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Shotton Colliery Rescue Team - George Forster, William Hamilton, Robert Ellis and Mr Henderson - Shotton (shot0062)

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Photograph of two men, wearing breathing apparatus and carrying a canary in a cage, sitting on a form; two other men similarly clothed, one of whom is holding a canary and the other holding a miner's lamp, are standing behind the form, accompanied by a man in a double-breasted uniform and peaked cap; they are standing in front of a wall in which there is a large small-paned window; they have been identified as George Forster, William Hamilton, Robert Ellis and Mr. Henderson in the Shotton Colliery Rescue Team

Shotton Colliery Rescue Team - George Forster, William Hamilton, Robert Ellis and Mr Henderson - Shotton

Photograph of two men, wearing breathing apparatus and carrying a canary in a cage, sitting on a form; two other men similarly clothed, one of whom is holding a canary and the other holding a miner's lamp, are standing behind the form, accompanied by a man in a double-breasted uniform and peaked cap; they are standing in front of a wall in which there is a large small-paned window; they have been identified as George Forster, William Hamilton, Robert Ellis and Mr. Henderson in the Shotton Colliery Rescue Team

Date: 1920 - 1929


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