THE EDWARD MEDAL.
AWARDED TO TWO MINERS
Received February 28, 8.45 a.m. i LONDON, February 27. His Majesty King Edward personally presented the Edward medal to Chandler and Everson, a Yorkshire and Welsh miner, respectively, ' for conspicuous gallantry in rescuing life.
In October last, King Edward instituted a medal to be awarded to those who endanger their, own lives in saving, or attempting to save, the lives of others from peril in mines-or quarries within the British Dominion.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9036, 29 February 1908, Page 5
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78THE EDWARD MEDAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9036, 29 February 1908, Page 5
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