"Bamford, who nearly six decades on still bears the scars from the fire, 'retired' from the scrap metal business in 1993 and moved to live near Land's End, Cornwall, with his wife, Madge. However, the couple, who have four sons and four grandchildren, returned to live in Awsworth in 1998. Since then, a plaque has been put up in the village hall to commemorate his GC. Since then, too, as well as dabbling in the family scrap metal business, Bamford, who is seventy-three, has been involved in buying and restoring vintage cars and tractors. 'I have had a lifetime breaking them [vehicles] up but now I put them back together,' he said with a chuckle."
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Jack Bamford
John Bamford GC (7 March 1937 – 2 November 2023), known as Jack Bamford, was the youngest person to have been directly awarded the George Cross. On 19 October 1952, aged 15, he rescued his two younger brothers from their upstairs bedroom when a fire occurred during the night at their home in Newthorpe. He took four months to recover from the injuries he sustained. He was awarded the George Cross in December 1952.
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