Medals make a fine lifesaving tribute

A story of extraordinary peacetime gallantry of a Cumbrian seaman turned coalminer was at the heart of a group of medals, photographs and press cuttings offered at Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) at Colchester on November 28.

They summarised the feats of John Hampson, who had already been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s…

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