Defence Medal; Coronation Medal 1953; Fire Brigade Exemplary Service Medal (STN. OFFR. HENRY YARDE); Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Life-Saving Medal. Bronze. With FOR HUMANITY bar (SUB OFFR. H. YARDE. 1951)
Henry Yarde was born in Plymstock, Devon on 2 November 1910. According to the 1939 Register he was living at 2 Ash Villa, Plymouth and was a Carpenter & Joiner by trade. He served with the National Fire Service in WWII and was awarded the Defence Medal. He was awarded RSPCA Bronze Medal for saving a heifer in 1951 - the January 1952 edition of the publication "Animal World" related that, "When a heifer fell into a well at Parsonage Farm, Newton Ferriers, Devon, the Plymstock Fire Brigade had to pump the 16 feet of water away before they could begin rescue operations. Wood and several iron pipes passed through the well hole and Sub-Officer Yarde of the Fire Service had to stay at the foot of the well to direct rescuers on the surface. Whilst he and Leading Fireman Startup were in the well securing the heifer, water was seeping back and by the time they were able to rope the animal it was five feet deep."
Yarde went on to earn the Coronation Medal 1953 as a Sub-Officer with the Devon Fire Brigade and was later awarded the EIIR Fire Service Exemplary Long Service Medal.
He passed away in Plymstock on 17 April 1995
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