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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 716

A 1951 British Empire Medal awarded to a Mr J. E. Tanner, a lorry driver from Bethnal Green, who saved the life of a woman from a burning building

British Empire Medal, G.VI.R. (John E. Tanner), some official corrections to naming throughout, otherwise very fine

B.E.M. London Gazette 20 November 1951:

'A fire broke out in a house and a woman was trapped on the second floor. Tanner went through the ground floor passage and up the staircase, the lower part of which was alight, through fire and thick smoke, and reached the second floor landing. He found the woman and helped and encouraged her down the smoke-filled staircase on to the first floor landing. They managed to get into the front room and Tanner pulled the frame bodily out of the window to give relief from the heat and smoke. He assisted the woman out of the window on to a ledge and then to safety. Tanner displayed bravery and determination in dangerous circumstances.'

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£500

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£100