Albert George Dolphin was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the September 7, 1940. He was working as an emergency hospital porter when a bomb fell on kitchens at the South Eastern Hospital (now the New Cross Hospital), killing four nurses and injuring others. Dolphin hurried to rescue a nurse who was trapped by fallen masonry and bravely threw himself across her to protect her as a damaged wall gave way. Dolphin was killed but the nurse, though severely injured, survived due to his action. The award was noted in the London Gazette of January 17, 1941.