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
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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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