Jack Bamford Quotes

1937–2023 England

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.