Lieutenant Ernest Gidden receiving the George Cross, 1942
Lieutenant Ernest Gidden(1910 -1961)receiving the George Cross for making safe a mine which had fallen on Hungerford Bridge. At the time of his investiture, he was the only man to receive both the George Medal(for diffusing a mine in 1940) and the George Cross
Picture No
10578171
Media ID
46660178
Size
3467px x 5270px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News 25th July 1942, page 95
Date
1942
