Royal Humane Society – Principal Awards in 2021
The Royal Humane Society’s Awards Committee meets in January, April, July and October each year to consider the 90-100 nominations that are received every quarter. The Awards Committee normally approves well over 250 awards from each meeting, and a selection of the top awards made so far are shown below.
Stanhope Gold Medal
Jamie Ingram – for his bravery in apprehending an armed terrorist in the streets of Sydney
Silver Medals
Nil
Bronze Medals
Dr Jonathan Herron (Jan 21) – for saving the life of a man who repeatedly ran into heavy traffic
Ewan Jasper Ward (Apr 21) – for saving the life of a man knifed during the Streatham terror attack
Testimonial on Vellum
January 2021
Tim Banbury – for saving a woman from drowning in a heavy sea
Allan Smith – for rescuing a small child swept out to sea on an inflatable toy
PS Laura Blamire – for rescuing an armed assailant who was being attacked by an angry crowd
Christopher Chavez-Cronin – for rescuing a man who became stuck on rocks in a fast flowing river
PS Paul Evans – as above
PCSO William Knight – as above
PC Joan Ollerenshaw – as above
PC Christen Clark – for saving an inebriated man who ran out into heavy dual carriageway traffic
PC name withheld – for rescuing a dangerously suicidal man from the River Thames
PC name withheld – as above
Jeffrey (Jeff) Davies – for rescuing 3 people from a house destroyed by a gas explosion
Stephen Lewis – as above
Cameron Nation – as above
Kevin O’Sullivan – as above
Leighton Williams – as above
Cadet LCpl Benjamin Duncalf (16) – for pulling a woman off live railway lines before an approaching train
Benjamin Hobden (16)– as above
Harvey Slater (17) – as above
Cadet Cpl Alfie Smith (16) – as above
Name withheld – for saving a am from drowning in the River Thames
James Watts – for rescuing a group of children who had been swept out to sea during Storm Ellen
April 2021
PC name withheld – for rescuing an elderly couple from a burning house destroyed by a gas explosion
Stephen Ellison – for saving a young woman who had fallen into a river in China
Radoslan Garasimpwicz – for jumping into a moving lorry on the motorway and bring it to a halt after the driver had collapsed
Richard Raeburn – as above
Marcus Hewlett – for saving two young children who had been swept out to sea on a riptide
Alexander Hill – as above
Kane Triggs – as above
PC name withheld – for rescuing a suicidal man from a live railway track 20 seconds before a train passed
PC name withheld – as above
Name withheld – as above
PS name withheld – for rescuing a distressed man from a rooftop
PC Tim Wildman – for preventing a man from setting himself alight with petrol and leaping off a motorway bridge
RHS Awards - Running Total 2021
20 Jan 21 | 21 Apr 21 | 14 Jul 21 | 13 Oct 21 | Total in 2021 | Total in 2020 | |
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TOTAL CASES CONSIDERED | 90 | 100 | 327 | |||
TOTAL AWARDS MADE | 205 | 282 | ||||
Stanhope Gold Medal | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
In Memoriam Silver Medal | 0 | 0 | ||||
Silver Medal | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Police Medal | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
In Memoriam Bronze Medal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bronze Medal | 1 | 1 | 27 | |||
In Memoriam Testimonial on Vellum | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Testimonial on Vellum | 21 | 12 | 45 | |||
Testimonial on Parchment | 40 | 50 | 136 | |||
Resuscitation Certificate | 89 | 144 | 374 | |||
Certificate of Commendation | 54 | 75 | 255 | |||
President’s Award | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
LIVES SAVED | 100 | 96 | 842 |