Can anyone on the list please confirm that before 1915 Arthur Bernard Hewitt
managed Markham No.2 Pit, near Chesterfield, where he is said to have been
awarded the King Edward Medal for conspicuous bravery for rescuing several
entombed miners. It is also said that Hewitt was awarded the Carnegie
Hero's Certificate and that the miners presented him with a gold medal in
token of his bravery.
Hewitt managed the New Ingleton Colliery, in North Yorkshire (then the West
Riding) from around September 1915 to early 1932.
Thanks in advance.
Mike Gill
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