Fifty eight Red Ribbon Medals of Honour were issued in 1960 to "individuals who have risked their own lives to save the lives of others".
Awarded on April 22, 1960.
Original case.
William Davidson Mudie was born on September 22, 1841 in Dumfriesshire (Scotland). He went to sea at the age of 16 and passed his Master's ticket in 1877. In March 1884 he was made Master of the SS Thibet, a threedeck, three mast, barque-rigged passenger&cargo liner of the P&O Stemaship...