HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM On the 26th January, 1942, the Hartlepool life-boat rescued five of the crew of the S.S. Hawkwood, of London.

LIEUT. WILLIAM H. BENNISON, C.G.M., R.N.V.R., coxswain of the lifeboat, was awarded the gold medal.

MOTOR MECHANIC HERBERT W. JEFFERSON was awarded the silver medal.

BOWMAN THOMAS GILCHRIST was awarded the bronze medal.

ASSISTANT MOTOR MECHANIC ROBERT HORSLEY was awarded the bronze medal.

EMERGENCY MOTOR MECHANIC EDWARD WALLACE was awarded the bronze medal.

LIFE-BOATMAN RICHARD COULSON was awarded the bronze medal.

LIFE-BOATMAN WILLIAM HORSLEY was awarded the bronze medal.

LIFE-BOATMAN HERBERT PEARSON was awarded the bronze medal..