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A Royal Humane Society pair awarded to Staff Sergeant R. H. Ormston, Medical Staff Corps...
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A Royal Humane Society pair awarded to Staff Sergeant R. H. Ormston, Medical Staff Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (S. Sergt. R. H. Ormston, Med Staff Corps, 8th August 1890) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Colonel Riddick Collection of medals to the Medical Services, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. R.H.S. Case no. 25,044: ‘Station Hospital, Gosport, 8 August 1890. Three gentlemen were getting into a boat when it upset and they were all immersed, one swam ashore but Wood clung tightly to Norman’s neck, and both would have been drowned. Staff Sergeant Ormston, Medical Staff Corps, swam out with all his uniform on, wrenched Wood’s grasp from Norman and saved both their lives. 20 feet deep, 30 yards from shore’. R. H. Ormston is listed on the Ashanti Star Roll as ‘Died 9 May 1896’.
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A Royal Humane Society pair awarded to Staff Sergeant R. H. Ormston, Medical Staff Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (S. Sergt. R. H. Ormston, Med Staff Corps, 8th August 1890) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Colonel Riddick Collection of medals to the Medical Services, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. R.H.S. Case no. 25,044: ‘Station Hospital, Gosport, 8 August 1890. Three gentlemen were getting into a boat when it upset and they were all immersed, one swam ashore but Wood clung tightly to Norman’s neck, and both would have been drowned. Staff Sergeant Ormston, Medical Staff Corps, swam out with all his uniform on, wrenched Wood’s grasp from Norman and saved both their lives. 20 feet deep, 30 yards from shore’. R. H. Ormston is listed on the Ashanti Star Roll as ‘Died 9 May 1896’.
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