PRESENTATION OF THE ROYAL HUMANE MEDAL TO STOKER S G ELVIN OF HMS SKIDDAW. 1940, ROSYTH. IN DECEMBER 1939 STOKER ELVIN, WHO WAS CONFINED TO HIS BUNK UNDER MEDICAL TREATMENT, HEARD CRIES FOR HELP AND WITHOUT A MOMENTS HESITATION DOUBLED UP ON DECK, OVER THE GANGWAY AND ALONG THE DECK WALL TO NEAR WHERE THE CRIES WERE COMING FROM. IN TOTAL DARKNESS, WITH NO MOON AND A HEAVY SKY, ELVIN DIVED IN AND EVENTUALLY FOUND FIREMAN FOTTREL, A NON SWIMMER STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. ELVIN SUCCEEDED IN GETTING HIM TO DOCK SIDE, BY WHICH TIME A FLOOD LIGHT HAD BEEN PUT ON THE WATER AND RESCUER AND RESCUED WERE
PRESENTATION OF THE ROYAL HUMANE MEDAL TO STOKER S G ELVIN OF HMS SKIDDAW. 1940, ROSYTH. IN DECEMBER 1939 STOKER ELVIN, WHO WAS CONFINED TO HIS BUNK UNDER MEDICAL TREATMENT, HEARD CRIES FOR HELP AND WITHOUT A MOMENTS HESITATION DOUBLED UP ON DECK, OVER THE GANGWAY AND ALONG THE DECK WALL TO NEAR WHERE THE CRIES WERE COMING FROM. IN TOTAL DARKNESS, WITH NO MOON AND A HEAVY SKY, ELVIN DIVED IN AND EVENTUALLY FOUND FIREMAN FOTTREL, A NON SWIMMER STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. ELVIN SUCCEEDED IN GETTING HIM TO DOCK SIDE, BY WHICH TIME A FLOOD LIGHT HAD BEEN PUT ON THE WATER AND RESCUER AND RESCUED WERE PULLED ASHORE. FOTTREL WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND NEEDED HALF AN HOUR'S ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR COMPLETE RECOVERY. - Stoker S G Elvin seen wearing his medal after the presentation
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