• Source: List of recipients of the George Medal, 1950s
    • The George Medal is awarded by the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations for acts of great bravery; over 2,000 medals have been awarded since its inception in September 1940. Below is set out a selection of recipients of the award, during the 1950s. A person's presence in this list does not suggest their award was more notable than any other award of the George Medal.
      Where a recipient has received a second George Medal, a picture of the ribbon bearing the bar symbol is shown.


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      1950s


      ARTHUR HILTON British 5th Army - During an operation in Celle in Germany the lorry he was travelling in skidded and went off a bridge into the River Aller.
      Even though he could not swim, he dived underneath the truck to rescue 2 men trapped in the cabin, unfortunately being unable to find his friend who was in the back of the lorry with himself, who was later found drowned underneath the vehicle


      See also


      List of recipients of the George Medal for other decades


      References

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