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− | The '''Royal Humane Society''' bestowed Silver and Bronze medals | + | The '''Royal Humane Society''', founded in 1774, bestowed Silver and Bronze medals and also sometimes certificates on vellum to people who saved, or attempted to save life at sea. This was not a military or naval award, per se, but one bestowable upon any worthy individual. This article will focus on naval-related awards, particularly during the Dreadnought Era. |
− | A list of Royal Navy and Royal Marine war-time recipients of these awards appears in the ''Navy List'' of October, 1918.{{NLOct18|p. 2412}} | + | A list of Royal Navy and Royal Marine war-time recipients of these awards appears in the ''Navy List'' of October, 1918.{{NLOct18|p. 2412}} Another list encompassing all naval and marine awards given to date is found in the ''Navy List'' of October 1878.{{NLOct78|pp. 575-580}} To reduce our scope to a manageable scale, I have included only those men whose rank at the time of award indicate they are on a customary "officer track". |
− | The awards sometimes were simply vellums or parchment certificates, sometimes included along with a medal of Gold, Silver or Bronze. A clasp | + | The awards sometimes were simply vellums or parchment certificates, sometimes included along with a medal of Gold, Silver or Bronze. A clasp to be affixed to a medal was often used to indicate a second award received of the same type. |
− | ==Gold Medal Recipients== | + | One good source for R.H.S. Medals is a thesis available online.<ref name=t>Barclay, Craig P. Heroes of Peace: The Royal Humane Society and the Award of Medals in Britain, 1774-1914.[http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1493/1/complete_thesis.pdf Online copy].</ref> |
+ | ==Stanhope Gold Medal Recipients== | ||
The Gold, or '''Stanhope Medal''' was created in the name of Silver Medal awardee [[Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope]] to honour the person whose lifesaving deed was deemed bravest of the year. There had been a gold medal of some other kind prior to the Stanhope's creation.{{ToL|The Stanhope Gold Medal|Wednesday, Feb 12, 1936; pg. 11; Issue 47296}} | The Gold, or '''Stanhope Medal''' was created in the name of Silver Medal awardee [[Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope]] to honour the person whose lifesaving deed was deemed bravest of the year. There had been a gold medal of some other kind prior to the Stanhope's creation.{{ToL|The Stanhope Gold Medal|Wednesday, Feb 12, 1936; pg. 11; Issue 47296}} | ||
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!Year of Deed||Recipient||Notes | !Year of Deed||Recipient||Notes | ||
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− | |1875||{{LieutRN}} [[Frank Henry Rogers]]|| | + | |1875||{{LieutRN}} [[Frank Henry Rogers]]||Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.<ref name=t/> |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1877||Acting {{SubRN}} [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]]|| | + | |1877||Acting {{SubRN}} [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]]||Unsuccessful rescue of J. E. Hocker overboard from ''Immortalité''. [[Albert Medal]] also awarded.<ref name=t/> |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1878||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]|| | + | |1878||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]||Successful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.<ref name=t/> |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1880||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]|| | + | |1880||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]||Successful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.<ref name=t/> |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1897||{{GunnerRN}} [[George Barrett Chainey]]||Successful rescue of man from inshore boat accident.<ref name=t/> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1901||RANK? Lowry||Successful rescue of man shipwrecked on the high seas.<ref name=t/> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{SubRN}} [[Delorest John Dumergne Noble]]||Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.<ref name=t/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1913||{{CommRN}} [[Wilfred Tomkinson]]||Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.<ref name=t/> |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1917||{{SubRN}} [[Aubrey Arthur Douglas Grey]]|| | + | |1917||{{SubRN}} [[Aubrey Arthur Douglas Grey]]||Quasi-successful rescue of exhausted Lt. [[Lancelot John Barrington Walters|Walters]] after ship lost |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1922||{{MidRN}} [[Peter Coats Hutton]]|| | + | |1922||{{MidRN}} [[Peter Coats Hutton]]||Successful rescue of seaman Herbert R. Reynolds in the wake of loss of the {{UK-Raleigh|f=tp}} |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1934||{{LieutRN}} [[Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson]]||saved life of seaman overboard {{UK-Wolfhound}} at anchor in squally Lamlash Harbour{{ToL|Bravest Deed of the Year|Wednesday, Feb 13, 1935; pg. 9; Issue 46987}} | + | |1934||{{LieutRN}} [[Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson]]||saved the life of seaman E. J. Archer overboard {{UK-Wolfhound}} at anchor in squally Lamlash Harbour, diving 30 feet from the bridge of the ship.{{ToL|Bravest Deed of the Year|Wednesday, Feb 13, 1935; pg. 9; Issue 46987}}{{ToL|Award for Gallantry|7 Apr. 1934, p. 7}} |
|- | |- | ||
|1958||{{LieutRN}} [[John Nowell Hall]]||saved 11 year-old son of governor of Malta{{ToL|Night Dive Bravest Deed of the Year|Wednesday, Mar 25, 1959; pg. 7; Issue 54418}} | |1958||{{LieutRN}} [[John Nowell Hall]]||saved 11 year-old son of governor of Malta{{ToL|Night Dive Bravest Deed of the Year|Wednesday, Mar 25, 1959; pg. 7; Issue 54418}} | ||
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==Silver Medal Awardees== | ==Silver Medal Awardees== | ||
− | + | There appears to be a bias to award officers a Silver medal (rather than a Bronze medal) for men such as stokers, A.Bs. or cooks. | |
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!Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | !Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1833||{{LieutRN}} [[George Davies]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1835||{{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Leigh]]||cannot find him in Navy Lists or TNA{{NLOct78|p. 578}} | |1835||{{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Leigh]]||cannot find him in Navy Lists or TNA{{NLOct78|p. 578}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1835||{{LieutRN}} [[Richard Hanmer Bunbury]]||"H. Bunbury" in the Navy List |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1835||{{MidRN}} B. Willoughby|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1836||{{MidRN}} [[John Bourmaster Dickson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1837||{{LieutRN}} R. N. Claxton|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1837||{{LieutRN}} R. N. Hall|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1837||{{LieutRN}} [[James Hector McKenzie Robertson]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1852||{{MidRN}} [[ | + | |1838||{{MidRN}} [[William Richard Smith]]|| |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1838||{{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Ross]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1838||{{LieutRN}} G. C. Jones|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1838||{{MidRN}} J. D. Palmer|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1840||{{CommRN}} [[John Williams Aldridge]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1841||{{CaptRN}} — Stanley||his name is given as a dash | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1843||{{LieutRN}} (Mate?) W. T. Turner||from H.M.S. ''Serpent'', Turner saved a man near Amoy from a sunk pinnace | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1844||{{LieutRN}} — Caldwell||name given as a dash | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1844||{{LieutRN}} — Vansittart||name given as a dash | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1845||{{LieutRN}} [[William Houston Stewart]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1845||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederick Pelham Warren]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1845||{{LieutRN}} [[Robert Charles White]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1846||{{LieutRN}} [[Robert Amyett Newman]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1846||Lieutenant-Commander — Wolridge||only his last name is given, and an anachronistic [?] rank | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1847||{{LieutRN}} [[William Richard Smith]]||perhaps a second award and therefore a clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1847||{{LieutRN}} [[Henry William Hire]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1848||{{LieutRN}} The Rt. Hon. Lord W. B. de Blaquière||succesfully saved a child in harbour<ref name=t/> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1849||{{LieutRN}} [[Oliver John Jones]]||"O. L. Jones" in the Navy List, but his Service Record confirms he is correct | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1849||{{LieutRN}} [[Sherard Osborne]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1850||{{CommRN}} [[John Walter Tarleton]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1850||{{CaptRN}} [[Cheeseman Henry Binstead]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1850||{{LieutRN}} [[Edward Wylde]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1851||{{LieutRN}} [[Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope]]||the Stanhope Medal would be named in his honour | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{MidRN}} [[John Wolcot Lambe]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{LieutRN}} [[Thomas Saumarez]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{LieutRN}} J. L. Sulivan|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{CommRN}} [[John Walter Tarleton]]||2nd award | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{CaptRN}} [[John Ross Ward]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{CommRN}} W. H. M. Dougal|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1852||{{CommRN}} [[Alan Henry Gardner]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1853||{{MidRN}} [[Frederick Semple]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1853||{{MidRN}} E. J. Brooks|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1854||{{LieutRN}} [[Marcus Lowther]]|| | |1854||{{LieutRN}} [[Marcus Lowther]]|| | ||
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|1855||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederic Vernon Issac]]|| | |1855||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederic Vernon Issac]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{CaptRN}} [[William Jenny Pengelley]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{MidRN}} E. W. B. Portman|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||Lieutenant, R.M. [[Frederick George Pym]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{MidRN}} [[Charles Francis Walker]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{MidRN}} [[William Stirling]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{CommRN}} [[John Robert Woodriff]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1855||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederick Vernon Isaac]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1856||{{LieutRN}} [[Henry Barre Beresford]]||of ''Medina'', saved Private Robinson in the Bosphorus | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1856||{{LieutRN}} Baron H. Von St. Paul|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1856||{{CommRN}} [[Charles Wake]]||of ''Hannibal'', saved shipmate Maurice Hood at Smyrna w/ A.B. James Pringle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1857||{{LieutRN}} [[John Crawford Wilson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1857||{{LieutRN}} [[Henry Christian]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1857||{{LieutRN}} The Hon. [[Albert Denison Somerville Denison]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1857||{{CaptRN}} [[George Hathorn]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1858||{{MidRN}} [[George John Anstruther]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1858||{{LieutRN}} [[George Arthur Tyrhitt Drake]]||"G. T. Drake" in Navy List | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1859||{{MidRN}} [[Francis Hay Chapman]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1858||{{CommRN}} [[Edwin John Pollard]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1859||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Richard Fox Boxer]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1860||{{LieutRN}} [[William Robert Kennedy]]|| | |1860||{{LieutRN}} [[William Robert Kennedy]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1860||{{CaptRN}} [[Edward Hardinge]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{MidRN}} [[Lawrence Ching]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{LieutRN}} [[Arthur Hildebrand Alington]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{LieutRN}} [[Orford Somerville Cameron]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1861||{{CommRN}} [[Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage]]||saved a boy overboard at Sierra Leone | |1861||{{CommRN}} [[Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage]]||saved a boy overboard at Sierra Leone | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{LieutRN}} [[James Henessy Coxon]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{LieutRN}} [[George Dartmouth Fitzroy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1862||{{LieutRN}} [[Francis Henry Hasting]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Henry Salmond]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Nathaniel Bowden-Smith]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{NavCadetRN}} [[Frank Arthur Halloran]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Augustus John Heysham]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1865||{{SubRN}} [[Henry Ambrose Mandeville]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1865||{{LieutRN}} [[Philip Reginald Hastings Parker]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1866||{{MidRN}} [[Alexander John Leith]] | |1866||{{MidRN}} [[Alexander John Leith]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1866||{{LieutRN}} [[William Edward Fitzgerald]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1866||{{LieutRN}} [[William Hargraves Mitchell Molyneux]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1867||{{CaptRN}} [[James Edward Hunter]]|| | |1867||{{CaptRN}} [[James Edward Hunter]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1867||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Sedgfield Donner]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1867||Navigating Lieutenant [[John Bell Johnson]]|| | |1867||Navigating Lieutenant [[John Bell Johnson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Vernon Anson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||Navigating Lieutenant [[John James Atkins Gravener]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1878||{{MidRN}} [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1868||{{MidRN}} [[Reginald Neville Custance]]|| | |1868||{{MidRN}} [[Reginald Neville Custance]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868||{{CommRN}} [[James Henessy Coxon]]||2nd award - clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868||Navigating Sub-lieutenant [[Charles Edward Drake]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||Navigating Sub-lieutenant [[Berry Norris West]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||{{SubRN}} [[Reginald Orme Brenton Carey Brenton]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1870||{{CommRN}} [[Walter Talbot Kerr]]|| | |1870||{{CommRN}} [[Walter Talbot Kerr]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1877 | + | |1870||{{CommRN}} [[Edward Poulden]]|| |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870||Navigating Sub-Lieutenant [[Thomas James Henry Rapson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870||{{SubRN}} [[Alfred Aldersey Taylor]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870||{{MidRN}} [[Harry Edward Thomson]]||saved Thomas Hodges, who fell off ''Nymphe'' at Bombay{{ToL|The Royal Humane Society|12 Jan. 1871, p. 5}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870||{{SubRN}} [[William Balfour Forbes]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[Clement Laprimaudaye]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Harry Holdsworth Rawson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871||{{CommRN}} [[Harry Holdsworth Rawson]]||possibly, two awards in same year as promoted in Sept | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Sidney Glenton Smith]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871||{{SubRN}} [[William Leckie Hamilton Browne]]||in Navy List as "W. S. H. Browne" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{SubRN}} [[Gustavus Humphry Yonge]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{SubRN}} [[Reginald Orme Brenton Carey Brenton]]||2nd award - clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1873||{{SubRN}} [[Robert Thomas Wood]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{SubRN}} [[Frank Henry Rogers]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{MidRN}} [[Walter Stuart Smith]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876||{{LieutRN}} [[Reginald Orme Brenton Carey Brenton]]||3rd award - clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{LieutRN}} [[John Locke Marx]]||w/ Lt. [[William Pierre Lunell Heyland|Heyland]], saved John J. Burke, overboard from ''Achilles'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{MidRN}} [[Thomas Willoughby Shortland]]||"T. W. Shorltand" [sic] in Navy List | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{LieutRN}} [[William Pierre Lunell Heyland]]||w/ Lt. [[John Locke Marx|Marx]], saved John J. Burke, overboard from ''Achilles'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1878||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Edmund Wintz]]||2nd award - clasp; also [[Stanhope Medal]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1878||Navigating Sub-Lieutenant [[Arthur Edward Saul]]||deed from ''Vestal'' in lost pinnace, Feb 3 1878 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1880||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]|| | |1880||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]|| | ||
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|1899||{{CommRN}} [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]||attempt to save the life of a seaman in Muda River, Penang | |1899||{{CommRN}} [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton]]||attempt to save the life of a seaman in Muda River, Penang | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1900||{{LieutRN}} [[Robert Nesham Bax]]||Saved a man from the dock at Chatham{{ToL|Medals for Gallantry|23 Nov. 1900, p. 5}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{SubRN}} [[Delorest John Dumergne Noble]]||awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal, too | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{LieutRN}} [[James William Fairtlough]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1909||{{CommRN}} [[Ernest Augustus Taylor]]|| | |1909||{{CommRN}} [[Ernest Augustus Taylor]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1909||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederick Hare Hallowes]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1911||Acting {{SubRNR}} [[Charles Creighton Halliday]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Guy Hamilton]]|| | |1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Guy Hamilton]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Arthur Marsden]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{SubRN}} [[John Francis Williams]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{CommRN}} [[Claude Lionel Cumberlege]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Noel Marcus Francis Corbett]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913||{{CommRN}} [[Wilfred Tomkinson]]||Also the [[Stanhope Medal]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1915||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Norman Ebden Currey]]||would be recommended again on 4 April, 1923 for saving A.B. at Constantinople | |1915||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Norman Ebden Currey]]||would be recommended again on 4 April, 1923 for saving A.B. at Constantinople | ||
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!Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | !Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1846||{{LieutRN}} | + | |1846||{{LieutRN}} [[John William Finch]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1847||{{LieutRN}} [[Augustus Bullock]]|| | |1847||{{LieutRN}} [[Augustus Bullock]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1855||{{LieutRN}} E. H. [ | + | |1855||{{LieutRN}} [[Henry George Belson]]||For some reason, he is called "E. H. Belson" and "H. E. Belson". Undiscovered brother? Saved William Mortimer in ''Neptune'' at Lisbon 1 Dec 1855 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1856||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Morris Croke]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1860||{{MidRN}} W. C. Shuckbury|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{LieutRN}} [[Alexander Buller]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{CommRN}} [[Charles Ludovic Darley Waddilove]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1861||{{MidRN}} [[John Eliot Pringle]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1862||{{MidRN}} J. F. Price|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1862||{{MidRN}} [[Edward Seale]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1862||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Hutton Wilkinson]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1863||{{MidRN}} [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]|| | |1863||{{MidRN}} [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]|| | ||
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|1863||{{LieutRN}} [[John Fellowes]]|| | |1863||{{LieutRN}} [[John Fellowes]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1863||{{MidRN}} [[John Henry Eyres Parker]]||[?] "J. E. Parker" in the Navy List |
|- | |- | ||
|1864||{{MidRN}} [[Frank Anthony Gataker]]|| | |1864||{{MidRN}} [[Frank Anthony Gataker]]|| | ||
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|1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Edward William Hereford]]|| | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Edward William Hereford]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1864||{{LieutRN}} | + | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Walter Leigh Bamber]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1864||{{ | + | |1864||{{LieutRN}} [[Laurens Matthews Malet]]|| |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{NavCadetRN}} [[Richard Betton Sayce]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1864||{{NavCadetRN}} A. B. Stacpoole|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1865||{{SubRN}} [[Charles Vernon Anson]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1865||{{MidRN}} [[Seymour Henry Pelham Dacres]]|| | |1865||{{MidRN}} [[Seymour Henry Pelham Dacres]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1865||{{MidRN}} [[Lewis Eyre Sealy Vidal]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1866||{{CaptRN}} [[Edward Barnard]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1866||{{LieutRN}} [[Orford Churchill]]|| | |1866||{{LieutRN}} [[Orford Churchill]]|| | ||
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|1866||{{LieutRN}} [[Noel Stephen Fox Digby]]|| | |1866||{{LieutRN}} [[Noel Stephen Fox Digby]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1867||{{NavCadRN}} [[Francis Edgar Roullat Fielding]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1867||{{CommRN}} [[Edward Bond Harrison Franklin]]|| | |1867||{{CommRN}} [[Edward Bond Harrison Franklin]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1867||{{MidRN}} [[Richard Keown-Boyd]]|| | |1867||{{MidRN}} [[Richard Keown-Boyd]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1867||{{LieutRN}} [[James Edward Tully]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1867||{{LieutRN}} [[James Anderson Morice]]||possibly a Royal Marine? | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1868||Navigating Lieutenant [[Frederick Alexander Haig]]|| | |1868||Navigating Lieutenant [[Frederick Alexander Haig]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1868||Navigating Lieutenant [[William Walter Kiddle]]|| | |1868||Navigating Lieutenant [[William Walter Kiddle]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868||{{LieutRN}} [[Lynedoch Needham Moncrieff]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1868||{{MidRN}} [[Anson Schomberg]]|| | |1868||{{MidRN}} [[Anson Schomberg]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1868||{{SubRN}} [[Lionel Andros de Sausmarez]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1869||{{SubRN}} C. V. [illeg]son|| | |1869||{{SubRN}} C. V. [illeg]son|| | ||
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|1869||{{SubRN}} H. R. [illeg]ms|| | |1869||{{SubRN}} H. R. [illeg]ms|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1869||{{LieutRN}} | + | |1869||{{LieutRN}} Hilary Gustavus Andoe|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1869||{{SubRN}} | + | |1869||{{SubRN}} Matthew William Abbott|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1869||{{LieutRN}} [[George Samuel Brown (b. 1840)|George Samuel Brown]]|| | |1869||{{LieutRN}} [[George Samuel Brown (b. 1840)|George Samuel Brown]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1869||{{LieutRN}} [[Clement Laprimaudaye]]|| | |1869||{{LieutRN}} [[Clement Laprimaudaye]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||{{CaptRN}} Sir [[Malcolm Macgregor]], Bart.|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||{{MidRN}} [[Charles Cecil Stuart]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||Navigating Lieutenant [[Alfred Thomas]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1869||{{MidRN}} [[Edmund Barker Van Koughnet]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1870||{{MidRN}} [[William Pierre Lunell Heyland]]|| | |1870||{{MidRN}} [[William Pierre Lunell Heyland]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1870||{{LieutRN}} | + | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[Walter Leigh Bamber]]||2nd award - clasp |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[ | + | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[William Henry Lewin]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[ | + | |1870||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Elero Napier]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]||2nd award - clip | |1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]||2nd award - clip | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Tobias Jones]]|| | |1871||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Tobias Jones]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1871||{{LieutRN}} [[George Shergold Smith]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{SubRN}} [[William Colvin Vashon Baker]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1872||{{LieutRN}} [[Alexander Cochrane Troubridge Bruce]] | |1872||{{LieutRN}} [[Alexander Cochrane Troubridge Bruce]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1872||{{SubRN}} [[George Lindsay Malcolm Leckie]]|| | |1872||{{SubRN}} [[George Lindsay Malcolm Leckie]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{LieutRN}} [[Francis Joseph Pitt]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{LieutRN}} [[Gerald Murray Richardson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1872||{{MidRN}} [[George Le Clerc Egerton]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1873||{{MidRN}} [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]]|| | |1873||{{MidRN}} [[Robert Swinburne Lowry]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1873||{{SubRN}} [[Clement Royds]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1873||{{LieutRN}} [[Lewis Fortescue Wells]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1874||{{LieutRN}} [[Horace Reid Adams]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1874||{{MidRN}} [[Hubert Edward Madden Bourke]]|| | |1874||{{MidRN}} [[Hubert Edward Madden Bourke]]|| | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1874||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon]]|| | |1874||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Gilbert Charles Langdon]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1874||{{SubRN}} [[John Locke Marx]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1874||{{LieutRN}} [[Arthur William Moore]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1874||{{LieutRN}} [[Oswald Peploe Tudor]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1875||{{CommRN}} [[Seymour Henry Pelham Dacres]]||2nd award - clasp | |1875||{{CommRN}} [[Seymour Henry Pelham Dacres]]||2nd award - clasp | ||
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|1875||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Elton]]|| | |1875||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Elton]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1875||Acting Navigating {{SubRN}} [[Charles Chimmo Jeffery]]|| |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||Navigating {{LieutRN}} [[Arnot Henderson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{LieutRN}} [[Archibald James Pocklington]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{LieutRN}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{LieutRN}} The Hon. [[Francis Robert Sandilands]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{LieutRN}} [[James Lacon Hammet]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{MidRN}} [[Edward Lohet Lowdell]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1875||{{SubRN}} [[Harry George Grey]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1876||{{LieutRN}} [[Alfred Carpenter]]|| | |1876||{{LieutRN}} [[Alfred Carpenter]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1876||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Lenox Langdale]]||2nd award - clasp |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876||Navigating Lieutenant [[William Hare Maunsell]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876||{{LieutRN}} [[Edmund Samuel Poë]]||2nd award - clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876||Navigating Lieutenant [[William Morrah Savage]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1876||{{MidRN}} [[James Startin]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1877||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]|| | |1877||{{CaptRN}} [[Edmund Robert Fremantle]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1877||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederic William Dean]]|| | |1877||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederic William Dean]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{SubRN}} [[Frederick Gordon McKinstry]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{SubRN}} [[Richard Otho Polwhele]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1877||{{LieutRN}} [[Archibald James Pocklington]]||2nd award - clasp | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1878||{{LieutRN}} [[Eustace Rooke]]|| | |1878||{{LieutRN}} [[Eustace Rooke]]|| | ||
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|1883||{{LieutRN}} [[Richard Bingham Newland]]|| | |1883||{{LieutRN}} [[Richard Bingham Newland]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1883||{{LieutRN}} [[James Startin]]|| | + | |1883||{{LieutRN}} [[James Startin]]||2nd award -- perhaps a clasp |
|- | |- | ||
|1883||{{LieutRN}} [[Wade Keppel]]|| | |1883||{{LieutRN}} [[Wade Keppel]]|| | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1893||{{NavCadRN}} [[Philip Douglas Roberts West]]||at loss of {{UK-Victoria|f=p}} | |1893||{{NavCadRN}} [[Philip Douglas Roberts West]]||at loss of {{UK-Victoria|f=p}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1897||{{GunnerRN}} [[George Barrett Chainey]]||fact-check the year | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1901||{{LieutRN}} [[Sydney Harold Tennyson]]||jumped into water to save man{{ToL|Bravery Rewarded|18 Nov. 1901, p. 12}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1901||{{LieutRN}} [[Louis Herbert Crozier]]||jumped into Chatham dock basin to save a man{{ToL|Humanity Rewarded|18 Dec. 1901, p. 12}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby]]||saved Petty Officer I. Crisp at IChang on 6 June 1904 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1904||{{SubRN}} [[Hubert Vaughan-Jones]]||attempt at Portland Roads | |1904||{{SubRN}} [[Hubert Vaughan-Jones]]||attempt at Portland Roads | ||
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|1904||{{LieutRN}} [[Cyril Callaghan]]||saved fellow officer | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[Cyril Callaghan]]||saved fellow officer | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[William George Astell Ramsay-Fairfax]]||1894? |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1905||{{LieutRN}} [[Kenneth Gofton-Salmond]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1906||{{GunnerRN}} [[John Reep]]||saved boy at Devonport | |1906||{{GunnerRN}} [[John Reep]]||saved boy at Devonport | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1906||{{LieutRN}} [[Francis Allen Newton Cromie]]||attempt at Spithead | |1906||{{LieutRN}} [[Francis Allen Newton Cromie]]||attempt at Spithead | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{LieutRNR}} [[John Burn]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{SubRN}} [[Percy Frederic Newcombe]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{LieutRN}} [[John Lewis Pearson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{SubRN}} [[Brian Egerton]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{LieutRN}} [[George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1906||{{LieutRN}} [[Thomas Clarence Wilsone]]||saved H. J. Harding at Lagos | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{LieutRN}} [[George Knightley Chetwode]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{SubRN}} [[Walter Macdonald Nash]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{GunnerRN}} [[Allan Earle]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{LieutRN}} [[Marcus Francis Beresford Whyte]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{CommRN}} [[John William Leopold McClintock]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1907||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Campbell Lambert]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1908||{{LieutRN}} [[Hubert Greenwood]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1908||{{CommRN}} [[Hugh Edwards]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1908||Acting {{SubRNR}} [[Harold Percy Keeley]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1909||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles Gordon Brodie]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1909||{{CommRN}} [[David Thomas Norris]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1909||{{LieutRN}} [[Ernest William Denison]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1909||{{LieutRN}} [[Hartley Russell Gwennap Moore]]|| | |1909||{{LieutRN}} [[Hartley Russell Gwennap Moore]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1909||{{ | + | |1909||{{SubRNR}} [[Robert Lancelot Fortescue Hubbard]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1910||{{LieutRN}} [[Hubert Vaughan-Jones]]||2nd award -- a clasp | |1910||{{LieutRN}} [[Hubert Vaughan-Jones]]||2nd award -- a clasp | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1910||{{LieutRN}} [[Francis William Scott]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1910||{{LieutRN}} [[Charles George Brodie]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1910||{{LieutRNR}} [[Robert Andrew Milne]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1910||{{NavCadetRN}} [[Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1911||{{LieutRN}} [[James Bairstow Bateman]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1911||{{CommRN}} [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1911||{{GunnerRN}} [[Michael O'Halloran]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Herbert Gerald Briggs]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{LieutRN}} [[Cyril Thomas Howard White]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1912||{{GunnerRN}} [[Samuel Charles Arthur Smith]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913||{{LieutRN}} [[Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913||{{LieutRN}} [[Hugh Hext Rogers]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913||{{CommRN}} [[Norman Litchfield Stanley]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1913||{{LieutRNR}} [[David Blair]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1914||{{SubRN}} [[John Douglas Harvey]]|| | |1914||{{SubRN}} [[John Douglas Harvey]]|| | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1914||{{SubRN}} [[Kenneth Maximilian Wilkinson]]|| | |1914||{{SubRN}} [[Kenneth Maximilian Wilkinson]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1914||{{LieutRN}} [[Geoffrey Alban Hattersley-Smith]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1914||{{CommRN}} [[Cecil George Chichester]]|| | |1914||{{CommRN}} [[Cecil George Chichester]]|| | ||
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|1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[Alfred Lloyd Braithwaite]]|| | |1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[Alfred Lloyd Braithwaite]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[Francis | + | |1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[Francis Edward Temple-West]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
|1918||Stoker Petty Officer [[J. T. Latham]]||cannot identify -- check ''The Times'' | |1918||Stoker Petty Officer [[J. T. Latham]]||cannot identify -- check ''The Times'' | ||
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|1918||Acting {{LieutRNR}} [[John E. Armstrong]]||perhaps Elliott or Eric? | |1918||Acting {{LieutRNR}} [[John E. Armstrong]]||perhaps Elliott or Eric? | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1918||{{LCommRN}} [[William Bayard Hynes]]||saved a 2nd-class | + | |1918||{{LCommRN}} [[William Bayard Hynes]]||saved a 2nd-class shipwright from drowning 16 April 1918 |
|- | |- | ||
|1918||{{PettyRN}} [[William Edwin Fortescue]]|| | |1918||{{PettyRN}} [[William Edwin Fortescue]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[William T. King]]||cannot identify -- check ''The Times'' | |1918||{{LieutRNVR}} [[William T. King]]||cannot identify -- check ''The Times'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1920||{{LieutRN}} [[Basil Theodore Brewster|Basil T. Brewster]]|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1920||{{CommRN}} [[Evan Bruce-Gardyne, Thirteenth Laird of Middleton|Evan Bruce-Gardyne]]|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1922||{{LCommRN}} [[Frederick Albert Richardson]]||saved life of seaman from {{UK-Revenge}} at Plymouth | |1922||{{LCommRN}} [[Frederick Albert Richardson]]||saved life of seaman from {{UK-Revenge}} at Plymouth | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | == | + | ==Certificate on Vellum== |
{|border=1 | {|border=1 | ||
!Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | !Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1885-87||{{MidRN}} [[Osmond de Beauvoir Brock]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[Stephen Bowle-Evans]]|| |
− | | | + | |} |
− | | | + | |
+ | ==Testimonial on Vellum== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|border=1 | ||
+ | !Year of Award||Recipient||Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[ | + | |1904||{{LieutRN}} [[Robert Wilberforce Myburgh]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1905||{{LieutRN}} [[Leopold Arthur Bernays]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1911||{{LieutRN}} [[Harold Fisher Alderton]]||died in effort to save a seaman |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |1912||{{LCommRN}} [[John Skinner Wilson]]|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | |1915||{{LieutRN}} [[Alexander Boyd Greig]]|| | + | |1915||{{LieutRN}} [[Alexander Boyd Greig]]||rescued two boys at Ipswich |
|} | |} | ||
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The Royal Humane Society, founded in 1774, bestowed Silver and Bronze medals and also sometimes certificates on vellum to people who saved, or attempted to save life at sea. This was not a military or naval award, per se, but one bestowable upon any worthy individual. This article will focus on naval-related awards, particularly during the Dreadnought Era.
A list of Royal Navy and Royal Marine war-time recipients of these awards appears in the Navy List of October, 1918.[1] Another list encompassing all naval and marine awards given to date is found in the Navy List of October 1878.[2] To reduce our scope to a manageable scale, I have included only those men whose rank at the time of award indicate they are on a customary "officer track".
The awards sometimes were simply vellums or parchment certificates, sometimes included along with a medal of Gold, Silver or Bronze. A clasp to be affixed to a medal was often used to indicate a second award received of the same type.
One good source for R.H.S. Medals is a thesis available online.[3]
Stanhope Gold Medal Recipients
The Gold, or Stanhope Medal was created in the name of Silver Medal awardee Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope to honour the person whose lifesaving deed was deemed bravest of the year. There had been a gold medal of some other kind prior to the Stanhope's creation.[4]
Year of Deed | Recipient | Notes |
---|---|---|
1875 | Lieutenant Frank Henry Rogers | Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.[3] |
1877 | Acting Sub-Lieutenant Robert Archibald James Montgomerie | Unsuccessful rescue of J. E. Hocker overboard from Immortalité. Albert Medal also awarded.[3] |
1878 | Lieutenant Lewis Edmund Wintz | Successful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.[3] |
1880 | Captain Edmund Robert Fremantle | Successful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.[3] |
1897 | Gunner George Barrett Chainey | Successful rescue of man from inshore boat accident.[3] |
1901 | RANK? Lowry | Successful rescue of man shipwrecked on the high seas.[3] |
1906 | Sub-Lieutenant Delorest John Dumergne Noble | Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.[3] |
1913 | Commander Wilfred Tomkinson | Unsuccessful rescue of man overboard on the high seas.[3] |
1917 | Sub-Lieutenant Aubrey Arthur Douglas Grey | Quasi-successful rescue of exhausted Lt. Walters after ship lost |
1922 | Midshipman Peter Coats Hutton | Successful rescue of seaman Herbert R. Reynolds in the wake of loss of the cruiser H.M.S. Raleigh |
1934 | Lieutenant Hugh Nicholas Aubyn Richardson | saved the life of seaman E. J. Archer overboard Wolfhound at anchor in squally Lamlash Harbour, diving 30 feet from the bridge of the ship.[5][6] |
1958 | Lieutenant John Nowell Hall | saved 11 year-old son of governor of Malta[7] |
Silver Medal Awardees
There appears to be a bias to award officers a Silver medal (rather than a Bronze medal) for men such as stokers, A.Bs. or cooks.
Bronze Medal Awardees
Certificate on Vellum
Year of Award | Recipient | Notes |
---|---|---|
1885-87 | Midshipman Osmond de Beauvoir Brock | |
1904 | Lieutenant Stephen Bowle-Evans |
Testimonial on Vellum
Year of Award | Recipient | Notes |
---|---|---|
1904 | Lieutenant Robert Wilberforce Myburgh | |
1905 | Lieutenant Leopold Arthur Bernays | |
1911 | Lieutenant Harold Fisher Alderton | died in effort to save a seaman |
1912 | Lieutenant-Commander John Skinner Wilson | |
1915 | Lieutenant Alexander Boyd Greig | rescued two boys at Ipswich |
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1918). p. 2412.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). pp. 575-580.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Barclay, Craig P. Heroes of Peace: The Royal Humane Society and the Award of Medals in Britain, 1774-1914.Online copy.
- ↑ "The Stanhope Gold Medal." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 12, 1936; pg. 11; Issue 47296.
- ↑ "Bravest Deed of the Year." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 13, 1935; pg. 9; Issue 46987.
- ↑ "Award for Gallantry." The Times (London, England), 7 Apr. 1934, p. 7.
- ↑ "Night Dive Bravest Deed of the Year." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 25, 1959; pg. 7; Issue 54418.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 578.
- ↑ "The Royal Humane Society." The Times (London, England), 12 Jan. 1871, p. 5.
- ↑ "Medals for Gallantry." The Times (London, England), 23 Nov. 1900, p. 5.
- ↑ "Bravery Rewarded." The Times (London, England), 18 Nov. 1901, p. 12.
- ↑ "Humanity Rewarded." The Times (London, England), 18 Dec. 1901, p. 12.