Medals and awards 1939

Daily Post, Oct 7th 1939

Imperial Service medallists

Awarded by the King to:-

William Henry ATKINSON, Liverpool

Herbert Jessie BRIDLE, Officer, H.M. Prison, Liverpool

Charles BUCK, Overseer, Post office, Liverpool

William Slinger FOXCROFT, Postman Lancashire and Morecambe

Leonard James GEORGE, Postman Lancashire and Morecambe

William Ernest JENNINGS, Inspector, Post office, Liverpool

James MURPHY, Postman, Mold

Lucy Ellen SHERIN, Sorting clerk and telegraphist, Liverpool

John SUTTON, Skilled workman, Telephones, Liverpool

Isaac Clayton THOMAS, Sorting clerk and telegraphist, Aberystwyth

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Oct 11th 1939

Won V. C. at 19

Mr Edward SMITH, V.C, D.C.M, has been granted a temporary short service commission as Lieut Quartermaster. He won the V.C, at the age of 19 and joined the army in 1917 as a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers, becoming a Lance Sergeant. He was born at Maryport and is now aged 40yrs.

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William KAY of Eccleston St, St Helens was presented with the Imperial Service medal in recognition of 29yrs service as a Post Office engineer.

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