A Hamstead Colliery Disaster Gold Medal
Lot 852 in Day 2 of our 7/8 August Antiques, Silver & Collectables sale.
A Hamstead Colliery Disaster March 1908, 15 ct gold Medal in original fitted case, 'Presented to John Westwood for Conspicuous Bravery in attempting to rescue the Entombed Miners'. Hallmarked William Hair Haseler, Birmingham 1907.
An extract taken from: The Medal Year Book 2017, edited by John W. Mussell, FRGS and the Editorial Team of Medal News.
Hamstead Colliery, near Birmingham, suffered a disastrous fire on the 4th March, 1908, whereby 24 miners were entombed. Rescue attempts by the Hamstead men were augmented by the efforts of volunteers from the neighbouring Tankersley (Barnsley) and Altofts (Normanton) Mine Rescue Brigades. One of them, a Yorkshireman named John Welsby, lost his life in the subsequent rescue attempts, and in spite of their valorous efforts all 24 trapped minors died.
The Committee charged with the administration of the Hamstead Colliery Disaster Relief Fund decided that 25 gold medals would be awarded to the Hamstead miners who attempted to reach their trapped colleagues before the arrival of the Yorkshire rescue parties. Silver medals plus £10 would be presented to each of the local miners who assisted in the later exploration work. The Government Inspectors and higher mining officials who directed underground operations at great personal risk would each receive gold medals. In addition, five Edward Medals (Mines) in silver and two in bronze were also awarded. John Welsby's widow received £262 from a special fund and his Edward Medal (posthumous).
John Westwood is recorded as being a miner at Hamstead Colliery, the medal has remained in the family since the disaster in 1908.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
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