Ram Lal Bhauri EM

b. ? d. ?

DATE OF EM ACTION: 14/03/1909 Baraboni, India.

Very little is known about the life of railway shunting porter Ram Lal Bhauri, except for his actions on 14th March 1909 in Baraboni, India.

 

EM CITATION:

Ram  Lai  Bauri  is  a  shunting porter   in   the  employment  of   the  Bast   Indian Railway  Company.   On  the   14th  March,  1909, he   was  sitting  upon  the   brake  of   the  first  of eight  empty waggons,  which were being shunted upon  a colliery  siding,  and, as the  waggons  went round  a curve he noticed  three  children  playing upon the  line.    He  jumped  off,  ran  forward, and picked  up two  of the  children, and  was  trying  to get  hold of  the  third  when  the  waggon   reached and  killed  her.    The  rescuer  was  knocked  down but  escaped  injury.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.