I can confirm that Arthur Hewitt along with two other colliers were all
awarded second Class EMs on 11/06/1913 for their part in a pit rescue at
Markham No.2 at which Hewitt was the mine manager.
Regards
Mark Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hardwick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: King Edward Medal recipiant
> The name Hewitt also appears as a manager at the Coal Pit Heath Collieries
> and also in connection with other mining items in the Bristol area
>
> It is not an uncommon surname so there may not be a connection but it
> seems
> a strange co-incidence
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:04 PM
> Subject: [MINING-HISTORY] King Edward Medal recipiant
>
>
>> 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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