LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK & HUMANE SOCIETY MARITIME MEDAL WITH 2nd AWARD BAR

Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society maritime medal in bronze with 2nd award bar To- EUGENE.BYRNE.FOR.GALLANT.SERVICE.8-5-41
With a second award bar dated 21-8-1942.
The recipient received his medal in 1941 for saving four people when a mobile canteen fell in to the Alexandra dock at Bootle 8-5-1941 & went on to be awarded the 2nd award bar & a certificate of thanks. for the rescue of a man from Gladstone dock Liverpool 21-8-1942. He went on to be awarded a further certificate of thanks in 1955 for another rescue from Alexandra dock Bottle.
The recipient was a dockyard labourer from Liverpool.
One of 2065 bronze medals awarded but only 37 bronze bars.
GVF or better with basic research details.

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