

Meols is a village on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula, between Hoylake and Wallasey, taking its name from the Old Norse for 'sand dunes'. Popular with holidaymakers, the beach gives way to a vast expanse of mudflats which are a haven for birdwatching, but which can trap the unwary with a rapid change in tidal conditions.

Sold with original citation from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, annotated in pen to the reverse by a previous custodian of the medal: 'My parents took my self, brother and friends to play cricket on the sands at Meols during many summers, 1945-55, as we lived at Greasley. It was a regular occurrence for people to be caught on the tricky sandbanks. Often people swam from the sandbanks to save their lives; these ladies were unaware of the currents, went out too far and returned too late, and could not swim back again.'


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Sold for
£150