Hero Of The Year Receives Gold Medal From Duke Of Gloucester -- Ernest Hill wearing the Stanhope gold medal, reading the illuminated address that was presented to him with the medal at York House today. 28- year-old Trawlerman Ernest Hill, who was awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal by The Royal Humane Society for the bravest deedox of the year, received the medal this morning from the Duke of Gloucester, at York House. Hill dived overboard in a storm off Iceland and saved a shipmate. May 5, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).