Portrait of Herbert Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies

People/rescuer

Herbert Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies

Herbert Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies (1906–1992), rescuer, from United Kingdom. Linked to coal.

Legacy

A south Wales barrister, he chaired the tribunal into the Aberfan disaster from 26 October 1966. It sat for 76 days, heard 136 witnesses and reported on 3 August 1967 that blame rested on the National Coal Board. It was the longest inquiry of its type in Britain up to then.1,2,3,4

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Timeline

  1. 21 October 1966Aberfan disaster5
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People

Rival ofAlfred Robens, Baron Robens of WoldinghamThe tribunal judged parts of his Aberfan evidence unreliable.1

Events

InvestigatedAberfan disasterHe chaired the 76-day Aberfan inquiry and blamed the Coal Board.1,2

Places

InvestigatedAberfanHis report of 3 August 1967 put the blame on the National Coal Board.2

Sources

  1. Inquiries into the Aberfan disaster, 21 October 1966 UK Government (Welsh Office/Cabinet Office publications)
  2. Aberfan Glamorgan Archives
  3. Wikidata item Q4360990
  4. File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons
  5. The Aberfan Tribunal Glamorgan Archives

Pictures on this page: Lord Edmund Davies.jpg, Rainich (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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