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Can anyone tell me what Numbered Brigade would contain the Ransgate section......

Mike

Mike,

From the Annual Report, 1918, Ramsgate was in the 8th District.



There is another number here, 4, but I am not sure what that means:



Best wishes
David

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The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamel;
[ QSA (1) CC ];
SJAB Medal (1232. Pte. J. Titterington, Colne Div.);
British War and Victory Medals (M.8742 J. Titterington. S.R.A. R.N.);
Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. J. Titterington.);
Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve LS&GV GV, with additional service clasp (127. J. Titterington. S.B.S. 2Cl. R.N.A.S.B.R.);
Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with additional service clasp (Pte. J. Titterington. (Morecambe Div. No. 4 Dst. SJAB. 1917)

RNASBR LS&GC awarded 14 October 1920; clasp issued 30 May 1925.

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The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles;
SJAB Medal (Dist. Supt. of Stores S. B. Piers. No.1 Dist);
Jubilee 1897, bronze (Supt. S. B. Piers);
Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (S. B. Piers. Supt. of Stores.);
Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued;
Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, with five Additional Award Bars (District Supt. of Stores. Shute B Piers 1906.)

Shute Barrington Piers was born in Weymouth on 10 April 1864, the son of Captain Shute Barrington Piers, Royal Navy. A bank cashier and resident of Lewisham, he witnessed extensive service with No. 1 District, St John Ambulance Brigade. He died in Croydon in 1947.

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QSA (1) Cape Colony (595 Ordly: J. Stephenson. St. John Amb: Bde:);
SJAB Medal (595. Pte J. Stephenson Colne Div.);
BWM (M.9531 J. Stephenson. R. Wdmr. R.N.);
Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve LS&GV GV (633. J. Stephenson, Res: Wardmaster. R.N.A.S.B.R.);
Service Medal of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, silver (1st. Off: John Stephenson (Colne Div: S.J.A.B.) 1914.)

John Stephenson was born in Colne, Lancashire, on 17 June 1877. A former Orderly during the Boer War, he served from 5 August 1914 to 14 April 1919 as Reserve Wardmaster at Chatham Hospital in Kent.

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QSA (2) Natal, Orange Free State, clasps loose on riband (969 Ordly: G. F. W. Walker, St. John Amb: Bde);
SJAB Medal (969. Pte. G. F. W. Walker. Dudley Corps.);
Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension (2628. Sgt. G. F. W. Walker (Birmingham ‘C’ Div. No.3 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1922.)

George Frederick William Walker was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, around 1882. He is confirmed on the QSA roll as serving during the Boer War with St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, the entry noting the Orange Free State clasp issued on 1 June 1907 and the Natal clasp issued off roll. Initially posted as Orderly to No. 7 General Hospital in Pretoria, Walker later transferred to Harrismith, before returning home to the West Midlands and forging a successful career with the SJAB in his home town.