b. ? 1856 Ballyscullion, Derry, Ireland. d. 02/06/1917 France.
DATE OF AM ACTION: 09/08/1886 Gateshead, County Durham.
Edward was born in Derry, Ireland in 1856, the son of John and Rose Scullion (nee Regan). It is not known when the Scullion family emigrated from Ireland to the North East of England. It was certainly prior to the 1881 Census, when the Scullion family were shown to be living in Gateshead. The census states that his father was working as the Head Labourer in a Chemical Works, and Edward was one of four brothers. He followed in his older brothers and father’s footsteps in working at the chemical works. He received his medal from the Mayor of Gateshead at Gateshead Town Hall on 23rd October 1886. He had previously saved three lives from drowning. In 1891, Edward was still living with his parents, now aged 31, and was still working at the chemical works. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, despite being 58 years old, Edward seems to have been able to enlist with the Northumberland Fusiliers and fought on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 2nd June 1917, aged 60, and is buried in Croisilles British Cemetery.
AM CITATION:
THE Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the “Albert Medal of the Second Class” upon Edward Scullion, a Chemical Labourer, in recognition of the conspicuous gallantry displayed by him on the 9th of August last, in attempting to rescue two men and a boy who had been overcome by sulphur in the air-shaft of an unused sulphuretted hydrogen sewer connected with the works of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chemical Company.
BURIAL LOCATION: CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
BLOCK I ROW B GRAVE 12.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
Acknowledgements:
Allan Stanistreet – Image of Edward Scullion AM.
Steve Rogers – Image of Edward Scullion AM Grave.