FOR GALLANTRY
AWARD OF THE EDWARD MEDAL. DEED IN MINE IN KENYA. INJURED NATIVE CARRIED OUT. (United Press Association—Copyright., (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, August 4. The King has awarded the Edward medal for gallantry to L. M, Bangley, employed in one of the gold mines at Kakamaga, in Kenya, for the efforts he made to save the life of a native worker after an explosion in the mine in January, 1936. ■ Mr Bangley was firing the second found of nine holes when One hole exploded prematurely and he. w’as blown some distance away. His native assistant, struck by rock, fell with .his face (in water. Mr Bangley returned in the darkness, found the native, and carried him to safety. The injured man was (taken to the surface but died from- injuries to his head.—British Official Wireless. The Edward Medal was established joy King Edward VII in 1907 as a recognition of heroic acts performed by miners and quarrymen, and of others who have, endangered their lives in rescuing those so employed.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 252, 5 August 1937, Page 5
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173FOR GALLANTRY Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 252, 5 August 1937, Page 5
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