London, June 21, Mr, Herbert Morrison, Minister of Supply, today presented the Medal of the Order of the British Empire to a Scottish munitions worker, Mr, Hugh McLelland, who tried to avert an explosion when fire broke out in an Ordnance Factory, and was seriously injured, Mr. John McCabe, who lost his legs in the same explosion, was posthumously awarded the 'OBE. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire), and a chemist, Mr, Thomas Asquith,' was awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for joining Mr, McCabe and Mr, Mc-Lelland in the same operations.
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