2007 Winner Sgt Michelle Cunningham and The EOD Unit When fire-fighters realised they didn’t have the skills to tackle a highly dangerous explosion in a pyrotechnics factory, bomb disposal expert Sergeant Michelle Cunningham immediately made her way to the scene. Michelle, 32, faces danger on a daily basis as part of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal […]
Category: 2007 Winners
Outstanding Bravery
2007 Winner Robert Dunn He was just 12 years old, but it fell to Robert Dunn to save his entire family from a crazed attacker who burst into their home brandishing a meat cleaver. The youngster was at home one evening in October last year with his mum Samantha, nephew Jayden and pregnant sister Riana, […]
Teacher of the Year
2007 Winner Pam Redican Pam Redican’s dedication to so-called ‘difficult’ children is second to none. The mother-of-two spent her own childhood in a series of children and foster homes, and turned to alcohol as a teenager. Nearly 30 years later, she spent her lifesavings entering a clinic for two weeks to dry out for good. […]
Special Recognition
2007 Winner Henry Allingham World War One veteran Henry Allingham remembers things that most of us have only ever read about in textbooks. At the age of 111, his life has spanned three centuries, six monarchs and 21 Prime Ministers. One of his oldest memories is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901, when he […]