Bravery Rewarded 2/2

Balham & Tooting Mercury, 05/12/1930 South London Swimming Club captain William Laws is presented with a Royal Humane Society Honorary Vellum for his bravery in rescuing a woman from drowning at Sonning-on-Thames on 6 July 1930. The SLSC was started in 1906 partly to promote life-saving. The Royal Humane Society was founded in 1774 and still makes bravery awards today.
Date of origination  ? 05/12/1930
Date of upload  ? 11/03/2019
Scope & content Newspaper cutting in album
Archive ref.  ? SLSC/5/1/1/11
File format.  ? JPEG image
Tags 1930s, William Laws, Charles Roskilly, Royal Humane Society