ON 28 MARCH , 1960, CONSTABLE JAMES GRIBBEN OF ’B’ (MARINE) DIVISION, GLASGOW POLICE, WAS ATTENDING A FIRE IN A WHISKY WAREHOUSE IN CHEAPSIDE STREET, GLASGOW.
AN EXPLOSION INSIDE THE BULDING BLEW OUT A 60 FOOT WALL AND THE MASONRY FELL ONTO A NUMBER OF FIREMEN OUTSIDE.
AT GREAT PERSONAL RISK, CONSTABLE GRIBBEN RESCUED A TRAPPED FIREMAN FROM THE DEBRIS BUT 19 FIREMEN HAD BEEN KILLED.