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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 305

Tayleur Fund for the Succour of Shipwrecked Strangers Medal, silver, reverse engraved ´To Henry E. Crout, H.M.S. Edgar, for Distinguished Gallantry in Saving of Life in the River Mersey 19th. Septr. 1863. The Rt. Honble. Lord Talbot de Malahide, Chairman´, old repair to suspension, otherwise very fine and rare Estimate £ 500-600 Henry Edward Crout, Able Seaman, H.M.S. Edgar citation reads: ´On the 17th September 1863, Henry E. Crout, and Able Seaman of H.M.S. Edgar, which was at Liverpool, saw a woman accidentally fall from a landing stage into the water. He jumped into the water and as she had become exhausted he supported her until they were picked up by a boat and taken back to H.M.S. Edgar. The incident was witnessed by Captain Hornby.´ Petty Officer Henry Edward Crout was born in May 1842 at Pater, Wales, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy in September 1857, serving in H.M.S. Victory. Promoted Able Seaman, January 1861, he transferred to H.M.S. Edgar, July 1862, the flag ship of the Channel Squadron, which visited Liverpool from the 14th to the 25th September 1863. Advanced Petty Officer, he was discharged at his own request in May 1885. Approximately 2 gold and 37 silver Tayleur Fund Medals were awarded during the period 1861-75 for sixteen separate actions; the award to Henry Crout is unique for this rescue, which was the second action for which the medal was awarded. Provenance: Stansfeld Collection, Spink, June 1984

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