Margaret ac Edward David o Drehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf, yn 1905. Mae Edward yn gwisgo’r Fedal Albert a roddwyd iddo mewn cydnabyddiaeth am ei ymdrechion dewr a diatal i achub ei gydweithwyr yn dilyn trychineb erchyll Glofa Tŷ Newydd, Ebrill 1877.
Margaret and Edward David of Trehafod, Rhondda Valley, 1905. Edward is wearing the Albert Medal presented to him in recognition of his rescue work at the Tŷ Newydd Colliery disaster, April 1877. This was the first time that Albert Medals were awarded for bravery on land.
From our Archive and Library Collections at St Fagans National Museum of History.