Country: UK
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 16/07/1903
Number issued: 47 or 48
Silver National Fire Brigades' Union medals, to:
Private R. WEBBER (Exeter)
Private Herbert WILLARD (New Malden)
Orderly William A. WHITE (Battle)
127 Orderly Walter STONE (Brierfield; 2nd Contingent)
???? H.J. GREENFIELD (Newhaven) - it has been suggested that this is Civil Surgeon D.G. Greenfield, Deelfontein, but this seems unlikely
Members of the various Ambulance bodies were asked to volunteer to tend the sick and wounded, and three separate detachments from the Ambulance Department of the Union are now serving in the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein. The first detachment which left in February [1900], consisted of twenty-eight members, who were billeted and finally trained in London by the officers of the Department. In origin, training and uniform they are distinct, but as for the time being they are associated with a detachment of the St John Ambulance Brigade, they passed the First Aid and Nursing Examinations of that body; there being at that time, no other certificate obtainable. It is gratifying to note that these men, known as the 'Fire Kings' have earned the praise of the officers; the Military Commandant Col. Sloggett, in his dispatch to Lady Howe mentioning them as specially distinguished by zeal and capacity. In June, in response to an urgent cablegram, a further detachment of twelve men was collected, trained and sent out. By this time, however, the teaching of the Department was in order, and after being billeted and instructed in London as before, the men, having been examined by the Chief Surgeon, were given the certificate of the Union, which is now accepted by the War Office as qualifying them to act as fist class ward orderlies.
Later in the same month, three more men volunteered individually to serve in the Imperial Yeomanry Branch Hospital, also another detachment (4 men) sailed on January 2nd, 1901, for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Deelfontein, so that altogether the Department is represented on the field by forty-seven members.
From top left: Private George Sanders, Private George Edges, Sergeant Samuel Alexander & Sergeant Charles Willmore (OMRS Journal, December 2003)
Private Down example sold through Noonans, 17/01/2024, for £3,400 (with S.J.A.B. Medal and Exeter Fire Brigade Medal for Gallantry)
EXETER FIREMEN LEAVE FOR THE FRONT.
FIRE BRIGADE AMBULANCE MEN TO THE FRONT.
TORQUAY SENDS FIRST AID FOR THE YEOMANRY.
VOLUNTEERS FROM COCKINGTON.
On Sunday evening a hearty “send off” was given to three members of the Cockington Fire Brigade who have volunteered for ambulance service with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. They will form part of the Ambulance Corps organised by the National Fire Brigade Union, of which the Duke of Marlborough is President. The names of the selected men are George AVERY, master painter, George Samuel SANDERS, in the employ of Cockington Council, and Thomas STEPHENS, farrier and smith, in the employ of Mr R. Mallock, of Cockington Court. Stephens is over 30 years of age and the other two are over 40. All three are married, but with the exception of Stephens, who has three children, they have no families. Each of the volunteers holds the first aid certificate of the St John Ambulance Association, to the headquarters of which organization they reported themselves on Monday. They will go through a week’s training in the duties of nursing, prior to sailing for South Africa.
The men paraded in the Square at Cockington just before seven o’clock on Sunday evening. The other members of the Cockington Brigade were present under Superintendent Cowling, together with the members of the Paignton Brigade, in charge of Captain Foxworthy. Headed by the Royal Italian Band, they marched into Torquay, down Union Street, and then along the Torbay Road to the Torquay Station. A large and enthusiastic crowd followed the procession. On the station a very large number of people assembled, and when the train ran in the band played “Rule Britannia”. Upon its departure the “National Anthem” was rendered. Amongst those present were several members of the District Council.
Mr J.W. Redmore, on behalf of the Belgrave Congregational Church Choir, of which he was a member, presented Fireman Stephens with a purse of gold, and various other presents were made to him as well as to Fireman Avery and Fireman Sanders, the other two men.
On Sunday morning the Rev. J. Charteris Johnston commented upon Mr Stephens’ departure. Mr Stephens had, he said, been a faithful and consistent member of the choir. He wished him God-speed in his humane work. They rejoiced that one of their number should offer himself for such a noble work on behalf of his country, for he believed that there was no nobler work than the tending of the wounded and the dying. He asked for their prayers in behalf of Mr Stephens.
Mr Johnston and the organist of the church, Dr Orlando Mansfield, were among those who bade Mr Stephens “Good-bye” at the Railway Station.
AN EXETER FIREMAN’S LETTER.
FROM A BOGNOR FIREMAN.
South Africa.
Sunday, March 18th.
I am writing to let you know I am alright up to the present. We are having a rough time of it getting the hospital ready. We arrived here a fortnight ago. There are about 30 sheds to go up, 60ft by 20ft, and there are only four carpenters in the hospital and we work two on a shed with a dozen blacks to help us and it is all a job to make them understand as they will do just the reverse from what you want them to do, but I am getting used to them now and understand a bit of their language. Several of our fellows are down with dysentery, but not serious. Coming out we had a very rough passage down the Channel and through the Bay, but the rest of the way it was alright. We were entertained by the Captain of the Cape Town Fire Brigade the day Ladysmith was relieved, and went to his Club and to the Town Hall, where he behaved like a brick and introduced us to some of the leading men of Cape Town, and then took us on the roof to watch the crowd of about 30,000 in the Square singing “God save the Queen” and “Soldiers of the Queen”, and there was a torchlight procession with Cronje, Joubert and Steyn hung up by the neck; and it was a grand sight in the docks, every ship flew flags and blew their whistles and hooters and fired distress signals, so you can guess what sort of a row it was. The weather here is very hot in the day and cold at night – about 2 in the morning is when we feel it, and we have only one blanket to wrap up in and lay on the ground, and we dig the ground away for our bones to go in to make it comfortable. We had little food coming up here from the Cape – two biscuits and a ¼ lb of bully beef to last the day – and it is not much better here. The wounded are in a very weak state when they come by here, as one lot had to stop for food as they were half starved and wounded. Have no more to say this time. Kindly remember me to my chums.
THANKS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
March 26th, 1900.
To the Editor of the Mid-Sussex Times.
May we, three members of the Haywards Heath Fire Brigade, endeavour to express, through the medium of your columns, our sincere gratitude to the gentlemen who have so kindly interested themselves in us, and who have presented us with out outfit for service in South Africa? This kind thought of us, and the valuable present of £7, have come doubly welcome to us at this distance from home, and we should like to convey to each one our acknowledgments and appreciation.
The following letter has been received from Mr Ernest BANBURY, son of the Mayor of Woodstock, who volunteered for ambulance work in connection with the National Fire Brigades’ Union, and is working at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital: –
Deelfontein, April 1st, 1900. My dear people, – My letter must be a round one this time, as really I am so busy moving our quarters that it is a job to get any time to write. Thanks very much for the letters I had yesterday. It does seem nice to have some letters every week, as it keeps me in touch with what is going on at home. They have put us in a tin hut now for our stores, so I intend to make them just a sight to see, that is, if I can do the work as I like, and I think I shall have it pretty much in my own hands. The firemen here have had their photos taken in a group, together with our Sergt.-Major and the Colonel. I think it is coming out in the Graphic, so just keep your eyes open, and you may see some hospital pictures. We have had some storms again this last week; they came on all in a hurry, but go away just as soon, and in an hour’s time you wouldn’t know it had been raining. We have over 250 patients in hospital now, and the convalescent make their tents look very pretty indeed. They put stones all about, and in various devices, after which they whitewash them, so that they shall show up well. One tent has the Prince of Wales’s feathers and I.Y.H. on one side, and on the other side they have “Sloggett Villa”; it looks awfully fine. Today we have been to church; the chaplain came yesterday, and is going to stay here. If you please, Bert and I are in the choir, and it won’t be half a bad one either. The parson doesn’t object to having Free Churchmen in it; he is very nice, and preaches well, too. It was the first good service we have had since we left home. This week 100 of the patients are going home, so that means we shall have a large number of new ones coming in. I shouldn’t be surprised if we have 400 under treatment by this week end. It is very interesting paying visits to the wards, and talking to the men we meet: they all have different tales to tell, but they all, nearly all, say they want to get back to the old country, as they think once wounded is enough. When I get settled in the stores, and have taken stock, I’ll let you know what we possess, roughly speaking, in presents, &c., sent for the hospital, as they are really enormous. The Empress Frederick has sent scarves and nightingales made by herself, and the Princess of Wales has sent a lot of stuff. The Colonel has collared one of the scarves as a souvenir, and A.E.B. has another with him, so that is one thing towards a museum. We live much better now than we did at first: they allow us porridge every morning, so we think ourselves very lucky indeed. The night duty comes round to each one about once a week; it is the most unpleasant part of our work, but even that is not so very bad. The fever patients get wandering sometimes, and take some looking after, and some of the other sick ones get various notions, and give vent to their feelings, and then the sisters call us in to help them. I am quite in luxury, as I sleep on a mattress in the stores, with plenty of blankets to keep me warm; that is the privilege of the various storekeepers …….
The Colonel came in the stores one day last week, and told me he was very pleased with the way I had been working and looking after things, so I can tell you I feel quite proud of myself. He is a rare soldier and uses soldiers’ language with a vengeance, but he is a real good commandant, and all the fellows like him. Last Saturday we played the Duke of Edinburgh’s Volunteers at football at 3 o’clock, and half-an-hour each way, the thermometer registering 90 odd in the shade. We had a fine game, and neither side scored a goal, so we are going to have a return match. Both Saturday and Sunday, when possible, we have a half-holiday, but, of course, even then there is a little work to do. The nights seem to get even colder still now as we get more into winter, but it seems just as hot as ever during the daytime. I had such a nice letter from Mr Folker yesterday, and he says the N.F.B.U. are severed entirely from the St John A.A. now, and going to work on their own. I should think that is the best plan, too …….
We have some rather bad fever cases here, and have had for a fortnight, but we have also some fine doctors, and everything for good treatment, so they are all doing very well up to now, and I hope our hospital will have a tip-top percentage of cures. Our sisters all work very well but, oh my! don’t some of them want waiting on. They run the poor orderlies off their legs, and want things quite impossible to have, but they will soon settle down. We tell them they are on active service, and will have to put up with what they can get. They are putting up four more hospital huts now, and a house for the Colonel and one for Dr Ripp, and stables, too, so that looks like staying here for a while. We hear Lady Curzon is coming up here, but I don’t know when. I expect by the time this reaches you we shall have heard some more decisive news of the war, as troops keep on rushing up country every day, and the march to Pretoria is to begin at the end of the week. One fellow in our tent made the whole camp such lovely April fools this morning; he got up and went outside the tent and shouted “Letters” at the top of his voice, and as everyone was expecting either letters or papers they flocked round our tent, and then he quietly told them it was the 1st of April; some got wild, but they mostly laughed. The newspapers don’t get here till two days after the letters. I feel sorry for some of the fellows who are in this ward, and as their letters have gone astray, and some haven’t heard from home since December, they are anxious to get back home, as I have no doubt their letters will never reach them. They say there are heaps and heaps of parcels at Cape Town, which have been sent to the soldiers by the boats, which are good enough to carry them for nothing; then, as the carriage is not paid any further, the railway people won’t send them on. – From your affectionate son, ERNEST.
Private H.H. COOKE, late of the Bedford Fire Brigade, writing to Capt. Hill, from the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein, April 29, says: “Just a line to let you know we are going on now in full swing and about settled down to work, which we have plenty of. Do not have many minutes to spare at a time ……. Am very sorry to say we have an average of two or three deaths a day, but not from wounds, but dysentery or enteric fever. It is fearful to hear poor fellows rave sometimes before they die; almost fetches tears into one’s eyes. I have never regretted coming here, though I should not advise anyone else to come out for it. It will be quite an experience for me. It’s a strange country here, not two days alike, either very wet or very hot. Had several sand and wind storms; several of the marquees blown down, I had to sleep in the mess tent the other night, and was awoke by finding the tent on top of me. I have to lie on the table with only two blankets; have made a mattress of a sack and some straw, so you see what sort of a bed I have. The food is very good, so not much grumble. Have a few relics, such as bullets from the battle-fields; a bandolier taken from one of the Cronje Boers, full of explosive bullets; I could have £5 for it if I liked, but will not part from it. I have to remember Sergt.-Major Trimmer to you. With this I send a photo of the camp in two parts, which, if put together, will show the camp complete. I should be glad if you would let me have one of the Mercury every week. Kindly remember me to all my comrades; I hope they are all well and busy with fires”.
“BRAVO, EXETER!”
Superintendent Pett, of Exeter Fire Brigade, on Friday received a communication from the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Committee that 30 more men were required for the hospital at Deelfontein, which had to be raised from 600 to about 1,000 beds. He at once wired off the names of the only two men available – W. MELLUISH and VOSPER, the brigade already having five men at the front. These were accepted, and Dr Ettles, in his reply, said, “Bravo, Exeter!” Melluish and Vosper go to London tomorrow to go through the formality, in their case, of passing the doctor, and they will sail for South Africa on Thursday.
COCKINGTONIANS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
AMBULANCE MEN FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
THE YEOMANRY HOSPITALS.
LETTER FROM THE FRONT.
AN AMBULANCE VOLUNTEER.
FOR THE YEOMANRY HOSPITAL.
FIREMEN FOR HOSPITAL WORK.
Pleasing Gifts from Comrades.
A very happy evening was spent by the members of the Fire Brigade and friends on Monday, when they met at the Central Station, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of witnessing presentations to several members of the Brigade and to ex-Supt. Paine. The chief of these gifts consisted of a silver tobacco box each to Firemen GREVATT and to Fireman BARTLEY, who have been accepted for service in one of the Yeomanry Hospitals in South Africa equipped by the National Fire Brigades’ Union.
THE DEPARTING ONES.
Captain Crouch then called upon the Mayor to hand to Firemen Grevatt and Bartley the handsome silver tobacco boxes, which bore the borough arms and suitable inscriptions.
In doing so the Mayor explained that they were little keepsakes from their brother Firemen, the Corporation, and the Police. It was a very great pleasure to him to make these presentations, because he felt that the people of the town were under a great obligation to the members of the Fire Brigade for their services, which were in the main voluntary, always arduous, and sometimes very dangerous.
The best wishes of their comrades went with those who were about to leave the country, and he sincerely trusted that the good reputation they had obtained in Worthing would be fully maintained in South Africa.
A very hearty send-off was given to the two men this morning. They left Worthing by the 9.45 train for London, and will sail on the Simla, which leaves Southampton tomorrow (Thursday).
Accompanied by Captain A, Crouch and the remainder of the Brigade in uniform, they were conveyed on the manual to the Station, being escorted by Mr G.F. Wright’s Brass Band, which played patriotic selections en route.
Arriving in good time at the Station, where a large crowd had congregated, they were addressed by Sir Henry Fletcher, C.B., M.P., who chanced to be present, accompanied by Lady Fletcher, and who wished them health and strength to enable them to go through the work which they were about to do. Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher then shook hands with the men, who were kept busily employed for the next few minutes bidding farewell to their relatives and friends.
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Tuesday.
NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADE AMBULANCE.
FIREMEN AT TONBRIDGE.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT.
BACK FROM THE FRONT.
Last Saturday evening the members of the Bedford Fire Brigade assembled at the Midland Station to welcome home an old comrade from the front. A year last January Mr H.H. COOKE left the Bedford Brigade and became one of the first contingent of British Firemen, who, being fully qualified ambulance men, went out at the request of the War Office to do duty in the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. Mr Cooke was very smart in his ambulance work, and during his stay has risen to the rank of sergeant, which is shown on his discharge with the very highest character from Col. Sloggett, who was in command, for his services in the base hospital, at Deelfontein. Mr Cooke has enjoyed the best of health all the time, not having had a day’s illness, and only being off duty for a short time owing to a slight accident. He speaks in the highest praise of the climate of the place, which is 4,000 feet above sea level, and at the foot of a grand hill, which necessitated an hour and a half’s walk to reach the top. Like so many more who have come back, Mr Cooke says the clearness of the atmosphere is wonderful; almost incredible as it seems he says it is quite easy to distinguish a man at a distance of eight miles, and further off still if on the skyline. He is not so enthusiastic about some details, such aa food and drink, and said il was an ordinary thing to give 3s. for a bottle of "Bass". Mr Cooke landed on Saturday from the Aurania, of which, both as regards her sea going qualities and her commissariat, he spoke very highly; he had had a delightful voyage, but said it was very wecome to get home again. He came straight through from Southampton to Bedford, which he reached at 9.50, and on his well-known face being seen at the carriage window, he was greeted with a good round of cheers from his old comrades, who were heartily glad to see him back safe and sound, and as fit as a fiddle. His first question was, "Have you got the new little steamer yet, Captain?", proving his live interest in the force with which he was so pleasantly connected.ACCIDENT.
Return of a Conisboro’ Ambulance Man from the Front.
FUNERAL OF AN IMPERIAL YEOMAN.
A COCKINGTON FIREMAN.
MEMORIAL TABLET.
WELCOME HOME TO FIREMAN WHITE.
QUEEN PRESENTS MEDALS.
Yesterday afternoon the Queen presented medals to members of the staffs of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals, the ceremony taking place in the gardens of Devonshire House.
CROXLEY.
DICKINSON’S FIRE BRIGADE.
AMBULANCE FIREMEN.
PRESENTATION OF SILVER MEDALS.
A very pretty scene was enacted yesterday afternoon in the Western Gardens of the Earl’s Court Exhibition, when the Duchess of Marlborough presented the National Fire Brigades’ Union silver medals to thirty-three ambulance firemen who had served at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, Deelfontein, during the recent South African War. Forty-seven ambulance firemen were entitled to the medal, but fourteen were unable to be present, and their medals were received on their behalf by representatives of their brigades. From inquiries made by our representative it would appear that many of the firemen are really excellent male nurses.
The Duke of Marlborough – who is President of the Fire Brigades’ Union – and the Duchess arrived at the Little Bridge Road entrance about three o’clock, and were received by a guard of honour of some 70 firemen, who were drawn up to receive them. In walking through the grounds the Duke unfortunately slipped and hurt his knee, which struck an iron projection. He was taken to the Field Hospital tent and the injury promptly tended, but he walked very stiffly during the afternoon. The Duke and Duchess visited the theatre and saw the spectacle, “Fighting the Flames”, and also inspected the firemen’s camp, of which some account has already appeared in “The Daily News”. Shortly before five they took up their position on the dais in the Western Gardens, and Colonel Dixon, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Union, who was in charge of the men, asked her Grace to present the medals. The ceremony having been performed, the Duke, who spoke out clearly and well, expressed great appreciation of the men’s service in South Africa. They had done most useful work, and he had been told by some who had seen it that they were not behind any in hospital service. Lieutenant-Colonel Fox, of the London Salvage Corps, Mr Herman Hart, of the London Exhibitions, and Mr Horace S. Folkes, the hon. general secretary of the Fire Brigades’ Union, were also present.
LOCAL FIREMEN AT EARL’S COURT.
313 S.A. ALEXANDER, SJAB. His St John Ambulance Brigade Medal is known to exist. It is conjectured that he contracted typhoid at Deelfontein and was evacuated to England where he died in about 1902. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258 and 261). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). Typhoid fever is caused by the bacteria Salmonella enterica after the infected person ingests food or water contaminated by the faeces of an infected person. In the first week of infection there is a slowly rising temperature, malaise, headache and cough. In the second week the patient is prostrated by high fever often with delirium. The abdomen is distended and painful. There may be diarrhoea, the stools being green and smelling like pea soup. In the third week complications occur such as intestinal haemorrhage or intestinal perforation leading to septicaemia and peritonitis. There can be encephalitis. Death may result. The disease is endemic in Africa;
G.H. AVERY, Fire Brigade, Cockington. His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260);
321 E. BANBURY, Woodstock. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
J.R. BARKER, Cockington. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
W.S. BARTLEY, Worthing. He was a member of the third or fourth contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
308 L. BOOKER, Bognor. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
327 W.H. BROWN, Sandown, Isle of White. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
319 L. BUTTON, Haywards Heath. His National Fire Brigade Union Medal for South Africa is known to exist. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
328 H.H. COOK, Bedford. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where his name is spelled 'Cooke'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
W. CROOK, Darwen. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
316 Private J.F. DOWN, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902. He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902). He was one of those who received a trio comprised of the National Fire Brigades' Union Medal for South Africa, the St John Ambulance Brigade Medal and the Queen's Medal. (Beighton St John at 181). His St John Ambulance Brigade Medal and National Fire Brigade Union Medal for South Africa are known to exist. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 257). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where his initial is given as 'G'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
312 W.T. DURBURY, Darwen. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where his name is spelled 'Duxbury'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
G. EDGES, Stamford. He was a member of the third or fourth contingent. He died in about 1902. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
317 G. EDWARDS, Haywards Heath. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258) . His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where his initial is given as 'C'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
309 A. FERGUSON, Haywards Heath. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
G.J. GRAVETT, Worthing. He was a member of the third or fourth contingent. (Beighton NFBU AD at 260) . His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
H.J. GREENFIELD, Newhaven. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where his initials are given as 'D.G.'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
326 H.E. HERN, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902. He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259);
330 J.J. HORNBROOK, Cockington. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
B. JENKINS, Marazion. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
322 T. LYONS, Dickinsons (Watford). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
325 C.D. MEAKINS, Stony Stratford. His St John Ambulance Brigade Medal and National Fire Brigade Union Medal for South Africa are known to exist. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
William MELLUISH, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902. He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259);
329 F.B. NEWMAN, Bedford. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
311 H.H. NEWPORT, Frome. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
315 J. NORFOLK, No 2 District Staff. His St John Ambulance Brigade Medal is known to exist. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
323 G. PAINE, Newhaven (Harbour). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where he is surname is given as 'Pain'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
314 M.W. PETT, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902. He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902, which refers to him as 'Patt'). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where he is referred to as M.W. Pett. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259);
G. RAYMOND, Cockington. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Private. (angloboerwar . com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
G.W. SAUNDERS, Cockington. He was a member of the second contingent. He served at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital and died of disease at Maitland, Cape Town on 27 November 1901, probably from typhoid contracted from his patients at Deelfontein. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260-261). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Civil Surgeon with the initials 'H.W.'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
320 James S. SAWFORD, Fire Brigade, Earls Court, London S.W. His National Fire Brigades’ Union Medal for South Africa is paired with a Queen' s Medal with the clasp Cape Colony (Pte., I.Y. Hp. Staff). (Dawson at 93). He is possibly referred to as Private J.D. Sawford on the QSA Medal Roll. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He may have originated from Aylesbury. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259);
George SIMMENS, Fire Brigade, Marazion, Cornwall. His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, where he is referred to as Private G. Semmens. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260);
318 A.W. SLATER, Barnes District Fire Brigade. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Sergeant. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
306 F.W. SMITH, Barnes. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). He is possibly Sgt J.W. Smith on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
305 H.J. SMITH, Marlow. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Corporal. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
310 M.M. SONNENFIELD, S.J.A.B. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Corporal. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
E. SPILSBURY, Malvern. He was a member of the third or fourth contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as an Orderly. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
304 E. STEVENS, Cockington. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Private with the initial 'R'. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
T. STONE, Darwen. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as an Corporal. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
W. STONE, Brierfield. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). He is not referred to on the QSA Medal Roll for the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital;
302 A.J. TRIMMER, No 1 District Staff. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as Acting Sergeant Major. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
Charles VOSPER, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902. He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, which notes that he was a Sergeant. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260);
307 A. E. WARN, Dickinsons (Watford). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 258). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Private. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
324 R. WEBBER, a member of the Exeter Fire Brigade. He is referred to as being present at the investiture which took place at Devonshire House on 11 August 1902 . He served at Deelfontein Hospital as a member of the Imperial Hospital Staff. (The Western Times, page 8, 12 August 1902). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll, which indicates that he was a Private. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). His St John Ambulance Brigade Medal and National Fire Brigade Union Medal for South Africa are known to exist. He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259);
W.A. WHITE, Battle. He was a member of the third or fourth contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as an Orderly. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
H. WILLARD, New Maiden. He was a member of the second contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 260). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Private. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital);
Charles E. WILLMORE (Wilmore), Sgt, 303, National Fire Brigades' Union attached to St John's Ambulance Brigade, from Hythe. He died of disease on 1 January 1901 and is buried at Deelfontein Cemetery, De Aar, Northern Cape. 'There is an iron cross on his grave. His name also appears on the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Memorial, which indicates that he died of double pneumonia, aged 21 years'. (Beighton, P., de Villiers, J.C. The St John Ambulance Brigade in the South African War, 1899-1902: Casualties and Memorials in South Africa. SA Military History Journal 1997; 10(5): 188-195). His service is confirmed on the QSA Medal Roll as a Sergeant. (angloboerwar.com-Imperial Yeomanry Hospital). He was a member of the first contingent. (Beighton NFBUAD at 259).
