CarnegieHero.Org.uk
About CarnegieHero.Org.uk
In 1886, over 20 years before the Carnegie Hero Fund was established in the UK, Carnegie heard about the death of a Dunfermline boy who drowned in a heroic attempt to rescue a young swimmer in difficulties in the Town Loch, Dunfermline. Such was the response to the tragedy that a fund was launched to erect a memorial by public subscription. One of the subscribers was Andrew Carnegie who added the sum of £100 to the appeal.
