Albert Edward Heming

Albert Edward Heming

Albert Edward Heming (Born June 13, 1910 in Ireland) was awarded the George Cross for the heroism displayed on on March 2, 1945 in Parkers Row in Bermondsey, London when he dug a trapped priest from the ruins of a bombed Catholic Church [ [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/1945/03/02.htm 2 March 1945 ] ] . He was a section leader in the Civil Defence Rescue Service at the time. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 17th of July, 1945.

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