Order of Industrial Heroism

The Order was instituted in 1923[1][2] by the Daily Herald specifically to recognise the deeds of valour of those who had saved their fellow workers from danger or death.

[9] The Daily Herald was the official organ of the Trade Union Congress and one of the world's best-selling newspapers at the time.

[12] The Herald's records relating to the award are held in the Trades Union Congress Library Collections at London Metropolitan University.

[13][14] The Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick holds correspondence about the possible continuation of the award, after 1964, in its TUC collection (Ref MSS.292B/790/2).

[21] It also has Gill's 1923 proof copy of the woodcut artwork used on the award's certificates, which has "The Holy Ghost as a dove" in the place of the eventual red star.