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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 529

(x) Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Richard Williams for Gallantly Jumping into the Mersey and Saving a Boy. 8 April 1874.), named in engraved running script, edge bruising, otherwise very fine

Richard Williams was awarded the Marine Medal in silver in the 35th Annual Report of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society:

'To Richard Williams, boatman, a Silver Medal, for jumping into the river from the George's Pier-head, and rescuing a boy who had fallen in and was nearly drowned, on the 9th of April, 1874, in a rough sea. This rescue was very gallantly effected, and it is the third life Williams has saved.'

George's Pier Head is a riverside location in the City Centre of Liverpool. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004. As well as a collection of landmark buildings, recreational open space, and a number of memorials, the Pier Head was the landing site for passenger ships travelling to and from the city.


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