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