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Aug. 08, 1964 - Policewoman Margaret Gets the George Medal.. She Snatched Child from Man on Rooftop.. It was learned yesterday that policewoman no. 232 - 26 year old Margaret Cleland had been awarded the George Medal for her bravery when one day last March she snatched a baby from the arms of a distraught father on a rooftop high above London - when the father threatened to jump from the roof with the child.. Margaret was to been seed with three policemen who had also been awarded for bravery at their job - two of them had won the B.E.M. for arresting a gunman and the third getting a gallantry award for attempting to rescue two children from a blazing house.. Keystone Photo Shows: The Heroine and the Heroes of the Police force yesterday.. P.C. Duneclift (left); P.C. Roy Hobbs; Policewoman Margaret Cleland and P.c. Roy Stamper

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Arresting Attempting B.e.m Blazing Bravery Cleland Distraught Gallantry Gunman Heroine Hobbs Learned Policewoman Rooftop Seed Snatched Stamper Threatened

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