A BRAVE DEED
EDWARD MEDAL AWARDED (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, August 4. (Received August 5, at noon.) The King has' awarded the Edward Medal for gallantry to L. M. Bangley, who is employed in one of the gold mines at Kakamaga, in Kenya, for efforts made by him to save the life of a native worker after an explosion iu the mine iff January, 1936. Bangley was firing a second round of nine holes when on© hole exploded prematurely, and he was blown some distance away. His native assistant was struck by a rock and fell with his face in water. Bangley returned in the darkness, found the native, and carried him to safety. The injured man was taken to the surface, but died from his injuries.
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Evening Star, Issue 22719, 5 August 1937, Page 11
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131A BRAVE DEED Evening Star, Issue 22719, 5 August 1937, Page 11
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