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LIFE-SAVING AT SEA

The Times

 

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.

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2008) LIFE-SAVING AT SEA (The Times, Saturday 12th July 1913, ref: #7770, published 28 July 2008, generated 4th October 2024 07:29:20 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/david-blair-award-kings-medal-gallantry.html