County: Northumberland
Issued on: Departure
Date of presentation: bef. 28/01/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold albert & pendant, suitably inscribed, to:
St John Ambulance Brigade –
???? Orderly Joseph WATSON
Subscribed for by the staff of Newcastle Central Station.
Presentation made by Mr Robert Lawton, Newcastle Central Station.
Watson also received a pair of field-glasses from a friend, and a Bible from Mr Harrison, Superintendent, Gateshead Low Fell Division, St John Ambulance Brigade.
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 28th January 1901
For the Front.
Mr Joseph WATSON, ticket examiner at the Central Station, Newcastle, who has volunteered for ambulance work with the army in South Africa, and is leaving for the front with the next draft, has been presented with a beautiful gold albert and pendant with suitable inscription from the Central Staff, as a mark of esteem, and also to show their appreciation for the generous way in which he had given up a good position, and bravely offered his services to his country. He was also presented with a Bible by Mr Harrison, Supt., Gateshead, Low Fell Division St John Ambulance Brigade, a pair of field glasses from a friend, and a silver match box from the railwaymen at Bedlington, where Mr WATSON was at one time employed. The presentation took place in the Princess Restaurant, Bigg Market. Mr M. Cheeseman presided, and Mr Robert Lawton, Central Station, made the presentation.
Shields Daily Gazette, 1st February 1901
LOCAL RAILWAYMAN FOR THE FRONT.
Mr Joseph WATSON, ticket examiner at the Newcastle Central Railway Station, and who was for some time employed at Bedlington Station, has volunteered for ambulance work with the Army in South Africa, and is leaving for the front with the next draft. He has been presented with a beautiful gold albert and pendant, with suitable inscription, from the Central staff. He has also been presented with a Bible from Mr Harrison, Superintendent Gateshead Low Fell Division of St John Ambulance Brigade; a pair of field glasses from the railwaymen at Bedlington Station.
