Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Station Officer H. Yarde, Plymstock Retained Fire Station

Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Henry Yarde); R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (Sub. Offr. H. Yarde. 1951) with integral ‘For Humanity’ top brooch bar, first three mounted for wear, the last loose, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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‘When a heifer fell into a well at Parsonage Farm, Newton Ferrers, the Plymstock Fire Brigade had to pump 16 feet of water away before Sub-Officer Yarde together with a Leading Fireman where able to enter the well. Whilst standing in 5 feet of water they secured the heifer which was subsequently rescued.’ (The Animal World, January 1952 refers).

Henry Yarde was born in Egg Buckland, Devon in 1910. A Carpenter and Joiner by occupation he volunteered for the National Fire Service in the Second World War and will have seen service during the Plymouth Blitz. Appointed Sub-Officer and later Station Officer in charge of the Plymstock Fire Station he was awarded the Coronation Medal 1953 as a member of the Devon Fire Brigade. He died in Plymstock on 17 April 1995, aged 84.

Sold with copied research.