Group    From 1877 

St John Ambulance

The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Order of St John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. 

The St John Ambulance Brigade was formed on 24 June 1887, as a voluntary organisation offering free medical care. Those instrumental in its creation include: John Furley, William Brasier, Sir Edmund Lechmere, Sir William MacCormac, Samuel Osborn, Edmund Owen.  Queen Victoria's Jubilee saw the Brigade in action in public for the first time.

In 1974 (or 1968) these two organisations, The Brigade and the Association, merged to form St John Ambulance, a single organisation providing both training and first aid cover.

This information comes from Wikipedia, Wikipedia, First Aid Journal July 1934-June 1936.

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St John Ambulance

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St John Ambulance Association WW1 and WW2

This cloister and garden commemorate the members of the Order of St John and ...

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St John Ambulance - Bostock 1

This hall was built on ground donated to St John Ambulance by Edward Bostock ...

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St John Ambulance - Bostock 2

At Bostock.net we found the coat of arms for Geoffrey Rowley Bostock (1880 - ...

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St John Ambulance Brigade

Despite its appearance this memorial does not commemorate those who died in w...

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St John Ambulance centenary

1887 - centenary - 1987 St John Ambulance Brigade

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Stanley R. Hudders

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Alfred E. Minter

Alfred E. Minter

Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Old Palace School, Bow, E3 on 20 April 1941. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Alfred Edward Minter was born...

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Fireman Terence Joseph Patrick Breen

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