200 volunteer ambulance drivers and personnel served, 1939 - 1945. The picture shows a book (available at Amazon) "At the core of the narrative lies the memories of Station Officer May Greenup who served at Station 39 in Weymouth Mews for five and a half years."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Auxiliary Ambulance Service, station 39
Commemorated ati
Ambulance Station
City of Westminster, 2001. Station 39 of the London Auxiliary Ambulance Serv...
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Capt. W. Goodley, OBE, MC
Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1921-1947. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 10 January 1947 carries an obituary: "Captain Will...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Transport
Sir John Simon
Surgeon and public health officer. Born City of London. His name is of French origin which is worth knowing for pronunciation purposes. 1848 appointed the first Medical Officer of Health for London...
W. J. Church Brasier
Brigade Chief Superintendent in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1905. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John. The Museum of the Order of St John have an full desc...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder
Ophthalmologist. Born in Pitlochry, Scotland. Wrote a classic manual for eye surgeons, entitled "Textbook of Ophthalmology".
King George Hospital, HMSO, Stamford Street
From the Survey of London and Ezitis (excellent) we learn that the five storey Cornwall House, built as warehouse for H.M. Stationery Office, was completed in the middle of WW1 and so was used unti...
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John Pollard Seddon
Born London House, 150 Aldersgate Street. Architect whose designs included the University College, Aberystwyth. He was essentially an ecclesiastical architect, building and restoring many churches....
42nd Royal Highlanders
Infantry regiment of the British army. Originally a militia raised to build a network of roads, it became known as the Black Watch because of the dark green tartan with which they were issued. It w...
H. H. Asquith
Born in Morley, Yorkshire. Prime Minister 1908 to 1916. 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Died Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. The Suffragettes' enemy. Film director Anthony Asquith was his son and La...
Lyon Cawch
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
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