A fine Collection of Life Saving Awards

Pair: Miss Daphne E. D. H. Millman, for a rescue on Lake Windermere

Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Daphne E. D. H. Millman, Sept 20 1904) with silver buckle on ribbon; Royal Life Saving Society, Award of Merit, silver (Daphne Millman, 1914) with silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £350-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Life Saving Awards.

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‘At 12.30 p.m. on the 20th September, 1904, Miss Milman, with her sister, Miss R. Milman, and Miss D.F. Richmond, took a boat and went some distance out on Lake Windermere with the intention of bathing. Miss D. Milman dived in from the boat, Miss Richmond, who was a poor swimmer, going in from the opposite side, while Miss R. Milman remained in the boat. Suddenly Miss Richmond got into difficulty, and on Miss D. Milman going to her assistance she was clutched and dragged under water. An oar was now thrown to them from the boat, but was insufficient to support both, and they again went under. The boat had now drifted some distance away, and with only one oar Miss R. Milman was unable to reach them owing to the rough water and current, and she therefore paddled to the nearest land, and running to the boat-house, got another boat, with two oars, with which she returned. Meantime the boat she had left drifted some way out, and Miss D. Milman, being much exhausted, made a supreme effort, and reaching it got in and paddled back to where the body was. Finding it impossible to get Miss Richmond from the water, she being now apparently dead, Miss D. Milman again jumped in, and the sisters, by their united efforts, got the body into the boat which Miss R. Milman had rowed out. Both then began artificial respiration, but it was half an hour before any sign of life appeared. They were now noticed and assisted to land, where the treatment was continued until Miss Richmond recovered.

Great risk was incurred by Miss D. Milman from her prolonged efforts in deep water.’ (ref. Acts of Gallantry).

The Silver Medal was voted to Miss D. Milman, and the Resuscitation Certificate to Miss R. Milman (R.H.S. Case no. 33,636).