Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (John Foley. 14th Aug. 1911.) with integral top riband buckle, suspension claw tightened, very fine £100-£140

Case No. 38630:

‘At 1.10pm on the 14th August, 1911, a boy named [Timothy] Sweeney was bathing in the Usk at Newport when he was carried away by the tide. John Foley, aged 15, went in, but was clutched and also got in danger. John Sullivan then plunged in and brought them out one at a time.’

John Foley was born in Newport in 1896, and resided with his family at 19 Granville Street. John Sullivan was awarded a Royal Humane Society, small bronze (successful).

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