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Alexander Stewart's bravey medals. Albert Medal (L) and Queen's South Africa Medal.<br />
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A bravery medal awarded at the behest of Winston Churchill to a train driver who tried to save the future Prime Minister from being captured during the Boer War has come to light.<br />
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A young Churchill roused wounded driver Charles Wagner and engine firemen Alexander Stewart into action after their armoured train was attacked and derailed by enemy soldiers.<br />
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Churchill, then a newspaper war correspondent, talked Wagner out of fleeing the scene and remain in his engine cab in order to clear the blocked line.<br />
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Although he was captured, Churchill later escaped and insisted both men be awarded the Albert Medal.