ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY BRONZE MEDAL, TO A COAL MINER FROM CLIFTON, MANCHESTER

Royal Humane Society bronze medal for a successful rescue
To- WM.RUSHTON.13th.SEPTEMBER 1890.
William Rushton was a coal miner from Clifton near Manchester and was on his way home from work when he encountered a group of young boys swimming in a disused pit. One boy by the name of Ernest Rankin age 7 got in to difficulty in ten feet of water & William Rushton jumped in fully clothed to rescue him. Mr. Rushton was 31 years of age and was presented with his medal at Pendlebury blue ribbon hall in November 1890.
Royal Humane Society case number 25,139
NEF & Complete with the top ribbon buckle & basic details.

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