FIRST GEORGE MEDAL
BRAVE AIR-RAID WARDEN
LONDON, September ,30,
The first award of the George Medal since this honour was created by the King has been made-to Patrick King, of Northumberland.
Mr. King is employed by a colliery company, and he and his wife are airraid wardens. Whenever a warning was sounded Mr. King was in the habit of taking a blind woman from her home to a shelter. In a recent raid bombs fell on the house before Mr. King could reach the woman, and she was buried. Although bombs were still falling, Mr. King set to work to try to free her. A rescue squad arrived later, and with their assistance Mr.'King got the woman out.
Mi". King served in the Durham Light Infantry during the last war, and still receives treatment for the wounds he received then.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401002.2.107.2
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 81, 2 October 1940, Page 10
Word Count
140FIRST GEORGE MEDAL Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 81, 2 October 1940, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in