Royal Humane Society. Recognising Bravery.

Royal Humane Society

Instituted 1774 and Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1959

Patron:  Her Majesty the Queen

President:  HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO

Registered Charity Number 231469

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Recent recipients of awards.

2012 Annual Report

This and previous years annual reports can be downloaded (in PDF format) using the links below:

2012 Annual Report
2011 Annual Report
2010 Annual Report
2009 Annual Report
2008 Annual Report

2012 Annual Report

Those below are some of the people who have recently received awards from the Society for outstanding bravery

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David Kelly

David Kelly
Stanhope Gold Medal

David Kelly has been awarded the Stanhope Medal 2012 for his outstanding bravery in saving the life of James Young, who had fallen under a Docklands Light Railway train at West Silvertown, on the evening of 18th May 2012.

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Jo Casser

Jo Cosser
Bronze Medal and 2012 Police Medal

Jo Cosser of Avon & Somerset Constabulary was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for her outstanding bravery in saving the life of a woman trapped in her first floor flat by a fire on 8th September 2012. The Committee later assessed this as the most courageous action by a police officer during 2012

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Ruairi Bradley

Ruairi Bradley
Bronze Medal

Ruairi Bradley was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for the rescue of Dr Clive Probert and his wife Norma from their catamaran.

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Darren Fletcher

Darren Fletcher
Bronze Medal

Darren Fletcher of Wareham in Dorset was in nearby Wool, on 20th January 2012, when a man drove a fully laden tanker into his marital home, occupied by his wife of 31 years.

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Hannah Gilespie and Delphine Leonard

Hannah Gillespie
Bronze Medal

Hannah Gillespie lives about a mile from the shore of Lough MacNean in County Fermanagh. On 25th March 2012, she was at home when she heard shouting for help coming from the direction of the lough.

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Jared McIntosh

Jared McIntosh
Bronze Medal

Jared McIntosh is an officer in the Royal Gibraltar Police. On 31st May 2011, he was at the port in Gibralta when he heard an explosion and found an oil tank on fire.

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Plamen Petkov

Plamen Petkov
In Memorium Testimonial

Plamen Petkov was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s In Memoriam Testimonial for saving a child from the sea on West Wittering Beach, on 26th May 2012.

 

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Lynn Piclett

Lynn Pickett
Bronze Medal

Lynn Pickett was in her car in Littleover, Derby, on 2nd November 2011  when she heard a loud bang. She could see a lorry on fire close to a petrol station and only about 9 metres from the pumps.

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Richard Stanton and John Volanthen

Richard Stanton and John Volanthen
Bronze Medal

Richard Stanton and John Volanthen are cave rescue experts who took part in the attempted rescue of a French cave diver in the Ardche Gorge, France.

 

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