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I have recently been shown a 2 bar QSA named to DRESSER N MUMMARY VAN ALEN F HOSP.
This medal also has a BWM named to Lt Col N H Mummary. I would appreciate any information on the rarity of this medal and if any others have ever turned up for sale. Also I haven't been able to find his WW1 entitlement as I am sure a Victory or perhaps a star as well is missing.
I have posted some images.
Thanks
Grant

Grant,

This is a very rare combination of medals.

His MIC should be available. I notice you typed his surname with an 'a' rather than an 'e'.

Extant medals to the Van Alen hospital are few in number. A handful are known.

There is information on the work of the hospital as well as a roll here: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...eld-hospital?start=0

and here: www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/9...rican-field-hospital

Best wishes
David

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2nd Gde: Ord: C. W. Lane, Van Alen American F. Hosp:) officially impressed naming;
SJAB Medal (333 Pte. C. W. Lane Isle-of-Wight Corps);
Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S. C. Lane.)

The medal roll for ‘The Van Alen American Field Hospital’ contains 15 names, including Van Alen himself and 9 men of the St John Ambulance Brigade, 2 of whom were drawn from the Isle of Wight Corps. The Van Alen American Field Hospital was the smallest of the donative hospitals to serve in South Africa, and was formed by Mr. Van Alen, an American citizen who agreed to provide - at his own expense - all necessary equipment and transport. The War Office, for its part, agreed to convey the hospital to South Africa and return it to England when no longer required.

Charles William Lane was born at Wroxall, Isle of Wight, in 1878. He was one of two members of the Isle of Wight Corps of the St John Ambulance Corps who volunteered to serve with the Van Alen American Field Hospital in South Africa. He returned to the Isle of Wight after his experiences in South Africa, and married Ada Norris there in 1904. In 1911 he was employed as a Sergeant in the London Metropolitan Police, living in Lewisham, but is thought to have died on the Isle of Wight in 1962.

For anyone interested in the work of the Van Alen Field Hospital, there is an account written by Surgeon Samuel Osborn that was serialised in The Graphic.

www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...spital?start=0#54829

A link to the posts by the much missed Berenice on Mr. Fred. Vavasour Guy of the Van Alen Hospital.

www.angloboerwar.com/forum/7-genealogy-a...l-died-in-1910#63485

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1st. Gde: Ord: J. Blackband. Van Alen American F. Hosp:) edge bruises

Noonan's state that 'The medal roll for ‘The Van Alen American Field Hospital’ contains 15 names, including Van Alen himself and 9 men of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The Van Alen American Field Hospital was the smallest of the donative hospitals to serve in South Africa, and was formed by Mr. Van Alen, an American citizen who agreed to provide - at his own expense - all necessary equipment and transport. The War Office, for its part, agreed to convey the hospital to South Africa and return it to England when no longer required.'