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787 Civil Decorations for Gallantry. — Details of the Awards.
13 Colonel L. L. Brett was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving two persons from
drowning at New Quay, Cornwall, en the 14th August 1867.
14 Captain Brodie was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 2nd November
1882, rescued Lieut. W. S. Kays, of the 60th Rifles, who had lost his horse while endeavouring to cross a lake near
Ferozepore, and had become entangled in the weeds while weighed down with 150 rounds of cartridge.
15 Captain S. D. Browne was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a native
woman from drowning at Nynee Tal, India, on the 31st August 1885.
16 Captain A. L. H. Buchanan was awarded the Bronze il edal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a woman
from drowning in the river Litfey ar, Dublin, on the 17th April 1893.
'" Colonel J. W. S. Butler was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for bis efforts to rescue
two children who had fallen into a well at Secunderabad, India, on the 2<;th February 1890. Colonel Butler sac-
ceeded in bringing out one, the other being got out by someone else : unfortunately both children were dead.
16 Major R. Caldwell was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having assisted
in saving a private of the Black Watch from drowning in the Nile, at Korta, on the 28th October 1885.
19 Major General Cameron was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 5th
May 1871, swum to the middle of the canal at Ottawa, Canada, righted a canoe which had been upset, and assisted
its oocupant back into it.
20 Captain Campbell was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a native from
drowning, 300 yards from the shore, at New Calabar, West Coast of Africa, on the 15th July 1894.
21 Lieut. Channer was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a gentleman from
drowning off Eastbourne on the 18th August 1894. Lieut. Channer at the time was a Gentleman Cadet at the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
22 Colonel Chatfleld was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 31st October
1887 jumped into the Irrawaddy to the help of a corporal who had fallen overboard and was afterwards drowned.
Colonel Chatfleld' s right hand was disabled and bandaged at the time and he incurred great risk from the force of
the current.
23 Lieut. Clark was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving from drowning
a native woman who had fallen into a well 37 feet deep, with nine feet of water, at Secunderabad, in the Deccan,
on the 13th April 1891.
24 Colonel Clementi was awarded the Bronze 11 edal of the Royal Humane Society for jumping into the water
with all his clothes on and. with the assistance of Captain W. S. A. Lockhart, rescuing two women who had been
upset from a boat on the Morar Lake. Gwalior, on the 26th December 1869.
25 Captnin Cockeriil was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for assisting to save three
adies from drowning at Pentire, near Newquay, Cornwall, on the 13th August 1878.
20 Captain the Hon. J. G. R. U. Colborne was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for sav
ling a child from drowning at Vancouver, British Columbia, on the nth September 1897.
27 Major Coles was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having saved from drowning
a lad who had fallen into the River Lea en the 3rd June 1895.
28 Captain Conchman was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a man from
drowning who had fallen into a uool of great depth at MongLem, China, on the nth March 1897.
29 Major Creed was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 7th February
1879, rescued a private of tbe 17th Regiment who had been swept off his legs while fordiug the River Cabnl at.
Basanal, by plunging in and keeping his head above water till assistance was brought.
3 " Captain Cropper has been awarded the. Albert Medal of the 2nd class and the Bronze Medal of the Royal
Humane Society for attempting to save a man by jumping overboard from the s.s. Idaho on the bar off San
Francisco on the 6th August 1878.
31 Major Cusack was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 22nd May 1881,
jumped overboard and supported till assistance came a man who fell between the troop ship and H.M.S. Dasher in
Guernsey Roads. Has also been awarded the Silver Clasp for attempting to save a private soldier from drowning
in a well near Delhi on the 16th January 1886.
32 Captain Dauncey was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, in the overflow of the
Nile> at the Pyramids of Gizeh, near Cairo, on the nth October 1882, swum out in full uniform (boots and spurs) to
the assistance of two soldiers of the 7th Dragoon Guards. He gained the shore with one of them, and swam on
again for the other, who, however, sank before he could reach him, and was drowned.
33 Major de Hoghton was awarded the Silver Medal and the Stanhope Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society
for the following act :— On the 10th September 1874, at half-past 9 p.m., at Lowestoft, James Dorling fell overboard
from the Yacht Dart whilst she was making for the inner harbour in a strong half-flood tideway, the night very
dark, blowing and raining hard, and going about live and a half knots. Lieut. J. de Hoghton, 10th Foot, jumped
overboard, swam to Dorling, and supported him in the water for about a quarter of an hour in the tideway between
narrow high pilework, without crossbeams or side chains to lay hold of, and the head of the pilework twelve or
fifteen feet above the water— the yacht being carried away into the inner harbour and no other vessel or boat in
the gateway to lend assistance ; the darkness prevented any immediate help being obtained from the shore. The
length of the gateway about 350 yards, width 15 to 20 yards, depth 10 to 15 feet. Lieut, de Hoghton and Dorling
were ultimately drawn up the pilework by ropes from the shore.
34 Captain Scrase-Dickins was grantedthe decoration of the Albert Medal of the 2nd Class for the following
service : — " While the s.s. Peshawur was passing through the Red Sea on the 27th April 1893, a Lascar, who was at
work in one of the boats, fell overboard. Captain Scrase-Dickins, who had been invalided home, and was lying
half asleep in a chair on deck, immediately jumped overboard, and, swimming to the Lascar, succeeded in keeping
him afloat until they were both picked up by the ship's boat a mile and a half away from the v essel. The
Peshawur was going at the time at the rate of 115 knots with a strong head wind, and the sea was moderately
high, and known to be infested with sharks.'' Captain Scrase-Dickins was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal
Humane Society for the same service, and subsequently the Stanhope Gold Medal for 1893.
35 Brigade Surgeon Douglas. — For the particulars of the award to this Officer see his War Services among
the Retired Medical Officers, p. 720.
36 Lieut. E. M. Panter Downes was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a
man from drowning at Kilkee, Ireland, on the 28th August 1898.
37 Captain Drake was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having saved a boy from
drowning at Southsea on the 12th August 1892.
33 Captain Barry Drew was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving from drowning
a man who had fallen trom a boat into the Ouse, near York, on the 24th June 1899. Captain Drew again dived to
find another man who had also fallen into the river, but, unfortunately, was unsuccessful.
39 Major Duberly was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, on the 25th May 1881,
gone into the water with all his clothes on, and, after two unsuccessful efforts, succeeded in rescuing a lady who
had been sucked under the water between Newnham and Bedford Lock.
*> Colonel Dundas was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society in February 1865 for saving
the lives of two Marines at Gibraltar.
11 Captain Earle has ueen awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire for
saving life from fire at Wellington Barracks on 13th March 1898.
42 Major Eccles was awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society for having, at midnight on the
26th May 1879, and when just aroused from sleep, jumped from a steamer into the irrawaddy River, off Prome,
and supported a man who had fallen overboard till assistance arrived.
43 Lt. Colonel Elliott was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for re scuing a child from
drowning at Torquay on the 1st July 1889.
« Lt. Colonel A. E. England was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society for savmg, at great
personal risk, a lady, who, while hunting with the Heythrop hounds, was in danger 01 losing her life in consequence
of her horse shying and falling backwards into the canal at Somerton, Oxfordshire, on the 1st December 1886..