Philip Yates
Collier who displayed gallantry in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster in Yorkshire
About Philip Yates
Lived 1913 – 1998 (aged 85). Philip Yates was a British miner.
Philip William Yates GC (3 January 1913 – 14 February 1998) was an English recipient of the Edward Medal, later exchanged for a George Cross, awarded for gallantry in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster in Yorkshire.
Philip William Yates was born in County Durham on 3 January 1913.
Eight miners who were involved in the rescue were awarded the Edward Medal, including Yates and his three colleagues and members of the colliery rescue team.
After the Bentley Colliery disaster he left the coal industry to be a foundry worker until he retired.
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Who was Philip Yates?
collier who displayed gallantry in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster in Yorkshire
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Philip Yates was born on 3 January 1913 in County Durham.
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Philip Yates died on 14 February 1998 in Doncaster.
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Philip Yates was a miner.
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