Kilton Pit, Bravery Write Up

From a newspaper cutting, the men from Kilton Mine rescued Edward Bendall. Edward was trapped in a roof-fall at the mine January 13th 1956 and were awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct. Carole Zagrovic tells us: ”Second from left on the top row is my dad  Ivica ‘Ivan’ Zagrovic – it was my Grandmother who went to London to collect the medals – in a little red box with white satin – two small silver pins of leaves”. Derick Pearson adds: “My father and the other members of the rescue team went to London to be presented with the medals by Sir Anthony Eden”.

Image from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson, thanks to Carole Zagrovic and Derick Pearson for the updates.