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The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, with maker’s mark ‘JBC’ to reverse of Star;
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Honorary Associate’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles;
SJAB Medal (Chief Surg. J. B. Wilkinson. Oldham Corps.);
Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued;
Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with 5 Years Service bar (Chief Surgeon J. B. Wilkinson, 10. July. 1908.)

Together with an Oldham Corporation Jubilee Celebration Medal 1899, white metal, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine and better (7) £400-£500

James Bates Wilkinson was born at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, on 4 July 1857, and was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School, the University of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Surgeons, graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery in 1883 and Doctor of Medicine in 1885. Initially working for the University of Edinburgh as Demonstrator in Pathology, Wilkinson subsequently went into private practice in London, and later in Peterborough and Manchester. In 1887 he moved to Oldham, and took an active part in sending out ambulance men to the Boer War, for which service he was one of the small number of ‘notables’ awarded an ‘honorary’ St. John Medal for South Africa; during the Boer War, Oldham had the distinction of contributing the largest number of men to the St. John Ambulance Brigade of any provincial town.

Wilkinson served as School Medical Officer for Oldham from 1906 until his retirement in 1936. He was made an Honorary Associate of the Order of St. John on 25 April 1899 and was advanced to Knight of Grace on 21 October 1921. During the Great War he repeated his previous training endeavours for ambulance men and by 1930 had signed over 10,000 certificates and approved 13,000 awards in his capacity as Secretary for the Oldham branch of the St. John Ambulance Association. He died on 22 February 1941, his obituary in the Oldham Chronicle, dated 1 March 1941, noting: ‘He will long be remembered as a courteous and gentlemanly public servant of the old school.’

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Two St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902, the first erased, the second a later re-strike struck on a thinner flan and unofficially engraved ‘985 Pte. F. Barrowclough Dewsbury & Dist Corps’.

Noonan's say the QSA (1) Natal awarded to 985 Orderly F. Barrowclough, St. John Ambulance Brigade (which was itself a later issue), was sold in these rooms in April 2022.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1158 Ordly: H. Varley, St. John Amb: Bde:);
SJAB Medal (1158. Pte. H. Varley, Birchwood Corps.)

H. Varley served at 10 General Hospital.

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QSA (1) Natal (1030 Ordly: T. Hill. St. John Amb: Bde:);
SJAB Medal (1030 Pte. T. Hill. Bury. Div.)

T. Hill was a member of the Bury Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and served as an Orderly at 15 General Hospital.

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1689 Ordly: W. H. Atkinson, St. John Amb: Bde:);
SJAB Medal (1689. Pte. W. H. Atkinson, Halifax Div.)

W. H. Atkinson was a member of the Halifax Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and served as an Orderly at 18 Field Hospital.

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QSA (0) (1476 Ordly: W. J. Singleton, St. John Amb: Bde:);
British War Medal 1914-20 (102439 Pte. W. J. Singleton. R.A.M.C.);
[ VM ];
[ SJAB Medal ]

William J. Singleton was a member of the Haslingden Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and served as an Orderly at 4 General Hospital, Mooi River, Natal.