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| Picture No | 10578171 |
| Date | 1942 |
| Description | Lieutenant Ernest Gidden receiving the George Cross, 1942 |
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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.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News 25th July 1942, page 95. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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