Royal Humane Society – Principal Awards in 2022
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
Lukasz Koczocik – the head porter at Fishmongers Hall showed extraordinary bravery when he confronted an armed terrorist who had already fatally wounded two others during an attack inside Fishmongers’ Hall, London.
Royal Humane Society – Principal Awards in 2021
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 |