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- Name: Ahmed Muhammad MIRGHANY
- D.O.A: 18th Sep, 1932
- D.O.D: 25th Aug, 1961
- Award: Empire Gallantry Medal translated to George Cross
- Occupation at time of action: Civilian
- Book: The Complete History - Volume 3
River Nile near Khartoum, Sudan 18 September 1932
18 September 1932
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BETWEEN THE WARS 1919–39
BETWEEN THE WARS 1919–39
On 18 September 1932 Ahmed Muhammed Mirghany rescued three girls from drowning in the Nile near Khartoum.
Citation
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the Award of the Medal of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to the undermentioned:– For Gallantry. Mirghany Ahmed Mohammed. On September 18th, 1932, at the height of the Nile flood, and at a point where the stream is particularly dangerous even for the strongest swimmer, Mirghany Ahmed rescued three girls, the eldest fifteen years of age, from certain death by drowning