LIFE-SAVING AT SEA


The Times

Saturday 12 July 1913


AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS

The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons:

A silver medal to Lieutenant David Blair, R.N.R., first officer of the steamship Majestic, of Liverpool, in recognition of his services in attempting to rescue a trimmer of that vessel who jumped overboard in the North Atlantic on May 6, 1913.



Courtesy of Mark Baber

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