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INDEX. PAGE

185 Accounts . 7 Annual Service 42 Appointments Beresford Commission on the Con17 stitution of the Order 58 Budget Estimates 52 Church Committee Report Confederation of Priories, Re15 organization of the Order as a 53 Finance Committee Report. 7 General Assembly Honours conferred by H. 1. the 43 King 14 Investiture at Buckingham Palace 51 Library and Museum . 41 Life Saving A wards 117 Lord Lytton, the Late 178 Obituary . 61 Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem 125 Priory for \Vales 137 Priory in New Zealand 133 Priory in Southern Africa 141 Priory in Canada 155 Priory in Australia 119 Priory of Scotland Promotions in and Admissions to 26 the Order Receiver-General, Explanatory 55 l\Iemorandum by

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Scotland- Revival of the Order in 20 Service Hospitals \Veliare ommittee . 25 St. John Ambulance Association 70, 174 St John Ambulance Brigade at flo me- Report of the Chief 2 Commissioner St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home-Report of the Surgeon7 in-Chief. St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home- Report of the Deputy uperintendent-in-Chief Nursing Corps and Divisions. 91 St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home--Report of Actll1g ChIef Officer Ambulance Cadets 100 St. John Ambulance Brigade. al Home-Report of Chief Oihccr Nursing Cadets 103 St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas-Report of Chief Commissioner 106 St. John Ambulance Bri gade Overseas-Report of Lady Superintendent-in-Chlef ursing 116 Corps and Divisions St. John Councils, Chairman's 45 Conferences Sovereign ?-.lilitary Order and the 15 J ohanniterorden 41 Votes of Thanks on Vellum Welcome to H.R.H. the Grand Prior on his return from Australia 11

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HIS MAJESI Y

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CHAPTER. GENERAL 24th June, 1948 (l;r a n~

GENERAL

HIS

lPrior :

ROYAL HIGH ESS THE DUKE OF K.G., K.T. , K.P., G.C.M .G., G.C.V.O., P.C., etc.

GLOUCESTER,

lPrior : THE LORD WAKEHURST, K.C.M.G.

lPrelate : THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, P.C .

a banceIIor: COLONEL SIR EDWI

KING, K.C.B., C.M.G., T.D. , A.D.C .

:1Saflftf of JEgle; BRIGADIER-GENERAL THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K.P . , G.C.V.O., C.B.E., P.C. ~be

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H.H..H. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR, K.G., K.T ., MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF G.C.V.O., D .S.O., P.C., A.D.C .

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THE EARL OF CLARENDON, K.G ., G.C.M .G., G.C .V.o.,

G.C'.B.,

G.C.M.G.,

etc.

L IEUT.-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM G. S. DOBBIE, G.C.M.G., K .C.B . , D.S.O . COLONEL THE LORD COURTAULD-THOMSON, K.B.E . , C.B. FIELD-MARSHAL THE L ORD CHETWODE, G.C.B ., O.M. ,

etc.

THE EARL OF CROMER, G.C.B . , G.C.I.E ., G.C.V.O. MAJ OR-GENERAL SIR J OHN D UNCAN, K.C .B . , C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O . COLONEL THE HON . R . HEATON R HODES, K.C.V.O . , K.B.E. COLONEL THE EARL OF P OWI S.

{tbe ~riginnI '"mights of Justice TH E :MARQUESS OF CARISBROOKE, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. COLONEL THE EARL OF Do OUGIIMORE, K.P., P.C. THE LORD QUEENBOROUGH, G.B.E. FRA -CIS E. ROSHER, Esq. THE LORD STANMORE, K.C.V.O., P.C. LIEUT.-COLON EL CLAUDE B. PALMER, C.B.E. COLONEL J. T. vVOOLRYCH PEROWNE, V.D., T.D. LIEUT.-COLO EL SIR HENRY MdvlAHON, G.C.M .G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., C.S.I. COLONEL SIR COLIN W. MACRAE OF FEOIRLINN, KT., C.V.O., C.B.E. COLONEL SIR VIVIAN GABRIEL, KT., C.S.I., C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.E., V.D. TH E EARL of HALIFAX, K.G., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C. WILLIAM E. AUDLAND, Esq., M.B.E., M.R.C.S.

OTTESLOE, LIEUT.-COLONEL THE LORD C.B., V.D., T.D. SIR RONALD STORRS, K.C.M.G., C.B.E. SIR GERALD \YOLLASTON, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. ALPHEUS 1:" \ VILLIAMS, Esq. COLONEL SIR JAMES L. SLEEMAN, KT., C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O. COLONEL SIR JAl\lES PURVES-STEWART, K.C. :M.G., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P. CHARLES H. C. PIRIE-GORDON, Esq., O.B .E., D.S.C. TH E VISCOUNT HEREFORD. SIR HARRY LUKE, K.C.M.G. THE VISCOUNT LEVERHULME. T HE EARL OF BESSBOROUGH, G.C.M.G. ARTHUR :1\1. "VARE, Esq., M.D. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR FREDERICK SYKES, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., K .C.B., C.M.G. , P.C. MAJOR SIR THOMAS G. L. LUMLEYSMITH, K.T., D.S.O. MAJOR JOHN B. ARBUTIINOT, M.V.O.

Junior lRepresentnti"e If\nights Knights of Justice

TIlE lION. OllN BRUCE. COLOi EL EVERARD W. GOLDSWORTHY. :.\IAJOR PHILIP M. BEACHCROFT, O.B.E. COMMANDER EDWIN A. MORRISON, R.N.

SURGEON HEAR-AD:\lIRAL SIR CECIL WAKELEY, K.ll.E., C.B. TIlE LORD ABERDARE. BRIGADIER LANCELOT E. C . ?\I. PEROWNE, C.B.E . THE EARL OF IDDESLEIGH.

Knights of Grace MAJOR EDWARD KEITH-ROACH, C . B.E. LIEUT.-COLO)!EL SIR HUGH TURNBULL, K.C.V.O., K.B.E. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR \VINSTON DUGAN, K.C.M . G . , C. B ., D.S.O. DR. . CORBET FLETCHER, O.B.E. COLONEL A. 1\1. O. A ' WYL-PASSINGHA I, C. B .E. MARSHAL OF TIlE Hoy AL AIR FORCE THl~ LORD EWALL, G.C.B, O.M., C.M.G., C.B.E. CAPTAIN J. DOCWRA ROGERS. WILLIAM G. PAPE, Esq., O.B.E. \YILLIAl\1 E. C. LAZENBY, ESQ.

MAJOR A. C. \VHITE-KNOX, O.B.E., M . C. SIR WILLIAM SHENTON. GENERAL SIR CLIVE LIDDELL, K.C .B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. LIEUTENA 'T-GENERAL SIR ALEXA_ DER HOOD, G.B.E., K.C . B., K.H.P. l\IAJOR-GENERAL SIR RALPH AINS\VORTH, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.O., K . H.P . ADl\IlRAL OF THE FLEET SIR JAMES SOMERVILLE, G.C . B., G.B.E., D.S.O. GENERAL THE LORD ISMAY, G . C.B., C.H., D.S . O . MAJOR J. FORREST HAMILTON.

Sentor 1Representnti\1e '{knigbts: Knights of Iu,stice LIEUT.-COLONEL E. J. TREVOR CORY, O.B.E., T.D.

Knights of Grace SYDNEY \N. MALKIN, E sq . MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT J. BLACKHAM, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. SIR HENRY SHARP, C .S.I., C. LE. LIEUT.-COLONEL EDGAR SHEPPARD, D.S.O., M.C. SIR ERNEST CLARKE. COLONEL SIR BRUCE BRUCE-PORTER, K.B . E ., C.M.G. MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES F. :MARTIN, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E. COLONEL SIR CRISP ENGLISH, K .C.M.G. SIR WILLIAM GENTLE. LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR JOHN REDDIE, C.B. LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR FRANCIS DENT, C.V .O. LIEUT.-COLONEL FREDERICK G. DANIELSEN, C.B., D.S.O., T.D.

SIR BASIL MAYHEW, K . B .E. THE RIGHT HON. SIR THO:l[AS ?lIOLONY, BT., p.c.(r). DUDLEY H. ILLL GWORTH. Esq. ERI EST A. RICHARDS, Esq ~IAJOR EDWARD 13. POOLE Y. COLONEL RICHARD . ROllERTS, O . B .E. JOHN T. BATEY, Esq. COLONEL CHICHESTER DE \V. ROOKSHANK. BRIGADIER JOHN G. BROWNE, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR PERCIVAL \YILKINSON, K.C.l\I.G., C.B. SIR FREDERICK \ VHYTE, K.C.S.I. HENRY W. FINCHAM, Esq.

n:be $ub:.::U)rt[ates: BISHOP E. ] . PALl\1ER. ARCHBISHOP A. \\' . AVERILL. BISHOP E. . FYFFE. BISHOP G. NICKSON. THE ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY. BISHOP H. ]. BUXTON. THE ARCHBISHOP OF PERTH (\Y.A . ). THE BISHOP OF LONDON. THE ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND. THE AR CHBISHOP OF CAP E TOWL-. THE BISHOP OF 1 OR\\'ICH. THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH, lIr.c.

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THE BISHOP OF KENSI GTON. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. THE BISHOP IN JERUSALE:lI. BISHOP C. H. GOLDING BIRD. THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, O.B.E., :lI.C. THE BISHOP OF DOVER. THE BISHOP OF PRETORIA. THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. THE YERY REv. CHARLES L. \VARR, C.V.O. THE BISHOP OF GIBRA~TAR.

(tbaplains:

THE LORD BISHOP OF KENSINGTON. THE DEA OF BOCKING, O.B.E.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

lRepre13entati\1e

(tomman~ers:

LIEUT.-COLONEL WILLIAM "vV. DOVE, T.D. APTAIN THE LORD HARRIS, M.C. CAPTAIN RUSSELL . TEELE. LmUT.-COLONEL \VILLIAl\l E. PRINGLE, l\I.C. CAPTAIN PERCY REAY, M.B.E., M.C. T,TEUT.-COLONEL Vv. R. HORNBY STEER.

1RepresentaU\1e ®mcers: BRIGADIER IVAN DE LA BERE, C.B.E. LIEUT.-COMMANDER AUBREY F. INGLEFIELD, R. FREDERICK H. D. PRITCHARD, Esq.

.Members of (tounciI on (tbapter:::(l;eneral: (in addition to those shown under other Headings) SIR ROBERT GOWER, K.C.V.O., O.B.E. LIEUT .-COLOi"EL SIR FRA TK BROOK, D.S . O. , M.C.

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(in addition to the Chief Executive Officer, shown above as Chancellor) Secretary-General: BRIGADIER "V. B . G. BAR E, C.B.E., D .S.O. Heceiver-General: SIR ERNEST BURDON, K.C.I.E.,_C .S. I., LL.D. ])irector of Ambulancc- COLOi"EL SIR BERTRA I I-ORD, T.D. Hospitaller: COLONEL THE LORD \YEBB-jOHNSON, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., ]).S.O , '1'.1). . Almoner: BRIGADIER-GENERAL THE EARL OF SHAF1 ESBURY, 1'.1'., (, <...\'.0., (.1301, , P.C. Librarian: 1\IAJ OR RICHARD \iVILLIAMS . Registrar: SIR HARRY LUKE, K.C.l\LG. Genealogist: MAJOR SIR ALGAR HOWARD, K.C.V.O ., C.B., M .C. , T.D. Director of Ceremonies: H. PIRIE-GORDON, Esq ., O.B.E., D.S.C. Chief Commissioner St. john Ambulance Brigade at Home: LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR HEN RY POWNALL, K.C.B., K.B .E. , D <i.C)., ;\1.C. Chid Commissioner, St. john Ambulance Brigade Overseas: COLONEL SlR JAMES SLEE IAN, ·.B., C.l\! (,., (.R.E., ]l1.\'.().

::assistant JExccllti\?e ®fffcers : Assistant Librarian and Curator: HENRY W. FINCHAM, Esq . Assistant Director of Ceremonies: MAJOR PHILIP M. BEI\CJTCROFT, O.B.E.

Secretarl? of tbe

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(who attends, but is ?lot a member oj, Chapter-G(,/ICm/) MAJOR-GENERAL].

T. YOUNGER, C.B.

::assistant Secretarl?: MAJOR

F. C. UNDERHILL, T.D.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1947-

THE CHAPTER-GENERAL has the honour to submit to the Members and Associates of the Order its Report for the year 1947. ANNUAL SERVICE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY. On St. John's Day the Annual Service before the General Assembly of the Order was held in the ruins of the Grand Priory Church and there was a large attendance. The Band of the Royal Artillery led the Service and the Children of the Chapel Royal were in attendance. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The Annual General Assembly of Members and Associates of the Order was held after the service in the Chapter Hall at St. John's Gate, Colonel Sir Edwin King, the Chancellor, presiding. The Chancellor said : . "Confreres and Sisters of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. " We have received the following telegram from the Warden of our Hospital in J ersualem : " 'On t. John Baptists Day \Varden and staff of Hospital in Jerusalem send greetings to Grand Prior, Sub-Prior, Hospitaller, and Committee.-Manson. ' " and another from Malta, reading : " , Brigade in Malta celebrating Saint John's Day with church parade in ancient city of the Knights at Medina tender loyal greetings to Chapter-General and to Chief Commissioner and Lady Superintendent in Chief of the Brigade Overseas.-Signed Admiral \Villis President Major Abela Commissioner.''' The Chancellor continued : " The Sub-Prior has requested me to convey to you his apologies and his deep regrets at his inability to preside over this General Assembly to-day. He was able to attend the service in our Church, but other duties have compelled him to be absent from this gathering. " Since the General Assembly last year we have had the great pleasure of w~1coming back to this country our Grand Prior on completion of his period of office as Governor-General of Australia. We had the honour of receiving His Royal Highness at St. J ohn's Gate recently when the Sub-Prior and the Chancellor were able to render to him personally an account of their stewardship, and His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to signify his complete approval of all that had taken place in the Order during the years of his absence. After the ceremony we had the honour and privilege of entertaining His Royal Highness to luncheon in the Hall of the Skinners Company.

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" I have to announce that His Majesty The King, the Sovereign Head of our Order, has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth to be a Dam~ Gr~nd Cross of our Order. Nothing could give greater pleasure and satIsfactIon in the Order throughout the British Empire than the knowledge that Her Royal Highness, the heiress to th~ Throne, has been please~ to enter the sisterhood of our Order. It will cause the utmost enthusIasm among, and be a veritable inspiration to, all those who work for the Order of St. John. . " I have to report to you an addition to the number of our E~ecut~ve Officers to whose devoted services we owe so much. General SIr ClIve Liddell, who held the double appointment of Directo.r of Ambulance and Chief Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Bngade at Home, has been replaced in the latter appointment by Lieut.-General ir Henry Pownall. The Order owes a deep debt of gratitude to Sir Clive Liddell for all that he has done for the Brigade, which has greatly prospered under his command, and the Order has been extremely fortunate to have secured the services of so distinguished a soldier as General Ir Henry Povvnall to succeed him. . "There is sometimes a feeling prevalent that the serVIces that are rendered in our Order by its members are not always as fully appreciated by the State as they might be. I am happy to tell members of the Order that in the last two Honours Lists the names of no fewer than 107 members of our Order appeared. Whilst a great number of these names were for services rendered quite apart from our Order yet a large number we~e the names of those whose services to the State had been rendered 111 the carrying out of the work of the Order. " I turn now to the developments and progress of the Order during the past year. As regards the foreign affairs of the Order I am. happy to say that our relations with the Sovereign ~!ilitary .Ord~r remaIn most friendly and cordial. \Ve have recently appomted Slr D A~cy Osborne, until lately Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy ee, our LIaISOn Officer at the court of the Grand Master, as Count John de alis, who had previously held that position, has now left Rome. In H?lland our relations with the Order in that country are of the most cordIal nature, and the Foreign Office has approved of the appointment of one of their Attaches at the Hague to be our Liaison Officer with that Order. " In Sweden last year, after the meeting of our General Assembly, Admiral the Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, accompanied by Viscountess Mountbatten, re-established our relations with the Swedish Order of St. John on the same basis of cordial fraternity that had always existed in the days before the war, and there again the Foreign Office have approved of the appointment of an Attache at the Legation in Stockholm to represent our Order as Liaison Officer. An outward sign of these happy relations with the Order in Sweden is the presen~e here to-day of one of their representatives, Miles Wilhelm Frednk von Wachenfelt. " " There still remain other branches of the Order of St. John on the continent of Europe with which we are not yet on these friendly terms. That matter must wait until the peace treaties have been signed. " I turn now to the position of the Order in the Empire as a whole.

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The work of the Order in Canada, in Australia, and in New Zealand has progressed to such an extent that H.R.H. The Grand Prior, on the recommendation of Chapter-General, felt justified in raising the Commanderies in these Dominions to the dignity of Priories. Fortunately, at that moment one of our senior Knights of Justice, Lord Bledisloe, was proceeding to New Zealand and Australia and he was able to take with him the letters patent creating these Priories and to present them in their own Chapters with all due formality and ceremony. " We have also revived the ancient Priory in Scotland. The history of the Order in Scotland is similar to our own. Our own Order fell into abeyance during the Reformation and the Order in Scotland fell into abeyance five years after the Order in this country. The Order here was revived a little more than 100 years ago owing to the labours of a body of devoted gentlemen fired with enthusiasm for the great traditions of our Order. In cotlandl00 years later the Priory is being revived through the efforts of a body of equally determined gentlemen. As a result in two days' time H.R.H. The Grand Prior in Chapter-General in Holyrood House, will call the Priory in cotland out of abeyance to take up again those charitable and humanitarian labours which so distinguished it in days gone by. " The creation of the Priory in Scotland brings the number of Priories under the control of this Order to six. Those bodies we term subordinate establishments. It is very obvious that great Dominions like South Africa, Jew Zealand, Canada, and Australia are not going to be content very much longer to be known as subordinate establishments. The time is not far distant when they will demand to be treated as sisters of the O.rder rather than as daughters. There is no doubt that at no very dIstant date we shall have to bring our organization into line with these new developments, and that just as the British Empire consists of a number ?f separate states with the crown as the connecting link, so our Orde~ will have to consist of a number of Priories each managing its 9v,rn Internal affairs in accordance with the Statutes of our Order with His Majesty The overeign Head and H.R.H. The Grand Prior ~s the connecting links. I have no doubt we shall hear more about this before many months are past. " And now .to deal with t~e Order in this country. The most important development IS th~ foundatIOn of the new County Organization. \Ve lay great stress on the Importance of the Councils of the Order in the counties. At p~esent they are established and functioning in seventeen counties, and In five more counties they are in process of formation. I believe ~here .are forty-one counties il1 England so there are still a good many In vyhIC~ Councils have not yet been set up. We cannot expect them to achIeve In these e<:trly days all they. are capable of achieving, but we feel confi~ent that as tIm~ p~ss.es they will be able to perform in their counties functIons not v~ry ~hsslmilar as regards the Brigade from those carried ou~( by the Terntonal Army Associations in another direction. Before I ca~ upon our Executive Officers to render their reports of ~he work of thelr departments I should like to touch on one subject that IS ~f the utmost importance to all of us. Our Chu~ch Committee are getting out plans for the rebuilding of the Grand Pnory Church and I hope it will not be too long before these

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plans are in circulation. We shall ultimately have at St. John's .Gate a Church that will be one of the gems of London, a Church that wIll be the pride of our Order for many ge~erations to come. Bu~ th~ plans of our Committee can only be realIzed If they have the enth~sIashc support of every member of our Order. Our Order is. above all thmgs .a rehgIOu~ Order, a Christian Order, and our Church IS the outward sIgn of oUI profession, not merely a Church ~h~re our members assemble each year, but a Church that will be the spintual centre of the Order thr.o~ghout the British Empire; it must be made worthy of that great I?osihon. " And now, Confreres and isters, I call upon our Execuhve Officers to render their individual reports." . ' . The Secretary-General, Director of Ambular:ce, HospI.ta~ler, Libranan, Chief Commissioner, S.].A.B. at Home and ChIef CommIsSIOner, S.]. .B. Overseas, then presented their reports. The Chancellor said : " Confreres and Sisters of this Order, I do not think that any . of you can have heard the reports of our Executive Officers with ~nythll~g b~lt a feeling of intense pride at the manner in which our Order IS m ak:ng ItS influence felt for good in all directions. We have h~ard from the DIrect or of Ambulance of the great increase in the teachmg of the Am bula~ ce Association work to which we have always attached the grea te t Importance. We have heard fro~ ou.r Hosp.italler how in spite of the t~oubled period through which Pale~tme IS pas~mg the work of our Hosplta~ far from diminishing is increasmg and domg much to add to the h appmess and health of the people of the Holy Land. Nothing can ~ver be ~ore important to the Order than our Hospital.' be: ause the mt~rnatIO~ al reputation of our Order rests on that H.ospI.tal m the H oly CIty whIch is seen by Christian pilgrims of all deno~matIOns fron: all over the world. " The Librarian has reported many gIftS to the Ll brary and :'Iu eum from those who love our Order. " The Chief Commissioner at Home has been able t o remove one fear from the minds of us all, the fear that the end of the \\'a~ , and the n~tl1ral period of reaction which followed, w.ould lead to a rapId dec rease in the strength of the Brigade. The fall m strength has proved t o be mall indeed under the circumstances. "The increase in the number of Cadets is of grea t. in~portance: . It means that our Order is performing a most valuable sernce 111 the trammg of youth. . " The Chief Commissioner Overseas has had noth111~ to ~eport t~ us that does not cause a deep feeling of the utmost sah sfach ?n . It 1 a most remarkable thing that in the island of l\1al~a the Bngade, . three years after the war, should be continually expandmg, and expandmg to a greater figure than ever before. . " And now, Confreres and Sisters, it will be the wIsh of ~ ll of y ou , I am sure, to pass a very hearty vote of thanks to our ExecutIve ~fficers for the valuable services they have rendered to the Order dunng the past year." . The General Assembly then passed a vote of thanks to the ExecutIve Officers. The Bailiff of Egle said : . . ' " I think, Confreres and Sisters, you would not wIsh to dl perse WIthout

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expressing to our Chancellor our grateful thanks for his efficient conduct in the chair. In his address he gave us a very interesting picture of the activities of the Order throughout the world which captured our imagination and retained our interest. I am sure you will wish to pass a hearty vote of thanks to the Chancellor for his able conduct in the chair." The General Assembly then passed a vote of thanks to the Chancellor.

THE WELCOME BY CHAPTER-GENERAL TO H.R.H. THE GRAND PRIOR ON HIS RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA. A special meeting of Chapter-General was held on 24th April, 1947, to welcome H.R.H. The Grand Prior on his return to England after the completion of his term of office as Governor-General. Prayers at the opening of the Chapter-General were read by Frere Chaplain The Lord Bishop of Kensington. The Sub-Prior read a telegram which had been received from Members of the Order and of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Malta expressing their loyal sentiments to H.R.H. The Grand Prior on the occasion of his official welcome by Chapter-General. The Sub-Prior said :" Your Royal Highness and Confreres, " It is a great satisfaction and honour to all members of Chapter-General that you should have been good enough to come here to-day to enable us to express to you our pleasure on your return to England, and our hope that you will be able to guide the policy of this Venerable Order in the changing circumstances in which we now find ourselves. When we had the honour of bidding you farewell on your departure to take up the Governor-Generalship of Australia we were, of course, anxious for your safety on the voyage, for it was a time when the submarine activity of Germany was at its height, and it was with the greatest relief that we heard that the attack by a German submarine on the ship convey ing you to your responsible post was successfully foiled by the escort accompanying you, leading to the destruction of the German submarine. The Order felt that some mark of its gratitude should be made to the officers concerned and the Commander of the escort and two of the Commanders of the ships were admitted to the Order. "Th~ period of Your Royal Highness' Governor-Generalship in Aus~raha was ~ne of 1Srec:t advance in the imperial aspect of the Order, for It was durmg thIS hme that the Commanderies jn New Zealand Canada and Australia were raised to the status of Priories and a Com~ mandery within t~e A~stralian Priory was set up in Western Australia. I t was a great ~ahsfac~IOn to us that the new Priory in Australia should have star~ed WIth the Impetus gi."en by your presence there and by the presentah?n by Your Royal HIghness of the Ceremonial Sword sent out as a gift from the Grand Priory. " Nearer home the resuscita.ti~n of the Priory of Torphichen, in Scotland, ~as now b.een approved a~d It IS a most happy condition that the same II?petus will be gIven to. thIS resuscitated Priory by the visit and inaugurah.on ceremony .at whIch Your Royal Highness has been graciously pleased to promIse attendance.

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"Turning to the financial side of the Order, since your departure from this country the Order has been granted from the Join~ Wa.r Organizati?n £500,000 for distribution to its branches and foundatIOns 111 the cou~tI~s of the United Kingdom and £1,000,000 for such purpo~es as are wlthm both the terms of the Charter of the Order and the obJects of the War Organization as registered by. ~~e Cha.rity Commissioners, and as a consequence the charitable actlvl~Ie~ whIch w~ have to undertake have been considerably extended. It IS m the pohcy as regards the ~ fresh activities and commitments that we are so glad to have your gUldance and direction as Grand Prior. .,. . "As Your Royal Highness knows, a representative Cumrl11s IOn IS being set up to consider the constitution and pO\,yers of Chapter-General, Council, and the Ambulance Department, and whe~he: changes. are de irable or otherwise, and we therefore feel that It IS .exce~dll1gly fortunate that your return to this country should synchromze .wIth t~e setting up of this Commissio~ and that we. shall have your gl11dance 111 considering the recommendatIOns made by It. . "Finally, may I conclude by. as~urin~ Your Royal HIghness of our pleasure in seeing you back agam m i~IS country and abl~ once more to take an active part at the head of thIS Venerable Order. The Chancellor said :.. " May it please Your Royal Highness. It is my ho~our and pnvIlege as your Chief Executive Officer a?d Ch~n~~llor of thls Order to render to you a brief account of the maJor actIVItIes and developments of the Order during the years of your absence. . . " " I should like first to refer to what has glven the deepe t sab factlon to our Order, both historically and sentimen!ally, .n.amely, the complete success of the rapprochement with the SovereIgn 1I1htary Or~er of Malta, which this Order has desired for so many years and for whIch the late Lord Scarbrough worked so untiringly. I am gla~ to be able to report to you, Sir, that our relations are now of so cordIal .a. nature that ~ve have appointed at the Court of the Grand M~st~r a LlaI~on Officer wlth the full approval of the Foreign Office. SImIlar relatlOns have been established with the Johanniterorder in Sweden and. the Tetherlands, where permanent Liaison Officers have also been. appomted ... " I now turn briefly to recent developments. m. th~ Dommlon. The last two years have seen the formation of Pnon~s m the ~hree great Dominions of New Zealand, Canada, and AustralIa, and thIS has been followed by the revival of the ancient Priory of .Scotland. The e ~evelop ments are likely to have the most far re~chll1g results, and. It seems probable that it will be necessary at no. d~stan~ date to conSIder what changes in our organization .and a~mll1I~tr~bve ~yste:n have been rendered desirable by the creatIOn of SIX Pnones whIch WIll not long be content to be called Subordinate Establishments. " At home, Sir, during your absence we have complet.ed our sche!lle for the creation of local representative bodies of the Order m the counbes. These Councils, it is hoped, will be able to take upo~ themselves s0!lle at least of the heavy administrative burdens, finanClal and otherw~se, that rest upon the shoulders of ~ur County ~o~~issioners, tl~u~ enablmg them to devote their full energIes to the dIsclplme an~ trammg. of the men and women under them and to those public dutIes for whIch the

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Brigade exists. By their very existence these Councils should add greatly to the prestige and influence of our Order in the counties. " The Church of the Order, as you know, Sir, was almost completely destroyed by enemy action, and we have now a special Committee sitting to consider plans for the restoration of this Church, the spiritual centre of our Order. If we have money available to carry out the plans that are being considered the Church, when rebuilt, will be one of the gems of this metropolis and a source of pride to our Order for untold generations. " Lastly, I should like to refer briefly to the changes that are taking place in the Hospital in Jerusalem. The sums of money that we have received from the Joint War Organization have placed our finances in a position to justify the Order using its general funds more generously in supporting the Hospital in Jerusalem, and guided by the advice of our Hospitaller, one of the most eminent members of the medical profession, we feel sure that our Hospital will soon be one of the most perfectly equipped and perfectly managed hospitals in the Near East, likely to do much to enhance even further the good name of our Order in its original home in the Holy City of Jerusalem. " In conclusion, I am able to inform you, Sir, that the difficult transitional period from war conditions to peace conditions is now practically at an end. We have at last returned again to this ancient home of our Order, where the Knights Hospitallers of old were carrying on their duties more than. 800 years ago. I feel that every member of ChapterGeneral woul~ wlsh me to express to Your Royal Highness how deeply we all apprecIate and value the wise guidance that we have received from our beloved Sub-Prior, whose kindly and sympathetic interest in every Department of this Order has made that difficult period of transition a complete success. ". ~~at, Your Royal Highness, concludes my report of the major acbvItres and developments of our Order during the years of your absence." H.R.H. The Grand Prior said :_ " ~ .am very glad, after my two years' absence in Australia, to be presIdm~ once mor.e at .Chapter-General and to find that St. John's Gate has survr~ed ihe ~Ir raIds, for which much credit must be given to your fire w.atchmg ~ervlce, as I understand that the building was hit on several occaSIOns by 111cendiary bombs. " While I was overseas I was not only kept informed of developments at hom~ but I was able to see something of the work of the Order in A~stralia, where I ha~ the pleasure of presenting, on behalf of the Grand Pnory,. the Ceremomal Sword to the Australian Commandery and of approv111g, <l:t the end of my term of office, the elevation of the Comm~~dery t.o Its present status of Priory. I reali~e t?e val~e o.f the Order in the Dominions and sincerely hOR e that It will flounsh m the Commonwealth of Australia. I <l:m ~atura~y I?uch interested in the post-war work which the Order, 111 VIew of ItS mcreased responsibilities, must now undertake, and I am sure th~t Chapter-General will be ready to shoulder this extra ?urden and will see that the sure and certain proaress of our activities IS ~dapted ~o the changing conditions of these some~hat uncertain times. You WIll all have been interested to hear what the Chancellor has

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told us of the contacts made with the Foreign Branches of the Order, particularly in the case of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the parent of all St. John bodies. "The fact that a charitable organization more than 800 y~ar~ old should still be in existence gives proof of its appeal to the better mstmcts of human nature. " I am encouraged, too, to know that the ' t.] olm Hospital in Jerusalem continues to prosper. .. . " My memories of it date from my VISIt m 1~42, .and I a~ll sure thal we are all full of admiration for the work that IS bemg carned on there to-day under what must at present be anxious and by no means easy conditions. " Though the strength of the Brigade must be expected to fa~ aft~r the years of war, it is satisfactory that it should have done better m thI ' respect than after the 1914-18 war and, as Head of the Order, I Cllngratulate all those concerned. , . " In conclusion, I can only repeat how plea ed I ::un as Grand Pnor to be with you to-day. . " It is my sincere hope t~at Chap~er-G.eneral m~y be .s~cce ,?ful 111 all their deliberations and be nghtly gUIded m all theIr. deCISIOns. . In conclusion Prayers were read by Frere Chaplam The Lord BIshop of Kensington. . H.R.H. The Grand Prior afterwards lunched WIth the members of Chapter-General in the Hall of the Worshipful Company of kinn.er -, which had been kindly placed at the disposal of the Order for the occasIOn.

shook hands with each. The Dames Grand Cross remained standing for their investiture. The Prelate then read the closing prayers, after which the Royal Party withdrew, and the ceremony came to an end.

INVESTITURE OF BAILIFFS AND DAMES GRAND CRO A dignified and intimate private ceremony took place ~n the Bow. Room of Buckingham Palace on 28th October, 1.947, at ,:"hIch the Kll1g, as Sovereign Head of the Order, invested Pnncess ElIzabeth as a Dame Grand Cross. The Sovereign Head then invested, ~s ~ail~ffs G,rand Cro s, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Prelate), SIr Edvfln Kmg (Chancellor), Field-Marshal Lord Chetwode, The Earl of Cromer, and Major-General Sir John Duncan. The Countess of Plymouth, the C?untess of romer, and the Countess of Bessborough were subsequently mvested as Dames Grand Cross. The King entered the Bow Room accompanied by Princess Elizab~th, the Duke of Gloucester (Grand Prior), the Earl of Clarendon (Sub-Pnor), and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Sir Piers Legh (Master of the Household). . Here he was awaited by the recipients drawn up in line facing 111m, a few of their friends and relations, Brigadier Barne (Secretary-General), and Major-General Younger (Secretary). . . At the King's request the Prelate read the traditIOnal prayers, after which the Sub-Prior read the Exhortation. He then called the name of Princess Elizabeth, whereupon Her Royal Highness stepp~d. forward, was invested, and returned to the King's side. The other .reciplents the? advanced in turn to the Sovereign Head as the Sub-Pno: called th~lr names' the Bailiffs Grand Cross knelt on a stool to be mvested WIth the Sa~h and Badge and stood to receive the Star, after which the King

RELATIONS WITH THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER AND THE JOHANNITERORDEN. The relations of our Order with the Sovereign Military Order and with the Johannitcrordern in Sweden and the Netherlands continue to be of the happiest and most cordial nature, and it is hoped during the coming year to establish similar fraternal relations with the Association of RhenovVestphalian Knights, and with the Johanniterordern in Switzerland. At present, our Order maintains Liaison Officers in Rome, Stockholm, and The Hague, who are as follows : Rome . Sir Francis D'Arcy Osborne, K.C.M . G. tockholm Major Count Peter de Salis. The Hague Mr. Berkeley Everard Foley Gage. In. January, 1947, our original Liaison Officer in Rome, Brigadier ArmItage, left for England. Before his departure His Most Eminent Highness the Grand Master gave a reception in his honour at the Palazzo di Malta on the 13th, and on the following day came to a farewell party given by Brigadier Armitage. 14th.] anuary, Brigadier Armitage had the honour of a private audIence WIth the Pope, lasting a quarter of an hour, in which His Holiness sh.o:ved great interest in the rapprochement between the Sovereign MilItary Order and the British Order of St. John. On l~th No:rember the Earl of Iddesleigh, Chancellor of the Association of EnglIsh I~mgl:ts of the Sovereign Military Order, invited the SecretaryGenera~, Bngadler Barne, and the Secretary, Major-General Younger, to meet hIm and other officials of his Order at the House of Lords when a cordial discussion took place regarding the future relations of the two Orders. . ~he Chapter-General, ?eld on 4th December, was attended by Major SIgIsm~nd T:~fford, PreSIdent of the Association of English Knights of the SovereIgn MIlItary Order, and by the Earl of Iddesleigh, the Chancellor. Aft~r prayers, and before the ordinary business of Chapter-General, MaJor T!,afford, o~ behalf of His Most Eminent Highness the Grand Master, mv~ste~ SIT Harr.y Luke, K.C.M.G., Knight of Justice, with the Cross of Ment, FITst Class WIth Crown, of the Sovereign Military Order, and also pre~ented the accompanying Diploma. At thIS .same Chapter-General, Major Sigismund Trafford and the Earl of Idd~sleIgh were recommended to H.R.H. the Grand Prior for admission as Kmghts of our Order.

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REORGANIZATION OF THE ORDER AS A CONFEDERATION OF PRIORIES. f lhe ~ollowing pr?posals for the reorganization of the Order as a Cone. erah?n of Pnor~es, dated 14th April, 1947, have been approved by HIS MaJesty t~e Kmg, the Sovereign Head of our Order, the necessary measures to glve effect · to them will be taken during the coming year.

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1. With the creation of the Scottish Priory, the Order of St. John now consists of the Grand Priory itself and the six Priories at present termed Subordinate Establishments, namely the Priories of Scotland, Wales, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.

to appoint agents in London with full powers to represent them at all meetings of the Grand Council, unless they themselves happened to be in England at the time. 9. Meetings of the Grand Council would be summoned by the Grand Master only when he considered it desirable to do so, and would deal o~ly with s~ch. matters as concerned the Order in its entirety whether dIrectly or mdlrectly. If the Grand Master was unable to preside his place would be taken by the Grand Prior of England.

2. It is self-evident that these six Priories, whilst in all respects absolutely loyal to the Sovereign Head and his representative the Grand Prior, will not remain satisfied indefinitely with a subordinate position and to have their purely internal affairs under the cofltrol of the Order in this country. 3. The Order will ultimately, and probably at no distant date, have to develop on lines very similar to those on which the Empire itself has developed, and just as the Dominions have become Sovereign States within the Empire, with the Crown as the connecting link, so these six Priories will sooner or later have to be accepted not as subordinate bodies but as the equals in all respects of the Order in this country, with the Sovereign Head and his representative the Grand Prior as the connecting links. 4. In any reorganization of the Order to meet this situation, and which would result in a federal union of seven constituent bodie, all of absolutely equal standing, controlled only by the overeign H ad and his representative, who would no doubt in future be termed the Grand Master as in all other British Orders of Chivalry, it i infinitely better that the initiative should come from above, that is from the parent body itself, rather than as the result of pressure from below from one or more o£ the Subordinate Establishments. 5. The Order of St. John, thus reorganized, would then con. ist of seven component bodies, all of absolutely equal standing, namely in England, the Grand Priory, so termed for hi torical reasons, and the six Priories in Scotland, Wales, South Africa, New Zealand, anada, and Australia. Each of these bodies would have a fixed establishment of members in their different grades, and would be entirely free to manage its own internal affairs as it thought best, within the limitations laid down by the Statutes of the Order. Any act or decision outside those Statutes would of course be ipso facto null and void. 6. On the assumption that the present Grand Prior would become the Grand Master of the reorganized Order, the present Sub-Prior would become the Grand Prior of the Grand Priory in England. 7. The Order as reorganized would be governed by the Sovereign Head and his representative the Grand Master, assisted in all ecclesiastical matters by the Primate of the Order, and in all secular matters by the Grand Chancellor, who would be respectively the Prelate and Chancellor of the Grand Priory of England, with the Secretary-General of the Grand Priory as their Secretary. 8. The Grand Master would be assisted and advised in the administration of the Order by a Grand Council, composed of the Grand Prior of England and the six Priors, together with the three officials mentioned above. The four Priors of the Priories beyond the seas would be authorized

10. (\ny reorganization of the Order on the lines suggested above would necessItate a new Charter, drafted by specially qualified experts, with Statutes drafted by counsel experienced in such work. 11. Until the wishes of the Sovereign Head and H.R.H. The Grand Prior have been ascertained, copies of this document should be circulated only to the Sub-Prior, Prelate, Chancellor, Bailiff of Egle, SecretaryGeneral, and Lord Wakehurst. 12. After the wishes of the Sovereign Head and H.R.H. The Grand Pr.ior. have b.een ascertained, and they have approved the proposals in pnnciple, thIS document with any necessary amendments should be submItted to the. Grand Priory and the six Priories for any comments that they may WIsh to make, before any further action is taken. (Signed) EDWIN KING,

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THE BERESFORD COMMISSION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN On the return of the administration of the Order from Grosvenor Crescent to St. John's Gate, which followed the termination of the War, certain difficulties had arisen. At the request of twenty members of Chapter-General, a special meeting of Chapter-General was held on 4th Oc~ober, 1946, to consider the situation. At this meeting the following resoluhon was passed:~hat a Representative Commission be appointed by the SubPnor to conSIder and report to Chapter-General on the constitution and p~wers of Chapter-General, of the Council, of the Ambulance Comn:lttee , and of the Brigade Sub-Committee, in the light of expe~I~nces and developrr:-ents, which have taken place under condItIOns of .War, and whIch will continue in future, and to make recommenda hons. " l(

In November, 1946, the Sub-Prior appointed the following six members of the Order to constitute the Representative Commission :_ Sir Edwin King. Chancellor of the Order. T?e Earl of Shaftesbury. Bailiff of Egle. SIr Al~red Webb-JoJ:nson, Bt. Hospitaller. T?e BIshop of Kensmgton. Officiating Chaplain. SIr Ernest Burdon. Knight of Grace. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Ambulance Department. B

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In the spring of 1947 the following three names were added to the Commission, all representing the Ambulance Department : General Sir Clive Liddell. Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall. Colonel Sir James Sleeman. The name of Lady Dunbar-Nasmith was substituted for that of The Countess .1\10untbatten of Burma, whose services had ceased to be available owing to the appointment of Lord Mountbatten to be Viceroy of India. It was felt universally that an absolutely independent Chairman was essential, and on the invitation of the Sub-Prior, 1\1r. Tristram Beresford, K.C., Recorder of Folkestone, consented to act in that capacity. At the meeting of Chapter-General held on 31st July, 1947, the Representative Commission rendered the following report : " This Commission finds that the matters with which it has to deal are of so controversial a nature that it recommends t.o ChapterGeneral that an absolutely independent Commission should be formed of persons entirely unconnected with the Order, and that Mr. Beresford, K.C., be asked to advise as regards the numbers and persons on the Commission, and to conduct the inquiry." After hearing a statement from 1r. Bere ford, regarding the itting of the Representative Commission, and of the event which had led to the submission of their report, Chapter-General after thanking :.Ir. Beresford for his valuable services, passed the following resolution : " That an independent Commission of three, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Tristram de la Poer Beresford, K.C., be appointed to inquire into the matters referred to the Representative ommission appointed by Chapter-General on the 4th October, 19~16." Acting on the advice of 1r. Beresford, the ub-Prior ga\'e his approval to a Commission of three constituted as follows:1\1r. Tristram Beresford, K.C., Chairman. Sir Findlater Stewart, G.C.B., G.C.S.L, C.LE. Sir Harold Morris, K.C. The Commission sat at St. John's Gate on the 22nd, 23rd, and 30th September, and on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, and 16th October, when it heard the evidence of the following witnesses:Bailiffs Grand Cross. The Earl of Shaftesbury. Col. Sir Edwin King.

Col. Sir Bertram Ford. Gen. Sir Clive Liddell. W. G. Pape, Esq. Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall.

Knight of Justice. Col. Sir James Sleeman. Knights of Grace. Brigadier W. B. G. Barne.

Dame of Justice. The Hon. Mrs. Copland-Griffiths.

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Commanders. Major P. G. Darvil-Smith. Major-General F. V. B. Witts. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith.

Officers. Captain A. N. Cahusac. Mrs. Birkbeck. Dr. Gladys Danby.

In addition the Commission considered statements in writing from the following : Dame Grand Cross. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Knights of Justice. Major P. M. Beachcroft. The Earl of Bessborough. The Viscount Bledisloe. Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Palmer. H. Pirie-Gordon, Esq. Knights of Grace. Dr. Barrett Cardew. H. Else, Esq. Stanley Embleton, Esq. Dr. H. F. Powell. Dame of Grace. The Countess of Bessborough.

Commanders. Captain G. B. Armstrong. W. E. Ballard, Esq. Dr. Maurice Smith. Dr. F. L. Newton. Captain P. Reay. Officers. Mrs. Balsdon. VV. M. Brennen, Esq. David Bryce, Esq. G. Edwards, Esq. Captain W. C. Knight. Dr. D. J. Nicol. iiss A. M. Parker. Dr. E. H. Shaw. Serving Brothers. F. '0.1. Bush, Esq. Capt. A. D. Jamieson. Dr. J. Richard.

The Report of the Commission was rendered on the 21st November, 1947, and was considered by a Special Chapter-General on the 18th December, ~94~, and at an adjou~ed meeting later. Certain changes in the constitution of the Order, Its foundations and its Committees, arising ou~ of the report of the Commission, were approved by Chapter-General. Bnefly these changes are as follows : (1) There are now three Foundations of the Order instead of two, namely:-

The Hospital in Jerusalem, The Ambulance Association and The Ambulance Brigade. ' (2) In consequence the Association Sub-Committee has become a~sorbed in the Ambulance Committee (now termed Association Comm~ttee), and a Brigade Committee, which is one of the Standing Comr~l1ttee~ of the. Order, has been substituted for the Brigade SubCommIttee. WIder powers have at the same time been delegated to both these Committees.

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(3) Council has been made smaller, and to that extent is now. a stronger body. It consists of twelve permanent members, an~ certal.n officials are permitted to attend and vote when matters afiectmg theIr office are under discussion .

a silver cross on a red field, with the Royal Crest for England in ~he first quarter, imposed upon which is a silv.er escutcheon, charged wIth a thistle, and, on a chief azure, a representatIOn of the Crown of Scotland. The Lyon Clerk read the grant from documents handed to him by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, Sir Th~mas Innes of Leamey. . After the investiture of the Pnor and the acceptance of hIS homage, Lord Lindsay presented Colonel Sir Colin MacRae of ~eoirlinn, who was installed Sub-Prior and appointed Preceptor of Torphlchen. Documents embodying the reconstitution of the Priory were handed by the Chancellor to the Grand Prior. Ceremonies. co~n~ct.ed with the next act of matriculation of the arms, the sword of JunsdictIOn, and the banner of the Priory followed and the Chaplain of the Priory delivered an address. An investiture was then carried out by H.R.H. The Grand Prior. The following were the postulants. Knights.-Major the Earl .of Lindsay, Si~ Thomas Innes o~ Leamey, Major John Forrest Haml~ton, M ..D., SIr Thomas Guthr:e-R~s~ell, Lieut.-General Sir Kenneth M Leod, SIr Gordon Lethem, and SIr William Kerr Fraser Tytler. Chaplain.-The Very Rev. Charles L. Warr. Commanders (Brothers.)-Sir William Johnston Thomson, Dr. J. P. Mitchell, Major-General Ian Macrae. Commanders (St"sters).-Lady Dunbar-Nasmith, the Countess of Lindsay. Officers (Brothers).-Major-General John Edward Talbot Younger, F. S. C. Cameron-Head of Inverailort, Major Michael Crichton-Stuart of Faulkland, the Very Rev. Marshall B. Lang, Lieut.-Col. Victor D. Warren, \Villiam J. Moore, F.R.F.P.S., Sir Alexander B. King, Ivy M'Kenzie, M.D., Colonel Alexander Gullen Young, Professor John Duncan Mackie, the Rev. Dr. A. Nevile Davidson, Major Ian A. Anderson, Thomas P. Cowie, Major T. W. Carrick, Dr. James Lamberton, Dr. Archibald Buchanan Barbour, O.B.E. Officers (Sisters).-Marguerite, Mrs. Forrest Hamilton; Elizabeth Jane, Mrs. Anderson; Janet, Mrs. Scott. Serving Brothers.-vVilliam Blunt Munro, John Bernard, B.L., Hugh Ferguson, C.A., Andrew Wilson, Dr. Robert Dick. Se1'ving Sisters.-Nesta G., Miss Hamilton; Mary H., Miss Wright; Alice Myfanwy, Mrs. Mason; Mrs. M'Dougal of M'Dougal. The National Anthem was sung and the Grand Prior and his retinue having retired the executive officers of the Priory were installed. After the ceremony a procession of members of the Priory took place round the forecourt of the Palace where a number of spectators had gathered. The Lord Provost, who presided at a Civic Luncheon in the Civic Chambers, welcomed H.R.H. The Grand Prior home again after his' term of office as Governor-General of Australia which he had carried out so successfully and had added so much to the great traditions of the services rendered by t~e Royal ,Family to the British Commonwealth and Empire. He further saId that m the early days of the city the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem were said to have had quarters in the Lawnmarket in the proximity of the old house of the Duke of Buccleuch.

(4) The numbers privileged to attend Chapter-General have been reduced. Instead of the One Hundred Senior Knights and Twenty Representative Knights, there are now.to be 25 represe~t.atives o.f the 100 Senior Knights and 25 representatIves of the remammg Kmghts. The original Knights of Justice retain their privilege of being members of Chapter-General for life. THE REVIVAL OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHI IN SCOTLAI D. On the 26th June, 1947, an event of great historical importance took place when H.R.H. The Grand Prior carried out the ceremony of the revival of the Order in Scotland. The Order was once a great power in cotland, it head, The Prior, being ex officio a Peer with a seat in th~ Scottish Parliament. . The Priory of Scotland was founded m the 12th century, but penshed in the early stages of the Reformation, being dissolved in 155,1. Now, after almost 400 years, it has been revived and reconstituted with a modern purpose but with something of the pageantry of early days. The re\'ival was the result of a petition to H.R.H. The Grand Prior of the Order that he would recommend His Majesty The King, the Sovereign Head of the Order in the Briti h Realm, to revi,"e the Priory of Scotland. A feature of the ceremony was the installation by H. H..H. The Grand Prior of the Earl of Lindsay as head of the Order in cotland. After a gap of 414 years the Earl succeeded his ancestor, ir \VaHer Lind ay, a ' Scottish Prior. H.R.H. The Grand Prior was accompanied by the ,'nb-I rior and other prominent members of Chapter-General. The ceremony of reconstitution took place in the Throne H.oom at Holyrood Palace which, panelled in light oak, was lit by two twehoebranched candelabra and by electric candles in sconces on the wall . Round the room, with its handsome ceiling and portraits, stood members of the Holyrood High Constables, carrying staves and wearing their close-fitting blue uniforms and cocked hats. The Scottish procession entered led by its Director of Ceremonies Designate, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey of Dinnet, followed by two trumpeters in scarlet, the choir, the processional cross, and member of the Order. Behind came the Director of Ceremonies of the Order, Mr. Pirie-Gordon, who afterwards conducted into the room the Grand Prior's procession. The proceedings began with the Grand Prior calling upon the Chaplain-Designate, The Very Rev. Charles L. \Varr, Dean of the Thistle and Chapel-Royal and Sub-Prelate of the Order, to offer the customary prayers. The petition was then rehearsed by the Scottish Chancellor-Designate, Major John Forrest Hamilton, who was called upon by the Secretary-General of the Order. The reconstitution of the Order by the Grand Prior terminated in a fanfare of trumpets. The ceremony of granting arms to the Priory followed. The arms are

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The Grand Prior, replying, said :/( My Lord Provost, it is a great pleasure to me to be here with you in Edinburgh to-day on this interesting historical occasion, and I thank you sincerely for the welcome you have given me and for the kind things you have said of whatever services I, with other members of the Royal Family, have been able to render to the British Commonwealth and Empire. /( The ties that, with loyalty to the Crown, bind together the Commonwealth are those of sentiment and tradition, among which the Order of St. John has its part to play. " Tradition is dear to the hearts of cotsmen and it is this love and interest in the past that has led to the representations made by Scotsmen that the old and historic Priory of cotland, dormant now for 400 years, hould be revived. " The ancient Priory of cotland, the Prior of which wa ' a piritual Peer of Parliament, was fir- t granted a Charter by Malcolm IV of cotland in 1153. . " It fell into abeyance in 1564, and now, that in the course of time, self-governing Priories have come into existence in Wale, ouih Africa, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia, it was represented to me that the Kingdom of Scotland had a justifiable claim to the revival of its c nturiesold Priory. " It is my sincere hope and my expectation that this ancient hristian Order of Chivalry in Scotland, the history of which goes bark to the first crusade and its roots even further back, will work in complete harmony with the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association and the cotti h Branch of the British Red Cross Society, not invading phercs of work which are already adequately covered. " In conclusion, I feel I should emphasize the predominating Chri tian nature of the Order of St. John, for it seems to me that it was largely due t~ this particular quality that it has survived through so many centunes. " The religious quality did not always burn with a steady light. " As with every human institution it had its vicissitudes, its good and bad periods. /( It is my earnest prayer that the revived Priory of Scotland should enter on its renewed existence with the spirit of the Order at its best, the spirit of Christian devotion and charity that marked the Order of St. John in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. /( May I once again convey my thanks to you, My Lord Provost, for your hospitality and assure you of the pleasure it always gives me to find myself in Edinburgh." The Sub-Prior proposed the toast of the Torphichen Priory. He said:"My Lord Provost, Ladies, and Gentlemen,-vVe have heard from His . Roya~ Highness The Grand Prior something of the ancient and glonous hlstory.of the Scottish Priory and it is therefore with particular pleasure that I nse to express on behalf of Chapter-General the satisfaction felt at the resuscitation of our sister Priory, after four hundred years of suspended life. /( The Scottish Priory in the earlier period of the Order, when our Christian civilization was fighting for its existence, was associated with

the English Priory in the same tongue in Palestine, Rhodes, and Malt~, and it is therefore with particular pleasure that we find ourselves agaIll brothers in this Venerable Order in the British Realm of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. /( As regards the work and objects of this ancient Order, the wheel has turned full circle and after having successively passed through the stages of being a great military power, ~ great n~,:al power, ~nd an independent Sovereign State, the Order III the BntIsh Realm IS back to the work of helping the sick as in the days when the Blessed Gerard in A.D. 1100 ruled this band of devoted monks in Jerusalem. Our work pro 'Utilitate hominum will, I hope, continue to grow and it is now for Scotland to justify His Royal Highness' confidence in them by extending their work in Scotland in appropriat~ directions without infringing on spheres already covered by other bodIes. /( My Lord Provost, with this earnest hope I propose we drink a toast to the Priory of Scotland, with our best wishes for a successful launching and a long career of usefulness ." The Earl of Lindsay said that there was great scope for the Order in Scotland, and already a start had been made. The Order of St. John Foundation Hospital in Glasgow was ready to receive patients. Travelling clinics would visit those outside the range of hospitals. The Order was not, as many believed, a purely assenach affair. It belonged to Scotland as much as to any other country and he believed that the people of Scotland would benefit greatly by the revival of the Priory of Torphichen.

TORPHICHEN CEREMONY.

The picturesque Preceptory of Torphichen, set among green folds and dating from 1153, recaptured something of its old glories when the Grand Prior, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and members of the Order met there for divine service. After robing in St. John's Church Hall members walked about a quarter of a mile in procession to the Preceptory, headed by choristers from St. Giles' Cathedral. The Standard was borne by Major l\fichael Crichton-Stuart, and, immediately before the Duke of Gloucester, walked the Sword Bearer Captain A. F. Jamieson. As the procession entered the gates of the Preceptory grounds, where they were met by the Rev. P. Hugh R. Mackay, minister of the parish, the choir began to sing Psalm 145, "0 Lord, Thou art my God and King." The service was amplified for the benefit of villagers and others who had gathered outside, and for whom there was no accommodation within the building. The lesson from Ecclesiasticus 44 was read by Dr. \Varr, and the service was conducted by the Very Rev. Dr. Marshall B. Lang. The Very Rev. Dr. A. Nevile Davidson, in the course of a brief address, recalled that here the Knights of the Order had often knelt humbly in prayer. It was significant, he said, that the two principal emblems should be the Cross and the Sword-the Sword dedicated to the service of. ~he C~oss. The Order of St. John, although in its early days partly mIlItary III character, had kept constantly true to its tradition of Christian

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character and had contributed both financially and in other ways to the healing of the wounded and the sick. "Our revived Scottish Priory is not concerned now with deeds of arms," said the Librarian, Professor Mackie, at the conclusion of an historical oration. "It endeavours to carry its work of healing to persons and to places not easily reached by the ordinary provision for medical aid." Even its pageantry, said Professor Mackie, might help to brighten a drab world, but, most of all, it would serve to keep fresh in men's minds the idea of service. The procession reformed to the Preceptory gate, the Duke of Gloucester being preceded by the Sword Bearer and followed by the Prior, the Earl of Lindsay.

raised and erected to the status of a Priory within the Order, and whereas We, with consent and approbation of His Majesty the King, the Sovereign Head of the said Order, have been pleased to accede to such request, THEREFORE We by virtue of the power and authority vested in Us as Grand Prior, by ~nd with the advice and conse,nt of the Bailiffs Gra,nd Cross Knights of Justice and of Grace, Chaplams and RepresentatIve Com~anders and Officers, Brothers of the said Venerable Order and in pursuance of the Statutes of the said Order, DO HEREBY ERECT AND ELEVATE the Committee for Scottish Affairs of the Order now existing in Scotland to the status of a Priory to be known as the Priory of Scotland of the Ven~r~ble Order of t~e Hospital of St, jo~zn of jerusal,em, with all the powers, pnvileges, pre-emmences and prerogatIves appropnate to that status and in respect of the date of the original establishment in the reign of King David I, with pre,cedency over all other, subordinate establishments of the Order, also Wlth power and authonty to make reports and recommendations direct to the Grand Prior and ChapterGeneral of the Order and that the Priory of Scotland be not subject to the control of the Council of the Order or of any Committee thereof, and We do further Declare that the first Prior of the said Priory shall be the Right Honourable William, Earl of Lindsay, Viscount of Garnock, Lord Kilbirnie, Kingsburn, Drumry and Parbroath, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, a Major in His Majesty's Regiment of Scots Guards, and Ordain that all the Officers, Members and Associates of the Order permanently and exclusively domiciled in Scotland shall become Officers, Members and Associates of the said Priory, and that the said Priory shall possess all the rights, privileges and advantages of a Priory attaching under and by Virtue of the Statutes of the Order subject to such regulations as may be issued hereafter by Us to govern the same, and \Ve do further Declare that all property, rights, powers and liberalities of the said present Committee of the Order for Scottish Affairs shall, as from the date of these Presents, be transferred to the said Priory. Given at the Palace of Holyrood House this twenty-sixth day of June 1947 by the Grand Prior's hand, Given at Saint John's Gate this sixth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. By the Grand Prior's Command, (Signed) EDWIN KING Cha ncello r .

THE INSTRUMENT OF ERECTION OF THE PRIORY OF TORPIIICIIE .

To All and Sundry whom these Presents do or may concern, We, Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, Knight of the Most Ancient and ~Iost Noble Order of the Thistle, Grand Prior in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, Send Greeting: WHEREAS His Iajesty's Royal predecessors, David I King of Scots founded a Commandery of the said Venerable Order at Torphichen, and 1alcolm IV, King of cots, firmly established it by granting to " God and the Holy Ho pital of J rusalem a toft of land in each of the Royal Burghs of cotland" and lexander II, King of Scots, by his Charter of date at Stirling in the year 1236 " for the love of God and the Souls of David, King of cots, of blessed and pious memory (by whom it has ever been stated-and this provi ion would import-the Venerable Order was first established in cotland), and of King Vvilliam the Lion, his father, all grants made by him and his predecessors in time past" which Royal Charters were confirmed by another Charter under the Great eal of cotland from James IV, King of Scots of glorious memory, by whose grandfather, James II, King of Scots, the Prior of St, John in Scotland, Ma ter and Preceptor of the Order at Torphichen, was created a Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland, so that he and his ucces or , Preceptors of Torphichen, sat as Lords of St. John in the Parliament of Scotland until James, Lord of St. John, Prior of the Venerable Order and Preceptor of Torphichen, did make resignation of the temporalities held by him as Lord of St, John and Prior and Preceptor of Torphichen in favour of himself, his heirs and assigns, of which by advice of Parliament he received a Charter under the Great Seal, 24 January, 1563, whereby the ~eneficent and humane activities of the said Order, which was always held ill great respect and honour in all places in Scotland, was interrupted; yet that of late years the Venerable Order, through its Committee for Scottish Affairs, has in diverse manners so resumed its beneficent and charitable functions pro Fide et pro utilitate hominum, as the motto of the Order bears, that it has been commended to Us by the Chapter-General of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St, John of Jerusalem that in order to restore the Order in Scotland to its ancient splendour and extend its beneficent utility, that its Committee for cottish Affairs should be

SERVICE HOSPITALS WELFARE COMMITTEE. On th~ winding, up of the Joint VVar Organization on 30th June, 1947, the SerVIce Hospitals Welfare Committee was formed under the chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal ir Harold \Vhittingham to administer the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and British Red Cross Society Welfare Services in Service Hospitals. Mrs. Bryans, B.R.C,S., is the Chief Headquarters' Vlelfare Officer with the Countess of Brecknock, S.JA.B., as her Deputy. ' Agreemen ts have been reached with all three Services to place resident Welfare Officers in Service Hospitals both in the United Kingdom and overseas.

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Many of these vacancies have already been filled, and the work of the Officers has been very much appreciated by the Service authorities and patients. St. John personnel at present serving in the various Commands include the Chief Welfare Officer both in B.A.O.R. and in S.E.A.L.F., the total numbers being 30 distributed as follows : 2 in C.M.F. 3 in S.E.A.L.F.

The Lord Willoughby de Broke, M.C., A.F.C.

H.E. Major-General Sir John Noble Kennedy, K.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.B., M.C. Admiral Sir Algernon Usb orne Willis, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O. The Hon Sir John Patrick Dwyer, K.C.M.G.

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Lieut.-Colonel Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, Bt. Captain Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, p.c., M.P. (from Commander). The Lord Leconfield, G.C.V.O . Major Sigismund William Trafford. The Earl of Iddesleigh.

As Associate Knights.

9 in M.E. 5 in B.A.O.R. 11 in U.K.

Other activities which come under the administration of the Committee include County Welfare for long term patients in ervice \Vings of civilian hospitals, and the arrangements for relatives travelling under the D.I.L.F.O.R. Scheme. Last summer 1 St. John and 1 B.R.C.S. Officer went out to witzerland in charge of long term patients invited by the Swiss Red Cross for convalescence. The St. John Officer was in charge at Weggis, Lake Lucerne, and 120 patients passed through during the course of the summer.

Medecin lnspecteur G6neral Adolphe Marie Eugene Sice. Baron Eugene Aster de Waha-Baillonville. Alexander Zannas. A thanase Philon.

Basil O'Connor. H.E. Baron B. Ph. van Harinxma thoe Slooten. General Alois Vicherek. Professor Dr. Wlodzimierz Koskowski.

As Dame.

Ruby Lilian, Lady Dugan (from Commander). l\Iarie Elizabeth, Mrs. Van Zyl. As Associate Chaplain.

Bishop William Thomas Manning. As Commanders (Brothers).

HONOURS. PROMOTIONS, ADMISSIONS, AND ATTACHME

The following Promotions, Admissions, and Attachments, recommended by Chapter-General, and approved by H.R.H. The Grand Prior, have been sanctioned by His Majesty the overeign Head. As Dames Grand Cross.

H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth The Countess of Cromer (from Dame) The Countess of Bessborough (from Dame). As Knights.

Major The Earl of Lindsay (from Officer). Sir Eustace James Missenden, O.B.E. (from Commander). Colonel Lionel Victor Thurston, D.S.O. (from Commander). The Marquess of Zetland, K.G., G.C.S.L, G.C.I.E., P.C. (from Commander). Colonel The Viscount Cobham, K.C.B., T.D. Major-General George Mackintosh Lindsay, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. General The Lord Ismay, G.C.B., C.H., D.S. O. The Lord Middleton, M.C., T.D. Captain Sir John Malcolm Fraser, Bt., G.B.E. Major-General The Lord Mottistone, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

Lieut.-General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., :'>I.C. (from Commander). Major John Forrest Hamilton, M.D. (from Commander). The Lord Fairhaven (from Commander). Sir Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, K.C.M.G. Sir Harold Montague Barton. Air Vice-Marshal Sir William Tyrrell, K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. The Lord Latham. H.E. Vice-Admiral The Earl Granville, K.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. Major Sir George Aylwen (from Commander). Sir Ronald Wilfred Matthews (from Commander).

Captain The Lord Dunleath, C.B.E., D.S.O. (from Officer). ~Iajor The Earl of Onslow, M.C. (from Ofncer). Colonel William Francis Henn (from Officer) . Frederick Lubovius Richard, M.B. (from Serving Brother). Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke, C.!lI.G., M.C., M.D., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.P.H. Brigadier Roderic Duncan Cameron, O.B.E., M.C. Brigadier George Sydney McConkey, O.B.E., M.D. Colonel Joseph Clinton Collins, O.B.E. Colonel George Harris Haines. Iajor-General William Foot, M.C. . Surgeon Rear-Admiral Albert Edward Malone, C.B., M.B., D.P.H., K.H.P. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Hamlet 1ark Whelan, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., K.H.S. Sir William Johnston Thomson, D.L., LL.D. John Harris Rea (from Officer). J ames Milne Hermon, M.D. (from Officer). George Hampson (from Officer). Charles Mark Jenkin Jones, C.B.E. (from Officer).

Captain Clement Fletcher, T.D. (from Officer). lnstr. Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Edward Hall, K.B.E., C.B. Dr. Neil Hamilton Fairley, C.B.E. ,\Villiam Benton, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Officer). Henry Thomas Ferrier, M.B.E. (from Officer). Lieut.-Colonel William Reed Hornby Steer (from Officer). Captain Eric Charles Palmer, M.C. (from Officer). Seemampillai Francis Chellappah, O.B.E., M.R.C.S. (from Officer). James Johnston Abraham, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.D., F.R.C.S. (from Officer) . Geoffrey Nickless Bullock (from Officer). Captain Albert John Collins (from Officer). Sidney Cooper (from Officer). Edgar Scott Bowes, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Officer). Thomas '\Velch Clark (from Officer). Brigadier Francis Joseph O'Meara.

4s Associate Commanders (Brothers).

Jonkheer Otto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de J eude. As Commanders (Sisters).

J essie

Gladys Bruce, Mrs. Bessemer (from Officer). Isabel Winifred, Mrs. Laming (from Officer).

Dor?thy Brace, Miss Faber (from Officer) LOUIsa Jane, Mrs. Wilkinson, C.B.E., R.R.C. Sydney J eannetta, :Miss "Varner, C.B.E.

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Lady J anet L yle Bailey (from Officer ). Cecilia Flora, Lady Webb-J ohnson (from Officer). Eileen, Mrs. Attfield, M.B.E. (from Serving Sister). Helen Elizabeth Comfort, Miss Crookshank (from Officer) . ... orah Knowles Hardie, Mrs. De la Pryme (from Officer).

Catherine, L a d y K ennedy. Rosina, ]\irs. Balsdon, O.B.E. (from Officer). Anne, The Dowager Lady Brocket (from Officer) . Alys Anne 'W ilson, Mrs. Luttrell (from Officer) . Minnie Findlay, Lady Douglas.

As Officers (Bro th ers) .

Philip Le Masurier (from Serving Brother). Oscar Linden Aubin (from Serving Brother) . Lieut.-Colonel Frank Arthur Bevan, T.D ., M.B ., R.A.M.C. (from Serving Brother), Lieut .-Colonel Thomas Fielden Briggs, ?I.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.A.l\I.C. (from Serving Brother). Harold Edward Howard (from Serving Brother). Anacletus Byrne-Quinn, l\I.B. (from Serving Brother). Christy Gribble (from Serving Brother). ,\ViIliam George Hawkins (from Serving Brother). Charles ,\Villiam Barnes (from Serving Brother) . Lieut.-Colonel Vere Broke Thurston (from Serving Brother) . J ames Arnold Lanson Roberts, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Serving Brother). George Lyon Walker Sidey (from Serving Brother). Sir William Miles Webster Thomas, D.F.C. William Edmund Devereux Massey. Sir Adrian Cedric Boult. John 'Wilkinson Latham. Colonel John Poole Bowring Robinson, C.M.G., D.S.O. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Welsh Carrick, R.A.M .C. Lieut. Lauriston Lee Grey, D.S.C., R., . Dr. Geoffrey Commeline Williams . Major Patrick Joseph Martin, M.B.E. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Phillips Stevens, l\1.B.E., l\I.B . Lieut. -Colonel John Henry Joseph Crosse, O.B.E. Sir Alexander Boyne King, C.B.E. I vy Mackenzie, M.D. Donald McIntyre, l\f.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S. (ED.). Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Gullan Young, D.S.O., T.D . Charles Heathcock. Surgeon Captain Lionel Frederick Strugnell, l\LB., R.N. Surgeon Captain Robert Cyril May, O.B.E., M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.

T he Hon. Herbert Arthur Cozens-Hardy· Lieut.-Colonel Donald Stanley Van dcn Bergh, D.L. Dr. Kypros Chrysanthis. Herbert Henry ,Varren, M.B. (from Scrving Brother). William Thomas Hancox (from 'crving Brother). Frank Christie \Villiams (from Serving Brother). John Robert Logan (from erving Brother). Robert William Goodings (from Serving Brother). Louis Howard Smith (from Serving Brother). John Ramsdale (from Serving Brother). lbert. Coulton (from Serving Brother). Major Arthur William Pilgrim, O.B.E. (from erving Brother). The Rev. Andrew Nevile Davidson, D.D. (Sub-Chaplain) (from Serving Brother). Charles Mathcw tedman. Colonel Charles Richard Croft, M.D. Frederick Peter Cottey. Albert Edgar Rowsell, O.B.E. Professor John Duncan Mackie, C.B.E., l\LC. Frederick :l\Iesser, :11. P. Squadron-Leader John Holt, :lLB.E., R.A.F. Albert J abez Adams. Surgeon Captain Kenelm Digby Bell, R.N., ?I.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Colonel Thomas James Logan Thompson, O.B.E., M.C., M.B. Berkeley Everard Foley Gage Christopher Evelyn Twiston-Davies Major 'W illiam Robert Crawshay,D.s.O. John \Vilson Reid, M.D. Lieut.-Colonel Angus Gordon Cargill (from Serving Brother). Francis Henry Edwards, M.B., F.R.C.S. (from Serving Brother). Arthur Granville Rice (from Serving Brother). Thomas Parham Lalonde, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Serving Brother). Frederick 'William Hebblethwaite, M.B. (from Serving Brother). J ames Saville (from Serving Brother). Major James Percival Critchley (from Serving Brother). Louis Yewdall (from Serving Brother).

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Frederick Sarginson (from Ser ving Brother). Harry Harvey (from Serving Brot her). Thomas Richmond Bailey (from Serving Brother). Brigadier Hugh Llewelyn Glyn Hughes, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. Colonel North Victor Cecil Dalrymple Hamilton, c.v.o. Captain Sydney Harold Gillett, l\I.C. Emmanuel Prinski Scott, M.B., l\l.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. lacManus, M.B., Desmond Manus M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Major-General Sir Horace de Courcy Martelli, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. Oliver James Francis (from Serving Brother). William Megaw, l\I.B. (from Serving Brother). Captain Charles John Evers, M.D., M.R.C.S. (from Serving Brother). John Henry Wileman (from Serving Brother). Desmond David Claude Swayne (from Serving Brother). John Colin Dixon Carothers, l\I.B. (from Serving Brother). Rupert Victor Samucl Cooper, :o.LB., M.R.C.S. (from Serving Brother) . William Frederick Wills (from Serving Brother). Joseph Otho I bell (from Serving Brother). Thomas Claude Tresidder (from Serving Brother). Walter Frederick Rigley (from Serving Brother). Archibald George Green (from Serving Brother).

Clifford Reynolds de Clifford Sadler, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Serving Brother). William Hindle Gastall (from Serving Brother). James MacKenzie, M.D. (from Serving Brother). Major Albert Ehrmann, O.B.E., T.D., M.R.C.S. (from Serving Brother). Frederick Wilson Moulds (from Serving Brother). Frank Braithwaite (from Serving Brother). Edmund Harvey Lodge, M.B. (from Serving Brother). The Rev. Reginald Andrew Haysom (Su b-Chaplain) . Harold Edwin Butler, C.LE., O.B.E. Arthur Louttit Castelman. Major Gilbert Walter Hiversdale Monckton, M.C. Colonel William 1\1alcolm Oxley. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Laurence ·Wolfe. The Very Rev. Hedley Robert Burrows, Dean of Hereford (Sub-Chaplain). Colonel Hubert Francis Grant-Suttie, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. Colonel David Cope Harris, T.D. Brigadier Lionel Arthur Fansha'we, O.B.E., D.S.O. Sir Henry Hewey Francis MacdonaldTyler, K.C.I.E. Captain The Rev. Richard Whincup (Su b-Chaplain) . Colonel Frank Lionel Pardoe, D.S.O. Major Percy John Powell. Richard Henry McCoy. Major George Rutherford, l\1.C. Lieut.-Colonel Victor Douglas Gordon.

As Ass ocia t e Officers (Bro thers).

\Villem Friedhoff. Chester Arthur Craddock. As Offi cers (Sist ers) .

Marguerite, Irs. Forrest Hamilton (from Serving Sister). Ida Elizabeth, Miss Finch (from Serving Sister). Mary Ethel Elizabeth, Miss Sarah (from Serving Sister). Doroihy Louise, ',!iss l3ean (from Serving Sister). Kathleen Mary, Miss Halpin, O.B.E. Nora Frances, Mrs. Warmington, M.B.E. Helen Mary Sutherland, Mrs. Cargill Thompson. Violet, Lady Joseph. Mary Violet, Mrs . Penny. Gwendolene Mary, l\Irs. Nicholson. Lady Diana Matthews. Margaret, Mrs. \i\Toolf.

The Viscountess Arbuthnott. Stella Katherine, The Lady Eustace Percy. Lilian, The Hon. 1\1rs. Littleton. Augusta Diana O'Carroll, Mrs. Hardy. The Lady Lettice Cottrell. Edith Iona, Miss Tillard, A.R.R.C. Alison, Mrs. Young. Mabel, Mrs. \ i\Tynne-Jones (from Serving Sister). Alice Garrod, Miss l\Iayhew (from Serving Sister) . Beatrice Elizabeth Catherine, Mrs. Girouard (from Serving Sister). Flora May, Mrs. Baker, C.B.E. Dame Audrey Charlotte Georgiana Buller.

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The Countess of Brecknock. The Lady Dunleath. orah Anne, Lady Clark. l\Iargaret, Lady Eamsden, M.D. (from Serving Sister). Clara, Mrs. Langworthy. J ancy Meade, Miss de !\Iierre.

Lady J aqueta Williams. Alice Gertrude, Miss Murrie, O.B.E., R.R.C. Pauline Victoria, Mrs. Morland. Mary Hilda, Mrs. Wilson. The Lady Bruntisfield.

As Associate Officer (Sister).

Miriam, Lady Marks. Serving Broth ers.

John Richard Jordan. David Lepraik !\IcWhirter. Maurice John Belton. George Christian Smith. J esse Robert Lucas. James William Brown. Robert Robinson Winterburn . Arthur Thomas Bandy, B.E.M. Henry James Palmer. Frederick Charles Martin. Herbert Edward Tutton. Walter John Fisher. Victor Charles Joseph Harris, F.R.C.S. Francis Howe. Richard Hindmarch. William Clement Sanders. Arthur Nightingale. Daniel Pender. John Frederick Edwards. Joseph Bennion. Alfred Edmondson. 'W illiam Wallace Moore McKinney, ~l.D. Squire Diamond. Thomas Henry Eastham . James Smith Gray, M.D. J ames Tebbs. Sydney Wilfred Harper. Bertram George Andrews. John Watkin. Herbert John Baker. Henry James Houseago. Edward Hugh Charles Briggs. Alfred Stirling Hendrie, M.B. Marshall Forbes Leslie, M.B. William Edward Fisher. Reginald Trim. William Woodgate. Barrett Hargreaves. John J owitt Sharples. Peter Bibby. William Robert Lovell. George Edward Walker. Robert Arthur Fryer Adamson. Arthur Bramham. Frederick Alexander Page. Harry J aram. Al bert Harry Carter. Charles Frederick Large. Major Frank Lewis Penfold. John Bernard. Hugh Ferguson.

The Rev. Andrew Nevile Davidson, D.D. (Assistant-Chaplain) . Andrew"Wilson. Vernon William Stapleton-Cotton. Fred \Vindebank. John Proctor. John Henry Fisher. Bernard Ernest Degerdon. Frederick Charles Walker. Harry amuel Hartwell. J ames Flemming. John Barratt. Thomas Benbow Pickering. Harold Bardsley Bingham. William Bramall. Captain Edward Robert Follett Coleberd. William Thomas _\.\'iolet. William Mothersdale. Joseph Alkn Atkins. Harry IIarrison . Walter William James Norris. Norman Eobert Kay. Joseph Jarvis. Ernest Smalley, M.B. Leonard Lee. James Herbert HeYl101ds. Thomas Lee Moulton . Gerald 'W alker, M.B. Harry Berry. Cyril Thomas Gregory. John vVhimpenny. David Owen Evans. Cyril King. Horace William Sanders. Gilbert Welch Barker. Henry Leet Palko Henry Crewdson Howard. Arthur Francis 'Watts. Valentine vVilkinson, M.B., L.R.C.P. William Albert Ryan. William Wilton. Henry John Henderson, l\I.C., l\f.B. Llewellyn Stephens. Walter Jolley. Ronald Ralph Sendall. William Hogg. Walter ·Wade. John Oscar Richardson. J ames Frederick Hayes. Frank George Warwick.

H.El'ORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Frederick Charles Bryant. Edgar Robert Mace. Godfrey Livingstone Gale, M.B., F.R.C.S. Ed.) Arthur Eldridge. Cosmas William Damian Alwines. Robert J olm Winter. George Pointer. Stanley Vincent Gordon Jones. Le-w;s Neve. John Henry Burton. Daniel Kewley Kneale. Richard John Ellard. Charles Archibald Graham. James Alexander Tomb, M.B. Joseph Anthony. Sire Barlow. John Francis Gale Ward. Maurice William Mabbutt. Herbert Henry \Varner. Philip Charles Grills, D.S.M. Robert George Lane. Percy Chambers Rayner, M.B. James Cook, M.B. Harry William Martin. Albert Kenneth Doy. Herbert Frederick Cocker. William James Beck. Samuel Goodman. Frank Hugo Stuttaford. Gordon Primrose Smith, O.B.E., M.B. Charles Percival Roberts. Seton Gordon. Alfred John \Voolams. Ernest VV orrall. Francis Arthur J oh11 Pritchard. Alfred Clarence Ford. Arthur Edgar Beech. Benjamin Leonard Freeman . Albert Edward Blewett. Arthur Leonard Carter. Ed ward vValter vVarren. William Clough. Thomas Shanley Ashall. Thomas Massey. Cecil Heygatc Vernon, M.B., F.R.C.S.ED . John Gourley, M.B. George Gordon Wallace Hay, M.B. Alfred Hignett. Percy Tyson Davidson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. George Spencer Lajus Kemp, M.R.C.S. Harry Kirk. William Swallow. Ernest Auty. George Arthur Hodgson. Roy Chapman. George vVilliam Baker. Wilfred George Orchard. Charles Curtis. William John Best Perriam. Philip George Heppenstall, M.B.E. Robert Young. Denis Kenyon Gaitskell, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Reginard Charles Strawbridge. George Ernest Guest. James Blyth, M.D.Ed. Albert Denton. David Rodgers. Harry Barker Atkin. Joseph Bourne. William Concannon. Charles Pryer Hamshaw. Leslie Spencer George. Albert Hawke. Harold Morris. Arthur Vincent Surridge. Alexander Reginald Lester, M.B. Harold Ellis Freeman. Donald Gordon eish. George Scott Anderson. William Robert Trollope. Albert Charles Gooding. John Arthur L ockhart. Alfred Harold Williams. Percy Walter Paveley. J ames Harold Wood ward. Leslie Richard Pryor. Percival Goad Doidge. Arthur Tom Dwelly. Frederick Charles Hutchings. Edward Charles Goodall. Richard George Gough. Arundel Holdsworth. John William Gomer. Francis Frederick Gibson. Victor Reginald Jonas. Robert William Smith. Ernest James Alexander Dougan, L.R.C.P. & s. William Leslie Ashmore. Walter William Goddard . Edward Oldham Orme. Thomas Hamilton l\IcOwat, l\l.B. Ernest Ash Cookson. Captain Alexander Ferguson Dick J amieson (Temporary). Arthur James Pickering. James Carney. Charles William Jones. John Francis Eustace, M.B. William Dixon Dyson, ?'1.B. Eric Waldo Caryl Thomas, M.D., M.R.C.S. Frederick William Moffitt, M.B. Lancelot Etherington Bolton. Vivian Royston Murray. Edward Charles Huskisson. Theodore V eevers-Thompson. William Logan Jack, M.B. orman Dunn. William Henry Lambert. Richard Norman Gibson. M.D. (Ed.). Richard Worrell. William Thomas BOWD. Edgar George Teagle. Robert Boulton Biggs. Arthur John Rosewarn.

Thomas James Owen Baynon Henry James Stephen King. 'Walter Thomas Ralph Searle. Brigadier William Leslie, M.e., T.D . • M.B. John 'William Lambourn, M.M. Thomas 'W illiam Wilks. John Ellis Marsden. Harold Douglas 'W allace, l\I.B., D.P.H. Jack Gilbert. Richard James Blarney. James Arthur Thompson. George Henry 'Valker. Ernest 'William Gale. Robert Fall. Eric James Gordon Wallace, M.B. Cuthbert Laws. Edward Robson. 'William Gerald Denholm, M.B. Thomas Blenkinsopp. Kenneth George l\IcVean. J ames Forrest. Ralph Stoker. Lancelot Charles John Edwards, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

The Rev. Ernest James Morritt Eldridge, O.B.E. (Assistant-Chaplain). Benjamin Charles Hawker. Norman Austin Carter. George Francis Leighton. Walter Henry Hieron. John Edward Hawkins. Ernest Butterworth. Herbert Fisher. Charles de Courcy Cuff. Harry Chapman. Donald Hindson. Herbert Murfin. George "William Railings. "William Henry Beacher. Charles Kenward Relph.

Ernest Henry Honeyman. Alfred Ernest Bingley Oxley. Horace Carr. William Edward Brown. Charles Francis Redican. Arthur William Kelsey. Bernard Sampson. Herbert Middleton. John Rhodes. James George Bremner, M.B. Charles Edwin Hall. Harry Johnson. 'W illiam 'Valkden. J ames Thomas. Edward Soar. l\Iajor Harold Hemingway. John Thomas McCormick. Leonard Root. Albert Edward Clarry. Surgeon Captain Charles Thomas Baxter, R.N. (Rtd .), M.R.C.S. Fred Hubbard. Alfred George Doughty. Henry Colin Geldard, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Henry 'taff. "Walter John Lawn. Leslie Clare Banham. J ames Banner. .i\Iajor Gerald Kingston Wood, R.A.l\I.C., l\1.B.

Robert James Hill. John Adshead Gosling. Alfred John Savage. 'Villiam Thomas Bryan l. 'W illiam George Carter. Robinson 'Vall~ er. John William Cope. 'Villiam Skipsey. Arnold Blackburn.

As Associate Serving Brothers .

Julius Cohen, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Captain Montague Solomon, M.D.,

D.P.H., R.A.M.C .

As Serving Sisters.

Violet Agnes Lilian, Mrs. Howell. Olive Hilda, Miss Steel Gladys Helen Bertha, Miss Roberts. Joan Russell, Miss Roberts. Phyllis Olive, Miss Nethersole. Elsie, Miss Stephenson. Joan Inman, Dr. Franklin-Adams. Eileen Mary, Miss Leighton. ] oan Margaret, Miss Harrison. Eleanor Muriel Joyce, Mrs. Flux-Dundas. Violet Marjorie, Miss Collier. Margaret Mary, Mrs. Basham, M.B. Maude Christine, Miss Henning. Esterel, Mrs. Beauchamp. Jane Hannah, Miss Rogers. Rebecca Jenkins, Miss Rimmer. Frances Harris, Mrs. Stevens, R.R.C. Emmie Edith, Mrs. Bewes.

Daisy Edith Emily, Mrs. Ioakes. Ellen, Mrs. Davison. Isabella Sarah, Miss Toward . Kathleen Evelyn, Dr. Slaney. Cicely Hilton, Miss Hilton-J ohnson. Elizabeth, Mrs. Sharpe. Blanche May, :Miss Smith. Minnie Lilian, :Miss Leigh Brown. Doris Mary, Mrs. Clarke. Elsie Phelps, Mrs. Tottle. Clara, Mrs. l\Iartin. Harriett, Mrs. Allen. Anne Ulrica, Miss Jarchow. Ethel, Mrs. Burnage. Hilda Mary, Miss Draper. Alice Mary, Mrs. Bateman. Gwendoline Ivy, Mrs. French. Nesta Gray, Miss Hamilton.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Mary Hebden, Miss Wright. Edna Clarice, Miss Brown. Caroline Beatrix Viscountess Bridgeman, D.B.E.

Beatrice Marion, Miss Priddes. Louise, Mrs. Dare. ..Florence Muriel, Dr. Morris, O.B.E. Cissie Beatrice, Miss Golding. Mildred, Miss Webster. Marion Louise, Miss Martin. Sarah Ellen, Mrs. Wild. Lilian Jean, Mrs. Gauld. Sarah Helen, Miss Haddon . BaI bara Manners, Miss Bolton. Susanna Muriel, Mrs. Cadwallader. Lily Annie, Mrs. Western. Edith Mary, Miss Selvester. Eva Mary, Mrs. Whimpenny. Annie Emily May, lVIrs. Greenfield. Mary, Mrs. Smalley-Baker. Alice Grace, Mrs. Pym. Susan Grace, Miss Sturmer. Fanny Constance, Miss Mitchell. Isabelle, Miss Kerr. Gladys Isabel, Mrs. Body. Alice Myfanwy, Mrs. Mason. ] oan, Miss Chadwick. Phyllis Caroline, Miss Faning. Leila Phil is Eugenie, Mrs. Coldwells. Elizabeth Marian Maxwell, Miss Balfour Blanche Emily, Miss Buxton. Gertrude Marian, Miss Silcock. Iris Beryl Lee, Mrs. Warner. Olga Margaret, Mrs. Gimson. 'W inifred Vivienne, Miss Catleugh. Clive, the Hon. Mrs. de Lacy Crofton. Elizabeth Rosemary, Miss Laurie. Roberta, Mrs. Lankester. Elizabeth, Miss Turner. Rose, lVliss Metcalfe. Ada] ane, 1\1rs. Ellis. Florence Maud, lVIrs. Beckwith. Florence, Miss Fielding. Grace, Miss Fielding. Eva, Miss Alsop. Amy Florence, Miss Tillson. Ethel, Mrs. Crow. Lillie, lVIrs. Sumsion. Gertrude, Miss Hammerton. Laura, Mrs. Raistrick. Dorothy Ruth, Mrs. Galton. Norah Minnie Louise, Miss Skinner. Catherine Baird, The. Hon. Mrs. Macdonald-Buchanan. Pamela, Mrs. Klemm. Dorothy Kate, Mrs. Parry. Hilda Watson, Mrs. Chailenor. Beryl Alsop, Miss Chenery. Clara Kate, Mrs. Webb. Marjorie Inez SL Clair, Miss Blackman Dr. Phyllis Haddow Mary, M1SS Garnet

Sybil Kathleen, Miss Batley,

M.R.C.S.,

L.R.C.P.

Eliza Simpson, Mrs. Vaughan. Edna Winifred, Miss Sansome. Helen Elizabeth, Miss Rich. May, Mrs. Rippengill. Thelma, Miss Melbourne. Frances, lVIrs. Statham. Martha Annie, Miss Tasker. Dora, Mrs. Simpson. Evelyn Audrey, Mrs. Gordon. Gladys Eleanor, Mrs. Russell. Lilian Gertrude, Miss Dedicoat. Catherine Ethel, Mrs. Flanagan. Mabel Louise, Miss Harriott. Eleanor Kate, Miss Morcom. Irene Louise, Miss White. Annie, lVliss Grainger. Lily, Miss Darby. Mary Ellen, J\'Irs . Curran. Edith Florence, Miss Hooper. Bertha, Miss Peel. Elizabeth Agnes, Miss Blunt. May Gwladys, Mrs. Vigrass . Amy, Mrs. Stemp. Nellie, Mrs. Lane. Norah Matilda, Mrs. Bates. Eda Stanley, Dr. Curtis. Helen Maud, Mrs. Penny . Helen Myrtle, Mrs. Sutherland. Kathleen Alice, l\Irs. Beauchamp. Christina Hope, l\Irs. Irvine. Emily Kesson Churchouse, Miss McDougall. Kathleen, Mrs. Martyn. Helen Marjorie, Mrs. McNeill. Mary, Miss Swift. Elsie, Miss Kirkley. Helen Dorothy, The Lady Ellenborough Marjorie Monteith, Mrs. Warre. Olive Sibley, Dr. l\Iay. Aida, J\Irs. Gabe. Annie Catherine, Mrs. Richards. Valerie Joyce, Mrs. Rothery. Annie Tweena, Mrs. Carrick. Louisa Jane, Mrs. Sutcliffe. Elizabeth, Mrs. Murphy. Irene Julia Hewett, Miss Osborne. Mary Ellen, Mrs. Richards. Maude Eila Victoria, Miss Le Blanc. Minnie, Miss Hinchcliffe. Florence Blanche, Miss Long. Margaret Rosina, Miss Peach. Ida Moore, Mrs. ·W hite. Laura Katherine l\Iaule, Dr. Horne. Edith Annie, Mrs. Cobb. Charlotte Grace, Miss l\Iullen. Margaret Jane, Miss Joyce. Ethel Irene, Miss Teasdale. Mary Ann, Miss Todd, M.B.E. Carrie Elizabeth, Mrs. Matthews. Florence Mary, Mrs. Harris. Oonah Kingsley, Miss Neill. e

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Kathleen Arnold, l\Iiss Kennedy, A.R.R.C. Flora Margaret, Miss Ray. Alice Elizabeth, Miss Wilson. Emily, Miss Abbott. Gladys Kate, l\Iiss Smith. Gladys, Mrs. Clow. Florence Agnes, Mrs. Cracknell. PRIORY

Ethel May, Mrs. Pannell. Winnifred Marie, Mrs. Stuttaford. Emily Elizabeth, Mrs. Hewitt. Gertrude Emmeline, Mrs. Moss. Evelyn, Miss Brough. Margaret Kate, 1\1rs. Green. Joan, Mrs. Marshall.

FOR

SCOTLAND.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Charles Lethbridge Richardson. William Harold Suff.

Ernest

Morgan-

As Serving Sisters.

Irene Phyllis, Mr~. Hammond. Gwladys, Mrs. Pntchard.

Margaret Dorothy, Mrs. Cave, A.R.R.C. Margaret Mary, Mrs. Clothier. PRIORY

As Commander (Brother).

The Lord Inverclyde, D.L.

David Lake Thomas. William Williams. Lieut.-Colonel William Jones Williams.

SOUTHERN

AFRICA.

As Knight.

Captain George William Nelson (from Commander).

As Serving Brother.

The Rev. Patrick Hugh Robson Mackay (Assistant-Chapli:l1T1 ' PRIORY

FOR

WALES.

As Knights.

As Commanders (Brothers).

Robert Douglas Argyl Douglas, M.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed. (from Officer). Colonel Johannes Jacob Kruger (from Officer). Lieut.-Colonel John Mitchell Watt (from Officer). As Associate Commander (Brother).

Edmund Lawrence Hann (from Commander). Richard David Thomas, L.R.C.P.&S.Ed. (from Commander). The Viscount Tredegar (from Commander).

Ivan Solomon (from Associate Officer).

As Commander (Brother).

Priscilla Mary, Miss Fowkes (from Officer).

As Commander (Sister).

Brigadier Lewis Pugh Evans, V.C., C.B., D.S.O. (from Officer). Gwilym Pari Huws, M.B. (from Officer) Professor Thomas David Jones, C.B.E. (from Officer).

Sir Charles Bingham Lowther, Bt., D.S.O. (from Officer). Major George tanley Phillips, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Officer). George John Rowlands (from Officer).

As Commander (Si tcr).

Cynthia Juliet Grant Duff, The Hon. Mrs. John H. Bruce (from Officer). Violet Maud, Mrs. Whitehead (from Officer). As Officers (Brothers).

Harry Graham Davies, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. William John Saddler. Thomas William David, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Serving Brother). Philip Thomas Jenkins (from Serving Brother). Gwyn Rocyn Jones, M.D. (from Serving Brother). Harold John Lewis, D.C.M., M.M. (from Serving Brother).

David Roger \Villiams (from Serving Brother). Graham Power \Vllliams, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (from Serving Brother). Clifford Arthur Bence, ;\!.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Anders Eric Knos Cull. Captain William Herbert Cecil Daniel. Geoffrey Sibbering Morgan. Cennydd George Traherne. Major Henry Ware. John Harvey Davies, C.B.E.

As Officers (Sisters).

Nora, Mrs. Anderson (from Serving Sister). Catherine Mary Lewis, Mrs. Evans (from Serving Sister). Hilda Mary, Miss Inge. As Serving Brothers.

Squadron-Leader Edward Methuen Jones. William Arthur Carter. Albert Victor Chamberlain, M.B.E. Pearson Edward Creswell, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. David Evans. Daniel Idris Evans, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

John Evans. Clifford Montague Harris. William Henry Jones. William John Jones. Henry Gethin Lewis. Jenkin David Lewis. Richard Callaway Morgan. Ivor Rees.

As 0 fficers (Brothers).

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer. Albertus Truter van der Poel. Colonel George Guy Ewer, D.S.O., T.D. (from Serving Brother).

Alexander Haddow Hutton (from Serving Brother). General Johannes J aco bus Pienaar.

As Officers (Sisters).

Elizabeth Harriet, Miss Morgan (from Serving Sister). Caroline Magdalen, Lady Oppenheimer (from Serving Sister). Mary May Newton, l\Irs. Wyly (from Serving Sister). As Serving Brothers.

Frank Alexander Taylor. Dirk Johannes Jacobus du Plessis. Canon Hugh Latimer Gilmore Edwardes (Assistant-Chaplain) . Robert Dougall Gemmell. Heinrich Eduard Geyer. Leslie Edwin Alexander Griffiths. Colonel Augustus Henry Guy.

Barend Jacobus Lourens. John 'Wright ~IcCormack. Gert _ icolaas Christiaan Opperman. Cornelius Johannes Hermanus Schoombie. William Thomas Spillane. Herbert Amwell Thorpe.

As Serving Sisters.

Elizabeth Catherine, l\Iiss Byrne. Jean, Mrs. Cameron. Kathleen Blanche, Mrs. Coulter.

Marguerite Alice Christian, Dr. DouglasDrummond (Mrs.) Nellie Caroline, Miss Knight. Mary Dorina, Miss Spilman.

As Associate Serving SIster.

Gerda, Mrs. Krayn. NEW ZEALAND. As Bailiff Grand Cross.

Colonel The Hon. Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes, K.c.v.o., K.B.E.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

As Commanders (Brothers). PRIORY IN

CANADA.

As Knights. John Henry Molson (from Officer). Robert Charles Vaughan (from omWilliam Merton eal, C.B.E. (from mander). Commander). The Hon. Charles rthur Banks, C.M .C. As Commanders (BI·others) . The Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Henri Gagnon Ascanio Joseph Major (from Officer). (fro~ Officer) . Brigadier-General Charles Henry MacCaptam Edson Crawford Sherwood, R.N. laren, C.III.G., D.S.O . (from Officer). (from Officer). Colonel Lewis Herbert Albin Roy Huggard, M.D . As Commander (S ister). Margaret Ella, Miss 'Wilson (from Officer).

As Officers (Sis ters) . Edith Fanny, Miss Hudson (from Serving Sister). Ruth Hansard, Miss Mackenzie (from Serving Sister). As Serving Brothers. Lambert Douglas Densmore, Harold Joseph McIsaac. John Allred IGnsman. Ernest Royal Evans.

OF THE

Lieut.-Colonel Alex Russell, M.C. Alfred Silva Harril Gifford, D.C.M. Harold Francis Joseph Norrie, (from Commander).

AUSTRALIAN

As Commanders (Sisters).

Lilian Avis, Mrs. Scantlebury. [{atie, Mrs. Ardill-Brice, O.B.E., M.B. (from Officer). Vera Deakin, Mrs. White, O.B.E.

J ames Alex McConchie. William Henry Sydney Sheppard. John Hay Roxburgh. John Henry Barnes (from Serving Brother). Oscar Arnold Browne (from Scrving Brother). Charles Keith Stewart (from Scrving Brother). James Eric McKee, M.B.E. (from Serving Brother). Colonel Alexander fenzies 1cIntosh, M.B.

Major-General Eric Clive Pegus Plant, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E. Brigadier George Furner Langley, D.S.O. Arthur Douglas McMurdo Heywood. John Angus Nimmo. Lorenzo Reiley McKenzie. Percival Stephen Shadforth. Air Marshal Thomas Ernest Victor Hurley. C.M.G., C.B .E., M.D., F.R.C.S. Chief Judge Harold Bayard Piper. Dudley Charles Turner. Dr. E. McArthur Sheppard.

As Officers (Sis ters). 111.0.

As Serving Sis ter . Ethel Gertrude, 1\1iss McConnell. Clarice Lillian, Miss Ogden. Ada, Mrs. Bromley. Ada Amelia, :Miss Garnett . Ethel Harriet, Miss Lane. Florence Gertrude, 1\lis5 Nixon. Emily Vicker, Mrs. Harwood. Doris, Mrs. Allen. Ethel Rosabella, 1\1rs. MiUidge . Grace Maud, 1\1rs. Dixon. Dorothy Maria, Miss Barber. Muriel Ada, Miss Lowe. Mary Dorothy, Miss MacKay. Dorothy Salley, 1\1rs. 1 orwo d. Elizabeth Emily, Miss Robb. PRIORY

Major-General Frederick Arthur Maguire, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D. , M.D., F.R.C.S. (from Officer). Eric Lyle McKay (from Officer). Arthur Edward Sharp. Alfred George Brown, M.C.

As Officers (Brothers).

As Officers (Brothers) . Abraham J ohn Taylor (from Serving Reginald George Smith. Brother). Randolph William Diamond. Louis Henry Derrer. Colonel Stanley Gerald Umphry Shier, Colonel Thomas Edward Holland M.D., O.B.E. F.R.C.S.Ed. ' Leonard Hanson icholson, IILB.E. Walter James Langston. Dr. Frederick Charles :M iddleton, M.B.E. John Kirk Tambling. (from Serving Brother).

William Dundas Simpson. Frank Edward Ward. Norman Clark. l\1erville Allen Oulton, III.D.

Sir Hugh Poynter, Bt. (from Officer). Arthur Henry Barraclough. Lieut.-Colonel Owen Beresford Williams, M.C. Lieut.-Colonel Ernest Albert Harold Russell, V.D., M.B. (from Officer).

COMMONWEALTH.

As Knights. Brigadier William \Vallace Stewart Johnston, C.B.E., D.S.O., III .C., III.D. M.B. (from Commander). Colonel Herbert Henry Ernest Russell, O.B.E., V.D., M.D ., F.R .C.P. (from Commander) .

As Dames. Alice Ishbel Hay, Mrs. Creswick. Frances Christina Burrell, Miss McKay, M.B. (from Commander). Edith Jane, Miss Wells (from Commander).

Violet, Miss Watson (from Serving Sister). Selly Maud Margaret, Mrs. Beattie. As

Henry Gordon Conquest. Charles Arthur MorpheU . Michael Joseph O'Brien. Dr. Allan Melrose Purves. Dr. William Ellis George. Dr. Edward Hepburn Evans. Harold Norman Langford. Sydney James Haydon. William Charles Menger. Harold Thomas Hopkins. Dr. Leslie Harold Foy. Charles Stanley Field. William Henry Clutton. Peter Benedict Pollard. John William Brown . Alfred James Pollard. Paul Frith Dunban. Arthur Edward Dodd. Alfred John Wheeler. Clarence Wilson Mason. Harry Helsby. Ernest Albert Holden. Dr. Robert Stanley Steel. Walter Kelso Nickless.

Elsie May, Miss Brown. Kathleen Kyffin, Miss Thomas, O.B .E.

erving Brothers.

Horace Melville Draisey. Leslie Norman Batchelor. Charles Robert Burns. Charles John Henry Williamson. John Wilfred Greene. Jack Lorris Anear. John William Morrison. The Rev. Canon Richard Bradley Robinson (Assistant-Chaplain). Edward Hungerford. Leslie James Jackson. John 'iVitton Flynn, M.B . William E. Bowman. Dr. Hedley Francis Summons, M.B .E. Leonard M. Bean. Norman A. Billing. Lieut.-Colonel Harold Arthur Faulkner Wilkinson. H arvey Herbert Hurst, M.B. Leonard C. McCabe. James Hugh David Millar. Evan John Llewellyn. George A. Elliott. John Thomas Commane.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

As Senring Sisters.

Alice, Mrs. Primrose. Gladys Margaret Blanche, 1\1rs. Richardson. Nelly, Mrs. Cantrell. Lenna l\Iay, Miss Boon. Esther, 1\fiss Hedges. Gladys Leah, l\liss l\Iarl\~. lary, l\1iss McDermott. Jean, Mrs. Holmes. nnie Louisa, 1\Iiss Ranger. 1\1ary, 1\1iss Perkins. Ada May, Miss Watson. Dulcie Alberta, Miss Hall. Agnes, Mrs. Rutherford.

As Associate Serving Brothers.

Norah, Miss Creech. Beatrice May, Miss Marlyn. Martha Emily, Miss Elcock. Annie, Mrs. Stow. Veronica Margaret, 1\1rs. Gill. Mary Burgess, 1\fiss Crosby. Pearl Emestine, Mrs. Stoe, M.B.E. Susan, Mrs. Brenan. Mary. 1\1rs. Hedges. Evelyn, Miss Wise. Elsie, Miss Gilberd. Annie, Miss MacLaren. Ella L., Mrs. Lee. :\Iarie, ::\Iiss Henderson.

Arjun Hari Savant. Om Prakash Agrawal. Khan Bahadur Mir Saleem Mahmood, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.

As Serving Sisters.

Zoe, Mrs. Browne. Marjorie, Mrs. Small. Edith, Mrs. Willis. Edna May, Mrs. Bumett. Dorothy, Miss Davis. . Marjorie Maud, Miss WIllmott,

Beryl Eileen Reece, Mrs. Armstrong.

Sherene Behramjee, Miss Rustomjee. Jayammal, Mrs. Ananthachari.

Lieut.-General Robert Hay, C.LE., K.Il.P., 1.;\1.5. (from Officer). Colonel Edward Cotter, C.LE., V.H.S., 1.;\1.5.

SINGAPORE.

As Associate Knights.

Sir Usha ath Sen. C.B.E. Sir Ganga R. Kaula. Associate Commander).

As Commander (Brother). C.LE.

(from

Colin Campbell Blair Gilmour, Royden Brown.

Henry Richard Rishworth, C.B .E., F.R.C.S., D.P.lI. (from Officer). Colonel Norman Briggs. C.LE., V.H.S ., I.M .S. (from Officer). Carl Damien ewman, M.B., D.P.H. (:from Officer).

As Officer (Sisters).

Ailsa Dorothy, Mrs. West. Bessie, Mrs. Rogers.

(Bro thers).

Colonel Abani 1\lohan Chaudhuri. O.B.E. Samuel Judah (from Associate Officer).

As Serving Brothers.

Herbert Norman Balhetchet. Seow Cheng J oon. Dr. Chia Boon Leong.

As Commander (Si ter) . M.B.E.

(from Officer).

As Associate Serving Brothers.

As Officers (Bro thers) .

Arthur George Hall Lieut.-Colonel Montague Parker Atkinson,

C.B.E., M.B.

As Officer (Brother).

As Commanders (Bro ther ).

Dorothy, 1\1rs. Stanier,

Nancy Edith, Mrs. Ormonu Janet Muriel, Mrs. Thomas. Isa Boyd, Mrs. Gifford. Elsie Vivienne, Mrs. King, M.B.E. Eileen Marjorie, Mrs. Harding. Ivy, Mrs. Mason. Ethel Maude, Mrs. O'Neill. Doreen, Mrs. Elphick.

As Associate Serving Sisters.

INDIA.

As Associate Commander

M.B.E.,

R.R.C.

As Knights.

The Hon. 1\1r. Justice Ghulam Hasan. Kodikal Sanjiva Row, C.LE. (from Associate Commander).

Dr. Rattanshaw Kaikhoosroo Pavri. Tirupati Barathan. Muthuswamy Rangaswamy.

1.:11

Ong Eng Lian Dr. P. C. Kwan.

As Associate Officers (Brothers) .

Rai Bahadur N. C. Ghosh, O.B.E. Colonel S. L. Bhatia, C.LE., I.C .,

M.D.,

I.M.S.

Khan Sahib Saiyid Amir Ahmad. Khan Bahadur G. Faraque, C.LE.,

O.B.E.

l\Iajor Debi Prasad ::\Iilra, !lI.B. (from Associate Serving Brother). Rai Sahib Bhagwant Gopal. \1.B. (from Associate Serving Brolher). Khan Bahadur Haji Rashitl Ahmad .

MALAYA

UNION.

As Serving Brothers.

Joseph Partridge. The Rev. Sidney Smith Adams.

O.B.E.

HONG

As Officers (Si ter ) .

Helen Frances, 1\1rs. l\Iarlin. Leila, Mrs. Seeley, M.B.E. Grace Everard, 1VIrs. Emerson.

As Associate Officer (Sister).

Dr. Parrin Shroff (from Associate Serving Sister). As Serving Brothers.

As Associate Officers (S isters) .

Lady Rulcmani Bewoor Lady Manizeh Kharegat. As Serving Brother.

Philip N orton-Jones. O.B. E. Alexander Murray Wilson.

KONG.

Dr. John Beveridge Mackie. Samuel Kublic Szeto. Chung Yung Sing. Chan Yau Shing. Chan Hung Yau. Lam Wing Kam.

Chu Shiu Lun. Leung Sik Yan. Chin Ting Kwan. Wan Shiu Hon. Cheng Tim.

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Dr. S. S . Ramler. A. H. R umjahn. Tang l\Ian Chi.

As Ass ociate Serving Brothers. Tang Kwok Fai. Lo 1 ing Yim As Serving Sis ters . Lois, :Miss Fearon. Lai, Dr. (Miss) Po-Chuen.

As Office r (S ister) . Adeline Beryl, :tIfrs. VhLcher. GIBRALTAR . As Officer (Sis ter) . Lily Ann, Mrs. Carrara. As Ser ving B r others. Louis Joseph Payas. Ernest Reading. As Serving Sis ter .

1\Iyfanwy, 1\Irs. Skelton-Browne. Dorothy Minnie, frs. Ellicott. MALTA.

As Comma nder (Br other). His Honour Sir George Borg, M.B.E.,

LL.D.

As Officer (B rother) . Lieut.-Colonel Yictor Charles MicaJeff, O.B.E. (from Serving Brot.her). Ramiro Cauchi IngJott, M.B.E., M.D . As Officer (Sis ter) . Olive Christine, Lady \\'illis. As Serving Brother. Paul John Xuereb. As Serving Sisters. l\fary, l\liss Hass. Elsie Dunbar, Mrs. Vella. BRITISH

GUI ANA.

As Servi ng Broth ers. John Leland Blair. Dr. Donald J abez Tait. Hubert Alexander Cromarty.

SERVI CE MEDAL W ITH PALM LEAF. In recognition of outstanding and devoted service to the Order, the Service Medal with Palm Leaf has been awarded to the following :_ Colonel Sir Colin MacRae, C.V.O ., C.B.E. Captain 010f F rederick Gollcher, O.B.E.

VOTES OF T H AN K S ON VELLUM . The thanks of the Grand Prior and the Chapter-General engrossed on vellum have been awarded to the following as an acknowledg~ment of their distinguished services to the Ambulance Department and m otherwise carrying out the objects of the Order : George Thomas Guest. Arden Henry Coppage. Mrs. Hyde-Lay (deceased). Dr. Dara Rustomji Hakim. Eliza, Mrs. Cropper. 1\1ary, Mrs. Mills. Frank Norris. Joseph William Atkinson. Thomas Longville Bowen. Alexandra J eanetta, Mrs. Budge. Lucy Vibert, Miss Davies. Douglas John Taylor. William George Williams, M.B. Maria Catrina, Miss de Beer. Gwendoline, Miss Dickinson. Mary Gwendoline, Mrs. Hallick. Magdalena Sophia, Miss van Niekerk.

BURMA.

Eugene Mary, 1\1rs. Bassadone. Carmen, Mrs. Chipolina.

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Pte. M. R. Yesuna. Pte. H. M. Cabinetmaker. William Birchenough. Harold Oldham. Amelia, Miss Walford. Lily Gertrude, Miss Bailey. Robert Wilfred Pin niger. Rebecca Eleanor Betty, Miss Sleator. Eleanor, Mrs. Greer. Etta, Miss Irwin . Selina Hope, Miss Johnstone. Harold Arthur Coord. Fanny, Mrs. Whitewood. Ethel, Mrs. Braithwaite. Alice Elizabeth, Mrs. Copeland. Cecil Eustace Newberry. Gladstone Keith.

A Vellum Vote of Thanks was also awarded to the Bombay (Parsi) Ambulance Division, No . 3 District, India, S.J.A.B. Overseas, incorporating the names of the late Amb. Officer G. N. Gazdar and Pte. J. A. Navdar. LIFE-SAVI NG AWARDS . Awards for gallantry in saving or attempting to save life have been made by the Chapter-General to the following persons who endangered, and in two cases lost, their own lives on behalf of their fellows : AWARDED THE LIFE-SAVING MEDAL SILVER. Inspector Edward Tonna (deceased). Police Constable Carmel Xuereb (deceased). Malta Police Ambulance Corps. St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. For outstanding bravery in saving life at sea and devotion to duty. Inspector Tonna and Police Constable Xuereb in company with others were on C.LD. night motor patrol for the purposes of watching attempts at smuggling. The patrol observed that two vessels were stationary and P.C. Carbonara launched a small boat which was found beached near by. He was proceeding towards the suspected craft but found himself in difficulties due to high wind and heavy sea and was thrown into the sea, the boat having capsized. Inspector Tonna and P.C. Xuereb launched another small boat and very gallantly endeavoured to go to the assistance of P.C. Carbonara. This boat was not provided with oars and the floor boards had to be used as paddles. Furthermore, the bung hole of the boat was not provided with a stopper, although this was not noticed until the boat was some distance from the shore when it began to fill with water. The boat reached P.C. Carbonara who was dragged into the boat. The additional weight added to the water in the boat which by that time was two thirds full. Inspector Tonna decided that they should proceed to the sailing vessel and board it. When they were at a distance of about thirty yards from the vessel their boat took in more water and all three occupants fo und t hemselves in the sea. The wind was exceptionally strong and the boat to which all three were clinging was thrown towards the middle of the bay. P.C. Xuereb let go his hold and sank. P.C. Carbonara

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promptly dived and pulled Xuereb to the surface. The latter however sank again and was not seen any more. Inspector Tonna soon told P.C. Carbonara that he could not hold on any longer and sank. The latter managed to r each the shore and gave the alarm but the ensuing search for the missing men was not successful.

The promotion of Assistant Commissio.ner H. Goddard, C.B.E., to the rank of Commissioner, Tasmama DIstnct, S.J.A.B. Overseas within the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth. The appointment of Lieut.-Colonel L. F. Copeland Maclean as a member of the Library Co:nmittee. . . . The appointment of AdmIral of the Fleet SIr James Somerville as a . . Representative Knight o~ Chapter-General. The appointment of LIeut.-Colonel W. E. Prmgle as a Representative Commander on Chapter-General. . . The appointment of the Executive Offi~ers of ~he Scottish Pnory. The Viscount Bledisloe as a Representative Kmght on Chapter-General. The Earl of Cromer as a member of the Finance Committee. Colonel ir Bertram Ford as a co-opted member of Council and as Assistan t Receiver-General. Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall as ~he represen~ative of the Priory in New Zealand on the Ambulance CommIttee, CouncIl and Chapter-General. The Rev. G. E. :l\Ioreton as Librarian and Stronach Paterson, O.B.E., as Registrar of the Priory in ew Zealand; and. Appointments within the Brigade Overseas III Canada.

For outstanding bravery in saving life on the Trinidad Government Railway. Joseph Ramnarine. Frederick Alexander. Conrad Hercules. On Monday, 5th ovember, 1945, Theophilus Bishop was going out with his gang from the Rio Claro Railway station, Trinidad, on a trolley which was being pushed along the railway line by some of the men using long poles. As they got about I t miles from this station the trolley had just got on bridge 174 which carries a 50 ft. span, when from in front of them he saw a goods train swing round a bend coming down a grade at full speed. The distance from which he first saw t~e train was 320 ft. All he could do at the time was to tell the men to jump. Some Jumped back and some jumped on the side. From Bishop's position in the front part of the trolley he jumped forward, but his foot slipped on the sleeper, and he went down on the rail his left leg going between ·the sleeper and ballast wall. The ~rolley coming on from behind, rode on and pinned him on the rail. lIe tried to shrug It off, but after he tested the weight saw it was no use and gave up all hope. lIe saw the train barely SL"Xty feet from him and then suddenly felt the weight of the trolley eased off him and a grasp on either hand which pulled him ofT the line just as the train passed by. The two men who pulled him were Frederick Alexander "who held the left hand and Joseph Ramnarine who held the right hand, previous to which Conrad Hercules had pulled the trolley backwards. The train was then so close that to run forward or backwards to clear the bridge would have been impossible, so Conrad Hercules scaled the girders of the bridge and made a leap down below in the bed of the river. There was running water about 3 ft. deep in it. The train came in contact with the trolley which it reduced to pieces. It stopped 420 ft. away. Bishop, who was badly injured, returned to Rio Claro by the train.

AWARDED CERTIFICATE OF HO TOUR. Sybil Thomas APPOINTMENTS. H.R.H. The Grand Prior, in the exercise of his prerogative, has been pleased to make the following appointments :Commander E. A. Morrison and Sir Ralph Ainsworth as Representative Knights on Chapter-General. Mr. L. G. Whyte as a member of the Finance Committee. Major-General S. R. Burston, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., as Priory Commissioner of the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth. The Lord Wakehurst as the representative of the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth on Council and Chapter-General. Major J. Forrest Hamilton as the representative of the Scottish Priory on Council and Chapter-General. The Lord Aberdare as a Representative Knight on Chapter-General. Mr. N. G. Morrison as a member of the Library Committee. The Executive Officers of the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth.

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HONOURS CONFERRED BY THE KING ON MEMBERS OF THE ORDER. Created Barons. Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, G.C.M.G. Colonel The Rt. Hon. Sir David John Colville, G.C.I.E., T.D. To be a ft.1ember of His Jt..1ajesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. The Hon. Sir Godfrey "Martin Huggins, C.H., K.c.~1.G., F.R.C.S. To be a Knight Grand Cross of the A10st Honourable Order of the Bath. Admiral Sir Algernon Usborne \Villis, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O. To be a Knight GraJld Commander of the Most E xalted Order of the Star of India. Lieut.-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, G.C.I.E., C.V.O., Maharaja of Bikaner. To be a Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. H.E. Sir Hugh Dow, K.C.S.L, C.LE. To be a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Sir Godfrey John Vignoles Thomas, Bt., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.S.L To be Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. Her I-{oyal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester, C.L, G.B.E. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent, C.L, G.B.E. Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, G.B.E.

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To be a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order oj the British E111,p£re. Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.

1'0 be Commanders of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

To be Dames Grand Cross of the !llost Excellent Order oj the Br/fish Emp1'f(" Her Excellency The Rt. Hon. Edwina Cynthia Annet te Countf'. s Mountbatten of Burma, C.L, D.C.V.O., C.B.E. Reryl Carnegy, Lady Oliver, D.B.E., R.R.C'. To be a Knight Commander of the Most HOJlonrable Order oj the Bath. Surgeon Vice-Admiral Henry St. Clair Colson, C.B., C.B.E., 1.B., B.S., D.P.H. To be a Knight Commander of tlze Most Exalted Order of the tar of India. :l\1ajor-General (local Lieut.-General) Treffry Owen Thompson, C.B., C.B.E., K.H.P. To be Knight Com'manders of the Most Eminellt Order of the IlldiaJl Empt·re. Sir I von Hope Taunton, C.I.E. Major-General Robert Hay, C.LE., l\1.B. To be a Knight Commander of the JIIlost Excellent Order of the British E'mpirc . Sir vVilliam Patrick Spens, O.B.E. To be a Dame Commander of the Nlost Excellent Order oj th(' British Empir('. Mrs. Louisa Jane \Vilkinson, C.B.E., R.R.C. Created Knights. Thomas William Meagher, M.B. Colonel George Reid McRobert, C.I.E. Ernest Augustus Lee Steere. Colonel David Clyde, C.I.E., M.D., V.H. \Villiam Robert Tennant, C.I.E.

Brigadier Roderic Duncan Cameron, O.B.E., M.C., M.B. Brigadier John Cecil D' Arcy Dalton, O.B.E. Ann, Lady Dow. Isabel, Lady Hutton, M.D.

To be Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Stanley Embleton. . Reginald Ernest Franklu:. Olive Sibella, Mrs. PrentIce, M.B.E., A.R.R.C. Charles Harry Clinton Pirie-G?rdon, D.S.C. Captain William James Hutchmson. Thomas Cowie. Captain William Thomas ~r~dley. Miss Sarah Muriel Grace SIgrId Watson.

To be a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Henry Thomas Ferrier. . Dorothy Jean, Viscountess SUlrdale. Florence Mabel, Miss Tutte. Leila, Mrs. Seeley. Krishnalal Vithaldas Adalja, M.B., B.S. Eileen, Mrs. Attfield. Alice Mary, Miss Keyser, A.R.R.C. Laureston Hewley Wharton, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Edward James Rose. The award of the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal. Kodikal Sanjiva Row, C.I.E.

To be Companions of the lvIos! Honourable Order of the Bath. Major-General William Foot, M.C., M.B., K.H.P. Lachlan Frederick Copeland Maclean, O.B.E. To be a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Clarence James Creed, C.I.E., O.B.E.

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To be a Companion of the Most Distillg'l.dshed Order of ,'to lIhchael IlJld St. George. Roger Edward Norton, O.B.E. To be Companions of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire Arthur George Hall, M.B.E. Colonel Lloyd Kirkwood Ledger, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., D.O. To be a Commander of the Royal V'£ctorian Order. Major Philip Reginald Margetson, M.C.

The Award of the King's Police 0- Fire Services /ViedaZ for Distinguished Service. William James Howard, O.B.E. CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMEN OF ST. JOHN COUNCILS, 7TH MAY, 1947 The Chancellor presided at a Conference of Chairmen of St. John Councils on the 7th May. In his opening remarks he expressed his great pleasure at seeing such a representative assembly. He particularly asked for suggestions as to how the St. John Councils might function more efficiently, as it was of vital importance that the Councils should be a success. He hoped that the Councils would increase the prestige of the Order in the Counties, and make people realize the importance of the work that the Order is doing. It was also hoped to create interest in the work of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem. Another important object was to lessen the heavy administrative and financjal burdens of the County Commissioners of the St. John Ambulance

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Brigade, so as to leave them more free to devote their energies to the organization, training, and discipline of the Brigade. The Conference then discussed the general organization of St. John Councils, and it was agreed that the quarterly meetings of St. John Councils should take place in the County Hall whenever possible: but that the Committee Meetings should take place wherever it was mo t convenient to the Members. It was also agreed that there should be the closest contact between the St. John Councils and the St. John Ambulance Brigade. The appointment of a Hospitaller in each County to keep in touch with the Hospitaller of the Order, to create interest in the work of the Ophthalmic Hospital, and to raise sub criptions towards its work, was then discussed. The appointment of a Hospitaller by each St. J olm Council was agreed. It was left to the Councils them elves to decide whether the present treasurer should be asked to carry out two functions, or whether a separate appointment was desirable. It was considered undesirable that the activities of a Hospitaller should clash in any way with general appeals for funds being carried out in the Counti s, particularly on behalf of the Brigade. The desirability that the Councils should relieve the County Commissioner of a considerable amount of administrative work was then discussed. It was stressed that the primary duty of t. John Council' is to assist the Brigade in every possible way, and it wa regarded of the utmost importance that St. John Councils and the Brigade should work in the closest co-operation, and that St. John Councils should endea\Tour to impress upon the public by means of local committees the importance of training in First Aid. The Conference then considered details of activities which might be undertaken by the St. John Councils. The Chairman r ad the following suggestions for this by the Secretary-General of the Order:" The Brigade to be directly responsible for Brigade duties, i.e. combined training and practice, public duties, and the finding of Resen' s for the Forces of the Cro·wn. The Council to be responsible for all other activities of the Order. Being a voluntary body, we wanted people, not hobbies :(1) Undertaking the medical education of the many persons who do not want to wear uniform and join the Brigade, together with the propaganda which is necessary to bring home to the public the importance of this knowledge. Such subjects are : First Aid Nursing Hygiene Sanitation Child Welfare (2) Liaison and propaganda on the value of First Aid with such bodies as:Police, County and Borough Post Office authorities

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County and Borough Fire Services-N .F.S. Railway Centres Transport Services Mine Executives Deep sea fishermen, and Life Boat organizations. All the above are concerned with First Aid, but generally speaking have no particular call to join the Brigade. (3) Liaison with such bodies as the Na~ional Society of Prev~ntion of Cruelty to Children, the Royal SOCIety for the Preventlon of Accidents, the League of Mercy, in connection with child welfare. (4) The running and organizing of Medical Comforts Depots where there is no Brigade unit doing it. (5) Hospital visiting and welfare work. (6) Collecting money for the Jerusalem Hospital and making its existence known. (7) Almoner work, possibly in connection with religious bodies, to persons in distress. (8) vVork in connection with the Joint St. John and Red Cross County Committee. These deal with the tollowing activities :Emergency Help Committee After Care Home Service Ambulance Hospital Library Auxiliary Hospital for Officers at Brighton and Scio House Also selection of all St. John County representatives for the above. (9) vVork ' Pro Fide' in connection with religious bodies. (10) Antiquarian research work in the County in connection with the History of the Order. (11) Public relations of all kinds, including B.R.C.S. (12) Liaison with County Medical Officers and other County officials. " The value of propaganda in the Counties was stressed by Lord Shaftesbury. He thought that Councils should be in touch with the local Safety Committees to offer whatever help they could. Lord Cranbrook said that in order to run efficiently in the financial sense, St. John Councils must get whatever financial help they could fro!ll the local authorities. They should endeavour to get from the Bngade, members who will provide services to the local authorities, so that money could be claimed for expenses. He also thought a lot could be done in the way of providing trips to the sea for old people through the Hospital Car Service. The Secretary-General pointed out that about five times as much First Aid was rendered by persons who had gained their St. John Ambulance Association Certificates as was rendered by personnel of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

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The Chairman asked that St. John Councils should bear in mind that the Order is essentially a religious Order holding its Annual Festival on St. John's Day. He requested St. John Councils to see what co~ld be done in the Counties to mark the occasion. He also drew attentIon to the fact that it would be in keeping with the religious character of the Order if prayers were read at the opening and close of the meetings of St. John Councils. . The Chairman said that a notice would be sent out annually to ChaIrmen of St. John Councils inviting them to recommend a limited number of names of persons who might be admitted to the Order, on account of special services in connection with works of charity and humanity. These would be placed before the Investigation Committee, who would select a small number of the most meritorious. The Chairman requested St. John Councils to submit a copy of their Annual Report when they forwarded their Annual Financial tatement to the Chancery. He hoped that this Annual Report would appear in the local press. CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMEN OF ST. JOHN COUNCILS ON 19TH NOVEMBER, 1947. The Chancellor of the Order, Colonel Sir Edwin King, presided at a Conference of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of St. John Councils on 19th November, 1947. In his opening remarks he reported that 18 Councils were now functioning, and 8 others were in process of formation. The C~uncil~ already established in certain Counties were developing on the nght lmes, and he considered that they would prove of the greatest value to the <?rder. Reports were received as to the steps take!l ",?y St . J ?hn Councils. to co-ordinate and extend the work of the ASSOCIatIOn wIthrn the Co untIe . These reports showed that some Counties had done most excellent work in this direction, especially the County Palatine of Lancaster. In some other Counties, however, a great deal still remains to be done. The Chief Secretary of the Ambulance Department said that he would like to see the Brigade freed of the responsibilities of organizing First Aid classes. \iVherever classes were being run by the Brigade, people were reluctant to join as they felt, mistakenly, that this would require them to join the Brigade and wear uniform. He recommended to St. John Councils the organization of the kind contemplated by the St. John Council for the County Palatine. of Lancaster. He would also like to see in each County a representatIve of the Association, to whom the Chairman of the st. John Council could turn for advice. The Chairman stressed that the Chancery of the Order desired to give St. John Councils the utmost latitude within the fram~work of the regulations, in order to propagate the work of the Order m accordance with local conditions. The Conference then discussed the raising of Funds in the Counties in general. It appeared that no great difficulty was be~g experien~ed as regards co-operation with the British Red Cross SOCIety concernmg

Flag Days. Lord Shaftesbury described th~ mann~r i!l wh.ic~ the N.S.P.C.A. dealt with appeals for funds . ThIS orgamzatIOn dIvIdes a County into four areas, each havin~ ?- voluntary secreta~y w~o was responsible for raising small subscnph~ns: He th?ug~t It mIght be helpful if St. John Councils set up. ~ sImilar orgamzatI?n. The Conference was of the opinion that the raIsrng ~f fun~s was a dIfficult problem which required a great deal of careful considerahon. . . It was agreed that the St. )o~n Counci~s, ~rigade, and the A~sociatIOn in the Counties should functIOn m one bUlldrng and that Cou?hes should be at liberty to select the town considered most appropnate for the situation of this headquarters. ... . The Conference then proceeded to discuss the pOSSIble parhcIpatIO.n of the st. John Councils in schemes for the care of old people, and It was agreed that they should be asked to consider whether they could co-operate in local schemes for the care of the aged. . The Conference felt that St. John Councils are not yet suffi.cIen~ly established in the Counties to move definitely with regard to co-operatIOn with other voluntary Societies, except the British Red Cross Society, but that such a course was desirable at a later stage. . The St. John Council for Sussex drew attention to the fact that I~ Sussex there were several very eligible persons whom the St. Jo~n Council desired to appoint as Members, but were unable to do so owmg. to the provision in the regulations that a Member of a St. JO.hn Cou~CII must be of, or above, the grade of Officer. The persons. m que~tIOn were Serving Brothers or Serving Sisters. The Chairman sa~d th~t It was not the policy of the Order that Serving Brothers or Servrng SIsters should sit as Members of St. John Councils. It was agreed that the best way of dealing with. this atter \vas t.o submit the names of any Serving Brothers or Servrng SIsters whom It was desired to appoint as Members of St. John Councils to the Order for promotion to the grade of Officer. He promised that such recommendations would be very sympathetically received. The Conference then discussed the pamphlet, " An Accident in the vVorks," and the organization and developing of First Aid in industry. It was agreed that the pamphlet was likely to lead to good results, and certain recommendations for its improvement were put forward. These have been adopted. The Director of Ambulance undertook to consider the question of a follow-up pamphlet. The Chairman of the St. John Council for the West Riding of Yorkshire asked for information regarding the position where a Chairman who had been elected for a period of three years relinquished his post. The Chancellor said that he would advise the Sub-Prior that where a Council was sufficiently fully established they should select their own Chairman for approval by the Grand Prior. In the case of a St. John Council desiring to have a lady Chairman, the case would be considered on its merits. The Chancellor went on to point out that in the Order all appointments are made by the Grand Prior. In practice that meant the Grand Prior was advised by the Sub-Prior, who would like Chairmen of St. John Councils to advise him as to whom it would be in the best interests of the COUTlty to appoint.

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In conclusion the Chairman drew attention to the difficulty in drawing up an Agenda without the Assistance of St. John Councils. He asked Chairmen to submit to the Secretary of the Order details of any matters they wished to discuss at the next meeting. The following is a list of Councils already established, with their Presidents and Chairmen : Buckinghamshire Cheshire Devon Dorset

Durham Gloucestershire Guernsey Hampshire Herefordshire . Jersey Kent County Palatine of Lancaster. Leicestershire . Norfolk Oxfords hire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Sussex

President: Lieut.-Colonel The Lord CoUesloe, C.B., V.D., T.D. (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Major P. M. Beachcroft, O.B.E. President: Brigadier-General Sir VV. Bromley Davenport, K.C.B., etc. (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Captain Percy Reay, l\I.B.E., M.C. President: Colonel The Earl Fortescue, C.B., O.B.E. (Lord -Lieu tenan t) . Chairman: C. S. C. Prance, Esq., M.B. President: Brigadier-General The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.P., etc. (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Captain J. Docwra Rogers . President: The l\Iarquess of Londonderry, K.G., etc. (Lord-Lieutenant) . Chairman: The Viscount Gort, M.C. President: The Duke of Beaufort, K.G. (LordLieutenant) . Chairman: A. Barrett Cardew, Esq., I.C., :I!.B. President: H .E. Lieut.-General Sir PhilIp came , v.c., K.B .E., etc. (Lieutenant-Governor). Chairman: Sir Victor Carey. President: Lieut .-Colonel The Viscount Purlal, P.c., D.S.O., J\1.V.O. (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Brigadier F. B. IIu rncl all, :lI.C. President : Lieut.-Colonel Sir Richard ollcrell, BL (Lord-Lieutenant) . Chairman : Freeman T ewton, Esq. President: H.E. Lieut.-General Sir Edward Grasett, K.B.E., etc. (Lieutenant-Governor). Chairman: Sir Alexander Coutanche. President: The Lord Cornwallis, M.C. (LordLieu tenan t). Chairman: Sir Robert Gower, K.C.V.O., O.B.E. President: Successor to the late Lord Derby not yet appointed. . Chairman: The Hon. H. A. Cozens-Hardy. President: The Lord Hazlerigg (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: H . . Bream, Esq. President: The Earl of Leicester (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Cook. President: The Lord Bicester (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Successor to Sir l\1iles Thomas not yet appointed. President and Chairman: Admiral of the Fleet Sir J ames Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O. (LordLieutenant) . President: Successor to Lord Harrowby not yet appointed. Chairman: Sir Francis Joseph, Bt., K.B.E. President: Successor to the late Earl of Stradbroke not yet appointed. Chairman: The Earl of Cranbrook. President: The Lord Leconfield, G.C.V.O . (LordLieu tenan t) . Chairman: The Countess of Bessborough. T

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President: The Earl of Scarbrough, K.G., etc. (LordLieu tenan t) . Chairman: Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frank Brook, D.S.O., M.C.

The following is a list of Councils in process of formation:Essex Hertfordshire . County of London Middlesex W orcestershire East Riding of Yorkshire North Riding of Yorkshire

President: Colonel Sir Francis Whitmore, K.C.B., etc. (Lord-Lieutenant). . Chairman: Not yet appomted. President: The Viscount Hampden, G.C.V.O., etc. (Lord -Lieu tenan t) . . Chairman: Not yet appomted. President: The Duke of Wellington (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Not yet appointed. President: The Lord Latham (Lord-Lieutenant). Chairman: Brigadier O. 'vV. Nicholson. President: The Viscount Cobham, K.C.B ., etc. (LordLieutenant) . Chairman: F. L. Newton, Esq., M.B. President: The Lord Middleton, M.C., T.D. (LordLieutenant) . Chairman: Not yet appointed. President: The Marquess of Zetland, K.G., etc. (LordLieutenant) . Chairman: The l\Iarquess of Normanby.

LIBRARY AND MUSEU1\1 REPORT FOR 1947. Major R. Williams, the Librarian, reports as follows : The outstanding publication of the last year has been" A History of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in \Vales and on the vVelsh Border" by Professor \;Yilliam Rees of University College, ~ardiff. This work, though dealing extensively with the Commandenes of Slebech and Halston and the Preceptory of Dinmore embraces the Border and much of the \Vestern counties. It contains much original matter and shoul~ be read by members of the Order wherever domiciled. The number of visitors to the Library and Museum was 3,060, an increase of nearly 400. A high percentage of visitors have been groups from the Brigade and Cadets. On the 4th December a visit to the Gate was paid by Count Belina, a Polish nobleman refugee and a Knight of Malta. On leaving he remarked to Mr. Fincham: "I am wonders truck with what you have-there is nothing like it in Europe and there never can be." Acquisitions by gift or purchase have been many. Outstanding gifts were :From: Colonel Everard Walte1' Goldsworthy. The official document in French surrendering Malta to Napoleon in 1803 and signed by Grand Master HorL1pesch. From: Colonel Lachlan Maclean. An interesting eight-pointed badge in gold filigree, perhaps of a votive character. From: Lieut.-Commander A. F. Inglefield. Yet another Maltese Silver Guantiera or Glove Tray. From: Doctors Edgar and R1fP e11t Palmer. An interesting copy of a Vinegar Bible.

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By purchase the Order has acquired from Mrs. G. M. Walker of the Isle of Man : Two large and interesting seventeenth century paintings of Malta and the Galley Fleet at Anchor. Three seventeenth century drug pots from the Infirmary, ::\Ialta. A unique silver cloak chain for a Knight's Mantle. An eighteenth century gilt baroque mirror surmounted by a boy displaying the Order Badge, besides other items of interest. It must in justice be mentioned that this lady disposed of the property on most advantageous terms to us. At auction we secured an original book of manu cripts in the autograph of the Chevalier Tigne. This deals with the fortifications of lalta, the calibre, mounting of guns, and their ammunition supply; and later by private treaty we secured an extensive selection of ~ook , pamphl~ts, proclamations, prints, manuscripts, all of a type mo~t dIfficult to acquIre. The whole originally the property of the Gatt family.. . From various sources by gift or purchase over fifty Items of lIterature dealing with the Order were secure~, including a mos.t llnu~ual copy ?£ William Caorsin's Account of the SIege of Rhode pnnted 1D Pauua 111 1480. The list of Donors to the Library and 1\Iu eUlU to whom the thanks of Chapter-General have been conveyed is as follows : -

A broken water main belonging to the London County Council caused considerable flooding in the floor of the Crypt but all damage has b~en aired and the solicitors of the Order have approached the L.C.C. WIth rep . .. th d a view to recovenng the cost of repaIrmg e amage.

The \Veymouth Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Adrian S. M. Porter. Colonel Lachlan Maclean. Mr. A. Goldstein. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas R. A. 1\I. ook. Mrs. G. M. Walker. The Lord Wakehurst. Mrs. Harvey 1\1. Reeves. Colonel Everard vValter Goldsworthy. The Executors of the late Archbi hop of anterbury. Mr. J. J. Fell Clark. Mr. T. Bagley, and The Librarian. REPORT OF THE CHURCH COM IITTEE. A place for the ashes of Mrs. vVoolryche Perowne has been found in the Crypt of the Order. They were placed beneath the floor of the Chapel of St. John the Almoner. A memorial service for Sir James Clark, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order, and for Lilian Margar~t his wife, Dame of the Order, was held in the Crypt on Friday, 30th January, 1948, which was attended by very many members of the Order. The Bishop of Kensington, Sub-Prelate of the Order, officiated. Ten pounds has been spent in providing altar linen, which formerly had to be borrowed, and kneelers which were badly needed have been acquired.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Accounts for the financial year ended 30th September, 1947, appear on pages 185-91. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT.

It will be noted that this Account discloses a deficit of £28,413 (again~t a deficit of £31,913 in the preceding year), a decrease of £3,500. ThIS deficit was met by a transfer of £28,413 from the St. John P?st-\Var Fund. The results of the main departments for 1947 compared 'w Ith 1946 are as follows :Gellll'al Administration. Expenditure £17,254 against £27,179, a decrease of £9,925. Income £13,988 against £13,580, an increase of £408. Instyuction and Sale of Stores. Expenditure £20,040 against £18,499, an increase of £1,541. Income £28,958 against £24,383, an increase of £4,575. St. John A mbulance Brigade (A~ministration). . Expenditure £15,855 agamst £14,197, an lllcrease of £1,658. Income £458 against £84, an increase of £374. Ophthalmic Hospital, ] er'usalem. Expenditure £16,613 against £11,313, an increase of £5,300. Income £4,081 against £5,841, a decrease of £1,760. BALANCE SHEET.

Turning to the Balance Sheet the following items call for comment. St. John Co1t1zties Fund.-The expenditure of £132,084 included grants of £128,650 made for the provision of local headquarters, and £2,953 for Secretarial Services to the St. John Councils. St. John Post-War Fund.-A further allocation of £1,400,000 was received from the Joint vVar Organization in June, 1947, of which sum £840,000 is specifically earmarked for Hospital vVelfare work in Service Hospitals estimated to cost about £40,000 a year. The expenditure of £96,472 included £10,000 for Service Hospitals' Welfare Work; £65,000 to the County branches of the Order; £11,000 to the newly established Priory of Scotland; £1,000 to the Priory for vVales, and £8,459 for Central Heating and Hot vVater System, etc., at the Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem. The market value of the Investments show a large decline against the book value at the time they were transferred from the \Var Organization, due to the slump in gilt-edged securities which occurred in the latter half of 1947. This is being and will be made good in part at any rate by interest receipts not required for immediate disbursement: the Order may yet receive another windfall from the War Organization: and in any case there is of course no precise commercial liability of equal amount against the book value of the investments. At the same time it may be desirable to consider adjusting the book value when the allocations from tpe War Organization have been finally completed and the value of gilt-edged securities appears to be more stabilized.

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Bala11ce in favour of the Order.-It will be noted that the permanent General Fund has been increased by Legacies, etc., and by the amount of Sundry unfunded Reserves and credit balances written back. The procedure of providing separate credit accounts for specific items is no longer necessary as yearly expenditure from 1st October, 1947, will be determined on Budget estimates and in many cases will be met from Revenue Sources, ordinary or extraordinary. Budget for the year 1947-48.-The Budget estimates for the year ending 30th September, 1948-framed in accordance with procedure now established-and the Receiver-Gene1"al's memorandum e;"''j?lanatory of the estimates, will be found on pages 58-60. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BY THE JOI T WAR ORGAr lZATIO .

Since the end of the late war the Order has received £2,900,000 from the Joint \Var Organization Red Cross and t. John, with which a t. John Counties Fund (£500,000) and a St. John Post-War Fund (£2,400,000) have been set up. The conditions laid down by the Joint \Var Organization in making allocations of funds to the Order are as follows :1. It is postulated that in no case is provision to be made for an ndowment in perpetuity. The funds allocated are to be expendable both as to capital and interest. 2. The expenditure shall be on purposes falling within the Charter of the Order of St. John, and also falling within the r gistered objects of the War Organization under the \Var Charities Act, 1940. The object to which in the nature of things the expenditure of the Order of t. John will be confined, is the secondary object, namely" in relieving sickne s, suffering, or distress within the British Empire or in any of the countri s of the United Nations." 3. Of the total of £2,900,000, a sum of £840,000 is specifically earmark d for Hospital Welfare work in Service Hospitals administered by the Parent Bodies, that is to say, the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society, jointly. 4. Apart from the sum of £840,000 earmarked a in 3 preceding, the Order will be at liberty to spend the sums allocated on purposes falling within its Charter, and within the registered purposes of the \Var Organization, but it will be expected that expenditure will be on the lines of the Services and projects given in the Statements presented by the Order itself, on the basis of ,vhich the allocation has been detennined h\ the War Organization. . 5. It is recognized that the expenditure on \Velfare work in en ice Hospitals may, through change of circumstances, not continue on the par estimated. If, owing to such a cause, any part of the sum of £840,000 is set free, the Order will be at liberty to use it for other purposes, subject to the limitations stated in 2 and 4 preceding. N.B. t.-The Statements mentioned in '* above provided for expenditure on certain measures being spread over a period of roughly thirty years, the amount required being calculated accordingly in the Statements themselves. N.B. 2.-It is recorded in the proceedings of the final meeting of the War Organization, held on the 28th May, 1947, that the individual spending by the Order of St. John of the funds allocated to the Order will be mainly on our own nationals in the United Kingdom .

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CONCLUSION.

The acquisition of the special resources derived from the Joint Organization has rendered possible extraordinary expenditure of £228,556 in 1947; £108,874 in 1946; and £55,259 in 1945 (a total of £392,689). Also, from these resources has been met the balance required to meet the ordinary expenditure on General Account of £28,413 in 1947 and £31,913 in 1946, thus obviating heavy disbursements of £60,326 from the permanent General Fund which, at 30th September, 1947, amounted only to £235,347. It will readily be seen that ordinary expenditure on the above scale if it had had to be met from the permanent General Fund could have continued on that par for only a few years. This , of course, would have crippled future activities. While therefore the Order may, for some years lean on part of these special resources from the \Var Organization, it will be necessary in the interval to strengthen the permanent General Fund so that when the resources of the St. John Post-War Fund are exhausted the established activities of the Grand Priory may continue without serious diminution. MEMORANDUM EXPLANATORY OF THE BUDGET BY THE RECEIVER-GENERAL. I. In accordance with the decisions taken at the first meeting of the special Finance Sub-Committee held on the 29th July, 1947, I have gone through the preliminary estimates with the Ambulance Department and I have revised the budget and balanced it by an elaboration of the means indicated to the Finance Sub-Committee at the meeting on the 29th July. A copy of the revised budget and a subsidiary analysis is attached to this note. II. The balancing of the budget has been achieved by a certain number of minor adjustments and by providing for a further sale of investments amounting to £17, 50. III. The adjustments made in the preliminary estimates are as under : Red~tctions.

(a) I have decreased the reserve for ordinary grants by ChapterGer:eral from £5,000 to £1,000 . The figure of £5,000 was in any case an arbItrary figure, and a reduction of £4,000 is justified in view of the latitude which the Order will have in respect of grants chargeable to Extraordinary Income. (b) Under the Ambulance Department head (b) Special Items, I have made the following reductions which have been accepted by the Ambulance Department : -

Planning Competitions Chief Secretary's Branch Publications (not for sale)

Reduced by £500 Reduced by £250 Reduced by £1,000

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Increases. (a) I have provisionally entered a sum of £2,000 to provide for New Items that may come forward in respect of the Ophthalmic Hospital. (b) I have raised the provision for contribution to the expenses of the V.A.D. Committee to £1,000 on the basis of papers received from the British Red Cross Society through the Secretary-General. The net result is to show a total expenditure of £163,595 met from Ordinary Income and Extraordinary Income as shown in the Statement. IV. A particularly interesting feature of the financial position which is throvVIl up by the figures, is that the Ordinary Income of the Order, that is to say, the income from sources previously established including the total income of the Ambulance Department, is £38,400 only. This amount is only sufficient to meet the ordinary expenditure of the central administration and the Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem. It cannot meet any part of the cost of the Ambulance Department which now stands at approximately £50,000, having doubled since the last normal y ar before the war, namely 1937-38 . On the other hand, I am satisfi d that it would be proper to charge the whole of the cost of the Ambulance Department to the Extraordinary Income derived from the funds allocated to the Order by the Joint War Organization on winding up. I have satisfied myself on this point by a reference to the letter addressed by the ecretaryGeneral to the \Var Organization dated 15th lay, 1947, and its supporting Statement, on the basis of which the final allocation to the Ord ~r wa det~rmined. The expenditure of the Ambulance Department in its entIrety may be regarded as falling within the registered objects of the War ?rga.nization, notably the secondary object mentioned in my letter to Bngadler Barne dated 15th August, 1947, forwarding a consolidated statement. of the conditions laid down by the \Var Organization in respect of expendIture from the funds allocated. Moreover it was expr s 1y stat ~ d by the Order, in presenting its claim to the War Organization, that n w money was required for and would be devoted to meeting the increased expenses of the central administration itself. On these two grounds it seems to me to b~ abunda~t1y clear that it is legitimate to charge the whole .of the. defiCIt on Ordmary Income to Extraordinary Receipt, the latter mcludmg the sale of investments. . V. Neglecting the annual contribution to joint expenditur on welfare m Service Hospitals, which is governed by an entirely special arrangement. I note that the amount which it is proposed to take out of sale of iny stments for the expenditure.o~ 1947-48 is roughly £42,000 . Here again it is relevan~ to recall the co~dIhons attached by the vVar Organization to the expenditure of the speCIal allocated funds. It was laid down in the fir t inst~nce that there should be no provision for an endowment in perpetuity, and. It was c?ntemplated that the money would be expendable, both as to cap~ta1 and mterest,. over a period of roughly thirty years, this being the basIS of t~e calculatlOn made by the Order (and also by the British Red Cross SOClety) of the amounts required to finance at any rate a number of the se~vices and pro~ects given in the Statement presented by the Order on w~l1ch the allocatlOn was determined. We are not tied to the period of thIrty y~ars. We may spend the money in a lesser time or may spread the expendIture over a longer period. But it appears to me that it is not exceSSIve to take £42,000 from sale of investments in the y ar 1947- 48.

If we do not go beyond this rate on an average t~e mone:y will certainly last the period roughly contemplated. I am .speakmg here ill terms o~ ~he £2,060,000 which are available after deductmg the ear-marked proV]SlOn for welfare in Service Hospitals. VI. No question arises, of ~ourse, as regards .the ~xpenditure under head 1 (b) (iii) of the revised estImate, all of whIch IS expressly chargeable . against the Extraordinary. Income. . ' VII. I wish to take thIS opportumty of stressmg the old financIal maxim that the inclusion of an item of expenditure in a general budget is not equivalent to financial sancti.on which would enabl~ the expenditure to be undertaken straight away wIthout further formalIty. In the case of each individual project, where this has not already been done, detailed proposals justifying the expenditure must come before Chapter-General for decision. VIII. I note one further point, namely, that investments will only be realized if and when expenditure is finally sanctioned and about to be undertaken, and the cash position makes it necessary to realize. If any project drops out for one cause or another, there will be no need to realize, and the investments will carry forward intact pro tanto.

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GENERAL

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ENDING 30th SEPTEMBER, 1948. SUMMARY. EXPENDITURE.

INCOME. A. ORDINARY INCOME. 1. Central Administration. Foundation Dues Annual Oblations Interest on Investments Rents Donations. 2. Ophthalmic Hospital. Interest on Investments Donations and Fees 3. A mbulance Department. Sale of Stores Charges for Instruction Donations. Ministry of Education Grant Total Ordinary Income

£ 1,700 4,200 6,200 100 100 980 3,020 18,000 3,600 300 200 £38,400

B. EXTRAORDINARY INCOME (derived from funds allocated to the Order of St. John by the Joint "Var Organization (1939-47) on winding-up). 1. (a) Interest on balance of Investments representing first allocation of £500,000 . . . . . . . 5,700 (b) Recovery of loans. . (c) Sale proceeds of Investments. . 2. (a) Interest on Investments representing second allocation of £1,000,000 27,500 (b) Recovery of loans. . 465 (c) Sale proceeds of Investments. . . . . . 3. (a) Interest on Investments representing £840,000, part of third allocation (earmarked for joint expenditure on \Velfare in Service Hospitals) . 22,800 (b) Sale proceeds of Investments. . . . 13,390 4. (a) Interest on Investments representing £560,000, balance of third allocation . 13,800 (b) Sale proceeds of Investments 41,540 Total Extraordinary Income

125,195

1. Central Administration.

(a) (i) Chancery of the Order. Maintenance Standing Charges Maintenance ew Demands Cost of Insignia (£2,180), Service Medals, Vellum Votes, and Diplomas Miscellaneous .

10,305 1,468 3,530 610 15,913

(ii) Treasury of the Order. Maintenance Standing Charges (iii) Library and 1I1useum. Maintenance Standing Charges (b) Special Items. (i) Reserve for Ordinary Grants by ChapterGeneral . (ii) Annual Contribution to joint expenditure on Welfare in Service Hospitals chargeable against Extraordinary Income allocation of £840,000 (iii) Grants (Chargeable against Extraordinary Income). Training Centre-purchase of premises and equipment . Propaganda Films. . Brigade Headquarters-Office equipment Priory for Wales Priory of Scotland :'IIaintenance of Training Centre St. John Councils-Secretarial Services Isle of :'IIan S.J.A.B.-Towards Rent . Legal charges re purchase of County Headquarters Loans: (Chargeable against Extraordinary Income)

4,500 998 1,000

40,000

19,973 3,500 350 1,000 1,000 5,000 4,500 150 200 76,673

2. Ophthalmic Hospital. (i) Headquarters' Expenses, London (ii) Maintenance-Standing ChargesJerusalem (iii) New items

1,300 12,500 2,000 15,800

3. A rnbulance Department. (a) lvI aintenance Charges. (i) Chief Secretary's Branch (ii) Stores Department. (iii) Car Service . (iv) Brigade at Home (v) Brigade Overseas (b) SPecial Items. Planning . Competitions . . . . . S.].A.B. No.1 District Inspection. . Chief Sec. Branch. Publications (not for sale) Stores Dept.-Catalogue Medical Comforts Depots Exhibition . V.A.D. Committee . . . . . S.J.A.B.-Travelling Expenses of Regular Representatives to Brigade Headquarters Committees

12,675 8.030 2,034 14,186 4,141 500 1,850 120 500 450 2,425 1,500 1,000 300 8,645 49,711

GRAND TOTAL:

A. Ordinary Income and B. Extraordinary Income

£163,595

GRAND TOTAL EXPENDITURE

£163,595

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ANALYSIS OF BUDGET ESTIMATES.

FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORDER.

TOTAL ORDINARY I

COME

38,400

TOTAL EXPENDITURE NORMALLY CHARGEABLE TO THE ESTABLISHED INCOME OF THE ORDER.

Heads 1 (a) and (b) (i).

22,411

Head 2

15,800

Head 3

49,711 87,922 Deficit:

TOTAL EXTRAORDINARY INCOME

£49,522

125,195

TOTAL EXPENDITURE WHICH MAYBE CHARG E D AGAINST EXTRAORDINARY INCOME.

Heads 1 (b) (ii) and (iii) Deficit brought down

75,673 49,522 [1 25,195

ST. JOHN OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL AT JERUSALEM. The following is extracted from fifty-sixth Annual Report of the Hospital Committee : THE COMMITTEE. It is with very great regret that we have to report the death of the Right Hon . the Earl of Lytton, K.G., G.C.S.L, G.C.LE., P.C. The death of Lord Lytton removes a well-known and much respected figure from the Hospital Committee. Ever s~nce 1933, w.hen he fir~t joined the Committee, Lord Lytton rarely mIssed a mee~Ing, and hIS numerous activities elsewhere were never allowed to stand In the way of his attendance. His wise judgment and long experience of men and affairs were of great value to the Hospitaller and his colleagues on the Committee. Moreover, he possessed an intimate knowledge of the Hospital and its staff, thanks in large measure to his frequent visits to Jerusalem in connection with the Potash Company of which he was Chairman; and he never returned from Palestine without being able to throw some fresh light on the problems facing the Committee. Lord Lytton was a wise counsellor and a staunch friend of the Hospital, and his place will be hard to fill. 1'vIr. . F. MacCallan, C.B.E., F.R.C.S., has to the general regret of the Committee recently resigned his membership, owing to the pressure of other duties. Though Mr. MacCallan had not served for more than a few years on the Committee, his experience as an ophthalmologist, and especially the long period he had spent in that capacity in Egypt, where conditions so closely resemble those of Palestine, were of great value. The development of ophthalmic surgery in Egypt, indeed, may be said to have been very largely due to Mr. MacCallan's influence; and his services as an oculist in that country will long be remembered with affection and gratitude. The Committee wish to offer their congratulations to the Countess of Cromer on being promoted Dame Grand Cross. Lady Cromer attended a special Investiture held by The King at Buckingham Palace on 28th October. HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. The Warden, Dr. Norman Manson, M.B., D.O.M.S., came to England on a short leave during the latter part of November. His visit ~ave the Hospi~aller an opportunity of discussing many problems whIch are more eaSIly settled by a personal exchange of views than by correspondence. The Committee very much regret that his stay in this country was of such a short duration and it is hoped that he will soon be able to take longer leave which he so richly deserves. Dr. J. Graham Gillan, M.B., D.O.M.S., who arrived at the Hospital in November, 1946, to tak~ up his appointment as Registrar, was appointed Sub-Warden on 1st Apnl, 1947. Unfortunately" Operation Polly" took

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place in February, 1947, and this necessitated Dr. Gillan's family being evacuated from Palestine and Mrs. Gillan and her small child left for Canada where Dr. Gillan felt he must join them. The Committee were therefore obliged to accept Dr. Gillan's resignation and would like to extend to him their grateful thanks for his services during his tenure of office both as Sub-\Varden and Registrar. On Dr. Gillan's appointment as Sub-\Varden, Dr. Kamel Salman, who had been House Surgeon since June, 1946, was appointed Registrar and Dr. E. B. Doany was appointed House Surgeon. The post of Sub-Warden has been filled by the appointment of Dr. C. H. B. Sparrow. THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE. The situation in Palestine during the past year has been a matter of grave concern to the Committee. Although statistics show an all-round increase in the numbers of patients compared to previous years, there has been a distinct fall in the number of in-patients, new out-patient, operations and total attendances during the months of November and December, owing to the un ettled state of Palestine. As the situation seemed to be deteriorating rapidly in the last four months the Committee sought the advice of the Colonial Office at home, as well as with the Palestinian Government and has beell given assurances that an evacuation scheme will be available for the staff if the necessity arises. \\Thile bearing in mind that every endeavour mu t be made to uphold the prestige of the Order, the Committee decided that ('\-ery po sible step must be taken to safeguard the Hospital taff. \\Tjth this nd in view, we have decided that if a sudden emergency should arise, then the Hospitaller will be given a free hand to make what arrangements he thinks fit, and that if time allows he will call a special Committee meeting should the necessity arise. The Committee al 0 decided that if any member of the ' taff wi 'hes to leave the Hospital, then permission will be granted to do so and only volunteers will remain, provided that such action does nol conflict with the instructions of the authorities. As far as the buildings and contents of the Hospital are concerned, the Committee has taken all possible precautions and thi is dealt with more fully elsewhere in this Report. Meantime only the most es ential equipment-drugs and instruments-are being sent out to Jeru alem and any non-essential orders are not being shipped. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LINEN GUILD'S AND SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL. The Committee invited the Countess of Cromer, Chairman of the Linen G~ild and a Member of the Committee, to visit the Hospital in Jerusalem With the Secretary on a tour of inspection. D~ring her visit to Jerusalem, the Countess of Cromer stayed as a guest of HIS Excellency the High Commissioner, Lieut.-General Sir Alan Cunningham, K.C.B., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., at Government House and the Committee would like to take this opportunity of expressing its very grateful thanks for his hospitality, without which it would have been

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impossible for Lady Cromer to have been able to carry out her tour of inspection. The Warden once again offered hospitality to the Secretary, and the Committee would like to thank him not only for his many kindnesses but also for the excellent arrangements he made, which enabled the Secretary to carry out his mission with such ease in the very limited time at his disposal. The Warden officially welcomed Lady Cromer at the main entrance to the Hospital on the 16th October and introduced her to the Sub-Warden, Registrar, House Surgeon, Matron, and the British Nursing Staff. Lady Cromer was escorted to the Sisters' Mess where she gave them the following message from Her Majesty Queen Mary, the President of the Linen Guild, which had been conveyed to her through Her Majesty's Private Secretary : " Her Majesty hopes that you will convey to the Staff an expression of her very best wishes and of her appreciation of the magnificent work they are doing, more particularly in these troubled times. " Queen Mary also hopes that you will give a special message from her to the Nurses, telling them that they are constantly in her thoughts and that everything affecting the well-being of them and their patients is always of the deepest interest to her." It is with great pleasure the Committee appreciate that so many of the improvements and installations which had resulted from the ecretary's visit the previous year, had been completed and had already made such a marked improvement in the efficiency of the Hospital. There still are, however, a number of further alterations, improvements, and additional equipment which are required, and as a result of the reports by Lady Cromer and the ecretary, the Committee recommended that the following be put in hand, to which Chapter-General gave their approval :Laundry. -Two electric washing machines and an electric ironer have been ordered locally and these will be installed in the buildings in the outh Block which were designed for a laundry. These machines are economical in labour and time, and when they are installed they should greatly benefit both patients and staff. The Conn aught Block.-For some time past the need for an isolation ward has been felt and the most suitable block in the Hospital for this purpose is the Connaught Ward. It has been necessary to install lavatories and wash basins which have now be~n completed, and as a result, there is room for a further twelve bed pa hen ts. The Annexe.-The plans for the Annexe to be used as a Children's Clinic h.ave ~on~ forward. The building is well suited for this purpose and the sltua~lOn is p~rfect .. T~e equipping of the Annexe has been retarded by the difficulty 111 obtammg ~ots; these have, however, now been shipped to the Hosplt~l tog:ether With the necessary bedding. The Commltte~ is grateful to the Linen Guild for their generosity in not ?nly. s~pplymg "these cots an~ bedding but also undertaking to prOVide SiX Moses cO,ts and bedd:ng for infant patients. The H ot Wate~ and Central Heat2ng System.-This installation, which was commenced m the latf' summer of 1947, was partially in use during

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that winter and was finally completed and in full working order before the Secretary left at the end of October, 1947. The Warden. afold the Staff are entirely satisfied with it and it supplies both the old bUlldmg and the new outh Block. The South Block is now completely equipped with the necessary beds and has been open to first and second class paying patients throughout the year. Again the Committee would like to offer its very sincere thanks to the Linen Guild for their generosity in supplying a number of the new beds and the necessary bedding. EQUIPMENT. Electric Cooker.-This seemed to be doomed to ill fate for, after having waited many months to be shipped to the Hospital, it was long delayed at Haifa and on its fmal journey to the Hospital it was badly dama!5 ed . A further delay was caused whilst the necessary spare parts were obtamed in England and ultimately sent out to Jerusalem. . . The Committee is happy to report that the cooker IS now 1l1stalled and is in use. Electric Dish-washer.-The Warden has long been anxious to install a dish-washer as, apart from being a great labour saving device, it has the added advantages of saving breakages and sterilizing the crockery. An electric dish-washer has been ordered but it may be some considerable time before it is possible to obtain delivery. Frigidaire.-The Frigidaire which was sent to the Ho pital and in taIled in the kitchen in the old building, has been of immense value and has brought about a considerable sa:ring of food. N~w that the S?uth Block and the new theatre are open It has been conSIdered essentIal to have a smaller one installed in the new Block. The Warden has managed to purchase another Frigidaire through the Department of Health of the Palestine Government, and this is now in use and has already proved valuable for the storage of penicillin and other drugs . Theatre Equipmertt.-The new theatre in the South Block has been used although not completely equipped, but equipment has been sent out from England as and when it has become available. A new operation table has been installed whilst drums, an in trument cabinet, and stools have arrived recently. A new sterilizing plant from Messrs. Manlove Alliott has been ordered and is in the process of being shipped to the Hospital. . . An ophtherm diathermy apparatus has been ordered and will be shIpped to the Hospital as soon as it becomes available. . . . In the theatre in the old building a new ophthalmIC operahon table IS to be installed to replace the old one which will be used in the Out-patients' Department. GIFTS. The Committee is indebted to the generosity of the late 11r. Irvine, who during his lifetime took the keenest interest in the Ho pital, during his twenty years connection with Jerusalem. With his legacy the Committee have been able to purchase two Scialytic lamps and a Milliameter which have long been needed.

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The Committee wish to extend their thanks to Mr. Blatchford, ~he American Vice-Consul in Jerusalem, for his very generous donatIOn which has enabled them to purchase a new stretcher trolley for the new theatre. . G 1 It gave the Committee great pleasure ~o welcome Ma]or- enera F. A. Maguire, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D., the HospItall~r and ~lmoner f~r the Priory of the Commonwealth of Australia, to theIr CommIttee ~eetlilg ~t St. John's Gate on 7th November, 1947. Maj?r-General M~guITe on hIS return to Australia recommended to the Sub-Pnor and the Pnory Chapter that they should send fifteen food parcels to the British staff at the Hospital. The Committee would like to report that these parcels have been sent off from Australia and wish to convey their very grateful thanks to all concerned for this generous gift. A very welcome gift has been received from Miss Crookshank, who yery kindly sent over a hundred knitted eye bandages, and the CommIttee wishes to express their sincere thanks to the donor for such a very useful gift. ENDOWMENTS. The Committee would like to draw attention to the fact that the latest donation received from the Great Priory of Masonic Knights Templar was a record contribution-£422 2s. 6d.-making a total which now amounts to £4,155 6s. 9d. This latest donation was received after the accounts for the year ending 30th September, 1947, were closed but it is the Committ.ee's sincerest wish to tender its most grateful thanks to the Great Pnory and to assure them that their donation will be recorded in the accounts for the year ending 30th September, 1948. The Committee is very conscious of the magnificent financial support the Hospital has received from the Great Priory and it has decided that the Second Class Paying Patients' Ward in the new South Block should be named after the Priory. Mr. H. Kendall, the Honorary Architect to the Hospital in Jerusalem, has designed a plaque and inscription to be placed outside the Ward. We would like to record our very deep appreciation of the very generous bequest of £1,000 made by the late Lord Plender. It has been decided that a bed should be named in commemoration of him and the Honorary Architect has designed a plaque which has been approved by Lady Plender. The Committee would like to take this opportunity of thanking Major Douglas Gordon, M.C., for presenting a plaque in memory of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon, which is to be placed in the Out-patients' Waiting Room. INSURANCE. Owing to the deterioration of the political situation throughout the year, the Committee has been very concerned over the insurance of the Hospital personnel and the buildings. . In consequence, the staff have been insured against all accidents which mclude death or injury direetly or indirectly caused by war, civil war, x

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revolution, insurrection, riots, civil commotion, civil disturbances or by persons of malicious intent. In addition to this insurance, a policy has been taken out to cover the staff against liability for accidents which may occur to patients whilst in the Hospital. \Vith regard to the insurance of the buildings and contents the Committee, in view of the existing situation in Palestine, have decided to }ncrease the Fire Insurance Policy until the situation becomes more normal. VISITORS. Apart from Lady Cromer's and the Secretary's official visit to the Hospital in October, the Hospital has received several distinguished visitors during the course of the year. The Bishop of Kensington, Sub-Prelate of the Order, paid a visit in September. In January, Sir Cameron Badenoch, Knight of Grace of the Order and Accountant of the British Council, visited the Hospital. In July, Brigadier McConkey, D.D.M.S. in Pale tine, called on the \Varden who showed him over the Hospital. ery shortly after Brigadier McConkey was succeeded by Colonel Beveridge as D.D. 1.S. and he also visited the Hospital and expressed his approval of all that he saw. ST. JOHN'S DAY. Security arrangements were made to enable the \Varden and the taff to attend the service in the Crypt of the Greek Church of St. John in the Old City. The Crypt is the site of one of the three churches of the Order which flanked the Hospital of the twelfth century. Its thick walls of crumbling stone form an impressive setting for a service that is always intimate and picturesque. The Bishop of Jerusalem had just returned from England and the congregation included the District Commissioner, Mr. J. H. H. Pollock, C.M.G., O.B.E., the Inspector-General of the Police, Mr. Eric Mill, pecial Commissioner, the Nursing Staff of 'vVatson House, and other member and friends of the Order. His Excellency the High Commissioner and other senior officials were unable to attend. LADIES' LINEN GUILD. The Hospital Committee wish to express their deep appreciation of the Linen Guild's never failing support and co-operation. The Committee would particularly like to take this opportunity of thanking the Chairman of the Linen Guild for undertaking the strenuous task of visiting the Hospital and also for all the trouble she took on their behalf while in Jerusalem. The Committee would like to congratulate the Chairman of the Linen Guild on the excellent choice of design for the new outdoor uniforms for the Matron and British Sisters which have now arrived in Palestine. Finally, it is with great pleasure that the Committee learn that Miss A. C. G. Hayes, the late Matron of the Hospital, has been nominated as a Member of the Linen Guild Committee.

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THE PRIORY IN SCOTLAND. The Committee would like to take this opportunity of congratulating the Order in Scotland on their revival to Priory stat~s on th~ 26th June, 1947, upon which occasion H.R.H. The Grand Pnor carned out the ceremony at Holyrood Palace. . . We would like to extend to the Pnory of Scotland our smcere thanks for the continued support of the Hospital ~nd wou~d als~ like to thank our benefactors in Scotland for the collectIOns, whIch thIS year amount to £131 18s. 8d. THE PRIORY FOR WALES. We are extremely grateful for the continued financial support from the Priory in Wales. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS. The Committee is very conscious of the continued support that has been received from the Priories overseas and would like to offer their thanks to the Priory in South Africa for the amount of £44 9s. 6d. collected by the Priory. From the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth, the Committee acknowledges with thanks the collection of £74 6s. 6d. The Committee is indebted to the Priory in Canada for their greatly increased support; they have sent the total of £504 15s. 4d. which is more than double the amount they kindly sent in 1946. The Committee would like to express its gratitude to the Priory in New Zealand for collecting £115 14s. 4d. Our Honorary Treasurer in Jerusalem, Miss Hilda Ridler, was evacuated to Egypt under (( Operation Polly and thus her task of collecting funds in Jerusalem was made more difficult. However, in spite of these unfavourable circumstances the collections in Jerusalem amount to £231 13s. 6d. and we would particularly like to thank Miss Ridler for her splendid efforts on behalf of the Hospital. Miss Ridler again draws attention to the fact that a considerable part of this total is made up by N.A.A.F.I. contributions. 11

CONCLUSIOr . The Committee would like to extend their grateful thanks to His Excellency the High Commissioner, Lieut.-General Sir Alan Cunningham; the District Commissioner for Jerusalem, Mr. J. H. H. Pollock, and the other Government officials who have looked after the welfare of the Staff and the interests of the Hospital so well during the past critical year. Nothing has ever been too much trouble for them and the \Varden has always had the great consolation of knowing that in spite of the many calls upon their time the Hospital and its Staff has had their neverfailing support and co-operation. We would also lik~ to offer Mr. H. Kendall, the Honorary Architect, ?ur deep sen~e of g~at1tude for the many calls upon his time we have made m seekmg hIS a~vlce. In spite of his many activities for the Palestine Government dunng the past year every call we have made has received spor:-taneous response and co-operation. Fmally, we cannot conclude this Report without expressing to the

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Warden, the British Medical Staff, the Matron and Nursing Staff, and all the other workers in the Hospital, British and Palestinian, our very warm thanks and deep appreciation for the devoted and loyal service that has been given during the past anxious year. We would further like to express our admiration for their unceasing efforts to maintain and enhance in every possible way the reputation of the Hospital and the prestige of the Order in the Holy Land. WARDEN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1947 Through yet another year the entire social and economic life of Palestine has been disrupted by political tension. In February the British taff received orders from the District Commissioner not to move about Jerusalem without armed police escorts, and that regulation, modified from time to time, remained in force for months. The establishment of Security Zones had the effect of allowing us a little more social life, though this was very greatly reduced by the evacuation of many civilians. Jewish Terrorist outrages increased through the summer until in August one heard the wailing of sirens at frequent intervals night and day. Throughout all this period attacks were almost without exception directed against the British, so that attendances of patients were little affected. The announcement on 30th November of the decision of the United Nations Organization to partition Palestine dramatically changed the situation. The Arabs at once staged attacks against the Jews whose antiBritish activities almost ceased, and I returned from leave on the second day of December to find a section of Jerusalem burning, the streets deserted except for armed patrols, and all the depressing accompaniments of civil strife. The bombing of buildings, the mining of roads, the daily toll of murders and flight of the inhabitants.from their homes to safer districts, have gone on steadily since. The interruption of communications has paralysed business, and brought poverty and may bring hunger in its wake. The number of our patients has fallen to the lowest level in the history of the hospital. Government has delegated the maintenance of security in different areas to Jews and Arabs respectively. The Hospital is situated in an Arab area, although a Jewish quarter is near enough for us to be the the occasional centre of violent shooting between the opposing factions. Our roads are guarded by official and unofficial Arab guards so that only Arabs can reach us. In consequence we have had to lose the services of our Jewish plumbing and building contractors, pharmacist, electrician, baker, and newsboy (who was shot dead on his round one morning). \Ve greatly miss the friendly co-operation they all gave us and hope it will not be long before we can work together again for the common good. New cases seen during the year numbered 26,770, an increase on the 21,482 for 1946. Total consultations were 130,267, the highest figure in this category yet recorded. The previous year's figure was 123,428. The number admitted was 1,082 as against 1,062 for the previous year. Operations performed numbered 2,861 (2,599 for 1946). Intraocular operations numbered 509 of which 441 were for cataract. The number of operations performed for the relief of trichiasis was 1,234. General anresthetics numbered 189. The average duration of stay in Hospital was 9·3 days.

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Of the new cases seen 22,091 were Moslems, 4,205 Christians~ and ~74 Jews. The number of Jewis~ patients is very low by companson .~Ith the number in more peaceful tImes, but a few attended even when polItIcal feeling was most acute. .. . . The epidemic conjunctivitis season whIch begms m Ma~ and ends. m November was milder than usual. The total number of patIents suffermg from acut~ conjunctivitis was 5,975 (previous ye~r's figure. was 7,7~~). Of these 654 were complicated by corneal ulceratIOn on theIr first VIS~t, and 68 of these subsequently perforated. Trachoma was present m 90 per cent. of cases attending the HospitaL.. . The following table sets out the causes of blmdness m cases exammed this year:A. B.

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Conjunctivitis resulting in (a) Corneal Opacity (b) Secondary Glaucoma (c) Shrunken Globe Fundal Conditions Glaucoma (primary) Cataract . Injury Total Causes.

Note.-Blind one eye . Blind both eyes

533 397 614 212 295 823 22 2,898 1,808 1,090

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Refraction work showed a great increase over the previous year's work, due to the fact that we had a full complement of medical officers on the staff. 1,800 cases were tested for refraction as opposed to 1,100 in the prevIOUS year. Progress has been made in the conversion of the former caretaker's flat to an Infant Clinic for cases of acute ophthalmia, and this will be ready for use as soon as cots arrive from England. Lavatories have been installed in the Connaught \Vard Block. The central heating in South Block, held up for the duration of the war, is now completed. A refrigerator has also been installed in South Block and an electric cooker in the kitchen of the old hospital. On the surgical side we have received theatre equipment for South Block and await delivery of an electric sterilizing unit. During the year the following nurses from the Department of Health of P~lestine underwent the prescribed course of training in ophthalmic nursmg :Miss N. Saleeba Elias. Miss Naomi Taweel. Miss Nejibe Kalaydjian. Miss Emily Elias Khawaja. J?r: G~aham Gillan, the Sub-Warden, resigned at the end of the year to Jom hIS family who had been evacuated to Canada.

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Dr. Kamal Salman was appointed to the post of Registrar in July on completion of a year's service as House Surgeon. Dr. Elias Doany was appointed House Surgeon in July. In October we received a visit from the Countess of Cromer, who is a member of the Hospital Committee and Chairman of the Linen Guild, and from the Secretary of the Hospital Committee. Lady Cromer is the first member of the Committee to pay us a special visit since 1938, and we were not only honoured to have her with us but deeply appreciative of her facing a journey made difficult by cholera restrictions in Egypt a~~ hazardous by conditions in ~alestine. In November I paid a short VISIt to London and was able to dISCUSS various aspects of admini tration with the Hospitaller. For most of the Staff the year now ended was their first in Palestine. It has b~en a year of monotony and nervous strain and I am grateful to my medIcal colleagues, the Matron and Nursing taff for carrying on with, unfailing cheerfulness. ome of the Staff, on local leave, have been able to visit Cyprus, the Lebanon, and Tran jordan, but the infinite attractions of this country under normal conditions are as yet a closed book to them. Whatever the future may bring to Palestine, the Hospital will surely be needed and will continue its work. Its prestige throughout the fiddle East was built up on the dignity and devotion of those who served it. In the changing world of to-day it must hold true to its traditions /Jlfirmis servire. Pro utilitate homin1l1n. (Signed) NOR 1 N MA SON, TVardeJl .

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. The Director of the Ambulance Department and the Ambulance Committee of the Order have the honour to submit the following Report of the work of the St. John Ambulance Association for the information of His Royal Highness The Grand Prior and the Chapter-General. The Committee records with regret the re ignations of the iscount Bledisloe, G.C.M.G., R.B.E., P.C., the representative of the Priory in ew Z~ala?d, and W. G. Smith, Esq., .lately Commissioner No. IV (Lancashire) Dlstnct, St: John Ambulance Bngade and a representative of the Brigade Sub-CommIttee. It welcomes Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall, G.C.B., O.M., C.M.G ., etc., who has been appointed by H.R.H. The ~rand Prior to ser.ve on the Con:mittee as the representative of the Priory 111 New Zealand VIce Lord Bledlsloe, and Colonel Sir Bertram Ford, T.D., D.L., as a representative of the Brigade ub-Committee vice W. G. Smith, Esq. At its meeting in March the Ambulance Committee was informed of the impending departure of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma to India on the appointment of Earl Mountbatten as Viceroy. For the greater part of the year, therefore, the Committee has been deprived of her wise judgment and shrewd counsel, but looks forward to her early return. During the ye.ar .Miss E. K. Ba~deley, M.B.E., was compelled to resign from the AssoClatIon Sub-CommIttee after many years' service. The

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Committee records its grateful appreciation of Miss Baddeley's work for the Association. The Committee welcomes the appointment of Dr. Olive May to fill the vacancy. OBITUARY. The Committee records with regret the death of Dr. R. B. Duncan on 24th February, 1947. Dr. Robert Bruce Duncan had a connection with the St. John Ambulance Association extending over a period of more than half a century, having lectured to classes before his appointment to the Examining Staff of the Association in 1900. He became a recognized authority on First Aid and a well-known judge at Competitions. He was admitted to the Order in 1914, and shortly afterwards was elected to serve on the Textbook Revision Committee, of which he remained a member until the end of the last revision of the First Aid Textbook in 1938. For these additional services he was awarded the Service Medal of the Order, and continued to interest himself in the activities of the Association until after the outbreak of the Second World War, when failing health, aggravated by enemy action, compelled him to retire from further active participation in the affairs of the Association. Dr. Duncan was a member of the Association Sub-Committee from 1927 to 1940. The Committee also records with regret the death of Dr. 1. G. Modlin. Dr. Isaac Gibson Modlin, a Knight of the Order, died on 25th July, 1947, after fifty years' devoted service to the Association. During this period not only did he give freely of his leisure as a Lecturer and Examiner of the Association, but he also served on the Textbook Revision Committee from 1908 to 1938. For these services he received the Service Medal of the Order, and continued his work for the Association until the time of hIS death. COUNCILS OF THE ORDER IN THE COUNTIES. During the year the Chancellor of the Order called two Conferences of Chairmen of St. John Councils of the Order. These were held at St. John's Gate, and much valuable information was exchanged regarding, inter alia, the co-ordination and extension of the work of the Association in the counties. In May, the Assistant Secretary of the Association paid a visit to Chelte?ham, where he discussed with representatives of the St. John CouncIl for GLOUCESTERSHIRE proposals for co-ordinating the work of the Association in that county. At the invitation of the St. John Council for the COUNTY PALATINE OF LA~CASTER, the Assistant Director of Ambulance, accompanied by the ASSIstant S~cretary of the Association, attended a meeting at Preston between the FI?anCe and General Purposes Committee of the Council and representatIves of the Lancashire Centres to discuss the best means of e~tendi.ng and co-ordinating the work of the Association in the county. D~scusslOns have also taken place at St. John's Gate with the ViceChaIrman of the St. John Council for SUSSEX. The Chair~~n and Secretary of the St. John Council for STAFFORDSHIRE also VISIted St. John's Gate and explored the possibility of the

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establishment of a County Centre on lines similar to that which already ~xists in BUCKINGIIAMSHIRE. In DORSET the St. John Council has been investigating the possibility of establishing Centres of the Association at Weymouth and elsewhere, and of setting up in the smaller towns local committees to foster public interest in the Association. Somewhat similar measures have been adopted in HAMPSHIRE where proposals have been put forward for the re-establishment of the Gosport Centre and for the setting up of new Centres in other parts of the county. The Association attaches great importance to the exchange of ideas between its Headquarter representatives and officials of St. John Councils, and cordially repeats the invitation already extended to Councils to send representatives to London whenever possible. Alternatively a representative of the Association will gladly visit the counties to meet representatives of St. John Councils. CLASSES OF INSTRUCTION IN FIRST AID AND KINDRED SUBJECTS. One of the most gratifying developments during the year under review has been the decision of H.M. Treasury to encourage First Aid Training in all Government Departments. Under this scheme the Post Office Ambulance Centre, which since 1902 had confined its activities to the London Area, has extended its operations to cover the whole country. All arrangements for classes of Post Office personnel held on Post Office premises are made through the Centre and Regional Welfare Officers have been appointed, amongst whose duties is that of fostering an interest in First Aid and kindred subjects within the Region with a view to the formation of branches of the Post Office Centre. In districts where the number of employees is too small to justify the formation of Post Office classes, employees may join classes organized by the local representatives of the St. John Ambulance Association. First Aid classes have also been arranged by the Home Office, the Admiralty, the War Office, the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Under new Home Office Regulations all Prison Officers in their first year of training have to obtain a Certificate in First Aid and several classes have already been arranged for these officers. The Ministry of Supply has issued a regulation whereby a certain percentage of the staff at its factories is to be trained in First Aid and classes have been held throughout the country. It is hoped that in time all Government Departments will arrange for members of their staffs to learn First Aid and maintain their knowledge by attending periodical "refresher" courses. In London, the Metropolitan Police Force has resumed regular First Aid classes for new entrants at the Training Colleges at Peel House and Hendon. Similar classes have been arranged at other Police Training Centres in the Provinces. Before the war, it was the practice of the Metropolitan Police to arrange periodical" refresher" courses for members of the Force. It is gratifying to record that arrangements have been made for the resumption of " refresher" courses in 1948.

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Among other classes formed at ~ome during th~ year wer~ those organized by the British Overseas AIrways ~orporatlOn for the Instruction of 180 Security Wardens; those orgamzed by the Port of Lon.don Authority the Gas Light and Coke Company, the South MetropolItan Gas Company, and other Gas Comp~nies, Borstal Institutions, and the 1st Cadet Battalion, Middlesex Reglffient. In Austria, U.N.R.R.A. Welfare Officers have held First Aid classes for Ukrainians, Latvians and Russians; and in the Middle East cou~ses have been arranged for Nursing Orderlies of the Royal Army MedIcal Corps. ., . Figures for the year for Certificates lssued at home are as follows . Fitst Aid Home Nursing Hygiene Sanitation Child Welfare Wales

1947. 36,561 6,962 416

1946. 27,968 7,781 935

1,230

2,555

45,177 3,765

39,250 4,463

48,942

43,713

It will be seen that, while there is an increase in the total number of Certificates issued, there has been a considerable decrease in the number of Certificates issued as the result of examinations in Child Welfare. The following table gives the figures for each year since the introduction of the Preliminary and Adult Child Welfare Courses:Year. 1944 1945 . 1946 . 1947 .

Classes. 38 198 217 125

Certificates. 396 2,452 2,555 1,230

The Committee anticipated that these courses would prove popular, and is disappointed that there has not been a greater demand for this very valuable knowledge. THE ASSOCIATION OVERSEAS. Complete reports from Centres and Branches overseas are not available for inclusion in this Report, but the following is a summary of the information received from Centres and Branches during the year under review. Some of this information of necessity relates to 1946. Activities of the Association overseas within the areas of Subordinate Establishments of the Order, are recorded in the Reports of these Establishments, extracts from which are reproduced in the Report of the ChapterGeneral. Burma.

. It ~s too early yet to speculate on the future of the St. John organizatIon In the nO~N ~dependent state of Burma, but the Committee hopes that the ASSOCiatIon Centre there will continue and extend its educational work under the new regime.

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The Ceylon Centre has devoted its energies to counteracting the setbacks of war. Rules for its guidance have been drawn up, and a translation of the First Aid Textbook into Sinhalese has been prepared. Gold Coast.

Classes are in progress for employees of goldrnining companies who require a certain percentage of their employees to be trained in First Aid. Hong Kong.

Following the Japanese occupation, the process of reorganization is slow, but classes have been held in First Aid. Both the First Aid and H o'}ne Nursing Textbooks are again available there in Chinese, India.

The Indian Council reports that notwithstanding the critical times, those working for the Association continued to give it their devoted service, and figures available show that a larger number of persons passed for Certificates than in any pre-war year, a most encouraging feature. A larger number of classes than in the previous year was arranged for Army personnel, and classes have continued on the Railways, amongst the Police, in Prisons and Reformatories, in Schools, in Mines, Factories, and elsewhere. Jamaica.

The Committee learns with interest that the Jamaica Constabulary has resumed instruction in First Aid and that the possibility of restarting a biennial examination of the members of the Force is under consideration. The last report from Jamaica indicated that a number of members of the Force had been able to put their knowledge of First Aid to good use and had been the means of alleviating much suffering. Kenya.

The Committee has been extremely interested in reports from Kenya, which indicate the excellent preliminary work of St. John representatives there with a view to the reorganization of the Kenya Centre. There is wide scope for Association activities among the native population, especially in the field of Hygiene, but the vastness of the territory, the inadequacy of communications, the sparseness of the European population and natural apathy of the native population are formidable barriers to progress. Despite these difficulties, considerable enthusiasm has been aroused among the native population and valuable contacts have been made with Europeans. The Committee congratulates all concerned on their excellent progress towards building up a first class St. John organization in Kenya. Malaya.

The Japanese occupation of Malaya completely disorganized the work of the Association there, but the Centre has now been re-established. Although progress is necessarily slow, two new branches have been formed by the Centre, one at Klang and one at Johore, and it is very

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gratifying to be able to record that by din~ of the hard w.ork and perseverance of the St. John representatives m Malaya, especIally the Chairman and Secretary of the Centre, Dr. ~nd Mrs. MacG~egor, postwar apathy is being overcome and the enthusIasm of the natIve population is gradually growing. Malta, G.C., and Gibraltar.

The Malta and Gibraltar Centres received much encouragement from the recent official tour made by Colonel Sir James L. Sleeman, Kt., C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O., Chief ~ommissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, who was much Impressed by all that he saw. Mauritius.

Headquarters had the privilege of discussing with His Excellency ~he Governor the situation in Mauritius and ways and means of exte~dmg the activities of the Association there .. His Excellency very kmdly promised to give the matters discussed his full consideration. Nigeria.

Every effort is being made by the Centre Committee to extend its activities, and the Nigerian Railways have under consideration the revival of Association classes. Trinidad.

Headquarters has had the advantage of meetings with Colonel Muller, Treasurer of the Centre and Commissioner of Police, and one who has had considerable experience and connection with Association activities in various parts of the Empire. Suggested lines of activity were discussed with Colonel Muller, who has kindly undertaken to bring them to the notice of his Committee. RE-EXAMINATION AWARDS. The issue of Medallions, Labels, and Pendants during the year has been as follows :1946.

1947.

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EnglaJ/d, Ireland, and Overseas. 6,179 43,119 9, 356

58,654

Wales. 323 5,956 660

T otal. 6,502 49,075 10,016

England, Ireland, and Overseas. 6,500 36,916 16,283

6,939

65,593

59,699

PrIOry for

P riory

101'

TV ales . 554 6,436 678

T otal. 7,054 43,352 16,961

7,668

67,367

While there has been a decrease in the total number of Pendants issued, there has been an almost corresponding increase in the number of Labels. In addition to the 43,119 Labels issued in respect of classes in England, Ireland, and Overseas, 20,898 have been issued in respect of the years 1942 to 1946 inclusive, in exchange for" Endorsements" made on Record Cards at a time when metal awards were not available; and a further 19,260 Labels through the medium of Railway and Overseas Centres to persons who did not apply for" Endorsements" on Record Cards. It will thus be seen that whereas in normal times applications for some

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30,000 Labels are handled annually, the number dealt with by St. John's Gate in the past year has totalled 83,277. Similarly, in addition to the 9,356 Pendants issued in respect of classes in England, Ireland, and Overseas, 5,039 have also been issued for the years 1942 to 1946 inclusive in exchange for" Endorsements". Owing to the shortage of staff, the shortage of engravers, and the difficulty in obtaining metal awards, it has required a supreme effort t o accomplish the almost impossible task of dealing with such a vast number. COOKERY COURSE. The Cookery Course was introduced by the Association in 1930, and since its introduction 576 Certificates have been issued. It will be seen, therefore, that this course has not been in demand, probably in view of the fact that there are many recognized expert bodies in this field. I n addition, it has become increasingly difficult to comply with the many regulations for obtaining rationed goods for demonstration purposes. In these circumstances, the Committee decided that the Cookery Course should fall into abeyance and that no further courses of instruction should be held nor Certificates issued. HONORARY MEMBERS' BADGE. During the year the Chapter-General decided to introduce a badge for Honorary Members of the Ambulance Department, e.g. Honorary Life Members of the Association and Honorary Members of the Brigade. Conditions governing the issue of the badge were drawn up and circulated by the Association and by the Brigade. ANNIVERSARIES. The year under review commemorates the Seventieth Anniversary of the foundation of the Association in 1877. It is interesting to find in the First Report of the Association the following paragraph :" At least 1,100 people are now more skilled in handling the injured; and the power of relieving pain and saving life which is implied in that fact is enormous. Month by month, the wave of this simple but most efficacious knowledge is spreading." That it has spread is evident from the fact that over five and a half million Certificates have been issued since then; and that the knowledge is efficacious is also evident from the fact that in 1947 it is estimated that Certificate holders of the Association treated probably more than one million accidents in the streets, at their places of business, in industry generally and, not least, in the home, a variety of First Aid which is unspectacular and seldom publicized and which may be termed" incidental" to distinguish it from the" organized" First Aid rendered by members of the Brigade on public duty which is too well known to need further mention here. Within ten years of its inauguration the Association was firmly established and the good work which it had accomplished was recorded for all time in the Charter granted to the Order by Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in the words" that the chief work which they (members of the Order) have accomplished has been the establishment of the St. John Ambulance Association ".

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During these years " organized " First. Aid :vas developing alongsi~e " incidental" First Aid, and groups of Frrst .Alders were ~o be found m all parts of the country at points where aCCIdents were h~ble to occur, such as at meetings, processions, sports grounds and the hke. In 1887 these groups were banded together and ~ecam~ the nucleus of the St. John Ambulance Brigade which was estabhshed m that year. In 1927 a Conference of overseas representatives of the Association and of the Brigade assembled at St. J orn:'s Gate, a~~ in .1937 the Order organized Celebrations, including an Emprre COIl!pebbon m comme~ora tion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the estabhshment of the Bngade. This was the second Empire Competition, and teams composed of members of the Brigade at Home and Overseas wer~ eligible to compete. The first Empire Competition had been held durmg the Centenary Cele~ra tions of the Order in 1931 and was open only to Overseas teams prOVIded that members of the teams held St. John Certificates. Consideration has been given to the holding of another Empire Competition to commemorate the Fifti~th. Annive~sary of the int~oduction of Competitions in 1897 by the ASSOCIatIOn, but It has been declded to defer a decision for another year. COMPETITIONS. It was fitting that the year 1947 should see the resumption of Competitions, for, as stated elsewhere in this Report, the first Inter-Railway Competition for the Shield presented by the Association took place in 1897. After a break of seven years, it was gratifying to see that enthusiasm had not waned, and though the standard of work did not reach pre-war levels a very promising start was made. The staging of the tests was most effective and, as in pre-war years, the scenery was provided through the generosity of Mrs. John Maxwell and Mr. J. Grossman, to whom the Committee records its grateful thanks. A large number of appreciative spectators attended the Competition, which was held at the Borough Polytechnic, Borough Road, London, S.E.l, on 20th June. The Judges were Major A. C. White Knox, O.B.E., M.C., M.B., of London (Team Test), Dr. William Duncan, of Liverpool (Individual Tests), and Dr. W. L. M. Bigby, of Southampton (Viva Voce Tests), to whom the Committee desires to record its grateful thanks. They placed the teams in the following order:Place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Railway. Southern (Horsham) Great Western (Swindon) . . . . London, Midland and Scottish (Crewe Works) . London, Midland and Scottish (Wolverton 'W orks) London and North-Eastern (March) . Southern (Waterloo) . . . . . . Midland and Great Northern Joint (Melton Constable) London and North-Eastern ( ottingham) . . . Great Western (Cardiff Docks) . . Maximum Marks obtainable, 600.

M arks. 458t 426t 411

388 377 374 373t 369 347t

Brigadier .W, B. G. Barne, C.B.E., D.S.O. (Secretary-General of the Order), pre~Ided at the prize-giving, and after calling on Major-General F. V. B. WItts, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. (Assistant Director of Ambulance), to announce the result, he invited Sir Robert Burrows Chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to present the' Challenge Shield,

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the Corbet Fletcher Cup, and the individual prizes. In reply to a vote of thanks proposed by the Secretary-General, Sir Robert expressed his pleasure at being present, and paid tribute to the excellent work fostered by the Order of St. John. Brigadier Barne then proposed a vote of thanks to the Judges and expressed his appreciation of the encouragement given by the Railways to their employees in the field of First Aid. The Judges gave their criticisms of the marks of the teams, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks proposed by General Witts to Mrs. John Maxwell and Mr. J. Grossman and to those who had acted as stewards and patients throughout the day. Earlier in the year the eliminating Competition for the Ungrouped Railways, namely the Midland and Great Northern Joint, the Metropolitan Line, of the L.P.T.B., the Cheshire Lines Committee, and the Southern and London, Midland and Scottish Joint (Somerset and Dorset) was held in Macnaghton House, Judd Street, London (by kind permission of the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis), the Team Test being judged by Dr. M. M. Scott, of London, and the Individual Tests by Dr. S. Abraham, of London. Each Judge also took two Viva Voce Tests. The Competition was won by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Team, which accordingly took part in the Final Competition on 20th June. After discussions with the Home Office, it was decided that the Police National Competition should not be held during 1947, but that it be resumed during 1948. PUBLICATIONS. At the request of the Women's Group on Public vVelfare, the A sociation undertook to publish two manuals, Elementary First Aid for the Housewife and Elementary Home Nursing for the Housewife. Elementary First Aid for the Housewife was written by Dr. Glady Danby, M.B.E., County Superintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Somerset, to whom the Committee records its grateful thanks. Thi manual was published in September and has met with a favourable reception both at home and abroad. The companion manual, Elementary Home 1 ursing for the Housewife, has been written by Miss Marjorie H. Miller, S.R.N., County Nursing Officer, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Suffolk, to whom the Committee also records its grateful thanks. This manual is now being printed. As foreshadowed in last year's report, a Supplement to the 111anual " A Preliminary Course of First Aid)) has been published with a view to bringing the Preliminary First Aid syllabus into line with the Adult syllabus. The first draft of the Manual on Industrial First Aid has been completed and copies have been circulated to the Government Departments concerned and the British Red Cross Society. H.M. Chief Medical Inspector of Factories, who is very enthusiastic about the manual, has undertaken to make any amendments necessary from an official point of view. When this has been done, it is intended to set up a Committee representative of all the interested parties, to discuss publication. It is not anticipated that the manual will be in circulation for some considerable time.

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It will be of considerable interest to those who know Dr. Corbet Fletcher's invaluable book, The St. John Ambulance Association-Its History and its Part in the. Amb~tlance M~v~ment, to learn that approval has been obtained to publIsh a second edItIon.

TEXTBOOK REVISIONS. The Textbook Revision. Com~ittee is contin~ing its w?rk of ~ev~sin~ the 39th Edition of the F~rst A~d Textbook. It IS not pOSSIble to 111dIcate when the revised edition will be published, but it can be said with certainty that it will not be available before 1st January, 1949. Dr. '-IV. P. Kennedy, who had undertaken the revision of the Hygiene Textbook, has been compelled to give up the task owing to recurrent illnesses and constant absences abroad on Government Service. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to Dr. Kennedy for his work in connection with the revision. The Association has been extremely fortunate in securing the services of Professor F. A. E. Crewe, F.R.S., etc., to undertake the revision. He is Professor of Public Health and Social Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and the leading authority on Hygiene in this country. It is too early yet to say when the revised edition will appear. CERTIFICATES FOR HOSPITAL LIBRARIANSHIP AND BOOK REPAIRING. The Hospital Library Committee of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society has introduced courses of instruction followed by examinations for students wishing to obtain the Hospital Librarians' Certificate or the Book Repairing Certificate. All arrangements for the courses and the examinations are in the hands of the Joint Committee, but each of the parent bodies has been entrusted with the issue of Certificates to its own successful candidates, and the Order has delegated the responsibility to the Association. PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE. The Planning Sub-Committee has continued to render valuable assist~nce t.o t~e COI?mittee an~ inter. alia has been responsible for the initial 111vestlgatlons 111 connectIon WIth the proposed establishment of a T~ainin.g Centre in the South and the organization of the Berkshire AI.r :On:t of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Contacts with the various lV~111Istr:es and Government Departments have been maintained and dISCUSSIOns have taken place with the Chief Medical Officer of the National Coal Board. PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE. ~he Publicity Sub-Committee has been actively engaged in projects deSIgned to stImulate public interest in' the work of the Ambulance Departmer:t. A poster has been produced known as the St. John Flag Po~t~r. whIch has been adopted as the official poster for publicising the actIvIh~s of. t?e Ambulance Department. This poster has been reproduced 111 m111l~ture for affixing to letters and parcels. A book-marker has also been mtroduced for inclusion in parcels of Textbooks and for sale at bazaars and fetes. A smallleafiet styled There is an Accident in the W orq,~ has been approved and widely distributed among industrial undertakmgs.

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Authority for producing a Publicity Film has been given. FILM SUB-COMMITTEE. The Film Sub-Committee has now completed the first stage of its investigations into the possibility of producing. ~s for use at the instruction of classes in First Aid and the followmg IS an extract from its interim report to the Ambulance Committee:-:- . . The Sub-Committee is unanimously of the opmIOn that a senes of short films would be of the greatest advantage to the Surgeon Instructor in explaining, and to the student in masterin~ the .more intricate parts of the syllabus of First Aid. The Sub-CommIttee IS equally convmced that films can never take the place of the Surgeon Instructor, but can only be an adjunct to the blackboard, chalk and diagrams. Members of the Sub-Committee have investigated the several film media available, including strip films and silent and sound films, and have come to the conclusion that silent coloured films would be most suitable. It was felt that strip films did not compare favourably with coloured silent films as regards instructional value. The Sub-Committee considers that five short films would be required depicting such subjects as circ~ati~n of the blo.od,. splinting, use of dressings and bandaging, reSpIratIOn and artifiCIal methods and transport." . . This Sub-Committee has now been instructed to proceed With ItS investigations with a view to submitting to the Ambulance Committee concrete proposals for consideration, including ways and means of distribution. II

EXHIBITION SUB-COMMITIEE. During the year, the energies of the Exhibition Sub-Committee have been devoted to preparing and acquiring new models, many of those in the original exhibition having become damaged in transit between the various localities in which the exhibition has been shown. The collaboration of Overseas Formations in the production of models has been sought, and their exhibits will. a:r:ive in this country ~n time for display at the opening of the ExhIbItIon of new models III London, planned for 1948. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT SUB-COMMITTEE. The work of this Sub-Committee shows steady development, as the number of Depots has risen in the course of the year from 447 to the target aimed at, namely, 500. Future. policy is bound t? be afie.ct ed by the issue of a circular under the NatIOnal Health SerVIce Act III July, 1947, under which it is competent for a Local Health Authority, ~ from the appointed day, (1) to establish central Depots for the . provISIOn of Nursing Equipment and Apparatus, and (2) to. make a free Iss~e .on loan or impose payment upon those whose means will allow. NegotIatIOns are in progress with City, County and County Boroughs for .the employm.ent of our Depots; and it remains to be see~ whethe~ a polIcy of centralIzation outweighs the advantage to the publIc of havmg the goods nearer to hand. The question of further expansion will deI?end upon. the attitude of the A.uthorities in what he.! become an ancillary NatIOnal Health

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Service. Meanwhile, it is to be hoped that the availability of valuable stores and more particularly the services of voluntary workers will not be lost sight of in implementing the Act. ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE HEALTH CONGRESS. The Health Congress organized by the Royal Sanitary Institute was held this year at Torquay. Major A. C. White Knox, O.B.E., M.C., M.B., represented the Association and submitted an informative report on topics of interest to the Association which were discussed at the Congress. VISITORS. The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association chose a novel method of sending the Association fraternal greetings in August. Two of its members were among the runners who carried Fiery Crosses from Edinburgh to London and, accompanied by the Commandant of the Corstorphine (Edinburgh) Section, they called at St. John's Gate and handed a Fiery Cross to the St. John Ambulance Association. The Association also welcomed Mr. Petursson of the National Life Saving Association of Iceland, who gave a most interesting account of First Aid arrangements in that country. lVIr. A. W. Cantwell, of the American National Red Cross, visited St. John's Gate on the last stage of his European tour, and discussed the history of the Ambulance Movement in America, and outlined the steps now being taken to extend the teaching of First Aid as a means of reducing the accident rate in American industry, and promised to forward statistics on the subject. STORES DEPARTMENT. The number of orders received from Centres of the St. John Ambulance Association and Units of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at home and overseas and from Railways, Collieries, and the like, shows a decrease on the previous year. But the orders were more SUbstantial, and involved the dispatch of 1,510,596 articles, an increase of 300,000. ' In addition, 4,883,000 paper flags and 309,655 labels and discs were supplied for St. John Flag days. Trading conditions are becoming more and more difficult but with few exceptions it has been possible to execute orders received. ' INVALID TRANSPORT CORPS. The Corps was inaugurated in September, 1883, for the conveyance of poor WIthout fees from Hospital and for richer patients ", but expene~ce proved that the poor did not often require the services of the Inv~hd Tr~nsport Corps and in consequence the service was placed on a paymg baSIS. The Corps. carried out .most excellent services continually through the years until Hl47, when It was decided by the Chapter-General of the Order that the Corps should be transferred to the Home Service Ambulance Committee of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and II

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the British Red Cross Society, because it had become an uneconomical unit for the following reasons : (a) From 1920 onwards more Ambulances became available throughout the country through Municipal Authorities, the Home Service Ambulance Committee, and Divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. (b) During the Second World War, it was not possible to replace the Ambulances operated by the Invalid Transport Corps and their maintenance became very expensive. (c) To bring the Invalid Transport Corps up to the required standard would have necessitated a large capital outlay for new Ambulances. (d) The Health Act, which places on Local Authorities the responsibility for providing adequate Ambulance services in their areas, becomes operative in 1948, and the call for the Invalid Transport Corps will diminish. (e) The Home Service Ambulance Committee with its large fleet of Ambulances has contracted with the London County Council to carry out certain services under the new Health Act. For the nine months prior to the transfer, 468 cases were carried 14,837 miles. APPRECIATION. The Committee records its indebtedness to those members of the medical and nursing professions who have given up much of their leisure to lecture to classes and conduct examinations, and thanks Centre Secretaries and all those others who have organized cla ses and devoted their time to the furtherance of the objects of the Association. Thi appreciation would not be complete without a reference to the long and faithful service of Mr. S. W . Malkin, who resigned the office of Centre Secretary of the North Staffordshire Centre after over 60 years' service as such. He took office in 1884, and resigned in 1947, an unsurpassed record of devoted service. In addition he was for many years Commissioner of No.5 District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and a member of the Ambulance Committee. He remains a member of the Chapter-General. REPORT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE AT HOME. The Director of Ambulance, Order of St. John. Sir, I have the honour to submit my Report for the year ended 31st December, 1947. There is a reduction in the adult personnel of 19,298 and an increase in Cadets of 899 compared with 1946. After the 1914-18 War it was about five to six years before the strength of the Brigade began to recover and maintain a steady increase each year up to 1939. Taking everything into consideration there seems no cause for alarm at the decrease in

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adult personnel during the past two or three years, but it is a matter of concern and every effort will be necessary to consolidate our present figures and then to improve on them. The increase in Cadets is a satisfactory feature. Forty Ambulance and fifty-three Nursing Divisions have been disbanded during the year. The following table shows the new Divisions formed and their strength :-

Ambulance Nursing. . Cadet Ambulance Cadet Nursing . Student Nursing

New Strength of Divisions. New Divisions. 282 17 9 105 38 695 56 1,166 133 14 134 (154)

2,381 (2,487)

iVote.- The figures for 1946 are shown in brackets against the total. Total Strength. England . N. Ireland. Wales

lvIen. 41,825 (53,316) 408 (527) 6,745 (7,340)

Women . 20,580 (27,024) 823 (1,222) 2,267 (2,617)

Boys. 16,720 (16,855) 160 (110) 3,608 (3,469)

Girls. 26,345 (25,711) 596 (749) 2,580 (2,216)

48,978 (61,183)

23,670 (30,763)

20,488 (20,434)

29,521 (28,676)

Grand Total . Adult personnel. 72,648 (91,946) Cadet personnel . 50,009 (49,110) 122,657 (141,056)

The drop in figures between 1946 and 1947 is therefore 18,399. The corresponding drop between 1945 and 1946 was 18,410. The pre-war, 1938, figures were :Adult personnel Cadet personnel

73,732 16,013 89,745

The following changes have been effected : .Th~ retirement of Sir Bertram Ford as County Commissioner for Bmnmgham and th~ appointment of Assistant County Commissioner W. E. Ballard as Actmg County Commissioner. The retirement of Lieut.-Col. C. W. Eames as County Commissioner for Shropshire and appointment of County Surgeon F. H. Edwards. fhe resignation of Mr. E. E. Dudley as Acting County Commissioner ' Staffordshire. and appointment of Capt. F. L. Richard.

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The appointment of Dr. F. R. B. H. Kennedy as County Commissioner for the Isle of Wight. I much regret to record the deaths of : Dr. VV. C. Bentall, Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief and Staff Officer for A.R.P. Services. Captain '!Y. Goodley, Commissioner of No. 1 District. Iajor A. C. vVhite Knox has been appointed as his successor. Notwithstanding the reduction in personnel there is a substantial increase in the work undertaken by the Brigade, especially in connection with the Motor Ambulance Service. The 532 ambulances operated by the Brigade carried 184,254 patients and dealt with 16,672 road accidents during the year; the total mileage being 3,148,481. First Aid was rendered by members of the Brigade to 536,419 per'ons. The \vork carried out by the Nursing Divisions is referred to in the Report of the uperintendent-in-Chief. NATIONAL HEALTH BILL.

Negotiations have been in progress with the various County Councils through the Home Service Ambulance Committee in regard to the lIIotor Ambulance Service under the National Health Bill which come, into operation on the 5th July next. In counties where a number of ambulances are maintained by the Brigade it is hoped that with few exceptions they will continue to carryon the work as agents under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health. The future replacement of ambulances and the entire cost of the Service will, however, be borne by the County Council acting for the Ministry of Health. The detailed arrangements vary in different counties and the negotiations have thrown much extra work on County Commissioners and their staffs. INSPECTIOl S.

H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent took the Annual Inspection of No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District on 20th July. The Director of Ambulance inspected Parades held in Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Durham and Northumberland, \Viltshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. I carried out Inspections in the following counties: Cheshire, Hereford, Norfolk, Northampton, Nottingham, Plymouth, and Sussex; I also inspected Units in Northern Ireland. I have been much impressed with the bearing and turn-out of all Units I have inspected. Inspections of Corps and Divisions were taken by the late Dr. Bentall in the East Riding of Yorkshire; by Col. Sir James Sleeman in Gloucester and Oxford; and by Col. Sir Bertram Ford in Bristol, Derby, Lancashire, Leicester, and Warwick.

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Team. Region. lv/arks. Trophies Gained. (1) Wolverton . 6 390t Dewar Shield and Trimble Trophy. (2) March L.N.E.R. 4 380 Symons Eccles Cup. (3) Camden L.M.S.. 5 378t Hong Kong Tro:phy. The Ellis Cup for Team Leader was won by Supt. G. Klrkham. PERROTT.

Team. (1) Harrow . (2) Weymouth.

Region. 5 6

Marks. 455t 447t

Trophies Gained. Perrott Shield and Chalmers Trophy. Corbet Fletcher Trophy and Golding Trophy.

(3) Moseley " A " 9 445t The Mountgarret Cup for Bed Making was won by Vaughan College Nursing Division, and the Ellis Cup for Team Leader by Sgt. J. Fernside.

The trophies and prizes were presented by H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, Deputy Commandant-in-Chief Nursing Corps and Divisions. The Cadet Finals were held at the Royal Horticultural Hall on the 28th Jovember, the results of which are recorded in the reports of the Chief Officers. The Cadet trophies and prizes were presented by H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, Superintendent-in-Chief for \Vales. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOTS.

The Brigade have opened 54 new Depots in England and Northern Ireland during 1947, making a total of 506 now being staffed by Brigade members. It is estimated that no less than 37,500 articles have been loaned during the year. Negotiations are proceeding as to the future of our Medical Comforts Depots under the National Health Bill. RESERVES.

Negotiations are still in progress regarding the future of the Royal Taval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve. The Military Hospitals Reserve is still in abeyance. BRIGADE BEl TEVOLENT FUND COMMITTEE.

Assistance to the extent of £127 lOs. was granted to ten cases during the year. CADETS.

Considerable progress has been made with the Cadet Organization, as will be seen from the Reports of the Chief Officers. It is known that a considerable number on attaining the age of 18 years have transferred to the Adult Divisions. INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES.

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The Dewar and Perrott Finals were held in the Victoria Hall, Bloomsbury, on the 13th June, the results being as follows : -

Noticeable during the year has been the increase in the number of Region.aljCounty / Area Training Courses and Days which are the result of a WIdespread feeling that the standard of Brigade training must be brought as speedily as possible up to its level of pre-war efficiency.

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A Residential Senior Officers' Conference at which thirty-three counties were represented, was held at High Leigh, Hoddesdon, from 28th-30th June. It was the first venture of its kind and proved a success. The speakers included the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the Chancellor of the Order, Colonel Sir Edwin King, Dame Beryl Oliver, ir Arthur Rucker, Deputy Secretary Ministry of Health, and Major White Knox. The theme of this Conference was the reassessment of Brigade work in the light of the new National Health Act, and the investigation of new avenues of Brigade Service. One result was that a similar Conference was held at Harrogate for Officers from the North of England, organized by the County Commissioner for the West Riding. Another was the decision to make this Conference an annual event. I have further set up a Training Investigation Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Major White Knox to examine all previous training proposals and to produce a comprehensive suggested scheme of training for the whole Brigade. A very full programme of courses for Officers has been drawn up for 1948. The emphasis will be laid on the importance of training Officers of County Rank and on teaching them how to conduct Regional/County Courses. AFFILIATION WITn MALTA.

The following Corps and Divisions have become affiliated to 'orps and Divisions in Malta : Bournemouth Corps, County of Hampshire. Christchurch Nursing Division, County of Gloucesier. Cheltenham Central Nursing Division, County of Gloucc ter. Borough of Guildford Corps, County of Surrey. Taunton Nursing Division, County of Somerset.

The County of Plymouth, South-\Vest Devon, and East Cornwall also have become affiliated to the No.3 De Vilhena Corps in Malta. It is gratifying to note from the Report of the Surgeon-in-Chief the admirable work which is being carried out by the urgeons and Nur ing Officers, upon whom the Brigade depends for its standard of efficiency in First Aid and Nursing subjects. I should like to add my personal tribute to the unfailing help that the Brigade receives from the medical and nursing professions. CONCLUSION.

I wish to express my high appreciation of the most valuable service~ rendered by the Surgeon-in-Chief and the Superintendent-in-Chief during the past year, and in her absence, to the Deputy Superintendentin-Chief, as also to the Chief Officers for Ambulance and Nursing Cadets, Com,missioners and their Staffs, for their loyal co-operation and efficient serVIce. I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, H. R. POWNALL, Lt.-General, Chief Commissioner.

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REPORT OF SURGEON-IN-CHIEF TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.

The Chief Commissioner. Sir, Herewith I have the honour to submit my report for the twelve months ending 31st December, 1947, being the sixtieth year of the Brigade. This is based partly on the observations of my Staff and myself, and partly on the helpful reports with which the Surgeon-in-Chief for the Priory of Wales and the District and County Surgeons of England and Northern Ireland have favoured me. MEDICAL STRENGTH.

Once again I have to report an increase in the number of Surgeons on the Brigade Roll, the total at the beginning of the year being 3,284 of whom 3,172 were serving in the technical and 112 in the executive section of the Brigade. Further, though there have been some resignations during the year, owing chiefly to change of residence, I am confident that there was a further increase during the year. Experience has shown that the letter of welcome, which I always send to each newly appointed Divisional Surgeon, continues to elicit in many instances courteous replies which foretell enthusiasm and efficiency in carrying out the prescribed duties. To this end I always include with my letter a copy of the official pamphlet" The Appointment and Duties of Surgeons", which is valuable because it ensures that all urgeons commence their Brigade careers with a clear knowledge of what is expected of them. On the other hand, my letter has several times called forth an immediate resignation from its recipient who pleaded that he had been given to understand that his duties were merely honorary! A NUAL RE-EXAMI

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The chief duty of the Divisional Surgeons-to whom the Brigade owes so big a debt of gratitude-is to teach the members of their units, while that of the County urgeons is to conduct the annual re-examinations of all units within their commands whereby members put their knowledge to the test. During this year three County Surgeons report that they were able to visit and re-examine all their Divisions. The rest, however, report that travel difficulties and especially the shortage of petrol prevented them from doing this duty in its entirety. Further, the majority tell me that, wherever possible, efforts were made this year to appoint S.urgeons of neighbouring Divisions to carry out the annual re-examinahons. Consequently the war-time permission for Surgeons to re-examine the meI"?bers of their own units was not as freely exercised this year as it was dynng the war years. In this connection Clause 253 of Brigade Regulahons lays . it down that the re-examinations should be held prior to 31st July 111 each year whereby time is allowed for those who have been unable to attend or fail, to be re-examined during the remaining period of the year. In these circumstances it is disquieting to learn from the

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Chief Secretary that in December of this year he was asked to arrange 696 re-examinations and supplementary re-examinations! It would surely be to everyone's advantage if all these examinations were compulsorily held before a given date, say 31st October. If this were done, Divisional Superintendents could then forward their Forms B.F.1 in good time and so enable the County Commissioners to do the same thing with the result that the present-day delay in forwarding reports would be avoided. FINAL COMPETITIONS. The event of the year was the revival of Brigade Final Competitions which were last held in 1939 and which took place on 13th June at the Victoria Halls, Bloomsbury, London. The function proved a great success and attracted members from all parts of England, from \Vales, and from Northern Ireland, who watched critically the work of the competing teams. As in previous years we selected tests which were essentially practical and typical of emergencies such as the competitors might conceivably have to handle on or off duty. In the ". Dewar" the team test presented an accident in an hotel, a 'port~r b~u:g thrown off a ladder and a kitchen maid who was assisting hIm bemg m]ured as the result of a fall on her right hand. In the (( Perrott" the team test was set in a seaside town, a man being knocked down by ~ m.otor cycle as he left his home .and requiring after-care and nursing m hIS bedroom consequent on unavOIdable delay in procuring an ambulance for removal to hospital. The individual tests were varied, and in the "Dewar" included treatment of patients suffering from fracture of patella and wound of hand, from fractures of ribs and forearm, and the demonstration of Schafer's method of artificial respiration. Those in the "Perrott" (in the compilation of which I was greatly assisted by District Officer Mrs. ~ayner, of No. 1 District) included the treatment of a patient suffermg from. fractures of forearm and scapula, the preparation of a bed fo!, a patIent who had :unexpectedly returned from hospital after operatIon, and the preparatIOn of a patient for an enema which the District Nurse would administer. For the re~listic st~g:ing o~ all these tests we were once again indebted to the ASSOCIated BntIsh PIcture Corporation and more particularly to Mr. Joseph Grossman, who gave freely of his time to the actual presentation of the various incidents. The Competitions were honoured by H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester (I?eputy Commandant-in-Chief Nursing Corps and Divisions), who wItnessed a team at work in the" Perrott" Team Test and afterwards presented the trophies and prizes to the winning teams and competitors. WEEK-END CONFERENCE. Th~ third Annual Week-end Conference of Surgeons took place at the Bonnmgton Hotel, London, on 27th and 28th September. This was the first 'post-war gathering of Surgeons, many of whom remembered the prevIOus Conferences of 1937 and 1938 and wrote to me asking if it could not be revived.

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The Conference, which you were good enough to open with an address of welcome consisted of a series of lectures and demonstrations on matters of interest' to Surgeons and attracted 125 Surgeons of all ranks in the technical and executive sections of the Brigade. On the Saturday Dr. A. C. White Knox (No. 1 District) gave a talk on "The Brigade Peace-time Set-up", which gave his hearers matter for discussion. Then followed an informative talk by Sir Heneage Ogilvie, F.R.C.S. (Guy's Hospital), who spok.e on " Sh.ock-Its .Causes and .Effects ", and illustrated his lecture WIth a specIal CanadIan Army Film. The evening of the 27th was devoted to a dinner and dance at which I was privileged to welcome the guests, and Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil Wakeley, F.R.C.S. (King's College Hospital), was the guest of honour. Mr. R. S. Handley, F.R.C.S. (Middlesex Hospital), proposed the toast of (( The Order", to which Sir Cecil Wakeley replied. Next the to!1st of (( The Brigade" was given by Mr. F. W. Lindgreen, F.S.A., who expressed thanks for the good work done by members, and Major P. G. DarvilSmith (Brigade Secretary) replied. The Sunday morning session opened with talks on " Aids to Teaching", Dr. Hoby (Kent) giving details in the use of the Quiz and Dr. D. J. Nicol (Birmingham) demonstrating the use of plaster casts in lecture and competition. This was followed by a joint talk by Dr. F . H. Edwards (Shropshire) and Dr. D. J. Nicol on (( The Standards of Marking". Next, Dr. M. M. Scott (No.1 District), a member of the Textbook Revision Committee, gave an interesting talk on The Supplement to Textbook" and set forth the reasons why it has been issued, the format in which it had been issued, and the work which was being undertaken by the Revision Committee. Next Dr. Gordon Wallace (Dorset), who is also a Medical Officer of Health, gave an interesting talk on The Co-operation of the Brigade with the Local Authorities"; and this was followed by a di cussion on several matters, including the red piping which the Conference felt should be worn by all Surgeons in the technical and executive sections of the Brigade. After lunch Dr. A. Leslie Bankes (Senior Medical Officer, Ministry of Health) gave an explanatory talk on the National Health Service. Other matters dealt with were (( Re-examination of Divisions" (Dr. Stokes, London), and The Standard of Examination" (Dr. Basil Steele, London). Thus came to an end the first post-war Conference of Surgeons. At the close of the General Conference I met the District and County Surgeons in our fourth Annual Conference, discussed with them sundry matters which had cropped up, and at their request submitted to you certain resolutions which you later approved. The success of the 'Neek-end Conference was the outcome of good team work, to which Major P. G. Darvil-Smith, 1\1r. J. S. Hannam, and Mr. George Craft contributed their full shares and earned my gratitude. In the main, however, it was brought about by the strenuous effor.:ts of my Secretary, District Staff Officer E. T. Milburn, who undertook the full burden and responsibility of organizing the Conference, the Dinner , and ~he Dance. Perhaps, however, the most pleasing sequel to the functIon was the number of letters which I afterwards received from Surgeons expressing their appreciation of all the efforts made for their it

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instruction and entertainment and urging that a further Conference be held in 1948. CADET FINAL COMPETITIONS. The first Brigade Final Cadet Competitions were held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, London, on 28th November, when the winners of the Regional Competitions vied for the honour of taking home the new Cadet Championship Trophies and Individual Prizes. The tests and the judging were under the direction of District Commissioner Dr. A. C. White Knox, and throughout the day the hall was packed with spectators who watched with enthusiasm the work performed by the senior and junior members of Ambulance and Nursing Cadet Divisions. The Competitions were honoured by H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent (Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, The Priory for \Vales), who was extremely interested in the demonstration given by the Weymouth Senior Nursing Cadets and afterwards presented the team trophies and individual prize. IN MEMORIAM. With profound regret I have to record the passing of three emor Surgeons who will be sadly missed. In August, County Surgeon James Pirie died at Harbury. He was one of the best known medical practitioners in the County of \Varwick, and was connected with the Brigade for more than forty year . In October, Dr. Henry William trover, O.B.E., who for twenty-five years was County Surgeon of Bristol until ill health caused his re ignation in 1916. He joined the Brigade in 1912, and during \Vorld \;Var No.1 he formed the first V.A.D. Hospital in West Hartlepool, of which he wa appointed Commandant. On 16th November the Brigade suffered a grievous loss by the death of Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief William Charles Bentall, O.B.E., who in 1910 was appointed Divisional Medical Officer for Southport and Honorary Lecturer to the Association, and in 1936 was promoted to Brigade Headquarter Staff and A.R.P. Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner. In all my dealings with him during the past eleven years I found Dr. Bentall a most loyal and energetic colleague who was always ready to undertake all duties offered to him. He was present at and assisted me in all Final Competitions, and his cheery smile and bright conversation will always be remembered by those who, drawn from all parts of the Brigade, took part in those contests. Although in failing health, he insisted on being present at the 1947 Final Competitions and in acting as in previous years as Referee. His passing is a great loss to the Brigade; and it will be no easy task to replace him. CO CLUSION. In conclusion, I am satisfied that the great majority of Surgeons are giving fully and freely of their services in the advancement of the objects of the Brigade, and that the few who are not so keen, would quickly acquire a like enthusiasm if they realized the wonderful results which have been achieved in the sixty years of its history. In these circumstances I place on record my deep appreciation of the whole-hearted

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support which during this year I have had from yourself, from all ranks of Surgeons, from Headquarter Staff in the person of Major P. G. DarvilSmith and Mr. J. S. Hannam, and from my personal Staff. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Surgeon-in-Chiej. REPORT OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT-IN -CHIEF, NURSING CORPS AND DIVISIONS.

To the Superintendent-in-Chief. Madam, It is with pleasure that I submit to you this report on the work of the Nursing Corps and Divisions for the year 1947 for the first three months of which you yourself were in this country. H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, as Deputy Commandant, Nursing Corps and Divisions, and H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, Superintendentin-Chief for Wales, have again graciously shown their interest in the work of our Nursing personnel. HONOURS. H.M. the King has been graciously pleased to honour the following members by the award of the M.B.E. ;Miss F. M. Tutte Miss C. Campbell Miss C. J. Ensor Miss V. 1. Leather.

Corps Superintendent, Southampton Corps. Knightsbridge Nursing Division (for Welfare Service in S.E.A.C.). Lymington Nursing Division (for Welfare and Civilian Relief Services in S.E.A.C.). Swanage Nursing Division (for Civilian Relief Services in S.E.A.C.).

Miss P. Cooper (Chingford Nursing Division) received" H.M. The King's Commendation for Brave Conduct" in entering a minefield to render first aid to an Italian civilian. I SPECTIO S. I had the honour of being present when H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent inspected No.1 District. I accompanied the Chief Commissioner when he carried out the County Inspections in Cheshire, Norfolk, Herefordshire and Nottinghamshire, and was also present at the Buckinghamshire' Wiltshire, and Birmingham County Inspections taken by the Director, of Ambulance. At each of the County Inspections I inspected the Nursing personnel. Mrs. Girouard, Assistant Superintendent-in-Chief, accompanying Sir Clive Liddell, inspected the Nursing personnel in Northumberland and Durham and the West Riding of Yorkshire, and was also present at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Keighley and Barnoldswick Corps. PERSONNEL. Nine new Nursing Divisions have been registered, and it is encouraging

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to note that the rate of disbandment of Nursing Divisions, which was inevitable following the war years, has decreased considerably, only 53 Divisions being disbanded in 1947, compared with 100 in the previous year . The total strength of the Nursing Corps and Divisions now stands at approximately 24,000, an increase of nearly 6,000 over the pre-war figure. BRIGADE DUTIES.

The usual Brigade Duties continued to make an increasing demand upon members. Hospital Duty.-The voluntary service in hospitals, which nursing members have always given, continues, and has in no way been superseded by the Ministry of Health Part-time Nursing Scheme, to which reference is made elsewhere. That this is appreciated is shown by the fact that the Town Clerk of \Veymouth sent a personal letter to each of the five members of the local Division who gave regular assistance at the Isolation Hospital during the Infantile Paralysis epidemic. Nursing Aid Service.-The help which our nursing personnel can give to the District Nurse is becoming better known. One \Vorcestershire Nursing Division records more than a hundred Nursing Aid Duties in the course of a year. Child TVelfare Centres and Day and Residential -urseries.-The regular attendance of members at these Centres and Nurseries is of great value to the responsible authorities and is much appreciated. Escort Duties.-Demands for escorts are increasing from Hospitals and in connection with Children's Organizations, such as the Church of England Children's Society. It is of interest to record that an Officer of the Scholes Cadet Nursing Division escorted a seriously ill patient from Leeds General Hospital by train and aeroplane to Switzerland. Blood Transfusion.-Many Divisions of the Brigade take an active part in the Blood Transfusion Services: for instance the Hereford Divisions are responsible for the whole organization of this Service in the ity, including regular sessions for the grouping and collection of blood, and for :the care of the apparatus. Beach Huts.-Many seaside Divisions had a busy summer staffing the Beach Huts. At the Blackpool Promenade First Aid Post over 6,000 cases were treated, and Weymouth has had one of the busiest seasons on record, 886 cases being dealt with and 642 lost children cared for. Medical Comforts Depots.-Many hours of duty are given in conn ction with the Medical Comforts Depots and the Nursing Divisions are themselves responsible for more than 200 of these. Girl Guide Camps.-Once again, at the request of the Girl Guide Association, the Nursing Divisions provided First Aid Attendants for Camps, including those for the International Guide Folk Dance Festival. This was of mutual benefit; demonstrating to them the value of Brigade training, and introducing our members to camp life. Welfare Services .-It is not easy to give a resume of the many activities covered by the term welfare, but this is always understood by the Brigade to be an integral part of any ancilliary Medical or Nursing Service. Flood ,-The calls upon our members during the serious flooding

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which occurred in the early spring were numerous and exacting, particularly in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and .Lincol~shire. In many instances members were on duty from early mormng unbllate into the night assisting with evacuation, feeding, and clothing, and with the removal of sick persons to hospital. In some cases Divisional Headquarters were c.onve~ted into temporary homes.. . Goswick Tra~n D~saster . -A letter m appreClatIOn of the excellent service rendered by the Berwick-on-Tweed Nursing Division in connection with the Goswick Train Disaster was received from the Chief Constable for Northumberland. The Divisional Superintendent and six members were quickly at the scene of the disaster and they continued their arduous work until the following day. Other members reported at the Berwick Hospital and carried out many hours of duty. RESIDENTIAL HOSPITAL DUTIES.

Resident duty was undertaken at the Royal Masonic Hospital and at the Royal Free Hospital, during the Nurses' holiday period, by eight members from the following counties: Dorset, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was unfortunate that offers of help received from a number of other members were not for periods convenient to the hospitals. :tilL ISTI{Y OF HEALTH PART-TIME

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This scheme was launched by the Ministry in certain selected areas at the beginning of 1947. The Brigade has provided many part-time nursing volunteers and in addition has assisted with the general organization and propaganda connected with the scheme. In East Suffolk the Local Authority appointed Miss Miller, the Brigade County Nursing Officer, as their Organizer: Wales, the \Vest Riding of Yorkshire, and Kent are other areas where the response has been particularly satisfactory. MENTAL INSTITUTIO

The Board of Control have expressed their appreciation of the assistance given by the Brigade in response to their appeal for help in staffing Mental Institutions. This need is now being largely met by the Part-time Nursing Scheme and therefore further calls upon the Brigade are unlikely to be made. VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENTS.

During the year 15 V.A.D.s were posted, making a total of 87 now se:-ving (Royal Navy 37, including 2 in Hong Kong, 2 in Malta, and 3 m Ceylon; Army 50, of \vhich number 10 are in B.A.O.R.). A call from the Admiralty for 400 Naval V.A.D.s resulted in an intensive recruiting drive, initiated in conjunction with the B.R.C.S. So far only a small number of St. John members has volunteered, but it is hoped that as a result of this drive many more members will come forward. CIVIL NURSING RESERVE.

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the end of June was 1,609. These members continue to make a valuable contribution to the hospitals. Three Red Stars (for a year's satisfactory service) were awarded before the end of March, from which date such awards ceased to be given. During the 7i years for which Red Stars Awards were available Brigade members gained 7,399 and for the six years in which Blue Star Awards were available 87 were awarded. AIR UNIT. Towards the end of the year I attended the inaugural ceremony of the 1st St. J olm (Berkshire) Air Unit. The Brigade is indebted to the foresight of the County Commissioner and County Superintendent and also to the County Surgeon, and Mrs. Miles, for their active co-operation in the training of these Air Attendants. The Division's first duty was undertaken by the Officer-in-Charge who, at the request of the St. John and Red Cross Emergency Help Department, transported a patient back from witzerland. CONFERENCES. By the courtesy of the Executive Officers of the Order a one-day Conference was held at St. John's Gate for Senior Officers of the Nursing Corps and Divisions. Over 100 county representatives attended and asked that a similar conference should be held each year. The Nursing Corps and Divisions were well represented at the Headquarters Senior Officers' Week-end Conference at Hoddesdon, and were glad to welcome, as delegates, Lady Town and Mr ' . \Vitcher, of the Brigade Overseas. Mrs. Girouard and I attended the excellent conference held in Harrogate, and welcomed the opportunity of meeting so many O.fi1cers from Regions I and II. I should like to express my appreciation of the valuable help which Miss Blyth, Assistant Secretary for Training, has given with the arrangements for the various conferences. TRAINING COURSES. It is encouraging to note the increased number of Training Course arranged in the counties during the year. vVe, at Headquarters, have appreciated being consulted in the drawing up of the programmes. Mrs. Girouard spoke at the Courses arranged in Hampshire, Northern Ireland and Somerset; Lady Brecknock at those in Essex and Nottingham. BRIGADE COMPETITIONS. It gave particular pleasure to the Nursing Corps and Divisions that their Deputy Commandant, H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, graciously consented to present the trophies at the Brigade Competition Finals. The Nursing Divisions found in the reinstitution of the Finals a welcome opportunity for intensive training. It was encouraging to hear from Miss Read, Principal Matron Q.A.I.M.N.S., Dame Emily Blair, Matronin-Chief, B.R.C.S., and Miss Broadley, Assistant Matron of the London

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Hospital, who were kind eno~gh to judge the nursing sections of .the Competitions, that they consIde::ed the st~ndard ~f work to be hIgh. I should like to express my gratItude to MISS Harnson, Mrs. Falwasser (Chief Steward), Miss Workman (Assistant Chief Steward), and to all those who were kind enough to assist with the Competition Finals. The winners of the trophies were : Harrow.

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The Perrott Shield and the Chalmers Trophy. The Corbet Fletcher and the Margarrette Golding Trophies. The Mountgarret Cup. The Ellis Cup.

OVERSEAS VISITS. In the early part of the year, prior to the termination of the Joint War Organization, the Countess of Brecknock, Senior Staff Officer, undertook a tour of inspection of Civilian Relief and Welfare Work in Austria, B.A.O.R., and Paris, visiting Displaced Persons Camps, Clothing Distribution Centres, Hospitals, Convalescent Homes, and Rehabilitation Centres. While in Austria she had an interview with the Grand Prior of the Knights of falta. OVERSEAS CIVILIAN RELIEF. \Vhen the Joint \Var Organization closed down at the end of June it was agreed that the British Red Cross Society should become responsible for the Civilian Relief vVork in North-West Europe, but the Society expressed the hope that Brigade members would continue to assist in this field. Our members, in co-operation with their B.R.C.S. colleagues, are doing magnificent work amongst the Germans and Displaced Persons as well as in the Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centres, and Convalescent Homes in Germany. The total number of St. John personnel serving with Civilian Relief Units at 1st January, 1947, was : 33 (20 women, 13 men) . 6 ( 5 women, 1 man) 3 ( 3 women)

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Spe.cial mention should be made of the admirable work accomplished by MISS K. Rackham as supervisor in the Vienna area, where her drive and tact overcame many difficulties; also of Miss M. Crosbie, in charge of Stores in the Austrian Commission and of Miss Russell-Roberts , Supervisor of Land K a r n t e n . ' SERVICE HOSPITALS WELFARE DEPARTMENT. The responsibility for this department was transferred during June, 1947, from the Joint War Organization to the recently formed Service

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Hospitals Welfare Committee, on which there is equal St. John and B.R.C.S. representation. . At the request of the Service Ministeries a permanent peace-time service has been instituted and the Department is fortunate in having Lady Brecknock as Deputy Chief Headquarters Welfare Officer, for her experience and wise judgment have been invaluable in solving the many initial problems involved. The overseas work of this Department has been curtailed owing to the withdrawal of British troops. During the year Miss Ensor was appointed Chief Welfare Officer in B.A.O.R., thus giving the Brigade two such appointments, as Miss de Mierre continued her excellent work, in a similar capacity, under the difficult conditions pertaining in S.E.A.L.F. At the end of 1947 there were 18 St. John Welfare Officers in Oversea Commands : l\I.E. B.A.O.R. S.E.A.L.F. C.M.F.

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The Service Hospitals welfare work in the United Kingclom has expanded during the year and there are now 9 St. John Officers serving as Resident Welfare Officers in Army and R.A.F. Hospitals. It is proposed to introduce a recognized Training Scheme for \Velfare Officers, carrying an Association/B.R.C.S. C rtificate, but meanwhile members are receiving practical training under the direction of Ii s P. Davey (St. John), at Queen Alexandra's Hospital, Horley. At the request of the Swiss Red Cross two \Velfare Officers were appointed by the Department to look after the welfare of long-term patients under the Swiss Hospitality scheme. A St. John Officer, Miss Bucldey, accompanied one of the parties out to Switzerland and remained in charge at \iVeggis, Lake Lucerne, where during the course of the summer, 120 convalescent patients were accommodated. ince her return to this country Miss Buckley has undertaken the work of ecretary to the Service Hospitals Welfare Committee. HOSPITAL LIBRARIES.

The work of the Hospital Library Department of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society has expanded and developed in all parts of the country during the past year, and a Hospital Librarian Certificate has been introduced by the Association/ B.R.C.S. Brigade members are assisting as Hospital Librarians and have opened depots in many parts of the country, and an increasing number of members are interesting themselves in bookbinding. The Brigade has four officers working at the Hospital Libraries Headquarters, including a Mobile Librarian who has visited Hospital Libraries and Depots in many counties. There are now two St. John members posted as Resident Librarians in Service Hospitals in the United Kingdom. A most successful Training Course for Hospital Library County Organizers was held at Ashridge in October at which Lady Brecknock was one of the speakers and the Brigade was well represented.

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AFTER-CARE AND EMERGENCY HELP SCHEME.

The work of the After-Care and Emergency Help Departments of the Joint Comn:ittee of the .Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society has mcreased dunng the past year. The E~ergency Hel~ Scheme now sends specially selected cases of T.B. ex-Servlcemen to SWltzerland for treatment. Brigade members in increasing numbers are working as After-Care and Emergency Help Visitors throughout the country, and the Officerin-Charge of the Naval Section at the After-Care Headquarters is a member of the Brigade. JOINT COMMITTEE TRAINING SCHEME.

Up to the end of 1947 twelve members of the Nursing Divisions had been successful in obtaining grants under the St. John and Red Cross Training Scheme. This number includes a Canadian member whose award was an acknowledgment of the service given by the contingent of Canadian t. John members who worked for the j.W.O. and C.N.R. during the war. The careers for which these candidates are studying include those of State Registered Nurse, Almoner, Physiotherapist, Psychiatric Social \Vorker, and Social ervice Worker. As Vice-Chairman of the Training Scheme Sub-Committee I have watched with pleasure the high standard of our St. John applicants. HOSPITAL CAR SERVICE.

At the request of the Ministry of Health the Hospital Car Service will definitely be the responsibility of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the British Red Cross ociety, and the W.V.S. until July, 1948. It has fallen to Mr . Girouard to act as Brigade representative in the many negotiations with the linistry and other Departments concerned, and to maintain the closest co-operation with the B.R.C.S. and the the \V.V. . In addition she has readily undertaken many journeys to different counties and her work has contributed much towards the smooth running of the scheme. The Brigade now organizes this Service in ten counties in England and is also responsible for Northern Ireland, and has Area Transport Officers in all parts. A Conference for County Organizers, held in London, was well attended. The abolition of the basic petrol ration has resulted in more demands being made for Hospital Cars, but the increase of the mileage rate, from 3d. to 6d., has assisted in recruitment. LIAISO l

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Members of the Nursing Corps and Divisions represent the Order/ Brigade on the following Committees : British Council for Rehabilitation-Council and Rehabilitation Committee . British Council for Welfare of Spastics Central Council for Health Education. Civil NurSing Reserve Advisory Council

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Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad National Advisory Council for the Recruitment of Nurses and Midwives. National Council of Social Service Women's Group on Public Welfare National Old Peoples' Welfare . Foster Parents. ., . British National Committee of the International Conference on Social Service Queen's Institute of District Nursing. . Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Home Safety Committee Women's Voluntary Services : Ad visory Council . General Purposes Committee

The Countess of Brecknock (Depu ty). Miss M. C. Cochrane. The Hon. Mrs. Leslie Gamage. Doreen, Lady Brabourne. Miss M. Tuckwell. Miss M. Tuckwell. The Countess of Brecknock. Mrs. Falwasser. :Mrs. Huntington. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputy). Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputy).

Among the many Conferences at which the Brigade was represented by a member of the Nursing Corps and Divisions were : International Conference on Maternity and Child 'Welfare, held in London. " Commonwealth and Empire Health and Tuberculosis Conference" ( alional Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis). held in London. Joint Conference of "Women's Group on Public 'Welfare and Standing Conference of Women's Organizations, held in London. " The Health Visitor in a Comprehensive Health Scheme" (Royal College of Nursing). held at Gloucester. Open Conference of Public Health and Industrial Nursing (Royal College of Nursing), held in Sheffield. " Public Health Nurse and the Social 'V'orker" (Royal College of 1 ursing). held in Leicester. " Rehabilitation" (British Council for Rehabilitation). held in Nottingham. WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

This Committee met twice during 1947 and gave much thought to many controversial problems concerning the present and future work of the nursing personnel. I, personally, have received the greate t help from the members of this Committee, for which I am more than grateful, and feel that the able manner in which they represent the views of their Regions should be recorded. At the end of the year Regional ballots took place to elect the Representatives for 1948-9 : RESIGNATIONS.

During the year the following County Superintendents' resignations were received with regret : Miss G. E. Partridge Miss A. Jacklin Mrs. E. J. Anderson Miss W. Gibson . Lady Dawson of Penn

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It is difficult to give adequate expression to the gratitude I feel for the loyal support which, in your absence, I have received from the Nursing Corps and Divisions. The Chief Commissioner's deep interest in all matters concerning these Divisions has been much valued. Further, his patient understanding of any problems on which I have sought his ruling has been of great help to me personally. Upon Mrs. Girouard there has fallen extra work and responsibility during your absence overseas. Her willing and cheerful acceptance of this has been a real encouragement to all of us at Headquarters. In addition to her unfailing support as Assistant Superintendent-in-Chief I am grateful to her for taking off my shoulders all work connected with the Hospital Car Service, Emergency Help and After-care, and Hospital Libraries. Miss Harrison has again added another year of devoted service to her Brigade record. You, I know, realize what great assistance it is to have as Secretary of the Nursing Corps and Divisions one whose judgment is held in such high regard by all members of the Brigade. The happy spirit and mutual co-operation prevailing among the Headquarters taff under her charge is a further tribute to her. Your enior Staff Officer, Lady Brecknock, has taken an increasing part in the work of Headquarters. Her experience and clear grasp of essential matters has been of great assistance, especially in connection with approaches to various Ministries. It is a pleasure to hear how much our \Velfare Officers appreciate her interest in each of them personally. My Staff Officer, . . liss Longden, has dealt most efficiently with an ever-increasing volume of work. Her care and attention to detail and clarity of expression has been of much help to those setting out matters for publication and is of the very greatest assistance to me personally. Although Miss Cunard presents a separate report on the Cadet side I should like to mention that I consider the happy relationship which she and her Department have established with .the County Cadet Officers (N) has reflected itself throughout the Cadet movement and is largely responsible for the increase in Cadet Nursing Divisions. To all the Headquarters Staff of the Nursing Corps and Divisions, as well as to those whom I have mentioned by name, I express my grateful thanks for a further year of unselfish service on behalf of the Brigade. Judging by my visits of inspection, attendance at conferences, and conversations with individual members it is evident that there is now a definite realization that the new Health Services will increase the calls made upon the Nursing Divisions. This has stimulated interest generally and resulted in an increased demand for specialized training, which many of the counties have themselves provided by means of week-end courses and conferences. You would be touched, Madam, if you knew of the many inquiries ~ade on your behalf and of the pleasure expressed when it is known that, m. spite of your being in India and the volume of your work there, you still keep in touch with the activities of the Brigade through special detailed monthly reports.

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In conclusion it should be recorded that, in spite of no lightening of austerity conditions in the home, members of the Nursing Corps and Divisions continue to uphold the traditions of St. ] ohn by unselfish service to their neighbours, and I feel that you, Madam, may well be proud of that pirit. I have the honour to be, Madam, Your Deputy, ]USTINA DUNBAR-NASMITH. REPORT OF THE ACTING CHIEF OFFICER AMBULANCE CADETS.

To the Chief Commissioner. Sir, I have the honour to submit my Report of the t. John Ambulance Brigade Ambulance Cadets for the year ending December, 1947. Satisfactory progress has been maintained during the year. Thirtyeight new Divisions were registered with a personnel of 695. \Vhen the Returns are complete the figures will be included as an appendix to this Report. I took over the office of Acting Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets on 1st August from Major P. G. Darvil-Smith, C.B.E., to whom the grat ful thanks of the Ambulance Cadet Department are due for his five y ars of successful leadership during which the numbers of Ambulance Cadet rose by over 20 per cent. CADET NATIONAL FINAL COMPETITIONS. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent graciously presented the trophies and prizes at the first National Finals Competitions on the 28th November. The following cups were presented to the winners :The White-Knox Cup The New Zealand Cup The Schooling Cup Jarvis Cup

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Horsham Ambulance Cadet Division . Horsham Ambulance Cadet Division . Southwick Ambulance Cadet Division. Frickley Colliery Ambulance Cadet Division.

THE CADET ADVISORY A D OTHER COMMITTEES. Quarterly meetings were held which were excellently attended, as well as the three new Sub-Committees set up during the year, as detailed in the Chief Officer Nursing Cadets' Report. There has been a noticeable increase in activity and in the number of meetings of the Regional Cadet Advisory Committees. I h~ve represented the Ambulance Cadets on the following Brigade CommIttees: Brigade Sub-Committee, Publicity Committee, and the Training Investigation Sub-Committee, and on the following outside bodies and meetings: The Standing Conference of National Voluntary Youth Organizations, The 18-30 Conference, The National Council of Social Service, The Howard League for Penal Reform, The Hansard

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Society, and at the various receptions for German Youth Leaders and Burmese Students, sponsored by the National Council of Social Service. CONFERENCE. The Annual County/Area Cadet Officers' Conference was held on the 29th March at which the Ambulance Cadets were well represented. Further details are included in the Report of the Chief Officer Nursing Cadets. AWARDS. Grand Prior Badges for 1947 total 30. pecial Service Shields for 1947 total 21. TRA SFERS TO ADULT DIVISIONS. A record number of Ambulance Cadets, numbering 343 in all, transferred during the year to Adult Divisions. An attempt has been made to increase this number by encouraging Cadet Superintendents to have Cadets registered with Adult Divisions before conscription and then to maintain close contact with them in order to foster their interest in Brigade affairs during their period of service with His Majesty's Forces. UNIFORM. It has been re olved to retain the existing uniform as the standard dress for Cadet Divisions. Orders have, however, been published regularizing the wearing of a modified uniform as long as the present clothing shortage lasts. CAMPS. Thirty-two applications were received for camps this year and ten for mixed camps. Although the applications were less than for 1946 the actual number of Ambulance Cadets camping for the year was greatly increased as many of the counties preferred to hold large County or Area Camps in order to tide over the officer shortage and to give instruction to more junior Officer in Camp Craft in preparation for the Camping \Varrant. I visited camps at Northaw (Hertfordshire) and Blue Anchor ( omerset) at both of which French children from the Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer Fran<;ais were being entertained. I also visited Guildford Park, I Ie of \Vight (Buckinghamshire), and Ruthin, North \Vales (Herefordshire), and a Camping Course for Cadet Officers of No.1 District, outhern Area, at Polton Lacey. At the Bexhill Standing Camp to which I also 'went Ambulance Cadets were present from as far away as Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire. The effect of the introduction of the Camping Warrant has been greatly to increase the interest of Cadet Officers in this subject. COURSES AND MEETINGS. I visited and spoke at the following Courses: Amersham Theoretical Camp Training Course, H.Q. County/Area Cadet Officers' Conference at Amersham, No.4 Region Cadet Officers' Training Course at Glemham

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(Suffolk), No. 1 District Eastern Area Course at Southend, Wiltshire Cadet N.C.O. Course at Salisbury, and at Officers' Meetings at Sheffield and Oxford. TRAINING.

The response to Training Courses generally has been most gratifying, and it is clear that Cadet Officers of all ranks are alive to the necessity of ever improving their knowledge if Cadet Divisions are to reach as high a standard of efficiency as branches of other National Youth Organizations.

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YOUTH CO FERE CES.

As representative of the Ambulance Cadets on the tanding Conference of 1 ational Voluntary Youth Organizations I have been impressed by reports that have reached the National Committee of the activities of St. John Cadet Officers on the local tanding Conference. On the new 18-30 Conference Miss Nevile has now replaced me as representative for the Cadet Movement. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

During the year close liaison has been established with the 'VeHare Departments of the French Railways which resulted in the visit of French children to this country. Twenty-five went to Blue Anchor in Somerset, where the Camp was run by County Superintendent Dr. Gladys Danby, seven to Northaw under County Cadet Officer Hender on- mith, and one to stay with families in ~ottinghamshire. It had been arranged for many more to come over, but the infantile paralysis scare interrupted the arrange:nents. The Blue Anchor Camp was honoured by a visit from the ChIef Officer of the Welfare Departments of the Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer Fran<;ais, Monsieur Marcel Mollion, and other high officials of the French Railways. Full reports of the exchange arrangements appeared in both the French and English Press. In return 120 St. John Cadets have been invited to France for 1948. THE CADET.

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I should like to thank all County and Area Cadet Officers for their keenness and co-operation during the past y~ar. . The Cadet Movement has become increasmgly aware of Its corporate identity and of its duty to the ~omI?u?ity ins~de ~he fra:ne~ork of the Youth Service. At the same tIme It IS fulfillmg ItS oblIgatIOns to the parent Brigade by providing an increasing annual complement of Cadets to swell the ranks of the Adult Divisions. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your 0 bedient Servant, GUTHRIE MOIR,

INSPECTIONS.

Major Darvil-Smith as Acting Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets attended inspections at Birmingham, Bristol, and Derby. I attended the 21st Anniversary Celebrations of the Brighouse Ambulance Cadet Divisions and subsequently inspected the Ambulance and Nursing Cadets in the South-West Area of the \Vest Riding of Yorkshire.

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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OFFICER NURSIr G CADETS.

To the Chief Commissioner. Sir, I have the honour to submit my report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Nursing Cadet Divisions for the year ending December, 1947. Unfortunately the Returns for the past. y~ar are ~ot yet c.o~plet~, but the figure will be included as an appendIx III the ChIef CommIssIOner s report. ROYAL VISIT TO CADET NATIONAL FINAL COMPETITIONS.

H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent was graciously pleased to attend the Cadet National Final Competitions, which took place for the first time this year, at the Royal Horticultural Hall on Thursday, 28t? November. After pre enting the trophies and prizes Her. R?yal HIghness co~ gratulated the winners, and expressed her admrratIon for the splendId work bing carried out by the Cadet Branch of the St. John Ambulance . . Brigade, and her best wishes for its success ~ the future. The following cups were presented to the wmners of the competItIOns :The Mountbatten Cup

Senior Group

The Dunbar-l asmith Cup

Junior Group

Senior Individual Cup The Cunard Cup

Presented by Major \Vhite-Knox, O.B.E. Junior Individuals

The Tweedale Trophy

Home Nursing

The Bedmaking Trophy

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Weymouth Student Nursing Division. Ipswich Cadet Nursing Division. Weymouth Student Nursing Division. Warwick Town Cadet Nursing Division. Warwick Town Cadet Nursing Division. South Wigston Cadet Nursing Division.

A regular Headquarters page has now been incorporated into the

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m th~ Movement as a whole. The circulation of the Magazine has risen steadily, but for the greatest measure of support to be obtained more pUblicity is needed in counties.

COMMITTEES .

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the year, and my grateful thanks are due to the members, many of whom have had t o travel long distances. Owing to the volume of work the following Sub-Committees have been set up : 1. Camping Sub-Committee. 2. Manual Revision Sub-Committee. 3. Competitions Sub-Committee.

all of which are proving most valuable. I have also represented the Nursing Cadets on the following C0111mittees: Brigade Sub-Committee, Women's Advisory Committee, Publicity Committee, Regulations Revision Sub-Committee, Training Investigation Sub-Committee, Insurance ub-Committee, and Uniform Sub-Committee. I SPECTIO s. During the year I attended Inspections at Keighley, Bardoldswick, Bradford, Manchester, and Chippenham. I was al 0 present at a Concert Party given by Wiltshire Cadets at Chippenham, and an entertainment organized by Cadets in the Eastern Area of London, both of which howed great originality. COURSES. I attended and spoke at the Headquarter County/Area adet Officer' Conference at Amersham, No.4 Regional Cadet Officer' Training Cour e at Glemham (Suffolk), and the Senior Officer ' Conference at Hoddesdon (Herts). CONFERENCE. At the Annual County / Area Cadet Officers' Conference held on 29th March, at the Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton treet (by kind permi ion of the Master and Wardens), the Chief Commissioner, ir Clive Liddell, was in the Chair, and introduced the speakers, who were 1\1r. David Hardman, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the 1ini try of Education, Mr. A. W. Oyler, O.B.E., Chairman of the tanding Conference of National Voluntary Youth Organizations, and the Deputy uperintendent-in- hief, Lady Dunbar-Nasmith, O.B.E. Among the individual reports which were received from the countie a number of very interesting accounts of help rendered by Cadets in the areas of England which were flooded during the earlier part of the year were received. CAMPS. Twenty-eight Nursing Cadet Camps were held in 1947, and a concentrated effort to raise the standard of camping throughout the Cadet Organization has been made during the year. A Camping Sub-Committee was set up at Headquarters in February, and an effort was made to find suitably q~alified people to appoint as Regional Camp Advisers (subsequently It was found more practicable to appoint County Camp Advisers) . As a result of this Committee the first Residential Camping Conference

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was held at Woodrow High House, Amersham, in Ap~l. It wa~ r~com mended by this Conference, and approved by. the ChIef CommlSSl?ner, that a St. John Camping Warrant should be .maugurated, for whl~h a specified period of training was .la~d down. SIxteen Officers have smce qualified for the Warrant, and It IS hoped that a much larger number will gain the \iVarrant next year. ., . . vVe are again most grateful for the help glvenys m CaI?P Tram mg. by the Girl Guide Association and the Central CouncIl of PhysIcal RecreatIOn. I personally inspected Camps at G~ildford, Potters Bar, Bexhill-~n Sea, Ruthin, and Blue Anchor. Dunng the summer several co,:ntIes participated in a amp Exchange. ,ystem betweer: Cad~ts and chIldren of the ociete ationale de Chemms de Fer Fran<;als, WhICh proved most successful. PUBLICITY. In November we were fortunate in securing the co-operation of the Gaumont British ews, who sent a representative to film the Cadet National Final ompctitions. A short feature of this was subsequently shown on the Gaumont and Odeon Circuits throughout the country. l\1i s Joan Gilbert, Editor of Picture Page weekly series on television, invited the \ ymouth tudent Nursing Division, winners of the Mountbatten Cup, to re-enact an abbreviated version of the origina~ test at ,\lexandra Palac on 3rd December. The tudents were aSSIsted by a team from the Highbury Ambulance Cadet Division. Cadet Betty .Matthew , winner of the American Trophy, was later interviewed by 1\1i s Gilbert, and to close the item I was asked to give a brief account of the t. John .:\mbulance Brigade Cadet Movement. In D cember one of our Cadets from Jersey, Margaret Nicolle, received the honour of bing invited to represent the Youth of Jersey,. and to accompany the Bailiff, ir Alexander Coutanche, to a party, gIven by II.R.H. The Princ -s Elizabeth and H.R.H. The Duke of Edmburgh at Buckingham Palac . During her tay I was asked to accompany Margaret Nicolle to the Home Offi ce, and later to attend a dinner party given by the Home , ecretary, 1\1r. huter Ede, at the House of Commons. CUPS (NATIONAL). At the close of th Cadet Final Competitions H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent graciously presented the American Cadet Trophy to Cadet Betty ~1atthc\\'s, of the Littlehampton Cadet Nursing Division, for outstanding gallantry in re cuing a 9-year-old boy from drowning last summer. The Cadet Jo.lusic Cup, kindly presented by Miss Jan Kerrison and Sir Adrian Boult, was awarded this year to Cadet Joyce Yates, of the Arthur Faire Cadet Nursing Division, Leicester. The runner-up was Cadet Thelma Brown, of the Leamington Spa Cadet Nursing Division, \Varwickshirc. The Cadet A~dhor's Cup, kindly presented by Miss Barbara Cartland, was awarded this year to Cadet Alison Marchant, of the Seaford Cadet Nursing Division, ussex, together with the Token Cup, kindly given by Lord Luke. Cadet Thelma Child, of Belvedere Cadet Nursing Division,

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In January, 1946, a Badge, to be known as the Special Service Shield, was introduced for Cadets who do 200 hours or more of voluntary service in hospitals, day nurseries, as messengers at ambulance stations, or for doctors, nurses, etc. This Shield has proved a great attraction to Cadets, and 77 were awarded during this year. GRAND PRIOR'S BADGE.

During the year 180 Nursing Cadets were awarded the Grand Prior's Badge. CO CLUSION.

My grateful thanks are due to all County and Area Cadet Officers and Officers of the Cadet Divisions, without whom the considerable progress shown in the Cadet Movement in 1947 would not have been possible. I would also like to thank personally my Staff Officers Lady l\foyra Browne and l\frs. Shaw, Mrs. Huntington, who was appointed Assistant Staff Officer in January, 1947, Lady Rose Baring, and my ecretary, Miss D. Jones, all of whom have given their most loyal support to the Movement throughout the year. I have the honour to be, ir, Your obedient servant, VIRGINIA CUNARD , Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE OVERSEA REPORT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.

The Director of Ambulance, .{\mbulance Department, Order of St. John.

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February, 1948.

SIR, I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the t. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas for the year ended 31st December, 1917. The year has been one of difficulties in several parts of the British Commonwealth, but the strength of the Brigade Overseas has not only been maintained beyond all expectation but the number of adult Ambulance Divisions and of both Ambulance and Nursing Cadet Divisions has actually increased. In addition, the members have carried out their activities with the same high standard of efficiency and self-sacrificing devotion that has always characterized the work of the Brigade in general. During the year 72 new adult Divisions (58 Ambulance and 14 Nursing) and 67 new Cadet Divisions (32 Ambulance and 35 Nursing) were formed. Unfortunately it has been found necessary to consider as disbanded

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109 adult Divisions (36 Ambulance and 73 Nursing) so that there has been a net decrease of 37 in the number of adult Divisions, but as only 20 Cadet Divisions .(12 Ambulance and 8 Nursing) have been disbanded, there has been a net increase of 47 Cadet Divisions. Including Crusader / Student Divisions there has therefore been an overall increase of 13 Divisions. The strength of the Brigade Overseas at 31st December, 1947, was therefore : Divisions. 1,327 763 2,090

Ambulance Nursing

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430 388

Cadet Ambulance Cadet Nursing

P ersonnel. * 37,597 12,142 49,739

14,013

818 42 24

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2,913

63,818

* Subject to amendment. TOURS.

At the request of Their Excellencies The Governors of Malta and Gibraltar and in accordance with the wishes of the Grand Priory, I paid an official visit to Ialta and Gibraltar during April/May, 1947, a full Report upon which has been printed separately. vVriting as a Chief Commissioner whose eighteen years of service have included official Tours of almost every part of the British Commonwealth and Empire, I am in a position to say that the standard of Ambulance and Nursing efficiency witnessed in Malta and Gozo was of an exceptionally high character, and that our members are imbued with a healthy spirit of St. John service which is not surprising in this ancient Headquarters of our Venerable Order. Never, indeed, have I seen a better organization nor received more kindly hospitality than during this memorable Tour. This visit allowed me to appreciate, better than ever before, not only the tragic devastation caused by four years of enemy bombing, but also the undaunted spirit of our Brigade members who stood up against this cruel punishment with magnificent courage and a spirit of endurance of the highest possible quality. In Gibraltar, too, while the work of our Order has been greatly handicapped owing to the compulsory evacuation of most of its civil population during the war (including members of several of our Brigade Divisions) and by a serious housing shortage since, I inspected an efficient Nursing Division in process of re-formation, with the promise of the revival of other Ambulance and Nursing Divisions within sight. A further reference to this Tour will be made in this Report under the Colonies concerned. It gives great pleasure to record that Viscount Bledisloe, who has done so much for the Brigade both in New Zealand and in England, was able to represent H.R.H. The Grand Prior at the installation of the Priors of the Australian and New Zealand Priories; the Special Priory Chapters

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being held at St. Andrew's Cathedral, ydney, and at St. l\fary's Cathedral, Auckland. SERVICE MEDALS. During the year 451 members were awarded the ervice Medal of th Order and 384 members its Bar. All those Medals and Bars awarded to members of the Brigade Oversea to the 31st December, 1946, have now heen di patched, and it is hoped to forward those gained in 1947 shortly. CADETS. . Brigade Orders have been is ued during the year which provide for the Improved status of Officers of Cadet Divisions and for the introduction into the Brigade Overseas of the new ranks of District Cadet Officers and Chief Officers for Cadets in the Dominions; innovations which will facilitate smooth working of the Cadet organization. Eligibility has been granted to Cadets of the Brigade Overseas to compete for the American Cadet Trophy, a Cup awarded annually to the Cadet who performs the most outstanding deed of gallantry. Pre ented by the U .S.A. 8th Army Air Force, it will be a proud day if it i. ver won by one of our Cadets. The continued increase in the strength of Cadet Divi ions in the Brigade Overseas is most gratifying and it will be a splendid achievement if the existing 818 Cadet Divisions belonging to it could be increased to a thousand by the end of the current year. During the year 179 Cadets were awarded the Grand Prior', Cad t Badge. CRUSADER/STUDENT DIVISIO, '. Approval for the formation, where desired, of rusader or 'tudent Divisions has been given, to act where necessary a a link between adult and Cadet Divisions. . LIFE SAVING AWARDS. It is gratifying to report that the ilver Life aving Medal of th Order has been posthumously awarded to Edward Tonna and Carm 1 Xuer h of the Malta No.2 and 3 Police Divisions re pectively. These courag ou members of the Brigade unfortunately lost their lives whil attempting a gallant rescue at night of another member whose boat had capsized. GE ERAL. Probationary members of Tursing Divisions overseas may now b enrolled when in possession of their First Aid Certificate only, and provided that the Home Nursing Certificate is obtained within twelve month, and the other conditions of efficiency are fulfilled, may count th ir service as from the date of enrolment. . Brigade .appointments made during the war were, with certain exceptIons, consIdered as temporary and during 1947 it was ruled that all such appointments should be considered as terminating on the 31st December, 1947. New permanent Warrants of Appointment are being issued to those Officers who are recommended for confirmation in their ranks. Approval has been given for the presentation of Jubilee Certificates t o

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Corps and Divisions of the Brigade Overseas which have been in continuous existence for 50 years or more. As applications are received these Certificates will be prepared and issued. In order to meet the needs of outlying parts of the Empire overseas where the population is too small to maintain a full Division, permission has been given for the formation of Sections of six men or six women where it is clear that circumstances justify such a departure from normal practice. AUSTRALIA. Our gratitude is due to The Grand Prior, H .R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G., etc., for the invaluable and stimulative help which he gave the Brigade in Australia during his term of office as Governor-General. It is with regret that the resignation of Dr. S. L. Dawkins, O.B.E., K.ST.J ., on account of ill-health must be reported; one who, as Commissioner of the outh Australian District and as Commandery and Priory Commissioner, has performed outstanding service for many years and done much to help forward the work of the Venerable Order in the Commonwealth of Australia. \Ve are fortunate in having secured as his successor Major-General . R. Burston, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., K.ST.J., one who has also rendered long and vaulable service to the Order and its Brigade, and whose place as Commis ioner of the outh Australia District has been taken by Lieut.Colonel E. A. H. Russell, O.B.E., O.ST.J., another most valued supporter of our work. It stands greatly to the credit of the Brigade in Australia that it formed no less than 16 new Cadet Divisions during the past year, an admirable record. It is interesting to record the inauguration of an Annual Inter-State First Aid ompetition in which Brigade teams from each State in Australia will compete for the « Herald" Cup. In the lew outh \Vales District the many Public Duties performed by the Brigade included service at the Farewell Party at Government House to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the .\nzac Day l\farch, the 1arch of the U .. 38th Task Force, and the March of the Royal avy 1st Aircraft Carrier quadron. In Victoria it is interesting to note that Public Duty was performed at the Eucharistic Congress, that a Public Appeal for Brigade funds raised the sum of £2,000 and that steps are being taken to fonn Cadet Nursing Divisions. In the South Australian District much Public Duty has been performed during which 3,965 case were attended. CANADA. While congratulating the Brigade in Canada upon having increased the numb~r of its Ambulance Divisions during the past year, it is with regret that It must be recorded that several Nursing Divisions have been disbanded. . A highly successful Dominion Conference of Nursing Divisions was held III Ottawa in September last, under the Chairmanship of Miss M. MacLaren, C.ST.J., our very capable Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Canada,

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one which revealed both the wide range of activities efficiently undertaken by the Nursing Divisions there, and the enthusiasm of the members. The increase in the Cadet movement in Canada continues to make excellent progress, 13 new Cadet Divisions being registered during the year. Among the many examples of Public Service given by the Brigade in Canada during the year was the excellent work undertaken with the First Aid arrangements for the Marian Congress at Ottawa. During the five days of the Congress members of the Federal District assisted by members from other Districts and by a number of Certificate-holders who volunteered for the occasion (a total force of 600) were on duty. First Aid Posts, etc., were open in all parts of the grounds and members were in attendance at all ceremonies and functions. Some 3,300 cases were treated and at the conclusion of the Congress the appreciation of the Archbishop of Ottawa was conveyed to the Brigade. INDIA AND PAKISTAN. Not only was it a great honour when Her Excellency The Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, C.L, G.B.E., D.C.V.O., D.G.ST.}., Vicereine of India, accepted the position of Lady President-in-Chief of Nursing Divisions in India, but her acceptance of this responsible appointment gave great encouragement to our members there, just when this was most needed. Viscountess Mountbatten has continued to take a practical interest in the Brigade in India, and in June last sent the following message to our Chi f Commissioner in India, Sir Patrick Spens, KB.E., KST.}. :" I have read with the greatest interest the excellent report on the wide field of work undertaken by the Indian Red Cross ociety and the St. John Ambulance Association during the recent Calcutta disturbances. Also the accounts of the fine services rendered by the personnel of these two organizations, and I do know what great assistance they have been to the community during these tragic events and at a time of great suffering and hardship." With the granting of independence to India and the setting up of the Dominions of India and Pakistan, it is recognized that our Brigade there will require to be radically reorganized. Sir Patrick Spens is already taking steps towards this end, while at the time of writing this Report there appears to be every hope that our Brigade work will continue to be required in both India and Pakistan. Certainly it has proved of priceless worth during the riots and disturbances which have taken place since partition, and when Brigade personnel and First Aid equipment and ambulances have been supplied where most needed and skilled service rendered in Refugee Relief Camps, Food Distribution Centres and in the transport of wounded and sick. The following extract from a letter received from Sir Patrick Spens and dated 29th October, 1947, speaks for itself :"The Brigade is doing magnificent work and has produced trained Arllbulance volunteers to help in the Punjab and Delhi, beyond my expectations. It has also produced a certain number of nurses, whose services have been invaluable. I cannot speak too

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highly of the volunteers from t?~ Brigade, and. their work is v~ry much appreciated by all the MmIsters and offiCIals connected WIth this problem." It is satisfactory to know that the Order has helped in the provision of Ambulances, while supporting the appeal of the British Red Cross Society for assistance in medical equipment. The work which our Brigade in India has been called upon to do, both before and after partition took place, has often bee~ of a ha.zardous nature and. it is, therefor.e, mo~t satisfactory that thIS splendId help has been gIVen unobtrusIvely m accordance with the highest traditions of our Order. It deserves mention that the Venerable Order still has some 17,500 Brigade members serving in these Dominions who have rendered magnificent service. Arising out of the Ambulance work performed at riots in Bombay, and which was mentioned in last year's Report, Chapter-General has now awarded a Vote of Thanks on Vellum to the Parsi Ambulance Division concerned, with special reference to those splendid members Ambulance Officer G. N. Gazdar and Private J. A. Navdar, who were killed while pursuing their merciful occasions. During December last I had the pleasure of meeting Lieut.-General Sir Robert Hay, KC.LE., O.ST.}., late Surgeon-in-Chief of our Brigade in India, and heard from him an account of the splendid achievements of the Brigade there under the most distressing circumstances as can ever have fallen to the lot of voluntary Ambulance service. Certainly members of the Venerable Order have a right to be immensely proud of the part played by its Brigade Overseas in India and Pakistan. NEW ZEALAND. The Brigade within the Priory in New Zealand has maintained its admirable standard and although its strength has slightly declined the enthusiasm and activity of its members remains unimpaired. Its Cadet strength still maintains its premier position in the Brigade Overseas, and although a policy has been wisely adopted of disbanding Divisions which are not functioning efficiently, the number of Cadet Divisions has still increased since 19 16. Splendid work was done by the Brigade in Christchurch on the occasion of a disastrous fire involving a large block of buildings in which 41 fatalities occurred and a great many received injuries. Members of the Brigade not only promptly responded following the outbreak of this sad catastrophe, but remained on duty throughout that night and the following day, rendering efficient and admirable service. A Dominion Competition has been instituted for Ambulance and Nursing Divisions which should prove of great benefit. c

SOUTH AFRICA. The outstanding event of 1947 was the Royal Visit to South Africa of Their Ma.jesties The King and Queen and the two Princesses during which the Brigade responded admirably to the many calls made upon it, dealing with them so adequately as to gain high praise from local authorities and others. In total some 3,000 Duties were performed, and over 4,000 cases of injury and sudden illness treated, during the Royal Visit.

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While in South Africa Their Majesties graciously accorded an interview to a Deputation of the St. John Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, and displayed great interest in the proposed St. John Ophthalmic Foundation in Southern Africa. The strength of the Brigade in Southern Africa has been admirably maintained, and the increase in Cadet strength is very satisfactory; 17 new Divisions having been formed during the year. All who know the great value of their work for the Order and its Brigade Overseas were extremely glad when Colonel Sir Ellis Robins, D.S.O., K.ST.J., Commissioner of Rhodesia District, and Major W. F. Veary, O.ST.J., late Commissioner of Cape Province District, visited St. John's Gate during the year. A reorganization of the Brigade Districts in outhern Africa has been approved, as the result of which there are now 12 Districts of the Brigade within its Priory. UNGROUPED DISTRICT BARBADOS. Both our Commissioner, Mr. E. B. \Villiams, O.ST.J., and the Lady District Superintendent, Mrs. E. B. \Villiams, S.S.ST.J., are again to be congratulated upon the admirable work which they have done for the Brigade in Barbados, while it is hoped that Cadet Divisions will materialize before long. Progress has been made in the formation of Ambulance Divisions which is all to the good. BERMUDA. The activities and strength of the Nursing Divisions in Bermuda are continuing, including Duty at the Military Hospital and els where. The progress of our Brigade in Bermuda has been slow and it i therefore very satisfactory that a second Cadet Nursing Division has been formed during the year, upon which our Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel R. C. Earl, O.B.E., V.D., O.ST.J., and our Lady District uperintendent, Lady Gladys Hall, C.ST.J., deserve every congratulation. During the year an in pection of the Brigade was most kindly held by His Excellency The GO\'ernor, Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, K.C.B., K.ST.J., at which demonstration were given by the Nursing Division and the St. John members of the Bermuda Police. BURMA. During the year such a wholesome interest in our Brigade service wa shown that 15 new Divisions were formed (10 Ambulance, 3 Nursing and 2 Cadet Ambulance). Now that Burma has been granted full independence the future position as regards the work of the Order there has not yet been clarified. It was a great pleasure during the year to meet Mrs. Witcher, the Lady District Superintendent of Burma, who has since returned and hopes to be able to stimulate the work of the Nursing Divisions. CEYLON. The Brigade Overseas work of the Ceylon Police Corps continues at the

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same high level for which it has been renowned for so many years, and I would congratulate the Inspector-General of Police, Colonel R. R. M. Baco?,. and his O~c~rs upon this fact. Now that Ceylon has been given DommlOn status It IS hoped that greater interest will be taken in our Brigade service among the civil population. CYPRUS. The strength and activity of the Cyprus Police Corps has been extended and many instances of excellent First Aid work by its members have been reported. There is a possibility that a Division may be formed in the Cyprus Mines Corporation where classes have been held, and if this materializes it will be most satisfactory for there is an urgent need for our work to be extended to the civil population. EAST AFRICA. Kenya.- It is with regret that the resignation of our Assistant Commi sioner in Kenya, Captain W. S. Gulloch, O.ST.J., must be recorded, on retir~ment fro111 the Kenya Police, as one who has given outstanding serVIce. In expressing our thanks for his considerable help let me add how f~rtunate we have been in obtaining as his successor Brigadier-General SIr Godfrey Rhode, C.B., C.B.E ., D.S.O., O.ST.J., who has given most valuable support to the work of the Order in Kenya for many years. The Brigade work of the Kenya Police Division remains at a high standard, and the formation during the year of two new Ambulance Pivisions is .most gratifying, especially as Kenya is now receiving a great lllfiu.x of whIte settlers. As many of these are ex-Army Officers or Officials, an~ their wive, men of high intelligence who have been prematurely retired on pensions from Indian service there is a reasonable hope that some will posse s both the desire and leisure to help towards the formation of those Ambulance and Nursing Divisions so greatly needed in East ,\frica. TangaJlyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar.-Although the Brigade work of the Police in the Colonies continues to be excellent, civil voluntary Ambulance en'ice i proceeding more slowly than is desirable. It is, however, pleasant to be able to report the formation of a new Ambulance Division in Uganda, a fact upon which I congratulate its Assistant Commissioner, Mr. C. V. Curtis, O.ST.J., and all others concerned. 1 ow that the Government ground-nut scheme is bringing much European, Indian, and African labour into Tanganyika it is the more desirable that there should be a corresponding increase of our Brigade service in that important part of Empire. In this connection the desirability of a greater attention being paid to the formation of Cadet Divisions throughout East Africa is particularly emphasized. FIJI. The work in Fiji is being well maintained and the members had the honour of .being inspected by His Excellency The Acting Governor, Mr. J. F. NIcoll, C.M.G., at a Parade at Government House. The Brigade has been prominent on many public occasions and all the Divisions have rendered valuable service at all the larger public gatherings in hot and trying conditions. H

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GIBRALTAR. For reasons already stated in tIllS Report, it has proved intensely difficult to re-establish our Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in Gibraltar, notwithstanding the interest shown in our work by His Excellency The Governor, General Sir Kenneth Anderson, R.C.B., M.C., and Lady Anderson, and by our zealous District Superintendent, Captain D. S. Gowing, C.ST.J., whose every effort to re-establish our work has largely been thwarted by conditions beyond his control. There are signs, however, that a revival of our former activity will not be delayed much longer, while high credit must be given to those who, notwithstanding many disappointments, have maintained their interest in the work of our Order and tried their best to recreate our Brigade work in Gibraltar. HONG RONG. Excellent progress has been made in reforming and re-equipping our Brigade in Hong Kong following its war-time occupation by the Japanese, for to the credit of all concerned be it said that the spirit of St. John service still remained alive although its members were dispersed or interned. The Brigade there has resumed occupation of its fine Headquarters, while many pre-war members have rejoined, and its strength is approaching 1,000. Thanks to the wisdom of maintaining all original records at St. John's Gate, we were able to supply all essential copies of Returns, etc., to replace those lost during the Japanese occupation. Unfortunately, Mr. E. Raymond, C.ST.J., has been compelled by reason of health to relinquish his position as our Commissioner there, a loyal and devoted Officer for many years, and one who had the gratification of witnessing the courage and efficiency of his Officers and members \\'hen the Japanese attacked and their magnificent response to every call made upon them. Unfortunately, the hardship of long internment by the Japanese has been responsible for his ill-health, and I would express an earnest hope for his complete recovery, while thanking Mr. Raymond for all the considerable help he has given us. JAMAICA. The formation of both a new Ambulance and Nursing Division in Jamaica is evidence of the continued development of the Brigade under the stimulative and efficient charge of its Commissioner, Dr. E. Hoerman, C.ST.J. Among the many calls upon its service during the year was the instant response to a radio message from a ship for the removal of a case of acute appendicitis. Dr. Hoerman, with the help of other members of the Brigade, removed the patient from the vessel by means of a NeilRobertson stretcher, and conveyed him by launch and ambulance to hospital, where an operation was performed resulting in a complete recovery. Public Duty has been performed during the year on many occasions and 481 cases have been treated. Members of Nursing Divisions have also been on duty. every Sunday throughout the year at the Military Hospital. The splendId example and zeal of our Commissioner in Jamaica deserves a greater response than it has as yet received there, especially in those parts of the Island in which Ambulance, Nursing and Cadet Divisions would prove of great value .

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MALAYA. Pending the political and economic reorganization of Malaya, the future position of the Brigade there cannot yet be definitely clarified. One new Division has been formed and others are in process of formation at Penang. I regret that Mr. Boyd Walker, O.ST.J., who, wounded during an air raid by the Japanese on Penang, and but recently returned there after visiting England, died during the year; a District Officer who will be greatly missed in Penang, where he was held in great affection. It is satisfactory to know that progress is being made in many parts for the revival of classes of the Association and as more and more candidates qualify in First Aid and Home Nursing there will doubtless be further recruits for the Brigade. I am very glad that it has proved possible for Malaya to forward an exhibit for the St. John Exhibition in England. MALTA. During 1947 the l\Ialta District was reorganized by its Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel J. V. Abela, M.B.E., C.ST.J., who is to be congratulated upon obtaining the command of that distinguished Regiment, The Royal Malta Artillery. This reorganization has been most ably done and has met with the approval of all concerned. In addition to the ordinary activities of Ambulance and Nursing senrice, our Brigade in Malta has also formed 4 l\ledical Comfort Depots and 6 St. John Hospital Libraries, all of which are rendering much-needed and successful service. The outstanding event of the year was the inspection of 300 members of the Brigade by H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester on the occasion of the opening of the Malta Parliament, the first time in the history of the Brigade there that it has had the honour of being inspected by the Grand Prior. \Vriting as one who paid an official visit to l\Ialta during the year, my grateful thanks are due to His Excellency The Governor, Sir Francis Douglas, R.C.M.G., K.ST.J., our Patron; Lady Douglas, M.A., C.ST.J., Lady President of Nursing Corps and Divisions; Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., R.ST.J., the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station, our President, not only for their kindly hospitality, but also for their deep and stimulative interest in our Brigade. That Sir Algernon Willis allowed 120 of our Ambulance Officers and members to participate in exercises at sea in H.M. Warships speaks for itself, a compliment greatly appreciated by all concerned. An entirely novel scheme has been put into operation this year whereby units of the Brigade in Malta have become affiliated to units of the Brigade at Home. Not only will this serve as an intimate link with this historic home of the Order, but it is hoped that it will ultimately lead to an interchange of visits between the personnel of the affiliated units. For the first time in the history of the Brigade in Malta a detachment of its members participated in a Combined Services Parade on the King's Birthday, an honour largely due to the respect entertained for our Commissioner by the Heads of the Fighting Services and their appreciation of the work of our Brigade. That the latter has increased its war-time strength by over 200 since the war ended is a unique happening which speaks for itself, and the strength of the District is now over 800.

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Not only does this testify to the splendid spirit of St. John service existing in Malta but to the inspiring zeal and capable leadership of our Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel J. V. Abela, M.B.E., C.ST.]., and the Lady District Superintendent, Mrs. Gulia, M.B.E., O.ST.]., and their Officers. In this connection I would particularly thank Lady Corps uperintendent and Honorary Secretary of the Association, Mrs. T. L. Gollcher, C.ST.]., who, with the capable help of her husband, Chevalier O. F. Gollcher, O.B.E., KST.]., has done so much for the work of our Order in both Malta and Gozo. MAURITIUS. It is a matter for congratulation that with the formation of the Police Division, the first Brigade unit has been established in Mauritius. I am certain that this Division will prove of the utmost value and I am hopeful that before long units will be. established among the civil population. NEWFOUNDLA u. I regret to say, as has not infrequently been the case, that no report having been received from Newfoundland, I am unable to make a report upon our Brigade activities in that loyal part of Empire. COl CLUSION. In conclusion I would express my special thanks to the Lady ' uperintendent-in-Chief, The Hon. Mrs. Copland-Griffiths, D. T.]., for her continued keen interest in the work of the Nursing Division, and to the Secretary of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, Ir. G. F. Quilter, O.ST.]., to the Chief Secretary of the Association, Captain A. N . Cahusac, O.B.E., M.C., and the staff at Brigade Overseas Headquarter, whose loyal help has been of the greatest assistance, and to my private ecretary, Miss Edwina Seldon, for her able secretarial help. My special thanks are due to those of the Brigade-at-Home who have offered hospitality to visiting members of the Brigade under my charge and to all Officers and members of the Brigade Overseas for their splendid and devoted service during the difficult days of post-war recovery, throughout the British Commonwealth and Empire. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, JAMES L. SLEEMAI , Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. REPORT OF THE LADY SUPERINTE DE T-IN-CHIEF OP THE ST. JOHN AMBULA CE BRIGADE OVER:EAS.

To: The Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas.

F ebru,ary, 1948.

SIR,

I have the honour to submit my Report of the progress of the Nursing Corps and Divisions of the Brigade Overseas for the year ending 31st December, 1947.

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Fourteen new Nursing Divisions were formed and 73 disbanded, making a net decrease of 26. . Thirty-five Cadet Nursing Divisions were formed, and 9 dIsbanded, making a net increase of 26. . . Two Crusader Nursing Divisions were formed, t~e. ~rst of theIr ~md ; these Divisions are the equivalent of the Student DIVISIOns of the Bngade at Home. The present strength of Nursing Divisions is : Adult Cadet Crusader .

763 386 2 1,151

The estimated total membership (exclusive of Surgeons) is : Adult Cadets

12,142 6,156 18,298

Two new concessions will be a great incentive to recruiting Nursing members, especially in sparsely populated distr.icts: the. first all?ws women to enrol as Probationary members when m posseSSIOn of a FIrst Aid Certificate only, and to count service from the date of enrolment, provided that the Home Nursing Certificate be gained '.vithin twel:re month. The oth r permits of a Section of 6 women bemg formed 111 circumstances approved by the Officer in charge of the District. In India our ur ing Divisions have received great encouragement by the practical interest shown in their work by The Viscountess. Mow:tbatten of Burma, who accepted the appointment of Lady Pres~dent-111Chief of Nur ing Corps and Divisions. In both Ir:dia and Pahst~n our members have shown great devotion to duty and hIgh courage durmg the tragic ev nts that followed the partition of these two gre~t DOI?inions. They have worked in Refugee Camps among. the starvrng, dlspla.ced women and children, and have gone on duty dunng the worst of the nots and other disturbances. The Brigade gave splendid service in lining the str.e~ts, providing F~st Aid Posts during the whole course of the Royal VISIt to South Afnca, and many accounts and photographs have appeared in the excellent . . .. magazine The Call of St. John. An out tanding service was performed at Benol11 , 111 South Afnca 111 March, 1947, when the members of the East Rand Nursing Corps responded to a call for assistance during an outbreak of enteric. Thirty-five St. John Nursing members were called upon to deal with 71 patients, and a letter of appreciation of the valuable assistance was afterwards received from the Medical Officer of Health in Benoni. The sequel to the final release of our V.A.D. members in Malta, G.C., is most encouraging. Of the 22 members who served through the war at Mtarfa Military Hospital, and afterwards among the Displaced Persons in Italy and Jugoslavia, no less than 11 arrived in London in February, 1947, to undergo the year's General Training which, by a special concession,

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is all at present required before ex-V.A.D .'s can sit for their examination as State Registered Nurses . The George Cross Island has been honoured by the visit of H.R.H. The Grand Prior and H .R.H . The Duchess of Gloucester, and t.he ~rigade, for the first time in the history of Malta, had the ho~our of bemg mspected by the Grand Prior. Brigade units in Malta have, m sO.me c~s~~, been ~ffiliated to units of the Brigade at Home. Cadet Nursmg DIvIsIOns are m process of formation for the first time. A second Cadet Nursing Division has been formed in BenrLuda where good progr~ss wit~ the Nursing Divisions is reported. ' In Jama.1c~, while the~e ?as been a decrease in the number of Nursing members, It IS very gr~tIfY111g to find that ~ splendid proportion of those wh? ?ave left the Bn~ade have done so m order to take up full-time tram~g for the. Nursmg profession. The Brigade has done excellent PublIc Duty durmg the year and Nursing members have done good work also at the Military Ho.spital. I am very glad to know that Lady trathie has accepted the appomtment of Lady Distrkt Superintendent. I? .C,eylan, .although 3 Nursing Divisions have temporarily suspended actIVItIes, owmg to the absence on leave of the majority of their members the welf~re .work in t?e service Hospitals is still organized by Mrs. Attfield: Lady Dlstnct S~p~r~ntendent, and her Staff. The remaining 3 Divisions, and the Cadet DIVISIOn at J affna are very active. In Canada, Miss MacLaren, L~dy Superintendent-in-Chief, has presided over the first Conference of Semor \Vomen Officers ever to be held in the Dominio~ . Owing to the vast size of Canada, this was somewhat of an under~akmg, and it ~s gratifying to know that the Lady Provincial Superm~ende~ts were m most cas~s .able to be present in person. Iuch useful discussIOn took place, and It IS hoped to make this Conference an annual ~v~~t. The Priory is devoting great efforts to the formation of Cadet DIVISIons, and the adult Divisions are extremely active. . New Zealand continues its enthusiastic St. John Service, and fewer dIsbandments have taken place among its Divisions since the end of the war than in any other Dominion. . A'U,~tralia continues ~o report an ever-increasing round of Public Duty, 111 whIch our members m the Commonwealth excel. Many lives are saved each year from drowning and other accidents through the equipping and staffing of the St. John Beach Huts. I.had the plea~ure of seeing Mrs. Kelly, .Lady District Officer, Ceylon, durmg her stay m England; also Mrs. WItcher, Lady District Superin~ende?t, BUTI?a; Mrs. Emerson, until very recently Lady Superintendentm-Chlef, IndIa.; ~rs. Ro~land-J ones, M.B.E., Lady District uperintendent, .No. 3 DI~tnct,. IndIa; Mr~. H~rrison, Staff Officer to the Lady Supermtendent-m-Chlef for the PnolJ! m South ~frica. It is both delightful an~ helpful to have the opportunIty of meetmg our Senior Officers of the Bngade Overseas, and to be able to discuss the activities and difficulties particular to their own parts of the world. Without exception all have asked for an officia~ :risit in the near future, and I need hardly' say that I am more than wIllmg to undertake a further series of Tours on behalf of the Order, whenever it is deemed advisable . In a .short Report lik~ this it is impossible to thank individually all who by theIr loyal and ~ontmued efforts have built up this unique organization that we call the Bngade Overseas. The spirit of voluntary service, inspired

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by St. J ohn traditions, br~ngs its own re~ard. I must, however, m~ntion especially a few of those WIth whom I am 111 constant contact, and WIthout whose help I could not manage my task. Miss B. Stancliffe, S.S.ST.J., my Secretary ; Mr. G. F . Quilter, O.ST.J., Brigade Overseas Secretary, both give that solid background of efficiency and faultless attention to detail that means so much to the general working of our office. Captain Cahusac, always ready to advise, though no longer actually connected with the Brigade. And all the Of?cers, N.C.O.'s and ~mbulance Sisters who,Year in, year out, pursue theIr steady paths, seekmg only complete effiCIency and the knowledge that they are preparing themselves to save life and relieve suffering. May I express, Sir, my deep gratitude to you for your sympathy and understanding of the especial problems of the Nursing Divisions? I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) URSULA COPLAND-GRIFFITHS, Lady Superintendent-in-Chiej.

SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE ORDER. The Priory of Scotland. The following is extracted from the Report of the Priory : It is a far cry from the days of the Reformation to an afternoon in March, 1945; on that day three members of the Order, Colonel Sir Colin MacRae, 1\Iajor John Forrest Hamilton and Captain W. D. Cargill Thompson, met in the Royal cottish Automobile Club in Glasgow to talk about the Order and to discuss the possibility of its revival in Scotland, the only part of the British Empire in which the Order was not functioning. The prospect did not appear very hopeful, but these three, with determination, set about overcoming difficulties and creating interest amongst the cotti h members and also amongst the Executive Officers and ChapterGeneral of the Order. By the end of lay they succeeded in holding a meeting in the NorthBritish Hotel, Edinburgh, at which the late Marchioness of Bute, a Dame Grand Cross of the Order, presided. Personally or by proxy, two-thirds of the Scottish members, meeting in council for the first time since the days of Mary, Queen of Scots, appointed Sir Colin MacRae, Major Forrest Hamilton and Captain Cargill Thompson to represent them in presenting a petition to His Royal Highness the Grand Prior and the ChapterGeneral. Chapter-General appointed a Committee of the Order for Scottish Affairs with Sir Colin MacRae, Chairman, Captain Cargill Thompson, Treasurer and Secretary, and Major Forrest Hamilton, Hospitaller. The Committee was joined by other members and thus the oldest Order of chivalry recommenced work in Scotland. A few Medical Comforts Depots were opened, a record collection was made for the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem and a scheme for opening a Foundation Hospital was inaugurated. In November, 1946, Major Forrest Hamilton, whom His Royal Highness

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the. Grand Prior had been graciously pleased to appoint as the representabve of Scotland on Chapter-General, attended a meeting of the Council of the Order and told them of the aspirations and the ambitions of the Scottish Commi~tee. ~e w~s very .sympathetically received by the Earl of Clarendon, SIr Edwm Kmg, Bngadler Barne, Mr. Pirie Gordon and Major-General Younger. The result was that Chapter-General, on the 6th ~arch, 1947, passed an Act reviving the Priory of Scotland and erectmg the COI?mlttee ?f the. Order for Scottish Affairs into the PrioryChapter. To th~s Act HIS Ma]est~ The. King, the Sovereign Head of the Orde.r, was gracIOusly pleased to gIve hIS assent. vVlth the colourful pageantry of medieval chivalry, in the stately oak-pane.lIed Throne Room, softly lighted by two candelabra and overlook~ng the grey courtyard of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, His Royal Hlg.hness the Grand Prior revived the Priory of Scotland, of which proclamatIOn was made by the Lord Lyon King of Arms to a fanfare of state trumpeters. The Executive Officers were then installed. \Vith a broadswor~ whic~ had bee~ wielded in the Crusades by some long forgotten Kn~ght, HIS Royal HIghness conferred the accolade of Knighthood on the Pnor a~d the ~hancelIor; he then in vested with their insignia five. other Kmghts, SIX Commanders, tw nty-two Officers and nine Servmg Brothers and Sisters. The ~ord Provost, the Magistrates and the Corporation of Edinburgh ente~tamed the Order to lunch in the City Chambers and then the Order repaired to the Preceptory of Torphichen, the ancient home of the Order set amongst the leafy lanes i~ the picturesque village. From the t. J oh~ Church hall along th~ old par~sh lane and through the village square, with a cross a~d a sword m th~ mIdst! the pro~essi?f.1 of black-cloaked Knights wended ItS way for an ImpreSSIve and ll1Splnng service in the ancient Preceptory. !n preferenc~ .to the modern highway, the old parish lane was used for, m all probability, the lane had seen the comings and goings of the defenders of Rhodes and Malta-the defenders of hristendomfor .over fo~r hundred years. In the ancient cloaks of the \Vhite ero Kmghts, With the ~eremonial pO.mp ~f another age, walked the ChapterGeneral and the Pn?ry-Chapter m pairs, then the Bailiff of Egle with the Chancellor of the Pnory, the Sub-Prior with the Preceptor of Torphichen and the Grand Prior with the Prior of Scotland. ' Few w~o wer~ privileged to take part in, or to witness, this return of the qrder. t? ItS an cI.ent. home could have remained unaffected by the moving SImpliCIty and dlgmfied pageantry of the memorable occasion. REPORT OF THE PRIORY-CHAPTER FOR THE YEAR H) 17. During 1947 the work of the Priory may be summarized as follow 1. The Order of St. John Foundation Hospital' 2. Medical Comforts Depots; , 3. Support for the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem' 4. The foundation of a Library. ' Cha~ter has carefully considered the future activities of the Venerable Order m Scotland c:-nd has decided on the following schemes, as and when they become pracbcable : 1. Hospices for the Aged ;

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2. Foundation Hospitals; 3. Ambulance and First Aid work. With deep regret is recorded the death of eight Scottish members of the Order. In each case Priory-Chapter, the members upstanding, passed a Vote of Condolence with the relatives of the following deceased members: The Most Honourable The Dowager Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E., a Dame Grand Cross; Colonel Donald J. Mackintosh, C.B., M.V.O., D.L., LL.D., M.B., F.R.S.(ED.), a Knight; Lady Carmichael and Mrs. Perowne, Dames; MacGillivray of MacGillivray, T.D., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.(ED.), a Commander; Colonel Archibald and Mr. Charles Stewart, M.B.E., C.A., Officers; and Dr. Manson, a Serving Brother. THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN FOUNDATION HOSPITAL. In all ages, wherever a headquarters was established, the Venerable Order of t. J oh11 opened a hospital for the relief of the sick and wounded. The Priory of cotland, following this noble tradition, founded The Order of t. John Foundation Hospital at No.7 Park Circus Place, Glasgow, where the Cbancery of the Order in Scotland was established. The Foundation Hospital was organized for the benefit of the (( black-coated" section of the community, without distinction of class, race or creed. The poor are very adequat ly catered for in the large general hospitals, while the rich are usually able to make such arrangements as they require . Unfortunately those of moderate means have often been unable to receive treatment under the conditions best suited for their speedy recovery. This Foundation of the Priory, which has been described as (( a hospital 'with a difference", offers a comprehen ive hospital service with the amenities and comforts of a nursing home at such fees as are within the means of those f)f moderate income. The Committee has tried to dispense with (( red tape" and to have a few irritating regulations and restrictions as possible, so that both patient and their friends will feel at home in the institution. In 1946 the Hospital Committee commenced work; they managed to obtain a building and, with the help of friends, raised about £1,600. Early in 1917 the building and assets ,,,,ere conveyed to the Priory who set about the reconditioning of the building and the equipping of it as an up-to-date hospital. At the end of the year this work had been completed with the xc ption of the central heating plant which, however, was then in proce s of installation, and it was expected that it would be completed within a month. Th Hospital Committee are very grateful for two kind gifts; a batterv of sterilizers from Dr. Ivy McKenzie, and an operation table from if.' orman Davidson. An X-ray plant and an electric lift would be y ry valuable additions to the equipment of the Hospital, but, unfortunately, it i felt that the extra expense would not at present be ju tified. \Vhen the central heating is installed the cost of the Hospital to the Priory will be about £6,000 . The amounts so far expended are :Building and work thereon Furnishings . Equipment. . . . . . . . Napery, bedding, crockery, cutlery, and kitchen utensils

£ s. d. 2,684 10 4 1,826 15 8 255 8 3f 684 6 7t £ 5,451

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The provision of the napery, bedding, crockery, cutlery and kitchen utensils was undertaken by the Linen Guild, who have given much useful and excellent service. The Hospital Committee have much pleasure in recording their deep appreciation of, and thanks for, the work of the Guild. The Staffing Sub-Committee has been most happy in its selection of so many experienced medical men for the Medical Staff. These gentlemen, by accepting the modified fees prescribed by the Committee, are performing a charitable service of immense help to the public and to the Order. The Staffing Sub-Committee were also fortunate in securing the services of Miss J. A. Dawson, as Senior Sister, and of an excellent Nursing Staff. The staff appreciate the objects for which the Hospital was founded and they are doing all they can to carry out the wishes of the Committee that the atmosphere of the Hospital be as homely as possible. The Committee is also very satisfied with the work of the Domestic Staff. The Local Authority issued the licence for the Hospital as from the frrst of September, 1947, and on that date the Hospital was opened for the reception of patients. A few days later, the Earl of Lindsay, the Prior of Scotland, visited and inspected it. During the four months 48 patients were admitted, and 44 discharged, leaving 4 patients in Hospital at the end of the year. It will take time for the service offered to become \videly known but, when it is, there is no doubt that the beds will be kept fully in use. The admissions in the early months are regarded as satisfactory, but obviously it will be necessary to keep the beds fully occupied in view of the very low fees being charged. The most happy feature of this report is the success of the Hospital in attaining the ideals of the Committee as witnessed by the gratitude of the patients. It is evident that the Hospital is offering a much needed and much appreciated service. Without exception, patients and their friends have been loud in their praises of the arrangements, both for treatment and for comfort. The Order of St. J olm Foundation Hospital Committee desire to record their thanks to the Medical, Nursing and Domestic Staffs for their services; to the visiting Chaplain for his regular visits; to the Priory-Secretary and the Chancery Staff for their assistance, and to all who have helped in the work of the Hospital. THE LINEN GUILD OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN FOUNDATION HOSPITAL.

The Priory Chapter appointed the Linen Guild of the Order of St. John Foundation Hospital in November, 1946. At the first meeting the Guild undertook to provide the napery, bedding, cutlery, crockery and kitchen utensils required by the Hospital. These have been obtained. A number of very successful functions were organized by the Guild. The prizes for these were given by members of the Guild and by the Patrons, while the Guild members supplied the refreshments. For our first whist drive we were indebted to Mr. Moore for the use of his house; for another, Mr. Routledge, of Messrs. Pettigrew and Stephens, Limited, very kindly provided the refreshments and the premises at which the Lord Inverclyde graciously presented the prizes; while the Cameronian Club were good enough to supply tables and chairs for several of our

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whist drives . Mr. Alexander Miller very kindly gave the use of a picture house for a charity show. Two members of the Guild held whist drives in their homes. In addition to raising funds, members of the Guild have carried out the routine repair of hospital linen. Gifts of the following articles were gratefully received from our members and others :3 small mirrors 4 pairs of sash curtains 1 bedspread 2 sets of cot bedding 104 tra ycloths 1 sewing machine 1 organ 1 evening coat (for resale) The Canadian Red Cross gave us 516 surgical towels and 78 sheets. The Chairman had the pleasure of accompanying the Lady Margaret ~IacRae, our President, when she visited the Hospital and talked with the first patient to be admitted. The Countess of Lindsay, our Vice-President, paid a visit to the Guild in October and her interesting address on the work of the Order was most inspiring. We were also indebted to the Chancellor for a talk on the Order in Scotland. The Viscountess Elibank has been appointed liaison officer between our Guild and the Linen Guild of the Grand Priory. Three of our officebearers represent the Guild on the Foundation Hospital Committee and we have affiliated to the Standing Conference of Women's Organizations. At C.hristmas the Guild supplied decorations for the Hospital wards and a present for each member of the nursing and domestic staffs and for each patient in the Hospital. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOTS DEPARTMENT.

The Iedical Comforts Depots Department is one of the important foundations of the Priory of Scotland of the Venerable Order. From these Depots sick-room requisites may be borrowed. This scheme takes a much needed aid to the homes of the sick, especially in outlying districts-a traditional part of the work of the Order which, in addition to caring for the sick in hospital, was the first institution to take help to their homes. In many parts of Scotland Depots have been opened and are now functioning as follows :District. ]. Hamilt.on, Lanarkshire, 38 Cadzow trect. 2. Bothwell, Lanarkshire, 59 Main Street. 3. Glasgow, Maryhill, 304 Maryhill Road. 4. Glasgow, Bridgeton, 131 St. J ames Street. 5. St. Andrews, Kilrule A., The Scores. 6. Uddingston, Lanarkshire, 45 Main Street. 7. Inverailort, Invernessshire.

Ope1'ated by W. B. Munro, Esq ., M.ST.J.,lIl.P.S.

J. Copland, Esq.,

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Organized by Major John Forrest Hamilton, K.ST.J., M.D. lVIrs. M. Forrest Hamilton, O.ST.J.

The Re ..... II. G. Johnson. The Rev. E. G. Lewis Mrs. W. Harrower

A. McCaskie, Esq., lILP.S.

F. S. C. Cameron-Head of Inverailort, Esq., O.ST.].

Glasgow Medical Comforts Depots Committee. Glasgow Medical Comforts Depots Committee. '!Y. D. Cargill Thompson, Esq., K.ST.J. Miss Nesta G. Hamilton, M.ST.J.

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8. Kilmor and Kilmalag, Isle of Skye. 9. Busby, Renfrewshire, 22 Bon Accord Cottages. 10. Torphichen, by Bathgate, The Garage, \Vallhouse. 11. Glasgow, Springburn, N.B. Loco \Vorks, Atlas Street. 12. Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire, 22 Vere Road 13. Jura ( orth), Arcllussa

14. Jura (South), Craighouse.

15. Edinburgh, 60 Blacket Place. 16. Durness, Sutherland 17. Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Alloa Glassworks. 18. Errol, Perthshire, Brick and Tile \\'orks. 19. Shapensay, Orkney Isles, Balfour Castle. 20. Invergarry, Invernessshire, The Cottage Hospital.

Seton Gordon, Esq., C.B.E., M.ST.]., and Mrs. Gordon, I\! .ST.]. Nurse McVeigh ~1rs.

Colonel Sir Colin MacRae of Feoirlinn, C.V.O., C.B.E., I<.ST.]., V.L., ].P. Captain A. F. Jamieson, M.ST.].

R ev . P. H. R. ~lacKay, M.ST.]., M.A., ] .P., and Captain A. F. Jamieson, !\I.ST.] . Mr. McEwan and First Mr. Lorimer (Managing Aid Staff. Director, .13. Loco \;<;" orks) and Captain A. F. Jami eson, M.ST.]. Nurse Bell The Rev. A. McVitie and Captain F. Jamieson, M.ST.]. Irs . Fletchpr Ivy 1\IcKcnzie, E!:iq., O.ST.]., M.D., M.A., B.SC., F.R.F.P.S , and Captain A. F. J amieson, !\I.ST.]. Dr. Sandeman Ivy McKenzie, Esq., O.ST.]., M.D., :-1./\., B.SC., F.R.F.P.S., and Captain A. F. J amieson, M.ST.]. Mrs. Ross Captain F. Jamieson, I.ST.]. Dr. Sandeman :'Ir. ~orman Davidson, O.B.E., F.R.C.S., and CaptClin A. F. Jamieson, ;\1.<"1'.). ;'fr. Janson Sir Harold nlitchell, BarL, D.L, ] .P., and aptain.\. F. Jamieson, :--I.ST.]. l\Iiss Fergus n Sir Harold ;,Jitchcll, Dart., D.L., ].P., antI Captain \ . r. Jamieson, ;\1 ST ]. l\Iiss Balfour o( Balfour Lady ;,Iarjoric Dalrympll', C.B.E., D.ST.)., and aptain .\ . F. J amieson, ;\I.ST ]. Sister MacLellrll1 F. S. C. Cameron-Head of Inn'raiinrt. Esq. nsr.J. Scott

Other depots are in process of formation. The grateful thanks of the Priory is extended to all those who have co-operated in the opening and working of these centres; and also to the Glasgow St. John Medical Comforts Depots Committee and its Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer-Lt.-Col. Victor D. vVarren, M.B.E., O.ST.J., T.D., Col. Alex. G. Young, D.S.O., O.ST.]., T.D., and Hugh Ferguson, E q., M.ST.]., C.A. THE LIBRARY OF THE PRIORY OF SCOTLA D. Thanks to the generosity of the Sub-Prior the Priory now posse ses a collection of books and pamphlets dealing with the history of the Order, thirty-five coins of the Order, an engraving of St. John's Gate and four other pictures. It possesses, too, a picture of the Old Templar House at Linlithgow (now disappeared) presented by Mr. J. F. Whyte, S.S.C., of Edinburgh; a piece of the neck of a water jar used at the Preceptory of Torphichen in the sixteenth century presented by Major R. Williams,

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Librarian of the Grand Priory, and the typescript copy of a thesis on (/ The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in Scotland prepared by Angus MacDonald. The books have been examined and a catalogue prepared according to the following headings :(a) Religious Orders (b) General history of the Order of St. John (c) Malta (d) The Order in England (e) The Order in Scotland (f) The Restoration (g) Miscellaneous pamphlets (It) Pictures A catalogue for reference has been deposited in the Chancery of the Order in cotland. The books are of varying value but some of them must be of considerable value, as are also several of the pamphlets. An excellent typed catalogue of the old coins of the Order has been pr pared by the Chancellor. The Librarian is making efforts to secure off-prints of articles in the 'cotti.h Historical Review and the Gla gow Archceological Society, etc. .\ny of the works of J. Delaville Le Roulx would be very useful and especially" Cartlllaire General de l'Ordre des Hospitaliers de S. Jean de !ausalem" (1100 1310) and also" The Knights HospitaUers in the Holy rand" bv E. J. King. JJ

The Priory for Wales. '1 he following is extracted from the Report of the Principal Secretary ancl Commissioner for \Vale : -

I have the honour to present a report on the thirtieth year's working of the Priory for \Vale ~.

ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Once again the summary of the instructional classes held during the period under review reveals a further reduction in the numbers of students attending cour es and the awards gained by successful examinees, the totals having fallen by 1,271 and 1,348 respectively, in comparison with 1916 fIgures. lonth by month since the first signs of post-war apathy appeared the examinations and re-examinations arranged at Priory House have decreased until the turn of the tide was noted in December, since when subsequent months' figures have maintained a steady rise. The classified figures below are the results of 773 examinations (51 fewer than the previous year) :-STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

Fi1':.t Aid.

Prelim. First Aid.

Home Nursing .

Prelim. Home Nursing.

Home Hygiene.

Prelim. Child Welfare.

Mining.

Total.

9,780

1,892

910

442

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CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS GAINED. First Aid Certificates. Preliminary First Aid Certificates Vouchers . Marine Certificates Home Nursing Certificates . Preliminary Home Nursing Certificates Home Hygiene Certificates . Preliminary Home Hygiene Certificates Child Welfare Certificates Preliminary Child Welfare Certificates First Aid in Mines Certificates First Aid in Mines Labels Medallions Labels. Pendants

1,497 1,551 370 94 211 363 9 18 9 13 15 23 323 5,956 660 11,112

The First Aid in Mines Committee decided not to proceed with the revision of the First Aid in Mines textbook until the revision of First A id to the Injured had been completed. The Committee undertook the organization of a further series of special lectures of particular interest to colliery first aid personnel, one to be held in each of the six areas of the South 'Vales coalfield. Attendances averaged 200, and a grant was received from the National Coal Board towards the cost of administration. The Committee was asked to formulate recommendations as to the relationship between the Order-Association and Brigade-and the N.C.B., following discussions in \vhich the Principal Secretary had been asked to participate at St. John's Gate Headquarters with the Board's Chief Medical Officer. The Medical Officer appointed to the outhWestern Division was already familiar with St. John Organization, a a member of Priory Committees; and a preliminary announcement made recently by the Divisional Board affording recognition and encouragement to first aid men in the mines can be expected to infuse new life into first aid work in the South Wales coalfield. It is satisfactory to record that the First Aid Area Officers appointed by the Board are all Brigade Officers. An increased number of classes can be anticipated as a result of official steps taken to train a percentage of Post Office staffs throughout the country, and a proportion of employees at Ministry of Supply Establishments and Depots in Wales, while representations have been made by the Priory to all factory undertakings and a number of special classes are being arranged for the National Fire Service. The issue of awards in bronze was resumed in 1946, and during 1947 students were informed that orders for awards in silver could be accepted. There has been considerable delay, however, in the execution of orders owing to labour difficulties and export priorities. There has been a welcome arousal of interest in First Aid on the part of road transport workers. A meeting was convened at Priory House in November at which representatives of the principal public service undertakings and other sections of road transport discussed the possibility of resuscitating the ambulance competitions initiated by the Priory some

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years before the war. A favourable view of the prospects was taken and there is every indication of a competition being arranged in 1948. BRIGADE STRENGTH.

The most promlsmg feature of the summary of membership of the Brigade in "Vales as at the 31st December, set out below, is an increase of 503 Cadets, although the total strength of 15,200 is 442 down on the previous year. Only one Cadet Ambulance and one Cadet Nursing Division were formed, against which 18 Ambulance, 10 Nursing, 13 Cadet Ambulance, and 8 Cadet Nursing Divisions were disbanded as inactive units. 1-lEN. Headquarters Staff Commissioners Assistant Commissioners County Surgeons. . Assistant County Surgeons County Officers Corps Officers Divisional Officers . N.C.O.s Privates

5 19 30 14 6

59 201 815 759 4,837

WOMEN. Headquarters Staff . County Superintendents County Officers Corps Officers . Divisional Officers N.C.O.s. . Ambulance Sisters

5 9 27 37 370 68 1,751

Total

2,267

6,745

Total . Boys. Cadets (including Officers) UNITS. Corps . Ambulance Divisions Nursing Divisions. . Cadet Ambulance Divisions Cadet .c ursing Divisions

3,608

GIRLS. Cadets (including Officers) .

2,580

PERSONNEL. 52 297 159 167 120

6,745 2,267 3,608 2,580

Men Women Boys Girls Total

15,200

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.

The significance of a decrease in numbers is offset by an increase in the record of voluntary services rendered. The 59,660 cases treated by senior members is 270 more than in 1946; and the 10,467 cases removed by ambulance to hospital or home is 1,213 greater. These figures do not relate to the Priory's Ambulance Transport Service reviewed below. Assistance was rendered in 1,161 road accidents. Brigade members maintained 8 first aid road huts and 61 road boxes and staffed 6 beach huts. There has been a ready response in all areas to calls for routine public duty, comprising attendance at indoor and outdoor entertainment and sports gatherings, public parades, and annual gatherings, such as the Royal \i\Telsh Show at Llanelly and the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Colwyn Bay, the respective Commissioners for Carmarthenshire and \Vest Denbighshire being responsible for the arrangements. Nursing members rendered an aggregate of 2,948 hours' duty at child welfare clinics, 8,147 hours at hospitals, 2,440 hours at nurseries, and

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2,983 hours at blood transfusion centres. They served as attendants on 1 060 ambulance removals. The maintenance of Medical omforts Depots, reported on below, is carried out mainly by nursing member and represent a large contribution of service. The return show no more than four V.A.D. memb r serving on the 31st December and 103 immobile C.N.R. members. The Nursing Exhibitions arranged under the auspices of the 1\1ini tri of Health and Labour presented excellent opportunities for publicity. Ambulance and Cad t member co-operated with Nursing Unit in giving demonstrations of first aid and home nursing at these gatherings. The volume of voluntary services rendered by Brigade personnel during the war wa r -echoed in the award during 191G of the ertificate of Thanks bearing the facsimile signature of Their l\laje ties the King and Queen, i ued by the \Var Organization for a minimum of 1,000 hour' part-time or two years' full-time service. The number of \Vclsh members who received the award was 3,8-12. The time ha not yet arrived when the Priory can mbarl- upon Llw organization of Training Courses in Wales, though the future holds good prospects for such development. Meanwhile, a number of enior and Cadet Officers have enjoyed the privilege of attendance at H eadquarter Courses and Conference, which they have found a source of inspiration and guidance. CADET DEVELOPME! TS.

The Cadet Advisory Committee met at Priory H Oll e tuwclnls til · close of the year and appointed two Executive ommittees, one for North and one for outh Wales, which will b meeting periodically t o further Cadet interests. Undoubtedly the junior service organizations represent a strong counter attraction and the failure to obtain from the Board of Trade any coupon conces ion on adet uniform is a formidable deterrent. Nevertheless some progress has been made in numb r ' and there is no lack of enthu iasm among Cadet, who are carrying outome really useful services. Nursing Cadets carried out 238 hours' duty ill hospitals and 168 hours in nurseries. The Grand Prior's Cadet Badge was gained by three adet, namely: Cadet Corporal Colin Mold, Celynen Collieries (Pentwynmawr) Cadet Ambulance Division. Cadet Corporal Dennis Whitcombe, Blaenavon Cadet Ambulance Division. Cadet Ena Frances WiUiams, Tredegar Cadet Nursing Division. The importance attached to Cadet achievement was recognized by having the presentation of badges by the Prior at General A embly on the 19th June. Some very successful camps were arranged by Cadet Officer in various parts of the country, good reports having been received from those held at St. Athan, St. Nicholas, Towyn, Kewstoke, Govilon, and Symonds Yat . The Priory has direct representation upon the Standing Conference for Wales of Voluntary Youth Organizations and is represented on the local county conferences. Its recommendation that Youth Organizations should promote contacts between their branches and German Youth Clubs

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has been tried out. in three Cadet Divisions in Wales with satisfactory result.s a nnmber of members having become firm" pen friends with the adopted" youth groups. II

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The Commissioner for V\Tales, accompanied by the A~~istant Lady Superintendent. for \-Vales, conducted inspections of the units of the Montgomeryshire County at \Velshpool, the eath County Area at Neath, the Caernarvonshire County at Bangor, Caerphilly County Area at Ystrad l\1ynach, Bridg nd and District Corps at Porthcawl, Llynfi Valley Corps at Maesteg, ancl Aberavon County Area at Pyle. The A sist.ant ommis. ioner for vVales, accompanied by his wife, who i.., t.h Lady County :up rint nc1ent for l\lonmout.hshire and Chief Officer Nursing Cad t.s \Vales, inspected the I slwyn Corps at Tredegar, the South \Val s Border Corps at Abergavcnny, and the Rhymncy Valley Corps at Ah 'flysswg. The Surg on-in-Chief for \\Tales, with his wife, Lady County Superintenclent. for Glamorgan, inspected the Divisions in the Borough of l\Ierthyr lydfil at Dowhis and the Pontypridd Corps at Trcforest. 'I'll As.i~tal1t .'urgcon-in-Chicf carried out the inspection of the \Ve t l\Ionmouth Corps at Ab rtillery, and the \Vestern Valley Corps at Risca. The Sduri<lll ount.y Area insp ction was conducled by t.he Director uf Ambulance, the H.hondcla Divi ion. by th Commi 'ioner for Brecknockshire, the Commi%ion r for armarth nshire carried out the in pection of three corps in hi county, and the Barry and District Corps was inspect d by the Assistant Commi. sion r for Barry County Area. The hi f Om.cer Ambulance ad ts, who in company with the Chief Ofllccr Tursing Cadets, inspected a Cadet parade in Cardiff Castle grounds, conclucted inspections of the Aberdare County at Mountain Ash, the Newport ounLy at Trcdegar Park, and von Llwyd Corps and Pontypool and Di trict orp ' at Pontypool. AMBULA:\CE

IPETITIOr\s.

There wer no \Ydsh Brigade Final Competition held in 1947, a thc teams which w're successful in t.he competitions held towards the cnJ. of 191G had won t.he right t.o repre cnt \Vales in the first post-war compelit.ions for the Brigade at Home held in London on the 13th June, 1£)17 ( enior) , and 27th and 2Sth November, 1947 (Cadet), when they wcre plac d as under :Trcdegar Ambulance Team ewport (Mon.) ursing Team . .. DuiIryn Aman Ambulance Cadet. Team (JunIor) Treharris Nursing Cadet Team (Junior)

6th 11th 4th 8th

It has been decided to arrange in future year for an interval of not more than two months between the Welsh Brigade ComjJetitions and the Brigade Finals in London. At the National Ei teddfod of Wales, Colwyn Bay, ambulance work was. a prominent feature of the week's programme. There were large entnes for eight events for tro! l1ies vested in the Priory Tru tees both

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for open competition and for team of men, women, boys, and girls resident in Wales and Monmouthshire. I.n the fir t post-war competition for the Harry Webb Cup for vVelsh Railway teams held at the City Hall on the 6th November, Cardiff Bute Docks Team \,\'on the trophy for the Great \Ve tern Raihyay for th e twelfth time. SERVICE MEDALS A D BARS.

During the year 134 Service Medals and 87 Bars were awarded brin~ing the number of. such awards to the Brigade in vVales to 1,643 SerVIce Medals, 698 FIrst Bars, 281 econd Bar, 125 Third Bars, 40 Fourth Bars, 8 Fifth Bars, and 1 ixth Bar. lIIILITARY HO PITAL

RE ERYE.

The six reservists named below qualified in 1946 for the l\I.H.R. Brooch, awarded for twelve years' efficient service :Sergeant R. J. Llewellyn " F. R. Langdon Private W. C. Langdon W. H. Christopher E. Parsons C. A. Mann

Resolven Division

AMBULA CE HALL.

No new ~bulance Hall~ wer~ opened during the year and application for g.rant-ald from. the Mmers. Welfa~~ Fund were held in abeyanc pendmg the establIshment of Its pOSItIon under the new condition'. A number of Divisions w~ich had benefited by the provision of headquarters free.of cost. on collIery-owned property found them elve withou t accommodatIon owmg to changes con equent upon nationalization. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT .

There are 159 Depo~s operating under the Priory for \Vale , an increase of 13 on 1946. Dunng the year four Depots ceased to function and 17 .new ones were set up. Further expansion is dependent upon the po~cy to be ~d~rp~ed by the local authorities in the implementation of theIr responsIbilItIes under the National Health ervice Act which comes into force in)uly, 1948, where.by nursing e~uipment and apparatus must "?e ,!llade av~ilable to the. publIc on loan WIth or without payment. Ne~otlatlOns are m progress WIth the authorities throughout Wales with a VI~W to the use of the existing provision and particularly the voluntary servlce~ of the personnel now running the Depots. At least the future of the Pnory Hous~ pepo.t, w~ich has been maintained as part of the headquarter admimstratlOn smce 1921, is safeguarded and will continue ~o operate. along the usual lines. From this Depot 1,553 articles were Issued durmg 1947- 117 more than in 1946-the total issues from all Depots in Wales being 15,911, which is an increase of 940 on the figu re for the previous year.

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MOTOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE .

As from bt January, 1947, the National Coal Boar~ accepted liab~lity for contracts previously operating between Compames and the Pno.ry in respect of 170 collieries in the South Wal s c?alfield; and 17 .compames (- teel, tinplat , railway, quarries, etc.) contmued t? subscnbe to the service. The aggregate number of employees cover~d m these two groups of contracts i 54,000 . ubscriptions from 164 CollIery Lodges and other bodies of workmen secured the availability of ambulance transport to a total membership of 31,000 and their dependants. In addition 45 groups of outside" individuals numbering 7,500 subscribed. The contracts with four local authorities and one general hospital were renewed. The increasing demand for ambulan~e tr~nsport.reflected in the figures for ubsequent y ars is again emphaSIzed m the mcrease of 1,~42 ca?es carried and 19,679 miles travelled in 1947 when 28,597 rem?vals, mv?lvu: g a total mileage of 500,072, brought the number of ,PatIents carned ill Priory ambulance since th~ inception ~f the serVIce to 347,896, the mileage during the twenty-eIght years bemg 6?069,~46. Twenty-three co-ordinatecl ambulanc~ stat~ons mouth W.ales are served by 28 ordinary ambulances and 4 hmousme type for long dIstances, employing a total full-time staff of 5 2 . . . . Five con\' rted ambulances were put mto operatIOn dunng 1946, compri ing:-3 x-\Yar ~ervice Au tin ~ and 2 ex-\Var Organization vehicles. tI

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'ERVI ' E AMBULANCE CO:\lMITTEE.

Th mcmbcLhip of thi - Committee, which is. administered from Priory Hous ,wet extended to incl,ude repre entation of the. two con~ tituent Boc1ies- the Order and oCIety-from every county ill Wales, and a w ll-attended mceting wa held at hrew~~ury to cor~sider repo.rts on the progres of negotiations with loc~l authontIes for the mcorporatlOn of \Velsh Hom :' rvice ambulanc m the schemes formulated under the National H alth 'en 'ice Act. The number of these stations, w~ich are operated by :t. John and Red Cross units in a voluntary capaCIty, incr a:;ed to ;)1. STORES DEP ARTME T.

This Departm nt' turnover was £51~ 3s. id. higher. tha? that for 1946, the increase being attributable mamly to the grow~ng aemand for urgical cquipment, which is in short supply. A~ult umform ~ales also reached a higher fignr , but ord rs for Cadet umform, for WhICh there i no coupon conce ion, were down. T?e numb~r of textboo~s and publications sold droppcd by 1,839 to 8,967, a 'P~ssible re~son b~mg the anticipation of the publication of the 4~t.h edltIon .of FLrst A~d to the Injured a soon as the Headquarter Re:Tl?I?n CommIttee has cOI?plete.d its work. The Priorv is grateful to DIVI IOns who have made It thelr practice to purchase- their requirements from. the Prio~y . t~res and particularly to Brigade per~onnel c.onn~cted WIth first aId m mdustry who have influenced orders m the dIrection of the tores Department. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.

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activities of the Order, which are kept at Priory House, gather intere t from year to year. In the library there ar 241 volumes and print, and the museum contains 43 object, all of vvhich have been presented by members and wcll-wi hers of the Ordcr. Additions in 1947 consist of a framed oil painting of the Battle of Lepants, a Chinese Tca Caddy (circa 1760) , a silver model of an armoured knight, a coin and books fr0r11 Mr. E. M. Jones, a most enthusiastic and generous collector on the Priory'::, behalf; orne volumes, from thc Priory Librarian, ir Leonard TwistollDavies, K.B.L., J.P., D.L., F . . A., a document from Mr. A. G. E. J. Fudge and gifts of insignia of the Order from the Hon. Mrs. J. H. Brucc, Mr. Jo eph Jones, .B.E., and the relatives of the late Dr. H.. 1. de Acton Redwood and the late Mi s M. Brodie, M.B.E. The pub~ic~tion in December of A History of the Order of s·t. ]Ollli of ] erlfsale'm 711 ,Vales and 011 the FVelsh Border, by Professor \'Tilliam Recs, can be recorded a a development of permanent valuc to thc Order supplying the answer to many inquirie made for information in f(; _ poct of its early activities hitherto sought in vain. The Priory owcs a v\:'n' great debt of gratitude to the distingui -hed author for making ~1.\-ai lahi , a book that ,,,ill appeal to scholars and yet can be rcad witll enjoymcnt by all interested in the Order. (Copies are obtainable from Priory House at 15s. each, plus postage ls.) A bequest of £300 and five silver cup is recorded with gratitude from the late Lady (Herbert) Lewi, O.B.E., widow of the firt Principal Secretary and Commis ioner for \rales, who had made an outstanding and valuable contribution to the Brigade nursing service from 1918 to her retirement from the Brigade Headquarter taff in 1939. For a bequest of £100 under the will of the late Mrs. E. J. Trevor Cory, wife of the Hospitaller of Bridgend, the Priory records grateful thanks. CHAPTER AND I);"VESTITURE.

The Prior presideJ oyer the annual meeting of the 'lltlpt r in Cardiff on the morning of 19th June and in the afternoon ondu1,t dan in\'cstiture of members promoted in or admitted to the Order during the years 1~) 1 :~ to 1945 at the meeting of General Assembly in the City Hall, which was attended by 800 representatives of the Priory's work from all part::; of Wales. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman George J. Ferguson, ] .1'.), who had entertained Chapter members to lunch, presented Tellum and Priory Votes of Thanks. CO CLUSION.

The past year has been memorable for the initiation of varion mea ures calculated vitally to affect the future destinies of the Priory. It remain to be seen whether the most important of them comes to fruition, namely a docum~nt k~own a~ the "Ch~ncellor's Memorandum ", dated ApriL 194 7, w~Ich raIses t~e Important lssue of a devolution of responsibilitiesa.rn~untmg to s~mI-autonornous government-upon the Priories, now SIX m nu~ber, WIth the for~ati?n ?f a Priory of Scotland during the year. The project has an EmpIre sIgnlficance, affecting future relationships within the Grand Priory, which is deserving of every support on the part

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of the earliest Establishment consistent with the intimate ties of a very special connection with St. John's Gate an~ the Brigade At I:I0m~ . The outcome of this design has a beanng upon the applIcabilIty to the Priory of the findings of the Independent Commission set up in 1947 by the Chapter-General to advise upon constitutional changes. Con. equent adjustment fall outside the scope of the year's report, but steps have been taken to safeguard the Priory's long established rights of representation upon Headquarter Committe.es. More immediate ?-ave been the necessary reactions to a. far-reachmg reform of the NatIOnal Health ervices embodied in the Act of 1946. The Ambulance Transport .' ervice and Medical Comforts Depots of the Priory are affected by the new power to be conferred upon Local Health Authorities as from the appo inted day, viz. 5th July, 1948. Negotiations with the Counties and County Boroughs of Wales have resulted in agreements of a pr~ ponderatingly satisfactory character. In many respects greater responslbilities will have to be assumed during a transitional period in the course nf which the pattern of tate control takes shape to the encouragement or detriment of voluntary organizations. It is to be hoped that the spirit of altruistic service will be preserved as a fundamental element in the life of a community grown great through the freely willed exertions of the ordinary citizen in pursuit of his ideals. JOHN H. BRUCE, Principal ecretary and Commissioner for Wales.

The Priory in Southern Africa.

The following is extracted from the Report of the Priory : Priory hapter has the honour to ubmit to Chapter-General and to \1emb rs and A ociate of the Order in outhern Africa its report for the year 10-17. The high light of this Tear' activities was the visit to South Africa of Hi :Jlajesty The King, overeign Head of the Order, Her Majesty The Queen, Commandant-in-Chief of Nursing Corps and Divisions of the -t. John Ambulance Brigade, and the Royal Princesses. The Priorv in outhern Africa of the Order of St. John and through it the t. Joh11-Ambulance Association and the t. John Ambulance Brigade demon. trat d yet aaain its ability to ris to the occasion and play its full part , in co-operation with sister organizations, in rendering First Aid enTice , thu earning the confidence and appreciation of the general public, :Military and Police authorities throughout the Union and Rhode ia, and contributing in no small measure to the success of the I<oyal Tour. Their iajestie the King and Queen accorded a private interview on the afternoon of unday, 30th March , 1947, at Government House, Pretoria, to a deputation of the t. John Committee for the Prevention of Blindnes . The deputation con isted of Mr. Alphcus Williams, Sub-Prior of the Order of t. John in Southern Africa, Brigadier C. M. Hoffe, Director of Ambulance and Priory Commissioner, Colonel T. H. \Vatermeyer,

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Hospitaller and Almoner, and ir Erne t Oppenheimer, hairman of the St. John Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. Their Maje ties received the dcputation most cordially with all the charm which has endeared them to the hcarts of all outh African . They were most interested to hear details of the proposed St. John Ophthalmic Foundation in Southern Africa. His Majesty acceptcd a copy of the special Brochure giving full detail of the project which the Committee had issued on the occasion of the launching of the Appeal. Her Majesty accepted for herself and for ,Their Royal Highnesses thc Princesses, small silver brooches which were specially made to commemorate the Ophthalmic Appeal. A cable of congratulations and good wishes was sent on behalf of the Priory in Southern Africa to the cotti h Priory when the Preceptory of Torphichen, which has been in a state of suspense ince 1564, wa reconstituted on the 26th June, 1947, by H.R.H. the Grand Prior, the Duke of Gloucester. The Grand Prior in talled the Earl of Lind ~ay a Prior and Sir Colin MacRae as ub-Prior. The Chapter learned with great pleasure that His lajesty The King has appointed H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth a Dame Grand ro of the Order. It .is also reported that His Majesty The King has been pleased to appomt Her Excellency Mrs. G. Brand van Zyl, Pre ident of the Nur~ing Divisions within the Priory area, a "Dame" of th Ord r and H~r Excellency Lady Kennedy a " Commander". The Priory Chapter is pleased to welcome as members of Prion' Chaptcr His Excellency Major-General ir Noble Kennedy, K. C.V.O ., K.B.F., C.B ., M.C:, rec.ently admitted to the Order in the Grade of Knight, ' ir Arthur Cecil Gnffin, ICC.I.E., O.B.E., Officcr of the Ord r from India. and Colonel J. J. Kruger promoted to " Commander". The Priory Headquarters has now remo\Ted to the Permanent 1:hLIldin a 8 Darling Street, Cape Town, where it is hoped that accommod<1tion \vGi be fo,":n.d for a Library and Committee room a ' well a g neralofliL : . Thc Req:ll~Ite Store contlI~ue . to be ac ommodatcd at Priory IIcaclquart rs, but It IS hoped that thIS WIll be taken O\Tcr b,' th Ambulance DeptLrtmcIlt in the near future. . RECOGNITIO .

OF \\'.\R SERYICE.

It is reported with pride and appreciation that many :Jlembcrs of Prion'

Chap~er,. the ?t.)ohn AJ?bu~ance Brigade and the, t. John .\mbulance

Ass~cIa~lOn withm the ~no~y m outhcrn Africa ha.ve reC'ci.ved recognition

for Lheir devoted serVICe m the cause of humamty dunng the ccond World War, 1939-45. Special Certificates of Commendation and an emblem in the form of a Protea ha~e been 12resen.ted to those .members whose name were brought to the nohce of HIS MaJesty The Kmg and recorded in the Govcrnment Gazette. ~ar Service Certificat~s signed personally by Their ~Iajc ties The Kmg and 9.ueen as SovereIgn Head of the Order of St. John and President of the. Br~hsh Red Cr~s~ Society have been presented through the War Orgamzahon of the Bnhsh Red Cross ociety and the Order of t. John ,

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to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade who gave their services in the cause of the war effort. It is further gratifying to rcport that His Majesty The King has approvcd the award of a outh African War Medal to those who rendered valuable services towards the war effort in the Gnion and who were not eligible for other war decorations. :'lEETING . .

His Excellency the Prior presided at meetings of Chapter held at Government Hou e, Cape Town, on the 21st March and at Government House, Pretoria, on the 26th eptember. His Excellency also presided over meetings of Council held on 17th :Jlarch and the 22nd eptember. The nnual Conference of the Ambulance Committee was held in Port Elizabeth from 14th October to the 17th October. The main items discussed were as follows : Insurance of First Aid Personnel. Period of Validity of First Aid Certificates. First Aid Training in large Industrial concerns. \Vearing of t. John Arm adges by Police and other uniformed units. INVESTITURES.

Hi Excellency the Prior has held four Investitures, one at Cape Town, one at Durban, one at Pretoria and a private Investiture at Bloemfontein. FINANCE.

Ieetings of the Finance Committee were held on 7th February, 13th :M arch,27th lay, 16th June, 8th August, and 24th October. All Occupational Therapy work in the Military Hospitals ceased with the clo ing of Baragwanath, and the Joint Red Cross-St. John Committee ha\'e r turncd £1,482 6s. 7d. being the major portion of the Order of t. John's hare of the balance of the funds. The small amount still out tanding will be refunded later when all accounts have been cleared. ST. JOHX OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL JERUSALEM.

The Hospiiall r and Almoner is pleased to report that in view of the many donations receiv d from the Priory in Southern Africa a bed has been named at the t. John Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem. It is learned with intere t that the Hospital Staff have not been affected by the evacuation order in Palestine and in spite of present difficulties there has been an increase in the total attendances at the Hospital. T. JOH l

OPHTHADIIC FOU~DATIO~T FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA.

ince the last report, the Chapter's Committee under the Chairmanship of ir Ernest Oppenheimer has done a considerable amount of preparatory work in formulating plans and establishing Committees for a concerted drive for the ppeal. The Priory Commissioner (Brigadier C. M. Roffe) and Colonel F. 'vV. myth, Ron. Secretary, have been untiring in their efforts to this end. On the Rand a trong sub-committee under the Chairmanship of

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~1r. F. M. Askew has been fonned. The amount collected to date is [11,446 towards the Rand target of £250,000, and other sub-committees are rapidly being formed in all parts of the Union and Rhodesia. The total amount collected at 31st December, 1947, was [25,713 ls. 7d. Public interest and upport are increasing and very great progress in the establishment of a t. John Eye Hospital is confidently expected in 1948.

LIBRARY AND ?lIU EUM. The Librarian, Lieut.-Colonel C. Graham Botha, reports that he has received and gratefully acknowledges the following contributions to the Library and Archives of the Priory :Pyesented by Lady Smith, D.St.]. Insignia Commander (Sister). Insignia Knight of the late Sir Charles Smith, KC.l\I.G. (These have been placed in the custody of the atal Centre Durban.) Framed photograph of the late Sir Charles mith. Presented by Colonel]. A. Williams, D.S.a., D .F.C ., C. t.]' Ail silver Insignia-Officer (Brother). All silver miniature. Presented by Siy Ellis Robi1ls, D.S.a., E.D., N.S!.]. Insignia-Commander (Brother). Pyesented by JIiss H elen Wood, a.St.]. " Handbook Aids for Cases of Injuries," by P. hepherd, 1 2. Small silver cross. . Pyesented by JIiss C . .11. Campbell, a.St.]. Centenary Service on 24th June, 1931. Order of Cerenl0ny. Order of Service, 'Westminster Abb y, on 24th June, ]931. .

Forty-five library \'olumes are ready for binding, and tender for the wor k have been called for. A die for a bookplate for the Priory. Library was made, and bookplates printed. The bookplate of the Commandery i obsolete. The compilation of ~ su~ject c~~d index of the books in the Library has b~en commenced. ThIS will facilItate referen ce to variou pha e of the hIstory of the Order. An index on " Ceremonial" has been made. Congratulations are extended to Port Elizabeth in acquiring a building for the Headquarter of the Association and Brigade within the Port Elizabeth Centre. The. Chapter regrets to report that Mr. Trav r Lacey, C.M.G ., O.B.E., found It necessary to relinquish his position as ecretary of the Prior v and wishes to express to him its gratitude for the valuable service rendered during his ter:ure of office, from 1st February, 1946, to 30th June, 1947. No new appomtment has yet been made and Miss Fowkes has continued to act in the meantime. It is .with pleasure that Chapter reports that His Majesty the King, the SovereIgn Head of the Order, has approved the wearing of a small ilver cross on the riband of the Order. VISITOHS. . Many visi~ors were. welcomed ~t Priory Headquarters during the year, mcluding MISS PhyllIS Macquane from Canada and Dr. Muriel Frazer from Belfast, Ireland.

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It is WIth great pleasure that we look forward to welcoming MajorGeneral the Earl of Athlone and H.R.H. the Princess Alice who will arrive in outh Africa early in the New Year for a short holiday.

THANKS. The grateful thanks of the Chapter are tendered to Ministers and Heads of Government Departments, Provincial and Municipal Administrations, the Press, and to ommercial Organizations for their continued support they have given to the work of the Order and its Departments. The Chapter acknowledges with grateful thanks the efforts made by Chapter-General to supply insignia and mantles for members of the Order within the Priory in outhern Africa which enabled His Excellency the Prior to invest many members throughout the Union and Rhodesia. OBITUARY. It i with deep orrow that hapter records the death of the following members of the Priory : ]{lIights. Sir Henry hapman, 22nd June, 1947. Lieut.-General .\ndries Jacob Ekstein Brink, 17th October, 1947. SUt'lIIg Byothers. aptam ]{q~inald Catterall Dickinson, 22nd April, 1947. David Watson, 4th August, 1947. LYVlIzg Sister. Mary Hall, :'.Irs. Phillips, 23rd Jannan', 19~7.

The Priory in New Zealand.

Th Prion' 19,17.

hapt r has the honour to submit its report for the year

CERE)lOXY I'O R RELEPTIO~ OF GRA~D PRIOR'S E~YOY. A I'olourful eremony took place in t. ~Iary's Cathedral, Auckland, un the occa ion of the vi it of Vi count Bledisloe bearing a "Mandate from H.R.H. Th Grand Prior. Vi count Bledi loe conveyed documents from the Grand Prior, estabIi hing a Priory in New Ze-aland and following this Ceremony installed His Excellen y, ir Benlard Freyberg, as the first Prior in New Zealand. The ceremOI1\' created Dominion-wiele interest and was a worthy one to mark uch important occasion in the history of the Order in the Dominion. \'1 IT OF YI COUKT A~D V1SCOU l TESS BLEDISLOE. All the "JIembers of the Order in New Zealand welcomed thi VI It particular1~' to ren w many happy memories of Viscount Bledisloe's ojourn in New Zealand as Governor-General, and also to receive from him me sages of the work in England and Australia, where he also conducted a Ceremon establishing a Priory in the Australian Commonwealth.

DISTRICT COUl CILS OF THE ORDER. F ollowillg the lead of St. John Councils in Counties in England and Prm-in ial Council in Canada a decision was made by the Priory Chapter

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to set up District Councils of t. John to operate as from the 1st January, 1948. It i felt that this step will be a first one to further unity. Some careful adjustments will be found neces ary and the Priory in New Zealand acknowledges with appreciation the a sistance given by the Secretary-General and by the Director of Ambulance of the Priory in Canada in detailed matters. TB:E HON. SIR R. HEATO);" RHODE-, " BAILIFF GRAND CRO s."

The announcement of the promotion of ir R. Heaton Rhodes to "Bailiff Grand Cross" was most happily received by all Members of St. John throughout the Dominion. Sir Heaton was admitted as a " Knight of Grace" in 1912 and as a " Knight of Justice" in 1930, and was the leader of the work of the Order in New Zealand until his retirement as Knight-Commander in 1945. His Excellency, Sir Bernard Freyberg, invested ir Heaton in the drawing-room of Sir Heaton's home, Chri tchurch.

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established in Wellington and the Ladies are busily engaged in embroidering Heraldic Emblems for the Bedcovers used in the Ophthalmic Hospital. Branch Linen Guilds are being formed in other Centres. One of the aims of these Ladies is the endowment of a bed in the Hospital at Jerusalem. The assistance and support of the Linen Guild will be of great value to the general development of the Order in New Zealand. OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL COLLECTIOXS.

During the year collections totalling £103 12s. 6d. were forwarded for the Hospital. STORES DEPARTMENT.

The establishment of a Stores Department by the Priory will greatly facilitate the supplying of needs, particularly those of Brigade Members and the great help given by the tores Department, St. John's Gate, is much appreciated.

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ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES.

The New Zealand Priory desires to extend heartiest congratulations to these two Priories not only on the extension of their work, but also for their excellent publications which are received regularly with a great deal of interest.

In addition to maintaining the usual activities, new fields of service haye been commenced, particularly by the Auckland Association giving a lead in it assi tance in the work for Old People, and also in its establishment of a Travelling Clinic with the District Nurse, which attends daily the new housing areas. Considerable extension is anticipated during this year of Ambulance Tran port ervice, as it is felt certain that the Government's policy of making Ambulcmce ervices a benefit under the Social ecurity Act will come into operation during 1948. All Associations operating Ambulances have, th refore, b en bu y making preparations for such a move. The As ociations noted with pleasure the intention of the Grand Priory to is ue a booklet on "Industrial Hygiene", particularly as initial inquiri s have been made with the Health Department in New Zealand, and for active co-operation in such a venture in this country. There ha_ been an increase in general tuition in First Aid and kindred subject, and the po ession of the upplement has quickened interest among t. John ranks with a vie\\" to further improvements and revision in tandard procedure.

PRIORY IN AUSTRALIA.

We are happy to acknowledge an exchange of data from time to time with our confreres. PRIORY IN WALES.

The Principal ecretary has been most graciou in his corre pondence and the Priory Report for 1946 gave evidence of the active work of the Order in Wales. RECONSTITuTION OF THE PRIORY IN SCOTLA D.

It was inspiring to receive details of the Ceremony at the recon titution of the Priory in Scotland, and following this we have enjoyed an exchange of correspondence with the Priory ecretary. \Ve extend our very best wishes. QUARTERLY LETTERS FRO £ THE GRAND PRIORY.

These are very valuable reports on latest development in the work of the Order giving impetus to local work, and during the past year they have been of particular interest because of the reports of various visits to the Continent and particularly Italy to e tablish contact with other branches of the Order. EMPIRE CONFERE ·CE.

Whilst disappointed with the decision made to postpone the date of the Empire Conference, it is realized that possibly conditions in England are not opportune for such a gathering. LADIES' LINEN GUILD.

Under the leadership of Lady Elliott a very active Linen Guild has been

BRIGADE ACTIVITIES.

IrcJZglli.- ince the presentation of the Annual Report for 1946, 17

new Divi ion (personnel 212) have been registered, viz : 3 Ambulance Divisions 6 Cadet .\.mbulance Di\"i ions Cadet ~ursing Divisions

(40 member) (76 members) (96 member)

The pre eni. e timated strength of the Brigade i as under :Ambulance I ursing-. . Cadet .\.mbulan ce Cadet Nursing .

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Jlembel'ship. 2,596 · 2,210 2,033

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Divisiolls. 157 149

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The 17 new Divisions were distributed as follows :Auckland outh Auckland " Canterbury and 'Vest Coast Otago . Southland Wellington

4 2 4 3 1 3

107 22 7 7 2

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Grand Prior 's Badges. . Proficiency Badges Cade1.s 1st

368

2nd

172 719

5 Year X.Z. Certificate

330

Road Safety.-It is interesting to note that under a special authority granted by the Commissioner (Overseas) Road Safety was included in the profi~iency subje~ts for Cadets, and has now been adopted throughout the EmpIre as a subject. To the end of 1947, 817 Certificat hav(' been issued to Cadets for this ubject. SUB-DI TRICTS.

A pleasing feature has been the development of c rtain Di5tricts to such a stage where it ha been thought advisable to create ub-Di ~ trict under the general policy of decentralization of admini tration. TUDE~T

DIYl IO:--.r .

A decision to form these Divisions has met with Dominion-wide approval and throughout ~ew Zealand the name" rusader" Divisions has been adopted. "ISIT .

\Ve are happy to acknowledge the visit to ~ew Zealand of Mrs. C. Lindsay-Wood, County Cadet Vice-President, 1\ottinghamshire, and Mrs. Lake, Lady Divisional Superintendent, idmouth ~ur ing Division, Devon. DOMe-no.

particularly in relation to a large departmental store fire in Christchurch, a railway accident in Auckland and two mountain climbing accidents, one in the Southern Alps and one in the mountains in Hawkes Bay. There is a general trend toward improving Uniforms particularly those for Nursing Divisions. Samples of outdoor Uniforms worn in South Africa, Australia, and Canada, are being obtained before a local decision is made. The work of the Brigade has been very well maintained during the year although calls upon its members have been very extensive, with the renewing of public functions and sporting events of all kinds. It is to be regretted that the re trictions over the whole Dominion owing to an infantile paralysis epidemic at the end of the year, curtailed quite a number ot Cadet Camps and other functions and limited the participation of our :\1embers as i ting other Camps.

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There were disbandments of 14 Divisions: 7 Ambulance, 5 Nur ing and 2 Cadet Ambulance Division. Awards.-The following are totals of Awards granted to Member of the Brigade during the year : Service Medals 1st Bar 2nd Bar 3rd Bar 41.h Bar

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There has been in tituted a Dominion Competition for Ambulance and Nursing Divisions. It will follow a series of elimination competitions to be held in each District to select one District Team to take part in the Dominion Competition. SPECIAL SERVICES OF THE BRIGADE.

Brigade Members renaered outstanding service during the year ,

The Priory in Canada.

The following i.., extracted from the Report of the Priory : The econd meeting of the Priory Chapter was held on 27th June, 1947, Hi Excell ncy the Prior pre iding. L "\OE TITl' RE.

Following the .\nnual Jleeting a. special investiture was held by His Excellency th Prior. \-ELLl' :;\[ ,"OTE OF

THA~KS.

.\t the close of the nnllal l\Ieeting a Vellum '.rote of Thanks was presented by His Excellency the Prior to Allan T. Lewis, Esq., C.B.E., h.C., in recognition of hi services to the Priory in Canada during his t 'rm of office. C.\i\IPAIGN.

The first ational Campaign for funds for the Order in Canada was held during the month of February. The bad weather during the progress of th campaign made it most difficult to carryon the work and undoubtedly had an adverse effect on the results. \Vhile the objective \,as not reached the returns enabled the Order to carryon its work. One of the chief advantages of it was the wider knowledge of the Order and a better appreciation of its services gained bv the citizens of Canada. CO:YIPETITIONS.

The competition in First Aid and Home Nursing were again carried out with increased interest." BLOOD GROUPI G .

During 1947 approximately 26,000 people were blood grouped throughout Canada. This brings the total to approximately 120,000 since the service was inaugurated in 1943.

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In view of the ~ational Campaign being held, no special appeal was made to member of the Order to contribute to either the Ophthalmic Hospital or the Linen Guild. An amount of $1,000 was ent to each from the General Fund of the Order. AMALGAMATIO .

The amalgamation of the As ociati~n and the Brigade. in the provinces is continuing. During 1947 amalgamatIOn was completed 111 askatchewan, British Columbia, and the Federal District. There are now seven provinces and districts in which amalgamation has been completed. MARIA

O~GRESS.

The outstanding public duty during the year was the l\'Ia.rian Cong~ess in Otta\va in June. \Vhile it only la ted three days, dur.111.g. ~hat hme upwards of 150,000 people visited Ottawa and .the resI?ons~bIhhes of t~e Brigade members were very heavy. More detaIl of thIS WIll be found 111 the Federal District Report . TAMPEDE , EXHIBITIO)l , ETC .

Stampedes, exhibitions, etc., again started during 1947 and i.n a. \'~ry large number of case the Brigade were a ked to carry out pubhc dutIe . HILD \,"ELF ARE.

Courses in enior and junior Child \VeHare were inaugur~t~d during the year. It is expected that this will become a popular additlon to the courses made available by the Order. CO FERE. CES.

On 29th and 30th eptember and 1 t Octob'r, the fir t c.uional Conference of the Senior Officers of the ~ursing Divi ion wa - held in Ottawa. Many recommendation were submitted and much wa accomplished by it. The second conference of Senior Male Officers wa held on 2'ith , 25th , and 26th November, a number of valuable recommendation emanated from it as well. APPRECIATIO .L .

In addition to the doctors, nurses, Brigade members, instructor -, -tc., who during the years have rendered loyal and helpfyl as .istance. to the Order in 1947, there were many additional who a Isted 111 makll1g the Campaign a success. To all of them and to the Press across Canada we owe a deep debt of gratitude for the assistance they have rendered to the Ord r. ., To the Officers, Provincial Officers, Headquarters' staff, and Provm cl~l Staffs I extend my sincere appreciation and thanks for the plendld manner in which they helped in furthering the Order of St. John. CHARLE A. GRAY, Sub-Prior.

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ALBERTA. Through this Province reaching approximately 80 per . ce~t of its quota during the National Campaign in Febn:ar:y, a .defimt~ I~prove ment has been noticed in the work of the orgamzatIOn 111 that It IS better known by the citizens of the Province. While this h.as not shown any marked increase in activities, the steady progress whIch was hoped for during 1946 is very evident. In general the work is increasing and from statistics available at this date it would seem that 1946 was the low year in all activities. The Dominion Competitions once more acted as a gr~at stimu~ant to first aid personnel, and high praise is due to all those takmg part, m that six of the fourteen Dominion Trophies were won by teams from Alberta. The Provinc is especially proud of the fact that the Mountgarret Trophy was won by Mrs. ~1. Ryan, Lady Divisional Superintendent of Nurs111g Division No. 13G, Calgary. Another great st p was the procurement .of a buil~ing in which to house the Provincial Headquarters and provlde a meetmg place for the branches of the Order in Edmonton. A large house, situated in the centre of the City of Edmonton, was officially opened by the Lieutenant-Governor on 31st March. It is interesting to note that ever since that time classes and Brigade work in Edmonton have been improving both in numbers and quality of lectures given . . . A new entre of the Association was formed m the town of CoronatlOn and two adet Divisions were formed in Elk Point. Other new ventures included a special full week course being conducted in the Provincial Headquarters on safety and first aid. This course was conducted at the reque t of the Alberta Workmen's Compensation Board for employees of the lumbering industry. Its purpose being to train selected employees in general plant afety and to give each one a complete first aid course. A very clo e ch ck was made and the examining doctors were most trict in their te t , but the final results showed that every student was above tho e found in the average fir t aid class. Efforts have b en concentrated on two of the older centres, viz. Drumheller and Iedicine Hat, for the purpose of stimulating more interest in first aid work. The Workmen's Compensation Board has been working very hard on this plan and it is proving that pre-war activities can be revived by uch concentrated effort. At the present time committees have been set up in the two centres whose duties will be not only the first aid work of the Order of St. John, but the industrial safety activities in the district as well. It was found that by combining these two projects better results were obtained and the committee have sufficient work to maintain the interest of all members. Publicity was continued as in the past by the showing of first aid and entertainment films to various groups throughout the Province. Also booths were operated at the Calgary and Edmonton Exhibitions. This is the second year that this work has been done and the experience gained has definitely shown the way that projects of this type should be carried on in the future. Divisions of the Brigade are steadily advancing both in membership and accomplishments, and as a result of the publicity gained during the

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National Campaign, public dutie are increasing. ome Divi ion' have increa ed their member hip over the previou year. At the inspections of all Divisions it wa noticed that most members are becoming more interested in Brigade work by having the public attend .the inspections and the pre enting of various awards being made at the in pections. It ha been found that now the war activitie are finished a greater effort is required to hold the intere t of Brigade membcrs. All are willing to do their share and there are no objection' to any increased activities such as public dutie , but more forms of cntcrtainment are needed. To cope with thi idea Christma partie ha,'c been given for each Division and from the remark of all members it is quite apparent that eyeryone feel morc kindly toward hi fellow member a well as becoming better acquaintcd with him. The overall picture of the work of 'to John in Alberta at the closc of 19-17 eems to be the turning-point from a small unknown organization to an organization that i to become a necc " ity in thc livc::; of eyery citizen. However, the realization of thi ideal will onlv be achieved bv the continued complete support and co-op"'r3.tion o'f every member which they so ably displayed during the trying ycar of the war. The Executive is therefore mo t confident that thi ~ goal will b r ached. BRITI H COLU:\lB1 \. The Amalgamation of the Association and Brigade was conulllmatecl at the meeting held in Victoria on 26th Augu ,t, 1017. The meeting \\'a attended by 1'1r. C. A. Gray, ub-Prior, and l\Ir. \V. J. Bennett, Director of Ambulance and Priory Commis ioner. The Hon. E. r. ar on wa elected President of the Council of the Ord f, and Dr. 1<.0' Huggard, Vice-PresIdent-Commissioner. The officers and member arc confident that amalgamation will prove beneficial to the future of tIl Order in British Columbia. In February the first national campaign of the Order was inaugurated, and ,,,hile ,ve failed to attain our objective the respon e, parti lllcLrly from industry, was mo t gratifying. The Hon. \Vendell B, Farri , th Chief Justice, very kindly undertook the re pon ibilitie of Pro"incial Campaign Chairman, and it was almost entirely due to his untiring pirit and energy that District and local Chairmen wer appointed, ancl through his personal contact that contributions 'were receiv d from throughout the Province. The total number of certificates and awards i ' ued again ~hoV\:, an increase of 600 over the previous year. 1,422 candidates were instructed and completed application for examinations in Industrial First Aid as required by the Workmen's Compensation Board of British Columbia, 1,376 certificates were issued. At the close of 1946 a full-time travelling instructor was appoint. d to teach Industrial First Aid to employees of logging camps. Altogether a total of 163 candidates were successful in obtaining certificates, At the close of the year under review a second travelling instructor was appointed, During December, 1947, final arrangement were made with the co-operation of the Workmen's Compensation Board to organize regular St. John First Aid Classes, both junior and senior, for employees of

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logging companies. From report,s rec~ived ,it is anticipated that so~e 550 employees will enroll for the Semor FIrst AId and 100 women and children for the Senior and Preliminary Courses. \Ve are pleased to note a further increase in .the number of teams competing for Dominion Competitions to be .hel~ 111 1948. Teams ~epre senting thi Province made an excellent show111g l~ the 1947 ~ompetltIons and we are looking forward to even better results 111 the com111g year: . Local competitions were again successfully ~el~ under the Jomt auspices of St. John and the Mine Safety ASSOCIatIOn t.hroughout the Province. , At the close of the year a Committee was appointe~, to reorgamze the seven Highway First Aid Posts an,d estc:blIsh addItIonal, posts ~t strategic point. It is anticipated that thls serVIce to the travellmg publIc will be in operation before the summer season.. .. In April, Miss Margaret MacLaren, Lady Supenntendent-II~-ChIe~ of the Brigade in Canada, visited the \Vest Coast for th,e first tIme smce her return from overseas. This visit was most helpful 111 many respe~ts. Early in 1917 the formatio~ of the P~mberton Crusader Nur,sl.ng Division, No, 254, was authonzed by Pnory Headqua~ters.. BntIsh Columbia is proud of being able to claim to be the first provm.ce 111 Canada to e tabli h two nch Divisions-the No. 253 J. Fyfe-Smlth Crusader 1 ursing Division in Vancouver wa authorized in December, 1946. . The Province i also happy to be able to rep~rt t~at \:'e now have s~ Grand Prior's Badges held by Nursing Cadets 111 Victona, and three 111 Vancou ver. These are the first to be issued in Canada. Cadet camps were again held this year at Sooke and Newcastle Islan~. Blood grouping was again active this yea~ and, the results of the expe~I ment in t.yping the employees of the Victona Lumber Company 111 Chemainus proved a great success. . The services of members of Brigade of many areas ll1creased coniderably this year, and the following is a short summary of the activities :First. Aid Duties Cases Cases on Highways, etc, Transport Ambulance Cases

1,833 1,793 190 32

The Executive Committee extends its appreciation to the officers and member' of all Centres, Corps, and Divisions in British Columbia for their continued interest and enthusiasm; medical doctors, registered nurses, and instructors for their invaluable service in lecturing and examining during the 'car and to members of the P~ovincial. Government and \Yorkmen's Compcnsation Board for the aSSIstance gIven local Centres and the Council. FEDERAL DISTRICT. The year 1947 has been both a busy and even~ful year i~ the Federal District. Public duties have increased to the pomt where It takes some manipul8tion to cover them all ~ith the personnel av~ilable. The description of the various duties descnbed hereunder are lIsted more or less 111 chronological order. K

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A coverage was made of the skiing activities at Camp Fortune, at which place is located the lodge of the Ottawa Ski Club. A Sportsman's Show took place in the spring at the Coliseum at Lansdowne Park and lasted several days. First Aid facilities for this were provided. At the Minto kating Club a first aid post was organized and special quarters were made available by the club for this first aid post. An extensive Blood Grouping programme has been undertaken by the members of Nursing Divisions, and a very large number of individuals have been typed. Assistance in hospitals or hospital duties have been carried out by the members of the Nursing Divisions, particularly at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and the trathcona Hospital. Earlier in the year assistance was given at the Ottawa General Hospital. The :Marian Congre s was one of the large public duties of the year where some three thousand cases "vere treated between the 18th and 22nd June, the latter day there being some twelve hundred. This was quite an undertaking, in so far as it was estimated that the large number of visitors to Ottawa more than doubled the normal Ottawa population during the last two days of the Congr ss. In the early fall arrangements \vere made to cover the races at Connaught Park on the Aylmer Road. During the summer at a Boy couts' Camp, Camp Opemikon, camp hospital facilities were arranged, and a member of the ursing Divi ion was on hand to render this service at all times during the camp period. The Central Canada Exhibition opened for the fir t time in many years and a large attendance was there. In all some eight hundred cases were treated. Remembrance Day came and a large representation of the Ottawa population gathered on Parliament Hill to pay homage. A first aid po t was set up there, and an ambulance vehicle was made available. The Canadian Legion have had various affairs, such as carnivals, for which first aid facilities were provided. During the football season our ambulance and ambulance personnel provided first aid facilities, at the football stadium, Lansdowne Park. During the Winter Fair a first aid post was set up, and first aid facilities were made available to participants and spectators. In addition to the above many duties almost too numerous to mention were requested and were provided, such as Ottawa Valley Hunt Club, Christmas parties, large gatherings in various public buildings, etc.

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been so largely responsible for the present high standing of the Order in Manitoba. ST. J OlIN APPEAL. Under the Chairmanship of Ir. H. E. Sellers, a large and able committee was successful in the organization of a campaign which resulted in the Manitoba and North-vVestern Ontario quota being exceeded by some S2,000. The ability of the joint campaign managers, Mr. R. G. Bonnycastle and 1\1r. F. VI. vVatkins, is reflected in this splendid achievement. FINANCE.

On the resignation of Mr. George Aitken, Mr. F. W. Watkins, District Ofiicer, was appointed Honorary Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee. PUBLICITY.

1\Ir. John Magor, who gave outstanding service during the Appeal, has undertaken the duties of Chairman of the Public Relations Committee and has been largely responsible for continued publicity by the press and radio. AMBULA 'CE

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Handicapp d by the impossibility of obtaining uniforms, the member~hip of Ambulance Divi ions is not as great as could be desired. Nursing Divi ion maintained their strength, and a large number of recruits will be ligible for admission early in 1948. Four new Cadet Divisions have been formed. The \Yinnipeg and Kircoven Corps were inspected on ~3rd April, 1917, by the Priory Commissioner and the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief. The demand for service increases steadily and duties ha\'e incluclecl in aclclition to attendance at all large public gatherings, service a nurse' aids in 110 pitals, work at country fairs, and on ski train. BLOOD

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Over 17,000 p rsons have now been typed in this district. PUBLIC TRAINING.

Interest in t. John classes which reached a high pitch during the war years is slowly being revived and we look for a large increase in attendance in 1948. I TSTRUCTORS.

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At the Annual Meeting held 24th April, 1947, Dr. K. C. McGibbon was appointed President-Commissioner for the coming year. Major Norman T. Sinclair became Vice-President. The Executive Committee was also elected. Great regret was expressed at the resignation of Mr. R. B. Hunter, President for the last two years, whose wise and forceful leadership has

The major problem in rural areas is obtaining the services of persons qualified to give instruction in first aid. Where this is not possible we ~ave in a number of cases been able to locate a registered nurse resident In the district and have arranged courses in Home Nursing. SUMMER FAIRS.

Staffed by uniformed nursing sisters a tent completely equipped as a first aid station was taken to twelve of the more important fairs in the district.

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Twenty-six posts have now been established by the Manitoba Committee at strategic points throughout the province. We wish to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to all who worked so untiringly at the time of the St. John Appeal, to the medical and nur ing profes ions, and to members of the Ambulance, Nursing . and Cadet Divisions who continue to give cheerful service in all pha es of the \,'ork of the Order in this District. NEW BRUNS'VICK. After the war was over there was a tendency for some people to lose interest in the work. In view of this condition considerable mi sionary and educational work had to be done to point out that the ervices the . Order of St. John have to offer are just a valuable during peace-time a in war-time. Early in the year we had to start arranging for our financial drive. VIe were very fortunate in being able to get Mr. George Ros to act a our Provincial Chairman. Much of the success of the campaign is due to Mr. Ross's efforts, along with the fine co-operation of the Hon. D. L . MacLaren, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. Many senior and junior clas es, which were started late in the year, are still in progress. A letter was sent out to every '\Tomen' Institute in the Provinc offering our Home Nursing cour e to any group who could provicl a Registered Nurse. Dr. J. Arthur Melanson, Chief Medical Officer for tbe Province , i very pleased with our plan, as well as Miss Alma \Veldon, Director of Home Economics, and have offered their support in every way pos ibl . Eleven Senior and Junior First Aid Teams competed for the different Provincial Trophies. Progress is being made \vith the Department of Education, and it is hoped that within a year or two First Aid will be a compul ory subject in all our schools. Regarding Brigade work, we have two active Ambulance Divi ions, one in Saint John and one in Millto\\.'11. There are five Nursing ivi ions: one in Moncton, Sackville, and Fredericton, and two in Saint John. Letters are sent out to all members of the Executive and affiliated members from time to time acquainting them with the work that is going on within the Province. . NOVA SCOTIA. The activities and achievements for Nova cotia for the year 19-1 7 show an encouraging increase in the intere t and work in the organization . CA1\1PAIGN FOR FUNDS.

The first great task facing us at the beginning of the year was th e National Campaign for funds. At the time of the campaign there was industrial unrest in the Province and some of our most promising districts were unable to give us their anticipated support. On the whole the results were most encouraging.

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One result of the campaign was the publicity given to our work There has been an increasing demand for the organization of classes and more candidates have been certified than last year. Nova Scolia school teachers are becoming increasingly more interested in the subjects of First Aid and Home Nursing with the result that these courses are being taught now in more classes than heretofore. Vie are promoting classes in First Aid at the Nova Scotia Summer School for Teachers, and this year some 47 teachers qualified for the various awards. Recently a mining regulation was put into force in coal mines which makes it compulsory for a miner to hold a First Aid Certificate before he can sit for mining examinations for a higher certificate . The work in Cape Breton has increased to the point where it was thought advisable to set up a local centre there. This has been done. Five new In tructor have been added to the list of Company Instructors in First Aid. SERVICE.

The Brigade continues in loyal service and during the year has been identified with variou humanitarian duties. One of the chief duties of their peace-time services is that of Blood Grouping. During the year teams have been active in this respect. During the year under review attention has been given the matter of hrst aid posts at exhibitions and fairs. On the invitation from the Executive of the Lunenburg Fishermen's Exhibition a Fir t Aid Post complete with fotor Ambulance was dispatched to Lunenburg for the duration of the Exhibition. A total of ()3 person were treated. . imilar posts were maintained at the Lunenburg County Farmer's Exhibition, where 73 cases were treated, and the Maritime '\Tinter Fair at . \mherst. A display booth was set up at the Bedford School on the invitation of the In pector of Schools on the occasion of a three-day conference of Halifax County teacher ~ . A First Aid Po t i maintained at the Halifax Forum and Arena during ska ting days. Brigade members \vere in attendance at the Shriner's Picnic for Crippled Children a well as at the Orphans' Picnic. During 19<17 a Nursing Division in Glace Bay and an Ambulance Division in Imperoyal were formed. As in previous years Brigade members are still very much in demand in clinics and hospitals, and are everywhere giving good service. O~ the whole the work accomplished has been most encouraging indeed, and It appears that the inertia which follows the cessation of hostilities ~s now gradually being overcome and people are again swinging back mto a peace-time routine and we look to the future with confidence. T? the instructors, doctors, and nurses for their willing support and serVIce and to the officers and members of the Brigade for their loyalty and devotion to duty we tender our grateful thanks.

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ONTARIO. The year past has been one of change, planning, and progress for St. John in Ontario, changes being as evident at Provincial Headquarters as elsewhere. At the first of the year, vvith the campaign on our very doorsteps, ~he Secretary, Mr. J. B. \Vallace, who had unfortunat ly been taken Ill, was replaced by Col. J. J. Hurley, who left to go to Berlin Germany, in April and was succeeded by Col. 1. M. R. inclair. ' . The campaign, of cour e, largely disrupted training and public duties 111 the early months and forced the postponement of reorganization necessary to meet post-war condition. However, a greatly increased demand for training in both Fir't Aid and Home Nur ing soon became evident and the 1946 totals in the e subjects were eclip ed early in Augu~t. ,!,otals. for the year should show increases over 1046 of 20 per cent 111 Flrst AId and 55 per cent in Home Nursing, but there is still room for great expansion in the latter field. A major step towards efficiency was the adoption in principle of aI?algamation. The new constitution, while not yet officially confirmeu, will ?pen the door .to a more co-ordinated effort in every part of the pr~vl~ce. The Bngade ~ev.eloped on logical lines and only require buildmg up, b.ut the. AssocIatIOn must be almost completely reorganized to conform wIth Bngade both structurally and territorially before anv united effort is possi1!>le. ~ A new departure this year was the bringing in of out ide di"i<;ion to assist at the Toronto Exhibition, a duty previously done by Toronto Corps. alone. However, with an attendance grown to over 2,500,000 addItional personnel was required and all Divisions within 120 miles of !oronto were a~~ed to participate. The response to this was most gratifymg, and the VISltO~S not only did valiant service in handling the 3,500 cases but also gamed valuable experience in large-scale operations. Toronto Corps supplied the duties at the Royal \Vinter Fair, where 450 cases were treate~ and lives probably saved from food poi oning, the only fatal case bemg taken straight home and not to the Po t. Another new venture was in the publicity field, when t. John in Ontari~ went" on the air" for the first time. "The Voice of t. John," a 15-mmute progra~me every Monday night, was made possible through the courtesy of St<l:tIOn CKEY, -r:o:onto, and the indefatigable work of Mrs. Douglas, Charrman of PublICIty, and has met with well merited success. So .the work goes-lives.saved and human suffering relieved. It only remams to make the publIc aware of this work, and it can be clone bv '.:onstant and judicious pUblicity. " QUEBEC-ASSOCIATION. Th~ work of the St. John Ambulance Association throughout the Provmce of Quebec has been fully maintained and the enthusiasm to expand its activities most gratifying during the year 1947. This has bee? I?articularly evident in the last three months of the year when the ma)o~ty of the Centres under the jurisdiction of the Quebec Provincial CounCIl have launched educational campaigns in an endeavour to bring

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within the fold of the Council an increased membership, the results of which will not be fully realized until 1948. With the inclusion of the subjects of hygiene and child welfare in its programme an added impetus has been given the work of St. John and much is expected therefrom. The record of achievement will be found elsewhere in this report. All in all 612 classes were organized by the Council in various parts of the Province and according to the medical examiner's report forms a very high standard of knowledge was evident. One of the outstanding developments of the Council was the promotion of first aid in the mining district of Northern Quebec where some 300 miners took the course. With the tremendous increase in industrial accidents during the year the Association has been in close touch with industry and the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, resulting in workers and members of Safety Committees following courses in first aid. Practically all Centres of the Association have shown an increase in the numbers qualified, the Quebec Centre being the most outstanding with 3,138 in 1947, as against 856 in 1946. The Council has been most fortunate to obtain the closest co-operation of the medical profession and in particular the doctors under the Unite Sanitaire, who have pledged themselves to undertake instruction in First Aid, Home Nursing, Hygiene, and Child \Velfare in their respective districts. In addition the co-operation of the Quebec Women's Institutes, with unit scattered throughout the Province, as well as the different branches of the Cercles des F ermieres has been assured. The Council expressed its deepest appreciation to the many voluntary workers who took so active a part in the organization and carrying out of the t. John Ambulance Appeal for funds. The Quebec Provincial Council is confident that in the very near future the Association will have its roots firmly entrenched in the Province of Quebec.

QUEBEC-BRIGADE. The Brigade in Quebec has endeavoured to increase its activities though it has not increased the number of its divisions and members. The fresh blood brought in by new members and new divisions was counteracted by the loss of old members and disbanded divisions. In addition to the Montreal and District Corps and the Dollard Corps, already in existence, a new corps was formed in the district of Sherbrooke. On the whole it is justifiable for the members of the Brigade to be proud of their work during 1947. The following summary of our activities will demonstrate the goodwill and devotion of the members. 1,723 members have devoted 83,376 hours to the service of the public and 15,503 hours to hospital d:lties. They have administered first aid in 793 major cases and 19,117 minor cases. They have attended 1,479 drills, and 22,371 members have been in attel!dance. The year's activities were enlightened by the public service

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in Ottawa on the occasion of the Marian Congress held in June, 1947. Over 100 men from various parts of the district were on duty and glad of the opportunity of being of some help to the members of the Federal District. In the sub-district of :Hontreal the activities of the Nursing Divisions were seriously impaired by the lack of appropriate training quarters. It is hoped that the purchase of the St. John House will solve this problem and boo t the enthusiasm of all. The Ambulance Divisions were fully on an upward trend supported by the long experience of the Montreal and District Corps and the willingness of the reorganized Dollard Corp . The Nursing Divisions of the sub-district of Quebec City were outstanding in all performances. In the sub-districts of Trois Rivieres and Eastern Townships, both Ambulance and Nursing Divisions are progressing steadily. The addition on the programme of the Brigade, of a budget for th e purchase of uniforms and equipment has proved to be very stimulating in maintaining our strength and recruiting new members. The Priory in Canada awarded the George \Vright hield to the No. 50 Montreal (Lieut.-Colonel Herbert Molson) Ambulance Division which has shown the most remarkable efficiency on an all-round basis within the Dominion. The Provincial Trophy of the Dominion Competitions was won by the No. 56 Montreal (Fry-Cadbury) Ambulance Division. Th Gidlow Cup was presented to the No. 183 Montreal ( laisonneu\'e) Ambulance Division for producing the best fir t aid team of the Brigade in Quebec. The Lady Drummond Cup, allotted to the Nursing Divi ion that ranks first in the Province on the basis of reports, administration, efficiency, and leadership has been won in 1947 by No. 179 Montreal (Women's Voluntary Services) Nursing Division. The Life aving Medal of the Order of St. John was presented to Corporal Charles Dorman . The publicity in magazines and newspapers concerning the Brigad e was more extensive than in previous years. SASKATCHEWAN. At the Annual Meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association held on 5th April, 1947, at Saskatoon, it \vas decided to amalgamate th e Association and Brigade into one body, to be known as "The Council of the Order of St. John for the Province of Saskatchewan". This new " St. John Council" became effective on the Eve of St. John the Baptist (24 th June), and the following officers were elected : -

President-Commissioner: Dr. F. C. Middleton. Vice-President: Mr. M. R. Ballard, Moose Jaw. Han. Treasurer: Mr. C. VV. Downer, Saskatoon. Secretary-Superintendent: Mr. John Muir, Regina. Mr. Muir commenced his duties on 1st August, 1947. An executive committee was provided for, consisting of the aforenamed officers and representatives from Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Swift Current, Weyburn, and MapJe Creek.

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The annual meeting also decided to change the Provincial Headquarters from Saskatoon, where it had been since 1935, to Regina. The Association conducted its first provincial campaign for funds in February. In April a new Nursing Division, No. 256, was organized at Prince Albert. The Provincial Office has arranged to send out a bulletin periodically to keep the Centres and Divisions posted as to St. John activities. Fifteen teams entered the 1947 Competitions, and three trophies were won. The Provincial Department of Education has kindly offered its assistance in having first aid taught in the senior classes at schools and at normal schools. The \Vorkmen's Compensation Board has been very co-operative in connection with its safety programme. Public duties have been varied, including blood grouping, nursing at Home for Incurables, Babies vVelfare, making dressings for V.O.N., assisting at Mothers' Milk Bureau, attendance at exhibitions, horse shows, rodeo, Model T races, hockey games, and parades. Firemen, City Police, R.C. l.P., and student nurses in hospitals have shown a keen interest in first aid. The as istance of doctors, nurses, leaders, and members of the Brigade has been very encouraging. BELL TELEPHONE CENTRE. In making this brief report of the work of the Bell Telephone Centre for 1947 it is gratifying to report a considerable increase in the number of employee, both men and women, who have passed their first aid examinations and in tIle number who have participated in the company fir t aid ompetitions. 'vV note also a substantial increase in the applications for first aid instructors' certificates and welcome the successful candidates. Competitions were held throughout the year for men's senior, men's tyro, and for the ladies' first aid trophies. For the first time in many years there was a company competition for the ladie ' team . In the first aid competitions conducted by the St. John Ambulance Association our teams were entered in the Provincial, Tyro, Wallace Nesbitt General, and Sir George Burn Trophies. Several of the teams obtained high marks, but we were not successful this year in winning any of the trophies. The interest shown throughout the year can be largely attributed to the work of the area committees. At a meeting of the Council of the Bell Telephone Centre held on 2nd July Mr. H. G. Young was elected Vice-President and several changes were made in the membership of the Council. At this meeting an executive committee was constituted comprising the area committee chairmen and the secretary of the centre. Messrs. C. E . Ricketts and T. J. Lake, secretaries of the eastern and western area committees respectively, carried out an extensive training programme throughout the year.

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CANADIAN INDUSTRIES, LIMITED, CENTRE. While participation in first aid classes was not particularly high during the year the results of the teams entered in the Dominion First Aid Competitions were most encouraging, particularly since many of the entrants were inexperienced in competition work. Additional teams have been entered in the ensuing competitions. Lack of transportation facilities has, to date, prevented the formation of women's classes at one works where there is a large number of female employees. However, this situation is being studied with a view to overcoming the difficulty. The benefits of a knowledge of first aid continue to be stressed by management in conducting the Company's accident prevention activities. CANADIAN NATIONAL R IL\VAYS CENTRE. The work of the Canadian National Railways Centre has continued with the same intensity as in previous years. Our regular cla ses of instruction, with subsequent examination, indicate that a total of 1,606 lectures were given to 124 classes with an aggregate attendance of 18,675. There were 1,303 employees who successfully passed their examination. During the year first aid instruction was given to 18 telegraph construction gangs whose work takes them into remote section of the country where immediate medical attention is not available. Fir t aid instruction was also given to employees of Trans-Canadian Airline at all the larger airports throughout Canada. We have continued to give special attention to employees in th Maintenance of Vvay, Bridge and Building, and Signal Department . Our supervisors travelled 10,194 miles by motor car to in pect first aid material in possession of these isolated employees. At the same time they gave short talks on first aid to 1,143 section gangs employing 6,745 men. This centre successfully defended the Railway Championship of Canada when the Fort Rouge Shops' team won the Wallace Ne bitt Railway Trophy. The Investigation Department team at Moncton, N.B., were successful in winning the Shaughnessy Shield, representing the Police Championship of Easten1 Canada. Several teams won Provincial honours while four others were runners-up. In all our fir t aid teams gave a satisfactory account of themselves. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL\VAY CENTRE. First aid is available to all employees and their dependants. Employees of the sleeping, dining, and parlour cars at Montreal and Toronto, for the first time since 1940 (on account of war), resumed their first aid classes; a total of 382 employees attended the lectures. During the year first aid lectures were given to employees of Maintenance of Way on the New Brunswick District-Woodstock Division. First aid training was re-established at Angus Shops under the supervision of Dr. C. P. Gaboury. At Winnipeg on 15th December a competition was held, in which the Grant Hall Cup was awarded to a team from Weston Shops which will

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represent the Company from Winnipeg in the 1948 Dominion Competitions. Certificates were awarded to 363 employees who succeeded in completing the ten and twenty years of first aid training. Our sincere thanks are hereby extended to the Company's Medical Officers in the three Regions for their close co-operation in the performance of first aid examinations. NOH.THERN ELECTRIC COMPANY CENTRE. The centre i still operating three rotating shifts in many departments which accounts for uch a small attendance in our various classes. Two of our employees received gold buttons which the Company l)fe 'ent to those who have successfully passed five label examinations. In addition four of our employees received gold certificates in recognition of twenty year' of first aid and nine received silver certificates in recognition of ten years. ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. During the year ended 31st December, 1947, classes were held at " Depot" and N" Divisions, the two Recruit Training Centres, as well as at \'arious Division and Sub-Division Headquarters across Canada. In connection with the e clas es the following awards were made : It

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During the year 1947 recruiting in the Force approached the pre-war cale, and this ha. been reflected in the substantial increase in number of award. In addition to the increased number of recruits' classes, whose syllabus of training include a first aid course as well as instruction in swimming and life-saving, the Commi sioner has instituted a new policy. Every member of the Force must now attend an annual Refresher Class in First Aid, and the e are held at the various Divi ion and Sub-Division Headquarters. Members of the Force have rendered first aid in a number of cases of accident, etc., during the past year, and several of them have been honoured by the Priory for their services in this regard. The Priory in Australia.

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Australian Commonwealth (exclusive of vVestern Australia) to the dignity and status of a Priory as from 16th September, 1946, with authority over the whole of the territories included in the Commonwealth of Australia. At the same time, sanction was given for the constitution of \Vestern ~ ustralia as a Commandery within the Priory of Australia. In March, 1947, a special meeting of Priory-Chapter was held at the Chapter House, Sydney, when the Rt. Hon. Lord Bledisloe, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.B.E., K.ST.J., as Envoy, presented the vVarrant incorporating the Priory and also a Me sage from Grand Priory. He proclaimed His Excellency Major-General Sir \Vinston Dugan, G.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., K.ST.J., as first Prior of the Priory in Australia i1l ab e;ztia owing to illness. The Envoy then installed His Excellency Lieut.-General John Northcott, C.B., nLV.O., K.ST.J., as a Deputy Prior. \Ve were very sorry to bid farewell in January last to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Grand Prior of the Order, who had been Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and a suitable letter was forwarded to him expressing our appreciation of his intere t in the Commandery in Australia and our grateful thanks for his recommendation of Priory status. On the evening of His Royal Highness' departure from Sydney, the Sub-Prior had the honour of being inve ted a a :\Iembcr of the Royal Victorian Order in recognition of services rendered t the Royal Family whilst in Australia. A meeting of Commandery Council wa held at Go\'ernment HOll e, Adelaide, on 2nd November, 1946, when His Excellency 'ir \Villoughby Norrie, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., K.ST.J., Deputy Prior, pre itled. There was a very good attendance, and Sir \Villoughby extended a mo ~ t cordial welcome to members of Council to this first meeting of the kind to be held in Adelaide. The announcement was then made as to the elevation of the Commandery to Priory status. The annual reports by the various Executive Officer' were presented and approved for publication in the 5th Annual Report of the Commandery, which has been circulated to all members. of Commandery. A suggestion was put forward that a Priory hurch ervice should be held in each of the capital cities as near to St. John's Day as was feasible. Mention was made as to the advisability of establi hing a Priory Office in Sydney as soon as room could be made available, and it was pointed out that certain capital expenditure would be necessary and that an annual outlay would be essential but further con ide ration would be given at a later date. It was with great regret that Dr. S. L. Dawkins had been compelled through serious illness to tender his resignation as Commandery Commissioner and it was decided to place on record our appreciation of Dr. Dawkins' services to the Order and to forward a letter to him. "J\IajorGeneral Burston was recommended to succeed Dr. Dawkins, and this would necessitate Colonel E. A. H. Russell being appointed Commissioner of the Brigade in South Australia. The question of the holding of Interstate Brigade Competition was finalized and the first competition fixed for the latter part of 1947 in Melbourne. The Treaswer, Dr. Newman Morris, presented a report on his recent visit to St. John's Gate, and the gratitude and thanks of Council was

extended to him for a most comprehensive and informative report. A considerable amount of general business was concluded satisfactorily. TIle thanks of Council werc tendered to Sir Willoughby Norrie for conducting the meeting and making accommodation available in Gove~ ment House, also for the courtesies he extended to members of Council. The South Australian Centre organized a very interesting programme of entertainment for vi itors, who were all most appreciative of the trouble takcn by their South Australian confreres. A second meeting of Priory Council was held at Chapter House, Sydney, on 1~3th June, 1947, when the ub-Prior presided as it was not possible for the Prior or a Deputy Prior to attend. There was a very full attendance of members of Council from all tates. The ub-Prior reported that he had visited Perth during April and, on the :nrd April and -at the request of the Prior, had formally ini~iated the ommandery in that tate and installed Sir John Dwyer as Kmght Commander and Dr. J. J. Holland as Lieutenant at a meeting of the Commandery Chapter, following which a reception was held when many eli tillguishcd representati\Tes of thc City of Perth attended. Messages of goodwill were conveyed on behalf of the Priory. . The appointments of the Prior, Deputy PrioJ;s, Sub-Prior and Executlve Offic rs, as recommendcd by the Prior, had been confirmed by the Grand Prior. As ir Donald Cameron had tendered his re ignation as Hospitaller and .\.lmoner, a new appointment had to be made in the person of MajorGen ral F. A. ;'Iaguire. It \ya decided to place on record an appreciation of the \'aluable sen"ices ir Donald Cameron had given and great regret \\'a expressed at his re ignation. During his term of office, Sir Donald had b en responsible for a record collection for the Ophthalmic Hospital at J cru al 111. After some di cu~~ion as to the financial position of the Priory and the nec s_ity of pro\riding office and ecretarial assistance, it was decided to refer th question to the various Centres for any suggestions they could put forward. The c woulcl be collated and placed before next meeting of Priory ouncil. Application had been made for the ervice Medal for a number of mem bers of the Order who had rendered conspicuous service to the Order in Au tralia for a great nun1b r of years under the terms of Statute 54 and Regulation 54A 1 (b), but the question was held in abeyance by t~e ecretary-General pending submission to Grand Priory. Reference to thIS matter i made in the report by Generall\laguire, who has recently visited London. Lord Go\\Tie has asked to be relieved of his representation on the Council of the Order and Lord \Vakehurst has kindly consented to act on both Council and Ambulance Committee of Grand Priory as representative of the Priory in Australia. The outh Au tralian representatives mentioned that it may be possible for t. John in that Centre to take over the Ambulance Transport Service at present existing in that tate and that negotiations were proceeding. It was felt that such a move would be most desirable and would add greatly to the prestige of the Order. An ordinary meeting of Priory Chapter was held at Chapter House, Sydney, on aturday, 14th June, 1947, when the Prior, His Excelle~cy

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Sir \Vinston Dugan, presided and was supported by His Excellency Lt.-General John Northcott, Deputy Prior for N.S.W. Representatives from all States were present excepting the Commandery of \Vestern Australia. A financial statement was pre ent d for the eight months to 31st 1ay, 1947, showing a credit balance of £1,496 19s. 3d., and in the ensuing discussion the proposal to refer the question of the Priory income to Centres for suggestions as to improvement in the future was endorsed. It wa announced that the Secretary-General had advised that no allocation to Overseas Establishments could be made from funds allocated to the Grand Priory from the Joint Council of Red Cross and t. John and which were to be expended wholly in Great Britain. The Priory Commissioner reported that detailed arrangements had been completed for the fir t Inter tate Brigade Competition, to be held in Melbourne, in November, 1947. A very fine trophy has been presented through the kindly offices of ir Keith 1'.lurdoch, to whom we extend Ollr thanks. Advice has been received that the t. John ervice ~r dal, with Palm Leaf, could be awarded only in exceptional circum tance , and that award of the Service Medal other than to m mber of the t. John Brigad qualifying for it was not practicable at present. We were again indebted to His Grace the Archbi ' hop of 'yun)', Priory Chaplain and Sub-Prelate of the Order, for conducting the ceremonial prayers and for providing necessary accommodation at hurch House and at Chapter House for the meeting. Mention should be made as to the inc rea ing volume of busin ss now devolving on the Priory and demanding a great deal of time from our Acting Secretary, Commander Bowen, who has been of invaluable assistance throughout the year and to who e services grateful acknmvledgment is made. \Ve are at last in proce s of moving into our own office in Church House, for which we are to thank the Priory Chaplain, and where we can have regular secretarial assistance which should ea e the burden we have had to carry through the last six year . A special Priory Service, the first of its kind, was held at t. "\ndrew's Cathedral, Sydney, on Sunday, 15th June, 1947, arranged by His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney and Priory Chaplain. This was very largely attended not only by members of the Order, of the Association and th Brigade, but by members of the Red Cross Society, repre entatives of Government and Civil Authorities and by many distinguished citizens. It is with sincere regret that we bid farewell to our Prior, ir \Vinston Dugan, who is relinquishing his position as Governor of ictoria and will be returning to England very shortly. ir Winston has been closely concerned with the formation of the Commandery in Australia and has been a tower of strength all through. His wise counsel and guidance was rewarded by his appointment as our first Prior. vVe shall miss him greatly and wish him and Lady Dugan a safe and happy return to their homeland. PRIORY CHAPLAIN'S ANNUAL REPORT.

The religious ceremonies of the Order were observed on three special occasions during the year. In April, 1947, Viscount Bledisloe arrived in Sydney with the Warrant advancing the Australian Commandery to the

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Status of a Priory. Previous to the Ceremony in St. Andrew's Chapter House, members of the Order met for the opening prayers in the Choir of St. Andrew's Cathedral and then moved in procession to the Chapter House. At the request of Lord Bledisloe, the Chaplain, the Bishop of Sydney, gave a short address as follows : " In the procedure prescribed for this very solemn ceremony, it is laid down amongst other things that the Chaplain of the Priory shall give an address. This provision serves to remind us of certain outstanding facts in the history of our Order and the significance of those facts for ourselves to-day. At its inception the Order of St. John was a monastic establishment within the Christian Church. Its members were all Christian men who, for the sake of the great cause for which they stood, solemnly pledged themselves in the threefold vow of obedience, poverty and defence of the Church of God. Whatever else they were they were men of religion, and those of them who were in Holy Orders on admission were appointed as Chaplains, whose duty it was to foster the spiritual life of their brethren, to remind them of their religious obligations as well as their other duties, to minister spiritual comfort to them in the trials and tragedies of life and to speak the word of Christ's consolation to them when dying, whether on the field of battle or in the peaceful atmosphere of the normal dying bed. " The Order was a military Order, with all the consequent hardships and dangers of a soldier's life. The function of the Chaplain was to inspire with the full message of the Gospel the military virtues of self-sacrifice, endurance, devotion to duty, coupled with the certain knowledge that for those who trusted in Christ and followed His way, death meant only an entrance into a happier and more noble life. The warriors were to be reminded that God and the immortality of the soul were the two greatest subjects upon which the mind of man could dwell. " The Order was a Medical Order, as it still is. Its origin in and inspira-. tion by the hristian religion taught its members the duty and the beauty of mercy, particularly mercy to the sick and wounded, seeking to heal their sickness, assuage their pain and save their lives for further service to God in this world before He called them to higher service in the life to come. Here again it was the function of the Chaplains to remind their brethren that Christ healed the sick, that to care for and heal the sick was a Christlike action and that service to this end was service in which Christ not only engaged Himself, but laid it as a definite obligation upon His followers and set upon it the seal of His compassionate and Divine approval. This spiritual aspect of its life has never been forgotten by the Order, although it is true that sometimes it was less clearly recognized than it should have been. Throwing ourselves whole-heartedly into our humanitarian work, it will be fatal to us and to that work itself if we forget or neglect our spiritual foundations. \Ve are a body of people impressed by something more than the dignity and beauty of ceremonial, something more than the necessity and value of social service. It is one of the grave errors of the day to think that we can be Christ's soldiers and servants by merely devoting ourselves to some of the duties He has prescribed-and this sometimes without a thought of Him, in vVhom we live and move and have our being-while we underrate and neglect other

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privileges He is so willing to confer upon us and other duties of an essential nature which He calls upon us to undertake for the whole personality of man. et vVe have been advanced to the status of a Priory. This is an honour wl~ich carries with it a higher dignity and greater privileges than we enjoyed as a Commandery, Let us remember that it carries with it the obligation to greater and better service. Only in this way can we show our real appreciation of our advancement and seize the opportunities afforded us, each to serve to the utmost of his ability. It is my prayer that the members of this Priory may ever live and work together in love and harmony and that members of the community who do not belong to our Order may learn to revere and support it by seeing what manner of men we are, and the work we do for God and humanity." At the Annual Chapter Meeting in June, 1946, it was decided that in connection with the Annual Chapter Meeting in 1947, dates should be so arranged as to s~cure that the Annual Priory Ieeting in Sydney might be held at such a trrne that members of the Priory coming to ydney from other States of the Commonwealth should be able to return to their respective States in time to be present at the Annual Church Parades of the St. John Ambu!ance Brigade o~ the undaynearest toSt. John's Day Th~ Chapter meetmg was accordmgly held on 14th June, and it wa ~ deCIded to have a Priory Serv~ce in St. Andrew's Cathedral on the following d,ay, Sunday, 15th June. ThIS was made an open service. pecial invitat~ons ~o atte:r:-d were sent to repre~en~atives of the leading public instituhons m the CIty, and a general mVltatlOn was extended to the public. There was a large congregation. The address was given by Archdeacon . ~1. Johnstone, a Chaplain of the Order. The Choir of St. Andrew' Cathedral was in attendance and rendered appropriate music. The ceremonial of the procession greatly impressed all who were present. The Annual Church Parade of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brig,ade w.e~e held in Sydney on Sunday morning, 22nd June, at St. :Mary s Basillca and St. Andrew's Cathedral. These hurch Parades are also held in other Capital cities of the Commonwealth and in many suburban and country Centres. By means of all these efforts the spiritual character of the Order and its close connection with the Christian religion are being steadily impressed, both upon our own members and upon the community generally.

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Wales, travelling 5,000 miles by car. She received great help from Ambulance Transport Superintendents and Branch officials in each town visited. The Annual Appeal Day, conducted jointly by the Association and Brigade, resulted in the net amount of £823. Mr. E. Newton Daly, as Chairman of the Executive, has been active as ever in his work for the aims of the Order. The Sub-Prior attended a special meeting of the Executive Committee and discussed with its members relations existing between the Priory, Association and Brigade. Steps are being taken to establish a Hospitallers' Club in New South \-Vales, a provisional committee having been formed. The Annual St. John Sunday Afternoon, arranged by the Association with the courtesy of the Central Methodist Mission, was marked by an inspiring address by ir Donald Cameron on the work of the Hospital of t. John of Jerusalem. The Executive donated £100 to the t. John Ambulance Brigade Band (who gained second place in the recent Australasian Championship Band Contest at 1 Tewcastle). One notes with satisfaction the increase in the number of candidates in First Aid and Home Nursing during the year. l\Iany firms and organizations now encourage their employees to attend St. John First Aid and Home 1 Tursing classes. First Aid training has been resumed for Cadets throughout the Police Department. Other large organizations in the l\Ietropolitan area in which classes have been held are the N .R.i\f.A., Overseas tevedores' Association, ydney City Council, Qantas Airways, Department of ivil Aviation. One notices also a great increase of work in a very large number of Centres outside the :M etropolitan area. The Ladie' ommittee has forwarded 71 food parcels to members of the taff at t. John's Gate, London. The New outh \Vales Centre is indebted to its President, Major-General Plant. One notes that extreme difficulty has been experienced in complying with London regulations, which require Medical Officers to conduct First Aid examinations. As Director of Ambulance, I feel that this is a matter requiring the attention of Priory Council. 1embers of the Executive attended the Annual Church Parade on St. John's Day.

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New South TVales Centre. The retirement of Dr. Athol \V. Mobbs from the position of Chairman of the Executive marked the end of eight years' hard and distinguished work ir: that capa~it~, with Commander R. G. Bowen as Secretary, and later ~ISS lVI. A. HIggms. Not the least of the achievements of his period as ChaIrma~ was the purchase of St. John House, that splendid home of the Order m New South Wales, which representatives from various Centres of the Priory were pleased to visit during the year. The Secretary has, during the year, visited the principal towns in central, southern, south-western and western districts of New South

\Vhilst the value of our work in First Aid in industry is recognized, efforts to expand have been handicapped by industrial unrest. uccessful classes were organized in Victorian Police, Forestry Commission, Tramways, Australian Paper Mills, State Electricity Commission, Metropolitan Gas Company, Monsanto Chemical Co., Victorian Railways. It was gratifying to find that some of the suggestions made by Medical Officers of this Centre were incorporated in the Supplement of the First Aid Manual for First Aid classes. At a meeting of 150 Honorary Instructors and Class Secretaries, the Chairn1an, Dr. J. Newman Morris, explained the set-up of the Order of St. John and the functions of Priories and Commanderies. L

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The Church Parades were held at St. Paul's and St. Patrick's Cathedrals, Melbourne, on 22nd June, 1947. Monthly meetings of the Honorary Instructors' Association were held regularly throughout the year.

Queensland Centre. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Lavarack, was admitted to the Order as a Knight. A su,ggestion, made by this Executive Committee has been adopted by the ~no~-y askmg that, while maintaining the present quota, additional nommatIOns be allowed following the death of members of the Order. Following the ,resignation of Mr. H. D. L. \iVilliams, Mr. J. A. Turner, ~1.,L.A., was appomted, and Dr. K. B. Fraser also accepted an invitation to Jom. E~orts are still being made to establish Divisions of the Brigade Overseas.m Queer:slar:d. These have been concentrated on Nursing Divisions, partIcularly m :Tlew of. the, e~pected alteration in the raising and control of Voluntary AIds, whIch It IS understood is to become the joint responsibility of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross. The decision of the Ambulance Committee of the Order that First Aid certifi~a~es ~hould have a " life" of five years has been carried out, also the ~IstmctIOn between " A" certificates for classes lectured to by a me~Ical mar:, and" B " certi?cates to those instructed by a layman, has a~am been mtro~uced. .It I~ felt, however, that in view of the great d~fficulty of secunng medIcal mstructors, further consideration should be gIven to this distinction. Although there has been an increase in the number of classes and certificates granted, the numbers are not nearly as high as they should be. Every effort is being made to increase the number of men and women who are sufficiently interested to take classes in First Aid Home Nursing and Home Hygiene. ' Tasmania Centre. As a result of the decision of Priory Council, this Centre has issued its Quarterly Newsletters, two of which have been prepared and circulated to all Sub-~entres of the Association and Divisions of the Brigade, as well as to Pnory Headquarters and other Priory Centres. The classes in First ~id, which were instituted for General Hospital N~r~es, ha:ve resulted m 47 nurses from the Royal Hobart Hospital gammg th~Ir St. J~hn Ambulance First Aid certificates. A large number of nu~ses. m additIOn, who have received instruction, are now awaiting exammatIOn. <?ur aim is to have every General Hospital nurse instructed in First Aid. ThIS move ,ha~ the support of the Nurses' Registration Board of Tasmania. The AssocIatIOn has conducted First Aid Competitions throughout the year. The Centre has ag~in r~ceived great support from the Police Department, the Electrolytl~ Zmc, Co., Au~tr~ian Paper Mills (Burnie), and from numer?us ot~er mdustnal orgamzatlons throughout the island. The Hospitallers Club was formed at Hobart during the year. Progress

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has been made, with an initial roll of 33 members. It is hoped to emulate the example of the South Australian Centre. HOSPITALLER AND ALMONER'S ANNUAL REPORT.

Since assuming office early in 1947 the Hospitaller and Almoner has had the opportunity of visiting the States of \Vestern Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland. In Western Australia he received a very warm welcome from the Officers of the Commandery and had an opportunity to attend a meeting of the Commandery. Dr. Holland was most courteous and helpful and gave him every opportunity to see their work. The visit of the Sub-Prior had made a very deep and favourable impression and was spoken of by all he met and by the Commandery Council as a most stimulating and helpful visitation. He was very deeply impressed by the splendid work of the Commandery, particularly in regard to (a) their splendid building and (b) their transport work. Both of these are a model and an ideal to be aimed at throughout the Priory. He also saw their excellent teaching organization and brought back with him for record purposes a ground plan of the headquarter's building, which would be a good guide for any Centre which might be able to undertake such constructional work. In South Australia he had the privilege of meeting Mr. Goode, Secretary of the A ociation, and 1\1r. Shapter of the Brigade, and Miss Trueman of the Hospitallers' lub. They showed him over the Club Room of the Brigade and ga\'e him full information of the working of the Hospitallers' Club \vhich does uch excellent work. He learnt a great deal froIn them, which he hope to make of use to the Priory. In lIIclbourne he had a talk with Dr. Newman Morris. Unfortunately Col. herwin was out of town when he was there, but he hopes to be in l\Ielbourne again shortly and to make full contacts there. Hi time in Queensland and Tasmania was short and crowded. ~efore he I it ydney, early in September, he attended a meeting at Bngade Headquarters, where representatives of the Association and Brigade had a sembled, under the Chairmanship of Lieut.-General Plant, t~ discus the prospects of forming a Hospitallers' Club. He had already dlSCU sed the matter at length with the Commissioner, Col. G. C. Stening, but, unfortunately, he was unable to be present. He informed the delegates at length of all he had learned in Adelaide, and promised to give any assistance he could to further the establishment of a Hospitallers' Club in Sydney. On arriving in London he made contact with St. John's Gate and met the ecretary-General, Brigadier Barne, with whom he discussed the points that the Sub-Prior had entrusted to him on leaving Sydney. As regards the collections for the Ophthalmic Hospital, an amount of £74 6s. 6d. has been received-largely thanks to the excellent work done by his predecessor, Colonel Sir Donald Cameron. The Hospitaller and Almoner has not yet had time or opportunity to devote the attention and energies to this matter that he has in mind, but trusts that the coming year will be more satisfactory. Dr. T. H. Goddard, Director of Ambulance, reports that a Hospitallers' Club has been formed at Hobart.

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The Committee appointed in Sydney on 3rd August, 1942, was as follows :N.S.'V. : ~r. O. C. Potten. South Au tralia: Dr. C. E. C. \Vil on (raised to Librarian ). Victoria: Brigadier \V. . '. John. ton. Tasmania: Mr. C. Colvin. On receipt of a letter from the ub-Prior, Hugh R. G. Poate, dated 27th March, 1947, suggesting that I write to the ecretary of each Centre of the Order in every Capital City of Au tralia, with the exception of 'Vestern Australia, to find out if it is po. sible for them to obtain any pictures, books, photographs, or documents relating to the Order of 'to John, for our records. I communicated with eyery Centre by letter, amI recei\·ed replies from each stating they would try and carr 7 out my wishe . The ub-Prior also tates that, through the Order, the ecretaryGeneral sent a photograph of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, K.G., K.T., etc., Grand Prior, in his robes of office. A photograph of Colonel Sir James leeman from th ub-Prior, Group Captain H. R. G. Poate, M.V.O., K. T.]., al 0 a set of photograph of the Capitular Procession, from t. John' Gate in London. 'Ve are indeed indebted to the respective donors for each of the gift,. Up to date, since the formation of the Commandery, and no,,· the Priory, I consider we are gradually forming a good Library and l\Iu eum. At the end of August I attended a cience Congress at Perth, \ \ e tern Australia. I was entertained by the Commandery there, and aw all their place and contents of same, and was particularly struck by the numb r of photographs and collection of exhibits concerning t. John and hope, that should they have any spare copies of anything appertaining to t. John, they will let us have them. I understand that a request to Mr. • . ~ . \Vilkin on (Sydney) to pre ent to the Library a framed photograph of the late nb-Prior, the Earl of carbrough, has been made. I have written to Mr. Fincham, As t. Librarian of 'to John' Gate, London, asking if he has any duplicates of pamphlets, photograph, etc., which could be sent to our Library here. The Registrar, Commander R. Griffiths Bowen, R.A.N., K. T.]., states that two publications are of interest to members of the Order :-(a) "Syria," by Robin Fedden, M.A., late Lecturer at airo niversity, which contains very interesting photographs and references to Crusaders' Castles in Syria, and as they appear to-day; (b)" Annals of . Glamorgan, 'Vales," by Spencer (1894). which gives some details of the old Hospice at Bridgend, which the Priory in 'Vales refers to as the "so-called Hospice with the Order remains in doubt, though a couple of plaques with heraldic devices have been framed, etc., etc., " by the Priory. The Annual Reports, 1942-46 inclusive, of the Commandery in Australia, have been bound and added to the Library for reference purposes. I have handed in to the Priory six unmounted photographs showing St. John Ambulance Brigade members on parade in New South Wales. The Secretary is consulting with the Sub-Prior as to details of the

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photographs, as he was the Commissioner of the Brigade many years ago when the parade took place. Also presented by the St. John Ambulance Brigade, outh Aust~alia, is a photographic record of work done by t. John Ambulance Bngade under the heading-" We erve our Empire." These were highly appreciaterl. REPORT OF THE ])mECTOR OF (EREMO)lIES. Since the last Annual Report the raising of the Commander), to the ~tatus of a Priory has involved a slight modification of the dutie? of ~he Director of Cer monies. As a re ult of thi change the office of Llbranan has been separated fro111 that of Director of Ceremonies and has now.been a sumed by Dr. C. E. C. 'Vilson, C.ST.]., who has been appomted Librarian to the Priory. . A Director of Ceremonie , I have to report that a pecial Chapter JIeeting wa held on the 6th ~Iarch for the Installation of the Prior by the H.t. Honourahle Viscount Bledisloe, P.c., G.C.1LG., K.ST.]., Envoy of the Grand Prior. The Capitular Procession of Priory Chapter, whose members w?re the robe of the Order and carried the Regalia, proceeded from the DIOcesan Church Hou e to the Cathedral, where the ub-Prelate, His Grace Arc~ bihop H. ~Io\Vll, D.D., Sub-Prelate CH.ST.].,. con~ucted the Prayers laId down by Grand Priory. The Cathedral ChoIr, wIth the organ, rendered the Ho pitall r ' Hymn (composed by.the Venerable ~rchdea~on . 1\1. John tone, H.ST.].), thn adding con Iderably to the lmpre Slveness of the cer mony. The Proce. ion then entered the Chapter Ho~ e an.d awaitecl the ntry of the Envoy. Owing to illness of the Pnor, HIS Excellency ::'lIajor-General ir " ?in ton Du~an, G.c.::'I1.G ., .C.B., D.S.O., K.ST.J., th Deputv Prior, New outh 'Vales, HIS Excellency LIeut.-General John :\orthcott, ~C.B., :'1.\'.0., K. T.]., acted a Pr~siding Officer. The Envoy \Va admitted and, having been pre ented wIth due ceremony by the Director of eremonie, ir Hugh Poynter, Bt., O.ST.]., delivered the ::'lIe au from Hi Royal Highne s the Grand Prior. The Envoy then read and pre nted the \Varrant emhodying the act of Ch~pter-.General co~ stituting the Priory in Au tralia and, at the same tIme, 111ducted HIS Excellency Li ut.-General John Torthcott, C.B., M.Y.?, lCST)., Governor of ew outh 'Vales, a Deputy Prior. He also proclalme~ HIS Excellency 'ir \Yin. ton Dugan, Acting Governor-Ge~eral.o£ Austra~la, G.C.:M.G., C.B., D.S.O., K.ST.]., a the Fir t Prior of the Pnory 111 AustralIa. . The Enyoy, Deputy Prior, ub-Prior, Members of the ExecutIve and Chapter, carried out their duties in a very dign~fied manner and the procedure as laid down in the printed Order of erVlce and Ceremony was most impressive. . A meeting of the Priory Chapter wa' held 111 Sydney on 14th June, ~nd the Capitular Proces ion from Cowper Room to Cathedral for servI~e, thence to Chapter House, was carried out with the usual ceremo:r:lal and dignity which, on this occasion, ,.yas .en~anced by ~he Ex.ecubve Officers wearing robes. In this connectIon It IS felt that, If possIble, all members of Chapter should endeavour to obtain robes as there- is no doubt that they add very considerably to the solemnity of the ceremonial.

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On Sunday, 15th June, the first Annual Priory Service was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral, conducted by His Grace the Most Reverend Archbishop Mowll, and the address being given by the Chaplain of the Order, the Venerable S. M. Johnstone. On this occasion representatives of the Red Cross Society, the Services, the State Government and Civic Authorities were invited, and a very full attendance was recorded. REPORTS FROM STATE CO IMISSIONERS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

During the year 7 Cadet Nursing and 2 Cadet Ambulance Divisions were registered. The District now comprises 42 Ambulance, 43 Nursing, 23 Cadet Ambulance, and 31 Cadet Nursing Divisions. Our position in New South \Vales is much clearer now that the word " ancillary" has been deleted from the" tatutes of the Order" by St. John's Gate, and we appreciate very much the granting of Awards and the increased number for war service. Competitions. I~ is very gratifying that Competitions are now being resumed, and durmg the year the following were held :-E. J. Davis Cup, Shepherd Cup, Douglas Shield, Thomas Cup, Overend Cup, Hender on Shield Higgins Cup, Ambler Cup, Sydney Cup. On 22nd November next a tea~ representing N.S.\iV. District will be sent to lelbourne to compete in the Interstate Competition. My best thanks are tendered to Dr. R. . teel and P. F. Dunban, District Officers, for their organization of the Competitions. Public D~tty. The services of the Brigade were again requisitioned for public duty on the following occasions :9th January, 1947.-Farewell Garden Party to Their R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at Government House. Dr. C. A. Verco, Assistant Commissioner, and District Superintendents A. . \Vilkinson and pr. Frances McKay represented the Brigade. Several members were also m attendance on public duty. 7t~ April, 1947, Eas~er Monday.-40 members were on public duty outsIde the Royal Agncultural Showground during the Royal Easter Show. 2~th April, Anzac Day.-660 members of the Brigade were on duty ~urmg. the Anzac Day March through the City and treated 560 cases, mcludmg 47 at the Dawn Service. 21st May.-March of United States 38th Task Force-25 members were on duty and rendered First Aid to several minor cases. 31st July.-March of Royal Navy First Aircraft Carrier Squadron-25 members on duty and 4 minor cases were treated. Camp Conference. The third training camp conference for Officers and Members of the Nursing Divisions was held at the Presbyterian Conference Grounds. Thornleigh, during the week-end 19th-21st September, 1947. 45 members attended the Camp, which was inspected by the Commissioner for New South Wales, on Sunday, 21st September. The Camp was in charge of the Lady District Superintendent, Dr. Frances McKay.

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Priory Church Parade. . . , . The first Priory Church Parade, at whIch TheIr Excellencles Lleut.General J. Northcott and Sir Winston Dugan attended, was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday, 15th June, 1947. Representatives of the Australian Red Cross Society, St. John Ambulance Association and St. John Ambulance Brigade, attended in large numbers. The service, which was conducted by the Venerable Archdeacon S. M. Johnstone, M.A., Chaplain of the Order, was preceded by a procession of members of the Order from Church House. Annual Church Parade, Sunday, 22nd June, 1947. 403 Officers and Members of the Brigade attended the Annual Parade Service to commemorate St. John the Baptist Day at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday, 22nd June, 1947. The Brigade assembled in College Street and, headed by the Headquarters Band Division, marched to the Cathedral, where His Excellency the State Governor, Lieut.-General J. Northcott, accompanied by the Misses Northcott, took the salute on entering the Cathedral. The preacher was His Grace t~e Archbishop of Sydney. The Priory was represented by Group-Captam H. R. G. Poate, ub-Prior. \Vith the return of normal conditions the interest of the public in Brigade training has somewhat decreased. As a part of our post-war reconstruction plan, we have decided to concentrate on the Cadet Ambulance and Nursing Divisions to build up our strength. \Vith this in view, 4 corps officers have been appointed to supervise t~e. ~adet Sections. Since their appointment, no less than 9 new Cadet DIVISIOns .have been organized and registered, with several more in course of formatIOn. VICTORIA.

The activites of the Brigade during the period under review have covered a very wide area. All League football matches and" A " Grade cricket matches have been stafied by members of the Brigade and, in addition, roadside patrols maintained. Fir t Aid duties on the beach stations, street processions and the Eucharistic Congress have been attended. A Guard of Honour was provided at the State Reception given to His Excellency the Governor-General, 1r. McKell, at the Melbourne Town Hall. In collaboration with the Police Department, an endeavour was made to establish Roadside Stations; difficulties have been met and, if proper accommodation can be made available, it is hopeful that something tangible will result in this direction. The St. John Ambulance Brigade Appeal for Funds resulted in the sum of £2,000 being raised; although the objective was not reached, the publicity given to the Brigade was most valuable in bringing before the public its usefulness in the community. First Aid Competitions were held in adult Ambulance Divisions, also Cadets. The Caulfield Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, being the winners of the State, will represent Victoria in the Interstate Competitions to be held in November. Action is being taken to form Cadet Nursing Divisions and, immediately the necessary certificates have been obtained, it is hoped that at least two Cadet Nursing Divisions will be formed.

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The St. John Commemoration Services were held at St. Paul's and St. Patrick's Cathedrals on unday, 22nd June, 1947. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Dugan attended and His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Booth, delivered an occa ional sermon. At St. Patrick's Cathedral the Rt. Reverend 10nsignor Fox welcomed members and an appropriate sermon was given on the ideals of St. John. It is regretted to record the deaths of the following members of the Brigade :-1\1r. E. R. Hatch (Officer Brother), who was accidentally killed whilst attending a ports Meeting, and 1\1r. Charles Gilbert, Divisional Superintendent of the l\Ielbourne Division. Both of these officer~ gave long and loyal service in the movement. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Visitations. A most interesting and important event during the year was the holding of the first Commandery Council :Jleeting in Adelaide, since the om mandery of the Australian Commonwealth was sanctioned five :years ago. This meeting was held at Government House on 22nd ovember, and was presided over by his Excellency the Governor, Lieut.-General ir Willoughby Norrie, K.C. 1.G., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., K.ST.]., a Deputy Knight Commander of the Order. During his speech Hi Excellency announced that His :\Iajesty, the Sovereign Head, had been graciously pleased to sanction the elevation of the Commandery of Australia to the dignity and statu of a Priory a from 16th September, 1946. A comprehensive itinerary was arranged for our c1istingui 'hed visitors during their stay in Adelaide '.vith the main object of permitting them to see members of the Brigade at work at the Race. , Trotting, and asualty Rooms along the beaches, and at Divisional Headquart rs in the country. Many social functions were organized for their entertainment. During April a visit to Adelaide was made by the Priory Commi ioner, who attended at the office of the Brigade for consultation with the Commissioner on various matters. Priory. At the Priory meeti?g. in June~ held in ydne', this District W<1 represented by the CommIssIOner, Lleut.- olone! E. A. H. H.u ell, District Officers A. R. Heath and R. P. Goode. Promotions. In January, 1947, our Commis ioner, Major-General . R. Bur ton, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., K.ST.]., V.D., M.B., B.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P., K.n.p., who had returned from military duties, was raised to the status of Priory Commissioner, and Lieut.-Colonel E. A. H. Rus ell, O.ST.]., V.D., }1.B., B.S., who had administered the Brigade since 1st l\Iarch, 1913, was informed by His Excellency the Governor of his appointment as Commissioner. Congr atulations . It i~ reported with infinit~ pride that His Gracious Majesty, Our So:,er~Ign Head.' has been gracIOusly pleased to admit Captain George Dey (DIstnct Supermtendent, Northern Sub-District) as Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (New Year's Honours): District Officer vV. F. Johns, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the

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British Empire (New Year's Honours); and District Superintendent J. E. McKee, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Birthday Honours). . Such recognition of devoted voluntary serVIce by membe.rs to the community has had a most stimulating effect on bot~ the publIc an~ the Brigade, and to those members concerned our heartIest congratulatIOns.

Church Parade. The Annual Church Parade took place on 22nd June at St. Peter's Cathedral. Members of the Brigade and representatives of various organizations and friends attended. The Lieut.-Governor, Sir Mellis Napier, and Lady Napier were pres.ent, ar:d first lesson was read by the Commissioner, and the second by SIr Mellis. The Rev. F. \Veston conducted the ervice. At 11 a.m. the Commissioner, Officers and Members of the Brigade attended service in St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, the Rev. 1\1. Bayard, Administrator, officiating. On Anzac Day, the Commissioner was the guest of the President o~ the Returned oldiers', ailors', and Airmen's Imperial League of AustralIa on the dais on the occasion of the Anzac Day ~larch and Parade. Ambulal1ce Transport. . During the year meetings have taken place between representatIves of the Ord r of t. John and the outh Australian Ambulance Transport, Inc., with the object of merging the outh Australian Ambulance Transport, Inc., into the Brigade in order to create an Ambulance Transport section of the Brigade. It was thouaht that thi move would be decidedly advantageous to the public and both organizations houlel it reach finality. It is ~onfidently c. 'pccted that minor clifficultie will be soon overcome for thls proposal to become a reality. Leam to 'lC'im Campaign. During the month of January many members of Cadet Ambulance and 1\'ur ing Di\'i -ions took advantage of Advertiser Xewspapers, Limited, to receive instruction in thi activity, some of whom received their certificates. .\n impetu ha been given Cadets, thereby, to further their qualifica.ion for the coveted Grand Prior' Badge. A nnual Competitions. . The annual Brigade Competitions were held recently, the vanous divisions competing showed friendly rivalry and considerable interest in the contests. plendid work was shown by winners of the events. ::\Iuch credit is due to Di trict Officer A. R. Heath, who was in charge of all competition arrangemen ts. FinaJlcial Assistance. The Brigade is grateful to the South Au tralian Government, the Racing and Trotting Clubs, and the Hospitallers' Club for their generous financial support. Also the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and l\Iayors of Councils for permitting us to hOld our Annual Button Day Appeal, and to private citizens for their voluntary donations.

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Red Cross Gifts. A pleasing result of the further close liaison existing between the Red Cross Society and the Brigade was the receipt from the Red Cross of a donation of considerable value, comprising parcels of First Aid and Home Nursing materials to help in our work. Sincere thanks to District Surgeon, Colonel H. H. E. Russell, O.B.E., C.ST.}., V.D., M.D., F.R.C.P., who is also Chairman of the Red Cross Emergency Services, and a member of the Executive of the Red Cross Society, who was instrumental in securing these valuable gifts. The aid rendered one another by these two great organizations is indicative of the harmony, which is pronounced in South Australia, that exists between them. Casualty Rooms. On 10th November a tour of inspection was made of Beach Casualty Rooms by the District Staff, accompanied by Officers of the Red Cross Emergency Services and members of the Executive Committee of the Hospitallers' Club. The object of the tour was primarily to acquaint our visitors with the work performed by members of the Brigade, which is so greatly aided by their generous gifts. Their \iVorships the Mayors of Henley and Grange, and Port Adelaide, attended their respective Casualty Rooms. His \Vor hip the Mayor of Glenelg, Mr. Baden Pattinson, LL.B., M.P., and Mrs. Baden Pattinson, received the guests at Glenelg, and the Glenelg Nur ing Division entertained the party at afternoon tea. BriE!;ade Personnel. The stage of discharge from Military Service and re-establishment of members in their various divisions has almost been completed, and the normal peace-time routine of the Brigade is in operation. Establishment. The strength of the Brigade has decreased a Ii ttle as hown by the Annual Returns to 30th December, 1946, mainly due to the fact that some members shown on the records as " on service" in recent years have not upon discharge rejoined their divisions, and a detailed survey of records showed that there were names being shown who had left the Division during war years which had now been deleted. It would appear that a decided post-war reaction against voluntary service exists in the adult members of the community. Recruits from this section are difficult to obtain. Records show that there was a falling-off of membership after World War 1. It is anticipated that this is but a temporary phase but, nevertheless, accentuates the importance of the Cadet Movement. Cadet Divisions and members of Cadet Divisions have increased due to the interest shown in the Cadets by Divisional Superintendent J. Moores, S.B.ST.}., and Lady Divisional Superintendent B. Williams, S.S.ST.}., who have been seconded from their Divisions for Cadet organization. It is hoped that the time is not far distant when this important highly specialized phase of Brigade activities will be included in separate Corps formation with representation on District Staff.

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Duties. During the past twelve months members h<l:ve unde~taken .m.a~y additional duties, owing to the return of peace-bme sportmg actIvlt.les and other functions, including a six weeks' Exhibition, the Royal AdelaIde Show, and rodeo displays. .. Too much praise cannot be given these devoted workers, pro ult~l~tate hominum. . Members continue to render service at the Royal AdelaIde General Hospital and other institutions, so materially alleviating the acute shortage of Nursing and other staff. TASMANIA. The normal activities were carried out throughout the year. During the year it was found necessary to combine ~o. 1 Hobart Division and No.2 Hobart Division as there were not sufficIent members to maintain the two Divisions. A new Cadet Division was formed. Brigade First Aid Competitions were carried out during the year. PRIORY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. 1. The Brigades in all States are settling down. satisfac~orily. to .t~eir normal peacetime role. Though there .was some dIfficulty m Il1:amt.ammg interest in the immediate post-war penod, there are very d~.fimte SIgnS of a re-awakening of outside intcre t in. th~ work o.f the Bngades and of increa ing enthu iasm and efficiency wlthm the Bngades.

treJlgtlz. . 2. In the past twelve months there has been a general cleaning-up. m the Ambulance and Nursing Divisions, which were f?und to be car~ymg a considerable number of non-effective members. ThIS has resulted m an apparent decrease in the total strength of the Brigades~ but the ~t~e?-gth now shown is an accurate one, as all members carned on DIvISIOnal strengths are taking an actiye part in the work of their Divisions. Cadds. . There has been a most sati factory increase in Cadet DiviSIOns, both Ambulance and Nursing. There is a total of 92 Divisions at the present time, as compared to 71 Divisions in 1946 .. This augers well for the future of the Bngad~. . 3. Brigade Competitions have been held <l:gam m all States, and the Comrnis ioners report a high standard o.f effiCIency. . . 4. The Priory Council decided early m the yea.r to mstItute I~terstate First Aid Competitions and, through the generOSIty of the pro~netors of the H erald and H'eekly T1'mes (l\Ielbourne), a very fme silver cup has been pro',ided for annual competition. • This Cup will be known as " The Herald Cup", and will be competed for annually by the champion team of each State. The State and the name of the winning team will be inscribed on the base of the Cup, and the donors will also provide a small replica for each member of the winning team. The Cup will be held by the winning team for t:velve ~onths. . This is the first time in the history of the Bngade m AustralIa that Interstate Competitions have been held. It is certain such competitions

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will have a most stimulating eficct on the c11iciency of the Brigades throughout Australia. They should be most helpful in providing an opportunity for members of the various Brigades to get to know each other and promote a pirit of unity throughout the Brigade within the Priory in Australia. The Competition for 1947 took place in Melbourne on 22nc1 November, under general conditions laid down by the Priory Commis ioner. 5. In January, 1947, Lieut.-Colonel E. A. H. Ru ell, o. 1'.]., \ ' .V., :VI.H., B . . , was appointed Commission r for Ollth u -trali3. Lieut.-Colonel ~ussell has most ably admini tered the Brigade as .\cting Commj~ ioner smce 1945. G. Sincere congratulations go to the three officers of the :outh Australiap Bri~ade, whom His l\faj sty The King has been graciou ly pleased to admIt to the l\lost Excellent Order of the British Empire. ::\EW SOUTH WALES.

A report has been received this year direct from the, ub-Pr lat , 'L Andrew's Cathedral, l\Iost Re\-erend .\rchhishop H. :\[0\\"11, D.D., CH. T.J. HO:'lES FOR THE AGED .\:--.,n Ii'iFIR:'I PEOPLE.

After inquiries made in the Dioceses in the Pro~'ince of ::\ \\ 'outh \\ ales, it appears that with the exception of a propo eel homl...: in the Ke,,'castle Dioce e at Booragul, the onI\' Church of England Home ' for aged and infirm people in Tew outll "'tlle~ are in the :\"(In \ Dioce e. These are :. . 1. Roseballk- H'aratali H Ollle, 33 :\Iarlborough 'treel, DnLllllllO\'nc, under the auspices of the Church of England Home ' Committ 'e, where 25 elderly ladie are cared for and given all the comforh of home life. This number will be increa cd to 33 \\'h n \\'e are (I hIe to find a builder \villing to con truct the additional wing, for which mon y has been provided. 2. The Home oj Peace, ~Ia~rickville. But thi ' i. 'ent ially for dying folk and, before admIsSIOn, a doctor's certificate must be provided to give assurance of thi state. Amongst the dying are many ag d folk, \\'ho r cei \'e the 'o m fort and relief this Home is able to giYe. It sometimes happen that under the care received some do gain fre h lea e of life and, if homeless, provision is made for such folk in a wing of the Home. 3. The Trustees of Hammondville are planning to bnilrl home ' for old-aged pensioner couples at Hammondville. REPORT OF THE ST. JOH

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At the last Annual Meeting, ]\Ir. E. \Y. Hayv{ard wa'i elected to the Centre Committee. The Annual Church Service of the Order was held at St. Peter 's Cathedr~l on 22nd June,. when the collection taken was forwarded through the Pnory to the Hospital of Jerusalem. A further £25 from the Hospitallers' Club was also sent. In the matter of Highway First Aid, it was felt that one of the necessities would be a complete Ambulance Organization worked in conjunction

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with Fir. t Aid Posts. To this end discussions were held with the South Australian Ambulance Transport, Inc., and it was arranged that they should come in as the Ambulance Transport Section of the Order of St. John, displaying the St. John Badge, and being responsible through their hicf Officer who will be made a District Officer of the Brigade to the Commi sioner of the Brigade. This should lead now to the possibility of Highway First Aid being undertaken and, furthermore, a co-ordination of all ~\mbulaJlce Transport in outh Australia. A maHer tr s eel by His Excellency the Governor, the Deputy Prior, was the question of placing before the public a full explanation of the differences betw en the Association and Brigade, and it is suggested that the whole of the activities be combined under the Order of St. John, having tIl one office from which all activities will be controlled. This woulu mean that all monies received will be acknowledged in the name of the Order, and from there allocated out to the Association and Brigade for the work the\' would have to do . The Association Trophy to the Railways was won by Ir. R. A. Keatch. The . \ _oe iation Shield to the Brigade was won by the Port Adelaide Division. During the year the Honorary Doctors have again helped considerably, and to them and the Brigade members who have given the practical in truction the ommittee wi he to record its appreciation. In addition to previous l\delaide fIgure given:200 pa ed their first re-examination. lOU th ir second. 331 their third or more. The total of re-examinations was 8GO, including 747 members of the Brigade. In addi bon, 151 adets were re-examined. THE CO:.n.IA. DERY IN WESTERN AU TRALIA.

The fullowing is an extract from the Report of the Comrnandery in \Vestern Au tralia : In February, 193G, the New outh \Vales Centre of the Association approached the A ociation in \Vestern Australia for its views on the question ot the e tabli hment of a Commandery for Australia, with Headquarters at anberra . Our reply was to the effect that, owing to our geographical situation, and for reasons of expense, it would be impracticable for \Vestern Australia to join such Commandery, and that if it 'were essential that the work in this State should be governed by a Commandery, we would prefer that a separate establishment be created in \Vestern Australia. In 1939, a further attempt was made to form a Commandery for the whole of Au tralia, but this State again declined to join, and made representations to the Chapter-General for a separate Commandery to be established here. In June, 1941, a telegram was received from the Chapter-General stating that the formation of a Commandery for the Australian Commonwealth, less Western Australia, had been authorized, with a view to its being transformed into a Priory, and that when that step had been completed, "Vestern Australia would be offered a Commandery.

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The presence in Australia of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester as Grand Prior of the Order, and his visit to the Headquarters of the Association and Brigade in April last year, when he personally gained an insight into the work of the Order in Western Aus~ralia, was doubtless responsible for the decision of Chapter-General to raIse the Commandery in Australia to the rank of a Priory. I t is therefore pleasing to place on record that Western Australia is now represented in the Order, and that the work of the Order throughout the whole of the Commonwealth is now co-ordinated. Special thanks are due to Sir James Sleeman and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma for their support of our representations to Chapter-General for recognition of the work that has been carried out in the name of St. John. On the 23rd April, in the presence of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor (Sir James 1\Iit chell , K.C.M.G.), the Sub-Prior of t~~ ~riory in Australia, Group Captain H. R. G. Poate, M.V.O., leST.]., Imhated the Commandery, the ceremony being carried through with dignity befitting the Venerable Order. At the conclusion of the proceedings, a reception was held, when a large number of representative people were present, in addition to the members of the Order constituting the Commandery. One meeting of the Commandery Chapter was held, but acting under paragraph 11 of the Regulations, two meetings of the Commandery Council took place. Members of the Order, the Association, and the Brigade, attended the 117th anniversary celebration of the Revival of the Order of t. John of Jerusalem in England, on Sunday, 23rd June, at St. John Headquarters, Perth, which celebration was conducted by the Commandery of the Order. The Knight Commander, ir John Dwyer, K.C.M.C., K.ST)., presided, and delivered a very infonnative and interesting address, m which he traced the progress of the Order throughout the ages. The chivalry of to-day was that of yesterday, he said-the help of the weak by the strong-and the success of the Order lay in the fact that it had never forgotten the basic idea of chivalry since its j.nstitution,in Jerusalem nearly 1,000 years ago for the purpose of savlllg mankllld. It was because the Order had been faithful to its original purpose that it had survived to the present day. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. At the annual election in August, 1946, the six members who were due to retire by effluxion of time were all re-elected, and there was therefore no change in the personnel of the council for the year 1946-47. For the 14th year in succession, Dr. J. J. Holland, K.ST.]., was elected President of the Association. Dr. J. R. Donaldson, K.ST.]., was elected Vice-President. Captain J. J. Airey, who had held the position for 13 years, did not seek re-election. Congratulations are extended to Dr. T. VV. Meagher on the distinction conferred upon him by His Majesty the King. Sir Thomas ~1~~gher has been a member of the Council for seven years, and a DIVISIOnal Surgeon in the St. John Ambulance Brigade since 1935.

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INSTRUCTION. The instructional work of the Association was fairly well maintained during the year, although th~ numbers of persons who interested t.hemselves in the classes were agam below the pre-war figures. The Ra~lway Sub-Centre held 23 classes, and in the country towns the few non-railway students offering were attached to the railway classes. 665. m~mbers of the St. John Ambulance Brigade passed the annual.re-exammatIO:r for the awards of the Association. In all, 1,702 candldates .were ~It~er examined or re-examined, 1,682 of whom were successful. It IS grahfymg to the Council that 611 first year certificates were gained, being 200 more than the number for the previous year. . Since the inception of the Association in Westerr: Austr~la, 70,236 passes have been secured, including 5,233 medallIons (thIrd year), 9,707 labels (fourth and subsequent years), and 3,474 pendants (second year home-nursing). TRANSPORT SERVICE. 9 001 calls were attended during the year by the Perth Ambulance, Tra~sport Service, operated by the Associa~ion, being 243 less than the all high record achieved last year. The mileage exceeded that of the previous year by 6,972 miles. . Comparative figures of calls attended, cases transported, and mileage covered during the past four years are : 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47

Calls. 8,299 8,511 9,244 9,001

Cases. 8,528 8,798 9,498 9,271

lWileage. 67,978 70,761 76,865 83,837

Of the 9,271 cases transported, 8,069 were medica} and 1,202 accid~nt. In respect of 3,968 cases, no donations were receIved for the serVIce, representing nearly 43 per cent of the cases transported. The Ambulance fleet consists of seven vehicles. The attendance on the vans of members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was again well maintained, and rr:any exp~essions of grateful appreciation of their assistance were receIved dunng th~ year. ~he drivers also shared the expressions of thanks for the effiCIent handlmg of their patients. LIFE MEMBERSHIP. Mr. T. Ahern was elected a life member of the Association in vVestern Australia in appreciation ot financial support afforded. OBITUARY. The Council records with sincere regret the deaths of the Most Rev. H. F. Le Fanu, Sub-Prelate of the Order, and a Vice Patron of Head Centre; Mr. W. J. Morgan, Chairman of the Denmark Centre; Mr. C. F. W. Higgins, O.ST.]., Chairman of the Bunbury Centre; and the following life members of the Association: C. W. Arnott, Mrs. F. Breckler, R. (Yorkie) Capel, P. A. Connolly, H. Haas, and W. Wackett. SUB-CENTRES. That the work, particularly that of maintaining the ambulance services, is being efficiently carried out is evidenced by the satisfactory reports

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submitted by the various sub-centres throughout the State. New centres were formed at Lake Grace, Hopetoun (Phillip River Districts) and Agnew, and each has acquired an ambulance. There are now 37 subcentres with 41 ambulances in operation. New vans were also obtained by the Denmark, l\It. Barker, and Upper Blackwood (Boyup Brook) centres. Other centres building new vans are Harvey, Kalgoorlie, l\1~dland Junction, and Toodyay. The Gcraldton, Kojonup, and largaret Rn"er Centres also contemplates building new vans in the near future. The Mullowa Centre has raised the funds necessary to procure an ambulance and erect a depot. Due to unforseen circumstances, hO\vever, the am bulance will not be installed un til well on in the ell uing year. The Denmark Centre ha erected an ambulance tation which wa officially opened on the 21 t June. Additions have been made to the l\Iidland Junction station quarter, and also to provide accommodation for the relief drivers. Owing to lack of materiaL, principally bricks, the permit to commence the new building at Kalgoorlie i held up indefmitely. VISITORS.

Among the vi itors to headquarters during the year, in addition to the Sub-Prior of the Priory in Australia (Group Captain Dr. H. R. G. Poate, K.ST.J.) were ir \, illiam Dobbie, Bailiff Grand Cro ~ s, formerly Governor of Malta; General . R. Burston, K. T.J., Commi ioner of the Brigade in South Australia; Air Yice- larhal ,Yo ~I. Hurley, Yictoria Centr~, St. John Ambulance Association; :JIajor-General F. 1\. Iaguire, Hospltaller and Almoner, Priory in Au tralia, and Iiss:\1. Higgins, Secretary of the Jew South 'Vales Centrc, t. John Ambulanc Association. REPORT OF THE COl\IMANDERY COjDIIS IO::JER. The strength of the Brigade in this district furthcr r ceded a::. the result of many members failing to return to their division, following their demobilization from the Services. Furthermore, the apathy of the community generally since the ces ation of hostilities is re pon ible for a falling off in students for first aid instructions, which has a repcrcu sion in that few people are trained, and thus the field for ecuring recruits for the Brigade is greatly restricted. HO\vever, those mcmbers who arc continuing in the Brigade are enthusiastic, and will hold their Division together until circumstances permit of an influx of younger people to augment the Divisions or replace those who retire on account of age. The estimated strength of the Brigade, including the Ea tern Goldfields Sub-District, at the 30th September, was: 39 ambulance divisions (710 officers and members), 16 nursing divisions (252); 1 cadet ambulance division (12), and 2 cadet nursing divisions (45), a total of 1,019, which with the addition of the district staff of 10 brings the grand total of 1,029, as against 1,222 at the 31st December, 1946, a decrease of 193. It is regretted that owing to the short .notice, it is not possible for this district to participate in the Interstate Brigade Competition set down for 22nd November. The state wide competition for the Dr. Tymms cup, suspended during the war years, has been revived this year. One elimination contest has already been held; others will follow next month,

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and the final will take place on 30th November. In future years this competition will need to be held earlier in the year in order that the v;inning team may earn the right to represent the district in the Interstate Competition promoted by the Priory of the Order. A new appointmcnt to the district staff in the person of Commander N. D. Pixley, M.B.E. (Military Division), formerly of New outh 'Vales and Queensland Districts, was made ill March last. Commander Pixley is likely to be domiciled in \Vestcrn Australia for some years, and his active participation as a District Officer will be for the good of the Brigade generally, and this district particularly. The positions of District Surgeon and District Officer respectively of the Eastern Goldfield Sub-Districts, which had been vacant for some time owing to the resignation of Dr. A. B. Webster, who took over the position of Div. Surgeon to the newly-formed Hannans Ambulance Division, and the death of 11r. H. G. Golding in June, 1946, were filled in September, 19-17, by the appointment of Dr. C. E. Young, of Kalgoorlie, as District Surgeon, and Mr. G. T. Michell, of the Golden Horsehoe Ambulance Division Boulder, as District Officer. The e appointments are welcomed by the divisions in the SubDistrict, as they have felt the need of staff officers to maintain a close co-operation between the divisions and clear up points in regard to administration, regulations, etc. One ambulance division was re-formed, viz. Coolgardie, and three nursing divisions have been disbanJed, viz. Boulder, Collie, and Midland Junction, owing to lack of members. It is pleasing to report that the fcw membcr of the last mentioned divisions who are still interested have transferred to other metropolitan divisions. Public duty was efficiently carried out throughout the period, and a large number of cases were treated by members. Numerous cases were also hancUed by members whilst not on public duty. In the absence of the annual returns the figures are not available. The change that has been effected in the unifoml of ambulance members (N.C.O.s and privates) is very greatly appreciated, as the close fitting collar is most uncomfortable in a warm climate such as \Vestern Australia, particularly inland. The annual in pection of divisions was carried out as far as possible. In a state of vast distances, such as Western Australia, it is difficult for the Commissioner to personally inspect all divisions, some of which are located several hundreds of miles from Perth. The Commissioner is grateful to District urgeon (Dr. J. J. Holland) and to the District uperintendent for carrying out many of the inspections in conjunction with their visits to ub-Centres.

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OBITUARY. The Chapter-General records with deep regret the death of the following Members and Associates : -

General Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.I.E., D.S.O., on 14th December, 1947. Dr. Isaac Gibson Modlin, O.B.E., M.D., on 25th July, 1947. Dr. William Henry Kauntze, C.M.G., M.B.E., M.D., on 4th November, 1947. Dr. William Charles Bentall, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.(ED.), on 16th November, 1947.

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ASSOCIATE BAILIFFS GRA D CROSS. H.M. King George II King of the Hellenes, G.C.M.G., on 1st April, 1947. H.M. Christian X King of Denmark, KG., G.C.B., on 20th April, 1947. BAILIFF GRA.L D CROSS. The Earl of Lytton, P.C., KG., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., on 25th October, 1947. DAMES GRAND CROSS. Edith Marione, Mrs. vVoolrych Perm,vne, on 1st April, 1947. The Dowager Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E., on 16th May, 1947. KNIGHTS. The Rt. Hon. Sir \Villiam Ellis Hume-\\'illiams, Bt., ICB.E., K.C., on 4th February, 1947 . . Sir Harry George \Vaters, V.D., LR.C.S., on 19th December, 19-16. Captain vVilliam Goodley, O.B.E., M.C., on 3rd Januarv, 19-17. Sir Richard Sennett, on 19th February, 19-17. ~ Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite, LL.D., F.S.A., on 25th :March, 1917. Major The Earl of Harewood, KG., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., on 2-1th May, 19·17. Colonel The Viscount Lee of Fareham, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.B.E., P.C., on 21st July, 1947. Colonel Donald James Mackintosh, C.D ., ~1.".O., ~LB., F.J~.S.ED., on 12th June, 1947. The Viscount Bennett, P.C., on 27th June, 1947. Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. Hugh Edwin l\lunroe, O.B.E., V.D., ~1.D., L.R.C.P.t\S.ED., in l\farch, 1947. Sir Henry Chapman, C.B.E., on 22nd June, 1917. Alexander Moffitt Fullerton, O.B.E., in April, 19-17. The Lord Hayter of Chistlehurst, on 7th November, 1916. Major Edward Howard Thornbrough Parsons, C.B.E ., on 24th August, 1946. Colonel Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman, T.D., F.R.S., M.D., on 11th April, 1947. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur John Barrv, C.B.E., T.D. G.enera~ Sir John .Philip Du Cane: G.C.B., A.D.C., on 5th April, 1947. SIr Cecil ClementI, G.C.M.G., on 5th April, 19.17. The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., on 9th March 1947. ' Th~ Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley, G.C.V.O., G.B.E., C.B ., on 4th November, 1947. MaJor-General The Lord Mottiston~, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., on 7th November, 1947. Ridley Warham. Wortley Searson Lovell, on 27th June, 1947. Lieut.-General Andries Jacob Eksteen Brink, C.B.E., D.S.O. Lancelot Wilkinson Dent, O.B.E., in October, 1947.

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ASSOCIATE KNIGHT. Paul Grand de Hauteville, on 23rd October, 1947. DAMES. Lady Helena Emily Gleichen, O.B.E. Kate Lady Lewis, O.B.E., on 15th February, 1947. fhe Lady Meston, C.B.E., on 23rd July, 1946. Agnes, Mrs. Dennis, C.B.E., on 21st April, 1947. Dorothy Eleanor Augusta, Mrs. Hignett, C.B.E., on 20th May, 1946. Louisa Mary, Mrs. Calverly, O.B.E., on 13th October, 1946. The Viscountess Powers court , on 6th December, 1946. The Lady Carmichael, on 22nd March, 1947. l\1ary, Lady Carter. The The The The

CHAPLAINS . Rt. Rev. Henry Frewen Le Fanu, Archbishop of Perth, on 10th September, 1946. Rev. Campbell Blethyn Hulton, on 10th April, 1947. Rt. Rev. Bishop Herbert Hensley Henson, on 28th September, 1947. H. v. Arthur ewell, on 13th November, 1947.

COMMA~ DERS (BIWTHERS). Brigadier \Villiam Bain Richardson Sandys, C.B., c.~I.G., on 18th December, 1946. Captain ydney Booth Turner, M.R.C .. , L.R.C.P., on 30th January, 1947. The Marquess of Angle. ey, G.C.Y.O., on 21st February, 1947. Alfred Trego Butler, M.V.O., I.C., on 22nd December, 1946. vVilliam Doig Robb, on 23rd June, 1947. Dr. Francis Howard Humphri , on 17th June, 1947. John Brine, on 24th June, 1947. Hopeful Gibbons, M.B.E., on 25th June, 1947. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Hamlet Mark \Vhelan, l\I.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., ICH.S., on 27th l\Iav, 1947. Lieut.-Colonel Henry John Barnes, :'.I.R.C.P.(ED.), on 1st Noyember, 1947. MacGillivray of MacGillivray, :\I.D., D.SC., LL.D., on 15th October, 1947. Dr. Henry George Ramsbottom, L.R.C.P. ,~\. .ED., on 20th eptember, 1947. Professor Thomas David Jones, C.B.E., on 30th August, 1947. Sir Frank Henry Bowater, on 10th November, 1947. Squadron Lader Thomas \Vilfrid Elsdon, R.A.F., on 29th November, 1947.

COMMANDER (SISTER). Anne Elizabeth, Lady Clark, on 13th November, 1946. Mabel Charlotte, Lady Middleton.

OBITUARY. 180

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

OFFICERS (BROTHERS). Robert Vachell de Acton Redwood, F.R.C.S.ED., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., on ~lrd January, 1947. The Rev. Canon lEneas Ramsay Macintosh. Robert Laurence Randall, on 27th November, 1946. William Murray, M.D. Commander Hugh Valentine King, O.B.E., D.S.O., R.N. George Campbell Oliver, on 9th February, 1947. William Archibald, M.D., on 13th February, 1947. David Nelson, on 18th February, 1947. Edward Richard Hatch, on 14th January, 1947. Robert Bruce Duncan, M.D., on 24th February, 1947. Major-General William Richard Blackwell, C.B., C.M.G., L.R.C.S.I., on 9t h July, 1946. Alexander McIntosh Lyle, on 27th October, 1946. Herbert Green on 20th November, 1946. Major Charles John ffoulkes, C.B., O.B.E., F.S.A., in April, 1947. Tom Sanderson, M.D., on 10th July, 1946. J ames Harrison. . Edmund Cazalet Feilde, M.D., on 26th Apnl, 1947. Walter Baldwyn Yates, C.B.E., in 1947. Sir Harry Percy Shepherd, on 1st May, 194~. Sir William Henry Akroyd, Bt. , on 3rd Apnl, 1947. Henry Eustace Mitton. Frank Dearle. The Rev. Norman Ashby, on 1st February, 1946. Samuel Bunting in 1946. Major-General William Huskisson, C.M.G., on 24th July, 1946. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Ashley, on 8th March, 1947. Robert Joseph Hayes, on 22nd November, 1946. Captain Kenneth Arthur Layton-Bennett, on 3rd April, Hl47. Joseph Henry Forth, on 27th F ebruary, 1947. , Gwilym Llewelyn Pierce, L.R. C .P.L ' s.~ o~ 14th May, 1947. Lieut.-Colonel Charles McDonald OgilvIe, V.D., on 11th Decem ber , 194h. Colonel The Lord Gretton, C.B.E., on 2nd June, 1947. George Herbert Iles, on 29th May , 1947. Frank Ward Brown, on 23rd May, 1947. Captain Stanley Renny, on 17th April, 1917. Henry Howarth, on 17th January, 1947. John Lee Colburn, on 13th February, 1943. Charles Jerome Winton Higgins. The Rev. Canon Algernon Ward (Sub-Chaplain) on 9th July , 194 7. The Rev. Vincent George Bryan King (Sub-Chaplain), on 25th May, l !H:1. Dr. Alexander Anderson. John Philip Walker, M.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C:P., on 16th July, 1947. Lieut.-Colonel George Algernon Draffen, ill September, 1947. Dr. Henry William Martyn Strover, O.B.E., M.B., on 27th September, 1947. Shute Barrington Piers, on 2nd September, 1947. John Grimes, M.B.E., on 8th August, 1947. George Gore. David Hunter.

181

The Rev. Canon John Francis Clayton, M.C., (Sub-Chaplain), in August, 1947. Thomas Llewellyn on 26th September, 1947. Dr. Herbert Henry Warren, M.B., on 11th October, 1947.

David

OFFICER (BROTHER) (ASSOCIATE). titcher, on 8th September, 1947.

OFFICERS (SISTERS) . Agnes, Mrs. Scatterty, M.B.E., in 1946. Catherine Mabel, Mrs Edgerley, L.R.C.P. & S., on 21st December, 1946. Florence Violet Dorothea, Lady Bradney, in December, 1946. The Marchioness of Anglesey, in November, 1946. Pauline Mary de Peauly, Mrs. Fahie, on 3rd March, 1947. Ada Maria, Miss Kirby, C.B.E., on 4th March, 1946. Catharine, Mrs. Underwood, on 2nd August, 1946. Janet Waldegrave, Mrs. MacInnes, M.B. Ellen Rose, Mrs. Andrews, on 11th March, 1946. Gladys Rebe, Miss Savory, on 11th May! 1947. Agnes Annie, Miss Pollar~, on 22nd April, 1947. Mildred Cracroft, Mrs. Wilson. Lucy Caroline, :J-Irs. impson Davies, M.B., M.R. C.S., L.R.C.P., on 28th May, 1947. The Hon. Norah Dawnay, on 27th June , 1947. SERVI G BROTHERS. William Henry Ebbs. Frederick Torr, on 26th November, 1946. Michael Brien. Jo11n Maynard Wilkinson. Fred Taylor, in ecember, 1946. Charles Edwin Hooper. Charles Wood, on 26th November, 1946. Rowland White, on 1st December, 1946. Orlando Boyce, on 26th November, 1946. James Kirkwood , M.B. Alfred John Odam, on 30th January, 1947. Henry Wallington, on 19th December, 1946. Francis Xavier Mizzi, in September, 1946. William James Jarrett, in June, 1944. William Wallace Perriton, on 5th February, 1947. George Wilson, on 22nd February, 1947. George John Tucker, O.B.E., on 29th December, 1946. Charles Henry Reeve, on 24th March, 1947. Da vid John George, in February, 1947. William Henry Morse. . Captain Reginald Catterall Dickinson, V.D., on 22nd April, 1947. Dr. James Kennedy Manson , on 13th April, 1947. Samuel Swanton.

182

REPORT OF THE CHAPTER-GENERAL.

Charles Herbert Roberts, in October, 1946. George Carter, on 14th May, 1947. George William Dawson, on 28th March, 1947. Samuel Clough, in 1935. Captain Frederic~ ,Joseph Cunnington, O.B.E., on 21st February, 1947. Robert James Hilhar, M.B.E., on 30th April, 1947. Francis Henry Hill. Thomas Pickering, on 9th J ul y, 1947. John Whitehurst. Walter Brice. Arthur Challinor Purchas, M.B., M.R.C.S. George Edward Eady. John Briggs, on 28th April, 1947. Herbert John Frow. Charles Cook, on 28th March, 1942. Thomas Garrity, on 17th April, 1946. John William Beal, in February, 1947. John Purchase. Samuel Smith Knighton, on 23rd August, 1946. George Parsons, on 31st January, 1946. William Wells Graham, O.B.E., on 12th May, 1947. George Robert Dale, on 9th May, 1947. J ames Talbot Norton. William Sydney Wanstail, on 5th June, 1947. Albert Edwin Lindsay, on 20th May, 1947. Richard Hughes, on 15th June, 1947. Peter Macgregor Ogle, on 2nd March, 1946. Major John James Haslett, in January, 1947. Cesaire Senay, on 1st December 1917. William Charles Jones, on 3rd J~ly, 1947. John Holmes, in January, 1947. James Young, on 30th May, 1947. Percy Gylee Battison, in September, 1947. Cyril Wood, on 18th September, 1947. Robert Arthur Millray, on 5th Septembcr, 1917. James Painter, in March, 1947. David Watson, on 4th August, 1947. Walter Atkinson, on 8th August, 1947. AI?e.rt John Charles Terry, on 27th July, 1947. WillIam Edward Price, on 5th September, 1947. John Joseph Dexter, on 17th October 1947. John William Bullard, on 30th Janua~y, 1946. Thomas Charles Noakes, on 18th September, 1947. Frederick Robert Hortrop, on 11th November, 1947. SERVING SISTERS. Lilian, Miss Lafone, on 1st February, 1947. Charlotte, Miss Bird. Emily Harriette Oiseau, Mrs. Robinson. Minnie Gertrude, Mrs. Clark, on 13th December, 1946. Mary Hall, Mrs. Phillips, on 23rd January, 1947.

OBITUARY.

183

Annie, Mrs. Dawson, on 16th February, 1947. Elizabeth, Mrs. Thompson, on 24th November, 1946. Ada, Mrs. Allen, on 30th May, 1944. Annie, Mrs. Robins. Sarah Ann, Mrs. Batty, in May, 1943. Phebe, Mrs. Norman, on 10th November, 1946. Marial A., Miss Brodie, in June, 1947. Annie Jane, Mrs. Davies, on 20th December, 1946. The Hon. Katharine Annie Thring, on 9th September, 1947. Edith, Mrs. Ingham, on 24th eptember, 1947. HONORARY ASSOCIATES. Major Thomas William Gordon Kelly, M.D., F.R.C.S. Alfred Osborne Knight, M.R.C.S. Henry Ingledew Daggett, M. B. THE LATE LORD LYTTON. In the death of The Right Honourable the Earl of Lytton, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.L, G.C.LE., Bailiff Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of The Hospital of t. J oh11 of J orusalem, the Order loses one of its most illustrious Members; one who clos ly identified himself with its work during the sev ntcen years which elapsed from the time he first became a Commander of t~e Order un~il his greatly lamented death. Neither was it help and ~dvlce of an ord~nary charact r, seeing that Lord Lytton had held many Important appoIntments during his lifetime, in all of which he had achieved high success, including that of Civil Lord of tbe Admiralty, Under~ 'ecretary of tate for India, Viceroy and Acting Governor-General of. I~dIa for a perio~ ~uring 1925, Chairman to the League of Nations 1\11ssIOn to Ian Churl a m 1932, and many other high and responsible offices. He, thcreforc, brought to the work of the Venerable Order not o~ly a vigorous and plcasant personality, but a well-trained brain of the hlg~est g.uality;. attributes which proved of the greatest help in its deliberatIOns, secIng that it was combined with a most zealous spirit of t. John crvice. Lord. L~tton was appoint~~ a Commander in 1931, promoted Knight of JustIce In 1933, and a BaIliff Grand Cross in 1945. II~ served on the Hospital Committee from 1933 and was County PresIdent, The t. John Ambulance Brigade, Hertfordshire since May 1945. ' , The Grand Priory, the Executive Officers and Members of Chapter~eneral especially will miss his kindly personality and crystal-clear brain Immensely and will ever deplore the passing to Higher Service of a great administrator and a great gentleman.

185

THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ORDER.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1947.

BALANCE SHEET AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1947.

CENTENARY APPEAL FUND ACCOUNTS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1947.

SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS ACCOUNTS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1947.

lS7

186

The GRAND PRIORY in the BRITISH REALM of the VENERABLE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

ORDER of the HOSPITAL of ST. JOHN of JERUSALEM. FOR YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER, I947· INCOME.

EXPENDITURE. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. Salaries and wages . Riltes . . . . . . Printing, stationery, an.d general expenses Audit fee. . . . . . Expenses connected with Maplestead . Special g'r<\nts . . . . . Contributions to Superannuation Fund . Loss on Exchange-Australia and New Zealand Rent Charge-21-23 St. John's Square

£6338 335 8454 68 120 1Ol'!7 62:3 46 185

5 13 1 0 19 3 13 16 0

4 4 9 0 1 3 1 11 0

" ST. JOHN CADET." Printing and general expenses of maga7ine

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. Members' fouml alion dues Members' oblations . Interest on investments, etc. . . Charity Claim-refund of income tax.

2li15 13 ,wI 18

:1 li

1177:3 18 7 410l 17 4 :ll:l 11 3 ~m 0 II

ST. JOliN AMtlULANCE DRICADEPublic duty and maintenance of stations Salaries-administration (less recoverable) Travelling and incidental expenses . Printing, stationery, etc.. . . . . Expenses at Headquarters---8 Grosvenor Crescent, S.W.

7:31 If.

~!)S H-l~7

ISVALlD TRANSPORT CORPSFees for removal of invalids

Rates. . Competitions Audit fee . . . . . Special grants Contributions to Superannuation Fund

1997 ]0 10 928

2 8

:!8958

1 1

Expenses at Jerusalem, including salaries, wages, pensions housekeeping, drugs, repairs, maintenance of furniture and 'filtings and general expenses, etc. '

LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. Purchase of books, prints, coins, and objects, etc. Salanes . .. .. ST. JOHN GRAND PRIORY CHURCH. General Expenses

5384 9 2

lf374 14

//'

2001

1674 14 4

6 :) ST. JOlll" A'IBULANCE BRIGADY.~1inistry of Education grant towards salary and expenses of Cadet Training Otlieer Donations

J01 0 157 13

() (j

15855 2 9 5o:i

9 10

736 Hi :-1 !J.t 10 0 170H 17 9 1UW

31OU1

1075 17 4 35 8 8

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL AT JERUSALEM. DonatIOns anu annual subSCrIptions . Interest on lOvesLments. . . Charity Claim-refund of illcome tax. 1111

15503

Consultalion 1'('1'5 Tlospital money box

8 11

:d034 10 11 8')~

16 10

110 19

06.! 16 ~l:~O

162

(-i

10 0 2 6

4081 19 11

IG613 13 .. LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.

2;;\) 0 :1 57U 17 4

Donations

53 11

835 17 i (j7

;i II

ST. JOHN GRAND PRIORY CHURCH. Receipts from Church Collection, donations, etc ..

BALANCE carried down [800H<)

To BALANCE brought down

2925 13

23041 6 10 332 5 1

420-'>U 12 11

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL AT JERUSALEM. Expenses at London Office, including salaries, printing, stationery, and general expenses . . ... . . . . Loss on Exchange-Australia and New Zealand .

217 18 11

11 0

£13988 18 10

G 3 1210 17 0 4:);)U !) 11

1367 15

118 12 3 99 6 8

:1li7 !) 0 tili:i 2 1 0

.. ST. JOHN CADET." Sales of magazine. . . Advertisements, less commis5lOn

£31H7 13 0

':17

684 19 4 147 3 0

AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT. ST. JOliN AMnuLAl'OCE. ASSOCTATIONINSTRUCTION AND SALE OF S-rORESGross profit on sale of stores . Donations and annual subscriptions Charged to Centres and Detached Classe3 in respect of instruction . 20040

INVALID TRANSPORT CORPSExpenses of removal of invalids Salaries and wages. . . . Printing, stationery, and general expenses. . Ambulances-repairs, accessories, depreciation, garage

Rents, less charges Donations

.. ST. JOHN GAZETTE." Sales of journal, etc. . . Advertisement", les commISsion :-lOG7 11

AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATlONINSTRUCTION AND SALE OF STORESLecturers' and Examiners' fees and expenses . . . Salaries and wages. Printing, stationery, and general expenses Carriage and. freight . . . . . Loss on Exchange-Australia and New Zea.land

7210 19 10

£1725! 12 271 11 0

" ST. JOHN GAZETTE." Printing and general expense, of journal, etc. Salary. . . . . . .

[1645 5 0 4300 11 8

[(jU61 4 2 540 15 8

===-

28413 18 3 £R0060

£2Ml::! 18 3

186 15 10

By transfer from St. John Post-war Fund

£28413 18 3

188

The GRAND PRIORY in the BRITISH REALM of the VENERABLE BALANCE SHEET AT Dr.

n 11 3300 0 0 6594 10 2

£:,W590 £598 9 22 17

STAFF BENEVOLENT CONTINGENT FUND Less: Expenditure

2663 265

LINEN GUILD-OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL Less: Expenditure

1194 3 3 324 19 10

8 0

9 0 239

869 CENTENARY ApPEAL FUNDSundry Creditors . . . . . Balance of Income and Expenditure Account

Cr.

1) 5 0 21607 12 2

21612 17

2 £71986 15 8

HOSPITAL CAR SERVICE Added this year Less: Expenditure

4196 2500

3 0

0 0

(}{j!l(j

lOO! 17

63559 18 1672 18

Less: Expenditure

65232 17 23:3 14

ST. JOHN COUNTrES FUND-(first allocatiot~ from War Organization) As per last Account , Add: Interest on Investments

352516 6 5739 12

5 10

9 4

0:5000 2 9

6 0

358255 18 (3 132084 19 0

Less: Expenditure

226170 19 6 58 18 11

Sundry Creditors

226229 18 allocatwns

from

War

Less: Expenditure. . . . . . Loss on Sale of Investment Transfer to Income and Expenditure Account

96472 0 501 6 28413 18

9 2309142

GENERAL FUNDBalance in favour of the Order : As per last Account. . Add: Legacies, . . • Commutation of Oblations . . . . . Sundry credit balances and unfunded Reserves written back

148147 903 344

1 4 8 0 5 0

85953

Sundry Creditors and Outstandings

235347 16 1 37693 10 7

Rights in Castle at Kolossi, Cyprus . . Strathearn House and Watson House, Jerusalem Mllristan Property, ] erusaJelll Less: Written off to date . In addition to the above properties certail~ other propertIes have beuL vested ilL the Order, 'Itiler as part 0/ Its Corporate property o.r ILpon Trusts ttl C01tllectum WIth the St. J olm A mblllance ASSOCl.atwn and Brigade, but these are Hot reali=able u.-ilholtt the conseH~ of the Charzty Commtssioners, or the Trustees or Local Comnnliees of M anagcmellt.

273041

6 8

£2f)fi()4fll 1() 11

Investments . . . . . . (Market value at 30th September, 1947, [183,448.) Ambulance Stores, etc., on hand. Insignia and Medals on hand . . . Sundry Debtors and Outstandings, less reserve Advances (secured) . Cash at Bank and in Haud

621 6 2398 8 869 3 21612 17

3 9 5 2

5091 £39107 19 4985 10

510

0 34122 9 30849 15 27

9 2

7 10 10 0

65000

3<!6229 18

216168 15 28G9 16 0 7191 () 10

17640 510 1176 510

Investments . . . . . . . (Ma.rket value at 30th September, 10·,17, £2,1t>3,107.) Loans to Branches Sundry Debtors Cash at Bank

Freehold PremISes adjacent to St. John's Church, Clerkenwell Leasehold Premises at 33-34 Wilton Row, S.\\'. Less: Written off to date .

4 2 3 125387

ST, JOHN POST-WAR FVNDLc=hold Premises at GroSVf'oor Crescent, S.\V. Less: Written off to date

6594 10

£71986 15

ST. JOI1N COUNTIES FUNDInvestment:; . . . . . . (Market value at 30th September, 1947, £208,74.0.) Sundry Debtors Cash at Dank

GENERAL Fu 0 Freehold Premises at and adjoining St. John's Gate, Clerkenwcll L<,ss: Written off to date .

987629 10 2 1400000 0 0 46899 16 2 2434529

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL FUNDFreehold Premises at Hospital, Jerusalem Less: V\'rilten off to date .

£3U5!JU 3300 U 0

Investments . . . . . . (Market value at 30th September, 1947, £35,400.) Sundry Debtors . . . . . Cash at Bank 5091

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL FUND Added this year

!J 11

STAFF SUPERANNU.\TJO!,< FUND INVESTMENTS AND BALANCES ST. JOHN'S CHURCH MAINTENANCE FUND l!'<VESTMENT . . . ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE BENEVOLENT FUl\D INVESTMENT AND BALANCES. . . . . . . ST. JOHN'S CHURCII REBUILDING ACCOUNT INVESTMENT AND BALANCES . . . . .. . STAFF BENEVOLENT CONTINGENT FUND INVESTMENT. . . LINEN GUILD, OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL INVESTMENT AND BALANCES. CENTENARY ApPEAL FUND INVESTMENTS AND BAI.Al\CE. (Book value of Investments, £67,923, and Market value at 30th September, 1947, £74,215.) HOSPITAL CAR SERVICECash at Bank

0 3 621

JOHN POST-WAR FUND-(further Organizatio1l) As per last Account . Add: Grant tbis year . Interest on Investments

ORDER of the HOSPITAL of ST. JOHN of JERUSALEM. 30th SEPTEMBER, 1947.

STAFF SUPERANNUATION FUND. . . ST. JOHN'S CHURCH MAINTENANCE FUND. . ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE BENEVOLENT FUND ST. JOHN'S CHURCH REBUILDING ACCOUNT Added this year

ST.

189

16464 0

2268575 18

2875 fJ 0 20713 t! 5 513 14 9

51448 14 25448 14

0 0

650 0 65 0

0 0

26000

3698 3648

585 0 34 0 1583 0

0 0 2

2309142

273041

7266 1 8

811 811 35518

1 10

183687 19 21084 18 9 10562 3 4 13699 7 8 1160 0 0 7328 15 5 £2950491 10 11

On behalf of the Order of St. John, The Treasury, St. John'S Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C. 1.

E. BURDON, Receiver-General.

Having examined the above Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditll!e Account with the books and vo.ueber" of the Grand Priory in the Britlsh Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and Wlth the returns received from Jerusalem, we hereby certify them to be correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. PRICE, WATERHOUSE & CO. 3 Frederick's Place Chartered Accountants. Old Jewry, E.C. 2. 13th February, 1948.

CENTENARY APPEAL FUND. Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 30th September, 1947. INCOME,

EXPENDITURE.

£731

Interest on Investments. Contrihutions

£5 5 725 17

Audit Fee Bala.nce carried to Balance Sheet

£723 12 7 10

£731

Balance Sheet at 30th September, 1947. D,. Sundry Creditors Balance in favour of the OrderAs per last account Add Balance of Income and Expenditure Account as above

£5 .£20881 14

725 17

2J607 12

c,.

Investments£9000 Consolidated 4 % Stock . £4074 10 1 31% War Stock. 13300 3% Savings Bonds, 1960/70 . .£4067 17 6 3 % Funding Stock, 1959-69

£8128 12 4047 1 3300 0 4059 3

1 0 9

....

£19534 17 (Market value 30th September, 1947, £21,329) Sundry Debtors Cash at Bank

£21612 17

115 12

1962

£21612 17

On behalf of the Order of St. John,

The Treasury, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C. 1.

BURDO~,

Recei ver-General. Having examined the above Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account with the books and vouchers of the Centenary A ppeal Fund of the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Yenerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of ] erusalem we hereby certify them to be correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. 3 Frederick's Place, Old Jewry, E.C. 2.

PRICE. WATERHOUSE & CO ., Chartered Accountants.

13th February, 1948.

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THE COMMITTEE. It is with very great regret that we have to report the death of the Right Hon. The Earl of Lytton, K.G., G.C .S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C. The death of Lord Lytton removes a well-known and much respected figure from the Hospital Committee. Ever since 1933, when he first joined the Committee, Lord Lytton rarely missed a meeting, and his numerous activities elsewhere were never allowed to stand in the way of his attendance. Hi wise judgement and long experience of men and affairs were of great value to the Hospitaller and his colleagues on the Committee. Moreover, he possessed an intimate knowledge of the Hospital and its staff, thanks in large measure to his frequent visits to Jerusalem in connection with the Potash Company of which he was Chairman; and he never returned from Palestine without being able to throw some fresh light on the problems facing the Committee. Lord Lytton was a wise counsellor and a taunch friend of the Hospital, and his place ,·vill be hard to fill . ~1r. A. F. MacCallan, C.B.E., F.R.C.S., has to the general regret of the Committee recently re igned his membership, owing to the pressure of other duties. Though 11r. MacCallan had not served for more than a few years on the Committee, his experience as an ophthalmologist, and e pecially the long period he had spent in that capacity in Egypt, where conditions 0 cIo ely resemble those of Palestine, were of great value. The development of ophthalmic surgery in Egypt, indeed, may be said to have been very largely due to Mr. MacCallan's influence and his services as an oculist in that country will long be remembered with affection and gratitude. Hi Royal Highne s, the Grand Prior, has approved the following appointment a Members of the Ophthalmic Hospital Committee: ir Erne t Burdon, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.; Rear-Admiral ir Cecil P. G. \-Vakeley, K.B.E., C.B.; Brigadier Otho \V. licholson; F. VV. Law, Esq., M.D., F.R.C .. ; and E. P. cott, Esq., M.B., ~.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., for the triennial period commencing 24th June, 1948. The Committee wish to offer their congratulations to the Countess of Cromer on being promoted Dame Grand Cross. Lad y Cromer attended a special Investiture held by The King at Buckingham Palace on 28th October. HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. The Warden, Dr. Norman Manson, M.B., D.O.M.S., came to England on a short leave during the latter part of November. His visit gave the Hospitaller an opportunity of discussing many problems which are more easily settled by a personal exchange of views than by correspondence . The Committee very much regret that his stay in this country was of such a short duration and it is hoped that he will soon be able to take longer leave which he so richly deserves.

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Dr. J. Graham Gillan, M.B., D.O.M.S., who arrived at the Hospital in November, 1946, to take up his appointment as Registrar, was appointed Sub-Warden on 1st April, 1947. Unfortunately" Operation Polly" took place in February, 1947, and this necessitated Dr. Gillan's family being evacuated from Palestine and Mrs. Gillan and her small child left for Canada where Dr. Gillan felt he must join them. The Committee were therefore obliged to accept Dr. Gillan's resignation and would like to extend to him their grateful thanks for his services during his tenure of office both as Sub-Warden and Registrar. On Dr. Gillan's appointment as Sub-Warden, Dr. Kamel Salman, who had been House-Surgeon since June, 1946, was appointed Registrar and Dr. E. B. Doany was appointed House Surgeon. The post of Sub-Warden has been filled by the appointment of Dr. C. H. B. Sparrow.

ningham, at Government House and the Committee woul~ like t.o t~ke this opportunity of expressing its ve~y grat.eful thanks for hIS hOSpItality, without which it would have been lIDposslble for Lady Cromer to have been able to carry out her tour of inspection. The Warden once again offered hospitality to the Secretary, and the Committee would like to thank him not only for his many kindnesses but also for the excellent arrangements he made, which enabled the Secretary to carry out his mission with such ease in the limited time <l:t his disposal. The Warden officially welcomed Lady Cromer at the mam entrance to the Hospital on the 16th October and introduc~~ her to t?e Sub-Warden, Registrar, House-Surgeon, Matron and the BntIsh Nursmg Staff. Lady Cromer was escorted to the Sisters' Mess where she ga.ve them the following message from Her Majesty Queen Mary, the PreSIdent .of t~e Linen. Guild, which had been conveyed to her through Her MaJesty s Private Secretary : " Her Majesty hopes that you will convey to the Staff an expression of her very best wishes and of her appreciation of the magnificent work they are doing, more particularly in these troubled times. " Queen Mary also hopes that you will give a speci~ message from her to the Nurses, telling them that they are constantly m he: tho~ghts and that everything affecting the well-being of them and theIr patIents is always of the deepest interest to her." It is with great pleasure the Committee appreciate that so many of the improvements and installations which had resulted from the Secretary's visit the previous year had been completed and ha~ already made such a marked improvement in the efficiency of the HOSPlt~l. . There still are, however, a number of further alteratIOns, Improvements and additional equipment which are required, and as a result of the reports by Lady Cromer and the Secretary, the Committee recommende.d that the following be put in hand, to which Chapter-General gave theIr approval : Two electric washing machines and an electric ironer have been ordered locally and these will be installed in the buildin~s in the South .Blo~k which were designed for a laundry. These machmes are economIcal m labour and time, and when they are installed they should greatly benefit both patients and staff. The Connaught Block.-For some time past t~e need for ,:n isolatio? ward has been felt and the most suitable block m the HospItal for thIS purpose is the Connaught v V a r d . . .' It has been necessary to installiavatones and wash basms whIch have now been completed, and as a result, there is room for a further twelve bed patients. The Annexe.-The plans for the Annexe to be used as a Children's Clinic have gone forward. The building is well suited for this purpose and the situation is perfect. The equipping of the Annexe has been retard~d by the difficulty in obtaining cots; these have, however, now been shIpped to the Hospital together with the necess.ary bed~ing.. .. The Committee is grateful to the Lmen Guild for theIr generOSIty m not only supplying these cots and bedding but also undertaking to provide six" Moses" Cots and bedding for infant patients.

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PALESTINE.

The situation in Palestine during the past year has been a matter of grave concern to the Committee. Although statistics show an all-round increase in the numbers of patients compared to previous years, there has been a distinct fall in the number of in-patients, new out-patients, operations and total attendances during the months of November and December, owing to the unsettled state of Palestine. As the situation seemed to be deteriorating rapidly in the la t four months the Committee sought the advice of the Colonial Office at home, as well as that of the Palestinian Government and has been given assurances that an evacuation scheme will be available for the staff if the necessity arises. While bearing in mind that every endeavour must be made to uphold the prestige of the Order, the Committee decided that every possible step must be taken to safeguard the Hospital taff. With this end in view, we have decided that if a sudden emergency should arise, then the Hospitaller will be given a free hand to make what arrangements he thinks fit, and that if time allows he will call a special Committee Meeting should the necessity arise. The Committee also decided that if any Member of the Staff wishes to leave the Hospital, then permission will be granted to do so and only volunteers will remain, provided that such action does not conBict with the instructions of the authorities. As far as the buildings and contents of the Hospital are concerned, the Committee has taken all possible precautions and this is dealt with more fully elsewhere in this Report. Meantime only the most essential equipment, drugs and instruments, are being sent out to Jerusalem and non-essential orders are not being shipped. VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LINEN GUILD AND THE SECRETARY. The Committee invited The Countess of Cromer, Chairman of the Linen Guild and a Member of the Committee, to visit the Hospital in Jerusalem with the Secretary on a tour of inspection. During her visit to Jerusalem, Lady Cromer stayed as a guest of His Excellency the High Commissioner, Lieut.-General Sir Alan Cun-

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The H at Water alld Central H eatiJlg ystem.-This installation which was commenced in the late summer of 1947 was partially in use during that winter and was finally completed and in full working order before the ecretary left at the end of October, 1947. The \Varden and the Staff are entirely atisfied with it and it supplies both the old building and the new South Block. The South Block is now completely equipped with the neces ary bed and has been open to first and second class paying patients throughout the year. Again the Committee would like to offer its very sincere thank') to the Linen Guild for their generosity in supplying a number of the new bed and the necessary bedding.

The Committee wish to extend their thanks to Mr. Blatchford, the American Vice-Consul in Jerusalem, for his very generous donation which ha enabled them to purchase a stretcher trolley for the new theatre. It gave the Committee great pleasure to welcome Major-General F. A. ~1aguire, C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D., the Hospitaller and Almoner for the Priory of the Commonwealth of Australia, to their Committee Meeting at ~t. John's Gate on 7th Kovember, 1947. Major-General Maguire on his return to Australia recommended to the Sub-Prior and the Priory Chapter that the\~ should send fifteen food parcels to the British taff at the Hospitat: The Committee would like to report that these parcels have been sent off from .Australia and wish to convey their very grateful thanks to all concerned for this generous gift. .\ yer~T welcome gift has been received from Miss Crookshank, who very kindlY ent over a hundred knitted eye bandages, and the Committee wish to express their incere thanks to the donor for such a useful gift.

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Electric Cooker.-This seemed to be doomed to ill fate for, after having waited many months to be shipped to the Hospital, it wa long delayed at Haifa and on its final journey to the Ho pital it was badly damaged. A further delay was cau ed whilst the neces ary spare part were obtained in England and ultimately sent out to Jeru alem. The Committee is happy to report that the cooker is now in talled and is in use. Electric Dish-washer.-The vVarden has long been anxiou to instal a di h-washer as, apart from being a great labour aving device, it has the added advantages of saving breakages and sterilizing the crockery. An electric dish-washer has been ordered but it may be some considerable time before it is possible to obtain delivery. Frigidaire.-The frigidaire which wa sent to the Hospital and installed in the kitchen in the old building, has been of immense value and ha~ brought about a considerable saving of food. Now that the outh Block and the new theatre are open it has been con idered e ential to ha\re a smaller one installed in the new Block. The "Varden has managed to purchase another frigidaire throucyh th Department of Health of the Pale tin Government, and thi is now lI1 use and has already proved valuable for the torage of penicillin and other drugs. Theatre Equipment.-The new theatre in the outh Block has been used although not completely equipped, but equipment ha been ent out from England as and when it has become available . A new operation table has been installed whilst drum, an instrument cabinet and stools have arrived recently. A new sterilizing plant from Messrs. Manlove Alliott has been ordered and is in ~the proces of being shipped to the Hospital. An ophthalmic diathermy apparatu has been ordered and will be shipped to the Hospital as soon as it becomes available. In the theatre in the old building a new ophthalmic operation table is to be installed to replace the old one which will be used in the our-patient's Department. J

GIFTS.

The Committee is indebted to the generosity of the late Mr. Irvine , w.ho, during his lifetime, took the keenest interest in the Hospital, during hI? twenty years connection with Jerusalem. With his legacy the CommIttee have been able to purchase two Scialytic lamps and a Milliameter which have long been needed.

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The Committee would like to draw attention to the fact that the latest llonati on received from the Great Priory of Masonic Knights Templar was a record ron tribution-£422 2s. 6d.- making a total which now amounts to {4,1.l') us. 9d. 'fhi latest donation was receiyed after the accounts for the year endmg 30th eptember, 1947, were closed, but it is the Committee's sincere:--t wi h to tender its mo t grateful thanks to the Great Priory and to a.~ ure them that their donation will be recorded in the accounts for th year nding 30th eptember, 1948. The ommittee is \Tery conscious of the magnificent financial support the Ho pital ha received from the Great Priory and it has decided that the .·econd CIa Pa\~ing Patients' \Vard in the new outh Block should be named after th Prion ~Ir. H. Kendall, the Honorary Architect to the Ho pital in J ru alem, has designed a plaque and inscription to be placed out ide the \Yard. \y ., \yould like to record our very deep appreciation of the very generous beque t of £1,000 made by the late Lord Plender. It has been decided that a b d hould be named in commemoration of him and the Honorary Architect ha de igned a plaque which has been approved by Lady Plender. The Committee would like to take this opportunity of thanking Major Dougla_ Gordon, M.C., for presenting a plaque in memory of his mother, ~Ir . Elizabeth Gordon, which is to be placed in the Our-Patients' V\Taiting Room. T

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11' GRA. TCE . Owing to the deterioration of the political situation throughout the year, the Committee has been very concerned over the insurance of the Hospital personnel and the buildings. In consequence, the staff have been insured against all accidents which include death or injury directly or indirectly caused by war, civil war, revolution insurrection, riots, civil commotion, civil disturbances or by per on of malicious intent. I

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In addition to this insurance, a policy has been taken out to cover the staff against liability for accidents which may occur to patients whilst in the Hospital. With regard to the insurance of the buildings and contents the Committee, in view of the existing situation in Palestine, have decided to increase the Fire Insurance Policy until the situation becomes more normal. VISITORS.

Apart from the official visit paid by Lady Cromer and the Secretary to the Hospital in October, the Hospital has received several distinguished visitors during the course of the year. The Bishop of Kensington, Sub-Prelate of the Order, paid a visit in September. In January, Sir Cameron Badenoch, Knight of Grace of the Order and Accountant of the British Council visited the Hospital. In July, Brigadier McConkey, D.D.M.S. in Palestine called on the Warden who showed him over the Hospital. Very shortly after Brigadier McConkey was succeeded by Colonel Beveridge as D.D.l\I. . and he also visited the Hospital and expressed his approval of all that he saw. ST. JOHN'S DAY.

Security arrangements were made to enable the Waraen and the Staff to attend the service in the Crypt of the Greek Church of t. John in the Old City. The Crypt is the site of one of the three churches of the Order which flanked the Hospital of the twelfth century. It thick walls of crumbling stone form an impressive setting for a Service that is always intimate and picturesque. The Bishop of Jerusalem had just returned from England and the congregation included the District Commissioner, Mr. J. H. H. Pollock, C.M.G., O.B.E., the Inspector General of the Police, 1r. Eric Mills, pecial Commissioner, the Nursing Staff of Watson House, and other Members and friends of the Order. His Excellency the High Commissioner and other senior officials were unable to attend. LADIES' LINEN GUILD.

A full report of the increasing activities of the) Linen Guild will be found elsewhere in this report, but the Hospital Committee wish to express their deep appreciation of their never failing support and co-operation. The Committee would particularly like to take this opportunity of thanking the Chairman of the Linen Guild for undertaking the strenuous task of visiting the Hospital and also for all the trouble she took on their behalf while in Jerusalem. The Committee would like to congratulate the Chairman of the Linen Guild on the excellent choice of design for the new outdoor uniforms for the Matron and British Sisters which have now arrived in Palestine. Finally, it is with great pleasure that the Committee learn that Miss A. C. G. Hayes, the late Matron of the Hospital, has been nominated as a Member of the Linen Guild Committee.

THE PRIORY OF SCOTLAND .

The Committee would like to take this opportunity of congratulating the Order in Scotland on their revival to Priory status on the 26th June, 1947, upon which occasion H.R.H. The Grand Prior carried out the ceremony at Holyrood Palace. We would like to extend to the Priory of Scotland our sincere thanks for the continued support of the Hospital and would also like to thank our benefactors in Scotland for the collections, which this year amount to £131 18s. 8d. THE PRIORY FOR WALES.

We are extremely grateful for the continued financial support from the Priory in "Vales. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVERSEAS.

The Committee is very conscious of the continued support that h~s been received from the Priories overseas and would like to offer theIr thanks to the Priory in South Africa for the amount of £44 9s. 6d. collected by the Priory. . . From the Priory of the AustralIan Commonwealth, the CommIttee acknowledges with thanks the collection of £74 6s. 6d. . The Committee is indebted to the Priory in Canada for theIr greatly increased support; they have sent the total of £504 15s. 4d. which is more than double the amount they kindly sent in 1946. The Committee would like to express its gratitude to the Priory in New Zealand for collectin a £115 14s. 4d. Our Honorary Treasurer in Jerusalem, 1iss Hilda Ridler, was evacuated to Egypt under Operation Polly" and thus her task of collecting funds in Jerusalem was made more difficult. However, in spite of these unfavourable circumstances the collections in Jerusalem amount to £231 13s. Gd. and we would particularly like to thank l\Iiss Ridler for her splendid efforts on behalf of the Hospital. Ii s Ridler again draws attention to the fact that a considerable part of this total is made up by N.A.A.F.I. contributions. ct

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The Committee would like to extend their grateful thanks to His Excellency the High Commissioner Lieut.-General Sir Alan Cunningham; the District Commissioner for Jerusalem, Mr. J. H. H. Pollock, and the other Government of-ficials who have looked after the welfare of the Staff and the interests of the Hospital so well during the past year. Nothing has ever been too much trouble for them and the Warden has always had the great consolation of knowing that in spite of the many calls upon their time, the Hospital and its Staff has had their never-failing support and co-operation. We would also like to offer Mr. H. Kendall, the Honorary Architect, our deep sense of gratitude for the many calls upon his time we have made in seeking his advice. In spite of his many activities for the Palestine Government during the past year, every call we have made has received spontaneous response and co-operation. Finally, we cannot conclude this Report without expressing to the Warden, the British Medical Staff, the Matron and British Nursing Staff, and all the other workers in the Hospital, British and Palestinian, our very warm thanks and deep appreciation for the devoted and loyal service that has been given during the past anxious year. We would further like to express our admiration for their unceasing efforts to maintain and enhance in every possible way the reputation of the Hospital and the prestige of the Order in the Holy Land.

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1946. 1,062 21,482 123,428 2,599

1945. 833 20,240 100,650 1,661

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1944. 959 21,776 123,172 2,748

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Warden's Report for the Year 1947.

PATIENTS AWAITIl\G TREAD,I E ' T.

Through yet another year the entire social and economic life of Palestine has been disrupted by political tension. In February, the British Staff received orders from the District Commissioner not to move about Jerusalem without armed police escorts, and that regulation, modified from time to time, remained in force for months. The establishment of Security Zones had the effect of allowing us a little more social life, though this was very greatly reduced by the evacuation of many civilians. Jewish Terrorist outrages increased through the summer until in August one heard the wailing of sirens at frequent intervals night and day. Throughout all this period attacks were, almost without exception, directed against the British, so that attendances of patients were little affected. The announcement on 30th November of the decision of the United Nations Organization to partition Palestine dramatically changed the situation. The Arabs at once staged attacks against the Jews whose antiBritish activities almost ceased, and I returned from leave on the second day of December to find a section of Jerusalem burning, the streets deserted except for armed patrols, and all the depressing accompaniments of civil strife. The bombing of buildings, the mining of roads, the daily toll of murders and flight of the inhabitants from their homes to safer districts, have gone on steadily since. The interruption of communications has paralysed business, and brought poverty and may bring hunger in its wake. As a result the number of our patients has fallen to the lowest level in the history of the hospital. The Government has delegated the maintenance of security in different areas to Jews and Arabs respectively. The Hospital is situated in an Arab area, although a Jewish quarter is near enough for us to be the the occasional centre of violent shooting between the opposing factions. Our roads are guarded by official and unofficial Arab guards so that only Arabs can reach us. In consequence we have had to lose the services of our Jewish plumbing and building contractors, pharmacist, electrician, baker and newsboy (who was shot dead on his round one morning). We greatly miss the friendly co-operation they all gave us and hope it will not be long before we can work together again for the common good. New cases seen during the year numbered 26,770, an increase on the 21,482 for 1946. Total consultations were 130,267, the highest figure in this category yet recorded. The previous year's figure was 123,428. The number admitted was 1,082 as against 1,062 for the previous year. Operations performed numbered 2,861 (2,599 for 1946). Intraocular operations numbered 509 of which 441 were for cataract. The number of operations performed for the relief of trichiasis was 1,234. General ancesthetics numbered 189. The average duration of stay in Hospital was 9·3 days.

Of the new cases seen 22,091 were Moslems, 4,205 Christians, and 474 Jews. The number of Jewish patients is very low by comparison with the number in more peaceful times, but a few attended even when political feeling was most acute. The epidemic conjunctivitis season which begins in May and ends in November, was milder than usual. The total number of patients suffering from acute conjunctiviti~ was 5,975 (previous year's figure was 7,736). Of these 654 were comphcated by corneal ulceration on their first vi it, and 68 of these subsequently perforated. Trachoma was present in 90 per cent of cases attending the Hospital. The following table sets out the causes of blindness in cases examined this year : A. CONGENITAL . B. ACQUIRED: 1. Conjunctivitis resulting in (a) Corneal Opacity . (b) Secondary Glaucoma (c) Shrunken Globe 2. Fundal Conditions 3. Glaucoma (primary) 4. Cataract . 5. Injury Total Causes.

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2 533 397 614 212 295 823 22 2,898

Dr. Kamal Salman was appointed to the post of Registrar in July on completion of a year's service as House-Surgeon. Dr. Elias Doany was appointed House-Surgeon in July. In October we received a visit from the Countess of Cromer, who is both a member of the Hospital Committee and Chairman of the Linen Guild, and from the Secretary of the Hospital Committee. Lady Cromer is the first member of the Committee to pay us a special visit since 1938, and we were n?t onl:y honoured to h~ve her with us but deeply appreciative of her facmg a Journey. r:uade. dIfficult. by cholera restrictions in Egypt and hazardous by condItIons m Palestme. In November I paid a short visit to London and was able to discuss various aspects of administration with the Hospitaller. For most of the Staff the year now ended was their first in Palestine. I t has b~en a year of monotony and nervous strain and I am grateful to my medIcal colleagues, the Matron and Nursing Staff for carrying on with unfailing cheerfulness. Some of the Staff, on local leave, have been able to visit Cyprus, the Lebanon and Transjordan, but the infinite attractions of this country under normal conditions are as yet a closed book to them. Whatever the .future .may. bring to Palestine, the Hospital will surely be needed and will contmue Its work. Its prestige throughout the Middle East was built up on the dignity and devotion of those who served it. In the changing world of to-day it must hold true to its traditions injinnis ~eYl 'I're,

Pro ulilitale lzominum. NORMAN MANSON,

Note.-Blind one eye Blind both eyes (545 x 2)

1,808 1,090 2,898

Refraction work showed a great increase over the previous year's work, due to the fact that we had a full complement of medical officers on the staff. 1,800 cases were tested for refraction as opposed to 1,100 in the previous year. Progress has been made in the conversion of the fom1er caretaker's flat to an Infant Clinic for cases of acute ophthalmia, and this will be ready for use as soon as cots arrive from England. Lavatories have been installed in the Conn aught Ward Block. The central heating in South Block, held up for the duration of the war, is now completed. A refrigerator has also been installed in South Block and an electric cooker-in the kitchen of the old hospital. On the surgical side we have received theatre equipment for South Block and await delivery of an electric sterilizing unit. During the year the following nurses from the Department of Health of P~lestine underwent the prescribed course of training in ophthalmic nursmg : Miss Miss Miss Miss

N. Salee ba Elias. Naomi Taweel. Nejibe Kalaydjian. Emily Elias Khawaja.

Dr. Graham Gillan, the Sub-Warden, resigned at the end of the year to join his family who had been evacuated to Canada.

lVard~n.

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL

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Details of Operations

Statistics of Diseases.

Eyelids. Trichiasis and EntropionGraft (Mucous Membrane) Snellen Spencer Watson. Other Operations Plastic (skin grafting) . Chalazion. Wound repair operation Tumour of lid-removal Skin Muscle Operation for Ectropion

139 1009 28 38 15 53 3

20 8

Conjunctiva. Tarsectomy Pterygium Symblepharon Tumours (removed)

244 11

29 Lachrymal Apparatus.

61 9

Excision of Sac Abscess Probing and Syringing. 3-Snip Operation

Cornea. Wound Repair Scemisch Section.

18 3 Iris.

Iridectomy Excision of Prolapse

31 6 Lens.

Cataract SenileSimple extraction Combined extraction Membrane Cataract TraumaticLinear Extraction Soft CataractDiscission (with evacuation)

44 311

49 24

13 Globe.

Decompression operations Enucleation Evisceration Foreign Body (Magnet)

19 70 8

Orbit. Ad vancemen t Tenotomy. Recession

5 1 4

TOTAL MAJOR OPERATIONS . . TOTAL MINOR OPERATIONS (Various) GROSS TOTAL POR 1947

2,325 536 2,861

Eye Lids. Trichiasis and Entropion . Entropion Spastic . Ectropion Cicatricial Ectropion Senile Ectropion Paralytic Ectropion Spastic Ecchymosis Symblepharon Coloboma Blepharitis Ulcerosa Blepharitis Squamosa Lagoph thalmos Ptosis Hordeolum Chalazion Eczema. Abscess. Tumour. Rodent Ulcer . Herpes Cyst Colloidal Degeneration of Tarsus Injury

2,937 32 44 10

Limbus . Pigmented Ncevus Tumour. Phlycten Dermoid Cyst

10 461 1

32 35 4 1

135 359 3 6

243 121 9 23 41 7

52 54 14

Cornea. Ulcer Simple Ulcer Hypopyon Ulcer Perforated Pannus. Nebula or Leucoma. Adherent Leucoma. Fistula Xerosis Staphyloma Ectasia Herpes Plaque Descema tocele Facet Keratitis Superficial Keratitis Macular Foreign Body. Injury

501 43 61 2,005 4,843 1,176 7

82 135 140 3

10 4

25 172 1

246 25

Orbit. Tumour. Injury

Conjunctiva. 24,093 Trachoma 50 Spring Catarrh 5,976 Acute Conjunctivitis 654 Acute Conjunctivitis with Ulcer Acute Conjunctivitis with Ulcer 68 perforating cornea 54 Chronic Conjunctivitis 306 Angular Conjunctivitis 52 Biepharo Conjunctivitis 114 Traumatic Conjunctivitis. 48 Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis 210 Pingueculum . 1,354 Pterygium 57 Symblepharon 5 Tumour. Injury 104 Cyst 7 Ncevus 23 Xerosis. 28 Foreign Body. 12 Lachrymal Apparatus. Dacryocystitis Acute Dacryocystitis Chronic Mucocele Fistula. . . Abscess of Canaliculus

10 88 16 12 2

Sclera. Staphyloma General Anterior Staphyloma Episcleritis Injury Iris. Iritis (and irido-cyclitis) Irido-dialysis (traumatic) Congenital Coloboma Posterior Synechice . Anterior Synechice Occlusio Pupillce Choroid. Choroiditis Disseminated. Choroido Retinitis Choroidal Degeneration (Myopic) Choroiditis Central . Retina. Retinitis Albuminurica Retinitis Diabetic Retinitis Pigmentosa Macular Degeneration Hcemorrhage Detachment Arterio Sclerosis Embolism Central Artery. Glioma (Retince) Pseudo Glioma

272 6 2

198 29 4

75 65 11

30 14 15 5

2 3

16 8 34 4

2 2 2

18 Optic Nerve. Neuritis . Retro Bulbar Neuritis Atrophy

Lens. Senile Cataract Congenital Cataract. Traumatic Cataract Complicated Cataract Anterior Capsular Cataract Posterior Polar Cataract Aphakia . Secondary Cataract Membrane . Dislocated Lens

14 1 49

1,474 66 56 55 18 25 316 100 40

Glaucoma. Acute Primary Sub-Acute . Chronic Glaucoma Secondary Glaucoma Absolute Glaucoma. Infantile Glaucoma.

Ametropia. Myopia. Hypermetropia Astigmatism Presbyopia Amblyopia Exanopsia 1I1uscles. Strabismus Convergent Strabismus Divergent Strabismus Sursumvergent Strabismus Alternating Nystagmus 3rd Nerve Paralysis. 6th Nerve Paralysis.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS. 445 400 570 221 60

20 8

18 33 422 64 19 1

Shrunken Ophthalmitis Panophthalmitis Anophthalmos Exophthalmos . Injuries (Perforating) Microphthalmos Xerophthalmos . . Foreign Bodies (Intra-Ocular) Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Ruplured

Received in London from 1st October, 1946, to 30th September, 1947.

298 104 2 ?" ~.:>

12 2 3

Globe.

Vitreous. Opacities Hcemorrhage

REpORT

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448 1 43 170 6

3 5 2 2

Ailesbury, The Marquess of, D.S.O. Allen, Mrs. A. S. Ann, Captain H. T. Archer, Lieut.-Colonel G. L., T.D. Atkinson, Major Sir Arthur, K.B.E . Audland, W. E., M.B.E., M.R.C.S. Barclay, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Hubert Barras, Miss M. A. Barwick, Captain F. M., O.B.E., R .I.N. ., B.C.C." Beachcroft, Major P. 1\1., O.B.E. Betts, L. V. Bilton, :\1r. and frs . F. Birmingham Nursing Corps, S.] .A.B., Members of the Old Comrades' Association Blackham, Major-General R. ]., C.B., C.M .G., C.I.E., D.S.O.,

Annual 5 ubscriptions. Donations. £ s. d. £ s. d. 110 110 1 1 0 110 220 1 1 0 9 1 10

o o

1 1 0 M.D. 1 1 0 Bottomley, F. C., O.B.E., M.D. 2 o 0 Bowman, H. E., C.M.G., C.B.E. Braintree and Bocking Division, S.].A.B., St. John ursing Cadets 220 Brassey, The Countess 2 2 0 Browne, Brigadier J. G., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. 110 Bryce, D. 100 Bucknill, Mrs. S. P. B. Butler, Lady Constance 9 1 10 c Cadbury, 1\1rs. VV. A. 10 0 Campbell. :Miss H. B. M. Camberley and Frimley Nursing Division, S.] .A. B. o Catt, Lieut.-Colonel P. H .. o Cecil, Commander the Hon. H enry, O.B.E., R.N. Chambers, 1iss E. Cheltenham Central Nursing Division, S.] .A.B. Chorley 1 ursing Division, S.].A.B. . . . . Clark, Colonel Sir James R. A., Bt., C.B., C.?I.G., F.R.C.S.ED . 2 2 0 Clothworkers' Company 1 0 Cockburn, :\lrs. Archibald 16 4 c Codrington, Colonel] . Collingwood, ]. W., Collected by the two daughters of, and their friend 10 10 0 Cook, Mrs. F. H. Cranbrook, The Earl of 10 0 Cudworth, fiss M. 1 0 Dalton, Brigadier C. ]. G., O.B.E. 1 0 Dalton, Mrs. ]. C. Dartford Cadet I ursing Division, S.].A.B. De Levante, Miss 1\1. Erimus Preceptory No. 187 . . . Exhibition of St. ] ohn Model-Collections at 110 FitzPatrick, Colonel H . L., C.B.E. 700 Freshfield, Miss] essica L., R.R . C. 550 Grantham, W. Ivor Gristock, R. ]. . . . . 440 Harr~l, W. V., C.B., C .B .E., M.V.O. 1 1 0 Harris, Captain the Lord, M.C. 220 Hayward, Colonel E. W.

100

1 0 0 220 550 100

300

5 5 1 1 62 12

0 0 9

Annual Subscripti01'1-S. Donations. £ s. d. £ s. d. 50 0 0

REPORT

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL

Henn-Collins, The Hon. Lady. . Hoddesdon, Senior Officers' Conference Holroyde, Miss L. M., R.R.C. . . . . 1 1 0 Howard de Walden and Seaford, The Lady, C.B.E . . 2 0 0 Hunter-Weston, Lady . . . . . 200 India, Masonic Provincial Priory of Inverclyde, Charlotte, Lady o 0 Irvine, Willia m (the late) . Jago, M. . . . Lechmere, Captain A. H. 110 Leverhulme, The Viscount 500 Lewis, Miss F. E. 700 Licence, C. W .. Liddle, J. T. "L.M.C." . . . . . . . . London Knot of the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick . Londonderry Division, Collection at Parade at Waterside Presbyterian Church Lynch, Mrs. L. B. 1 1 0 Lytton, The Countess of, C.r. . 200 McCormick-Goodhart, L., O.B.E •. McRea, Sir Charles o Magniac, Mrs. Claude Mandleberg, J. H. May, Major F., M.B.E. . . . . . o Milton Nursing Division, Officers and Members of the Mitford-Slade, Colonel C. T . . 3 16 4 Morrison, Commander E. A., R.N. 1 1 0 Mount Grace Preceptory No. 118 N a ttrass, E. . . . . Newton, Miss F. E. 18 3 8 Norton, Miss J. J ., M.B.E. 1 1 0 Norton, R. E ., O . B.E. 1 1 0 Nottingham Corps, Proceeds of Sale of Winkburn Christmas Cards. . . . . . . Nottingham Corps, Half collection at Service at Winkburn Nottingham Corps, from Members unable to attend at Winkburn Oldfield, Miss A. L.. . . Onward and Invicta Lodge No . 2912 Osborne, Miss R., C.B.E., R.R.C . . 18 2 Oufray, Docteur Rene Panmure Lodge 715 Parnham, H. W. 220 Patrick, Sir Paul, K.C.r.E., C.S.I. 110 Patton, Ralph N. Perrins, C. W. Dyson 19 10 Phypers, Mrs. F. A. Pratt, Eldon, M.D . , M.R . C.S. . . . . . 220 Preston Corps, Half collection at Parade Service (£10 4s .), Father Burke (£1) . . . . . . . Rose of Lancaster Preceptory No. 157 Royal Kent Preceptory No. 181 of Calcutta Ruffer, Lady. . . . . . 220 St. Amand Preceptory of Knights Templar . Saunders, R. W. . . . . . Shaftesbury, The Countess of o 0 Sharpe, Mrs. K. Sidey, G. L. . . . Snell, Mr. and Mrs. John B. 220 Spence, Sir Reginald . . 110 Steer, Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Hornby 110

3 0 0

550 150

2 6 3 0 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 550

7 15

49 14

1 1 10 10

0 0

Annual Subscriptions. Donations. £ s. d. £ s. d. Steptoe, Miss E. Stitcher, B. Strathearn, Lady Sussex, St. John Council for Tapp, Colonel H. A., O .B. E ., M . C. . Temple, Order of the, Galilee Preceptory Tunbridge W ells Nursing Division, S.J .A.B. Verey, Lieut.-Colonel H. E., D.S.O . Vick, H. J., O.B.E. Victoria Nursin g Division, Leeds Corps, S.J.A.B., Members of th e Walker, Miss A. M., M.B.E. Ware, A. M., M.D., M.R.C. S. C Warrender, Miss E . C. c Webb-J ohnson, Colonel Sir Alfred, Bt., K.C .V .O ., C. B. E ., D.S.O., T . D., F . R.C.S.

Wingate, General Sir R eginald and Lady

5 0

550 220 20

-I

330 5

£697 12

220 1 1 0 3 12 8 19 1

10 0

£ 206 18

£904 11

o 2 1

2 0

0 0

33 0 433 260 2 6 2

8 0 40 0

o 2

11 4 10 0 10 10

0 0 0

2 2 0 100 1 1 55

0 0

Note.-The letter " c " before subscribers' names indicate s tha t they h ave sign ed a Deed of Covenant.

REPORT

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL

COLLECTED BY THE PRIORY OF SCOTLAND . £

e e e e

e e e

e e e e e e e

e e e

e e

The Marchioness of Ail a . Annual Sub . ~ir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey of Dinnet, K.C.M.G. Annual Sub. Lady Muriel Barclay-Haryey of Dinnet Annual Sub. Lieut.-Colonel H . J. Barnes, l\! .R.C.P .. Annual Sub. The Dowager Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E. Donation The Dowager Marchioness of Bute, D.B.E. Annual Sub. The Marquess of Bute, D.L., J.P. . . Annual Sub. F. S. C. Cameron-Head of Inverailort, Esq. Annual Sub. Miss Elizabeth Campbell . Donation Donation Miss C. G. Chisholm of Chisholm Thomas P. Cowie, Esq. Annual Sub. Major Michael Crichton-Stuart, M.e. Annual Sub. Miss M. U. Crookshank Annual Sub. Lady Dunbar- asmith, O.B.E. Annual Sub. NIrs. K. M. Fraser Donation :Major A. A. Gordon, C.B.E., ,1.Y .O.. . Annual Sub. The D owager Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon Annual Sub. Major J. Forrest Hamilton, M.D ., and Mrs. M. Forest Hamilton Annual Sub. Mrs. J. M. Hardie Annual Sub. Miss 1. M. Herriot, O.B.E. Donation Major-General G. C. Jones, c.:r-I.G., M.D . Donation The Earl of Lindsay Annual Sub. Mrs. Colina MacDougall of l\IacDougall Donation MacGillivray of MacGillivray, T.D., M.D. Annual Sub. Colonel Eric D. Mackenzie, c.~f.G., D.S.O Annual Sub. I vy McKenzie, M.D., B.SC., F.R.F.P.S. Annual Sub. Mrs. Margaret W. 1. Maclean Annual Sub. Colonel Sir Colin MacRae, C.Y.O., C.B.E., V.L., J.P. Annual Sub. The Lady Margaret MacRae, O.B.E., J.P. Annual Sub. Mrs. MacRae-Gilstrap Annual Sub. Major-General 1. M . Macrae, C.B., C.LE., O.B.E. Donation Colonel Eric D. Mackenzie, C.M.G., D.S.O. Donation Mrs. E. Maxton-Graham Annual Sub. William J. Moore, Esq., F.R.F.P.S., J.P. Annual ub. Lieut.-Colonel R. L. T. Murray Annual ub. Mrs. J. M. Newton Annual Sub. Mrs. E. H . T . Parsons Annual Sub. C. H. C. Pirie-Gordon of Buthlaw, Esq., D.S.C., F.S.A. Annual, ub. Mrs. J anet Scott Annual Sub. Charles Stewart, Esq., M.B.E., C.A. Annual Sub. Major-Genera l W. Ross Stewart, C.B, C.I.E., K.B.P .. Donation The L ord Wakehurst, K.C.M.G .. Donation Dr. W. L. Walker Donation T he Very Rev. C. L. 'iVarr, C.Y.O., D.D ., LL.D. Donation Lieut .-Colonel Victor D. \iVarren, M.B.E., T.D., ] .P. Annual Sub. Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C.B. Donation Miss M. H. Wright . Donation Colonel A . G. Young, D.S.O., T.D. Annual Sub.

Note.-The letter" e a Deed of Covenant.

s. d.

1 0 0 220 110 1 1 0 10 0 0 300 9 1 10 9 1 10

110

1 18

9 1 10 2 0 0 1 16 4 100 1 16 4 1 1 0 1 18 1 1

2 0

1 0 0 200 9 1 10

1 0 0 112 3 12 1 18 18

8 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 18 44

2 2

0 ()

1 1 3

0 3 16 2 0

o 8 o o 4 o

1 1 2 1 1 0 100

100

COLLECTED IN JERUSALEM. Donations for the year ending September, 30th 1947· £P H.E. The High Commissioner, Lieut.-General Sir Alan Cunningham,

A~l~~~~ ~i~'~~P 'in Je;usale~, J. P. Attenborough, O.B.E.

Sub-Preiate a.·sT.]., 'and Mrs. Stewart .' . . .

Aref Bey el Arcf, O.B.E. Barclays Bank, ] erusalem Mrs. Bamford. . . .Consolidated Refmeries, Ltd., Haifa Thos. Cook and Son, Ltd ., J erusalcm R. F. B. Crook . Mme Mahmoud Dejani ]. D . Dixon F. Comperts A. F. Giles Bey, C.B.E. Colonel \V. N. Gray, D.S.O. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin C. M. Pirie-Gordon M. ]. IIogan, ICC. J. W. Loxton F. R. Mason . . His Honour Jud ge R. ]. ~lanning J. Nasr . . . . . . . Rev. P. and Mrs. yland. . . .. ;.. f.A.A. \F.I. Imperial Club, Haifa (two Do~atlOns) .A.A.F. I. 1\Iid East rea, 1 orthern Palestme : .A.A.F.I.-E.F. I. orthern Palestine (two Donabons) Ottoman Bank, Jerusalem . E. J. Pritchard, O.B.h. . . . . J. H. H . Pollock, C.~I.G., O.B.E., and Mrs. Pollock G. D. Paton S. H. Perowne, O.B.E. . . . . . Squadron-Leader G. S. Reed, O.B.E., and Mrs. Reed 1\1iss H . Ridlcr, O.B.E., O.ST.]. . His Honour Judge B. V. Shaw F. W. Sycr G. H . \\'cbster, C.r>l.G., O.B.E. C. F. 'VolIc R. H. \Vclls . . St. Andrew's " romen's Guild

5.000 2.500 2.000 3.000 5.000 1.000 5.000 5.000 3.000 5.000 5.000 2.000 2.000 2.100 1.000 2.000 2.000 3.500 2 .000 5.000 1.000 2.000 37.650 30.000 39.426 3.000 1.000 20.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 3.150 2.000 5.000 1.000 2.000 1.000

1 1 1 18

0 2

5 0 11 3 16

0 0

£P23 1.673

£131 18

(£231 13s. 6d.)

before subscribers' names indicates that they have signed

Church Collcction, St. George's Cathedral

219.326 12.347

COLLECTED BY THE PRIORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.

COLLECTED BY THE PRIORY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

£ s. d. 3 3 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 10 6

Mrs. E. R. Stanford Griqualand West Centre No .1 P retoria Railway Ambuiance Divisi~n J. H. H. Chamberlain . No .1 Cape Town Nursing Division · . Claremont Nursing Division . Mrs . E. M. Savage Mrs . E. H . Mowat. Major E. H . Honeywill Miss L. E. T. ,Voof Miss M. Blows L ieut.-Colonel J. 1\1. Watt : Durban Railway Nursing Division :Miss A . Carr . Miss K . W. Main C. S. A. Avis

£44

COLLECTED BY THE PRIORY IN NEW ZEALAND . Collection-Otago District . . . -\Vhangarei Ambulance Division -Wellington Nursing Division -Canterbury District . Auckland Association and Corps Auckland District . . . Collection-Southland -Wellington -Taranaki -Wanganui G. L. Ferguson . . . . Collection-Oamaru Division Church Par~de

£ s. d. 10 12 7 500 100 7

s. d.

Hamilton Preceptory Newcastle . .. St. Andrews athedral Chapter (per Archdeacon S. M. Johnstone) Priory of Newcastle 299 Sydney Preceptory 186 . Provincial Priory N .S.W. Avery Preceptory 221 . . . Archdeacon S. M. Johnstone (Lectures)

28 12

37 17

7 16

0 6 0 3 0

1 0 2 2 1 10

0 0 0 0 0 6

1 1 2 2 1

200 18 14 7 16 5 0 855

JUBILEE APPEAL FUND, 1937· Contributions during the year ended 30th September, 1947.

45 5 0 6 18 1 7 36

s. d.

20 0 1 7 2 2 2 12 5 17 4 10

Lady Macartney Mrs. H. Robertson Captain E. R. B. Pike E. Slaughter. Dr. A. Vichers G. Rees

£74 24 19 7 24 8 4 6 19 10

Order of the T emple, Great Priory of England and Wales The Lady Plender . . . Partridge Cadet ursing Division

£ s. d. 401 0 6 100 0 0 10 0 £501 10

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT Y EAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1947.

PRIORY IN CANADA. £ 494 1 8

s. d. 11 9 11 9 11 10

£504 15

PRIORY FOR WALES. P riory for Wales (grant) Norman M. Ingledew . Captain J . Elliot Seager , M.C.

s. d . 1 3 9 5 16 6 1 0 9 5 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 3 1 6 0 4 17 0 111 0

Preceptory Newcastle 299 Preceptory Newcastle 299 Sydney Preceptory KT . Mrs . R. W. Alison-Dungog . Church of England Grammar School-Redlands E . Newton Daly. . Sydney Preceptory KT 186 Preceptory Newcastle 299 Provincial Priory N.S.W. Sydney Precept.ory 186 .

£ 115 14

Priory in Canada (grant) Miss A . J . A ttrill . D . K emp E dwards

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£ s. d. 25 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 £27

EXPENDITURE.

I NCOME.

s. d.

Transfer of contribution to Maintenance Ac24 14 4 count . 208 0 0 Architects' Fees. . Balance at 30th Septem7,025 15 10 ber, 1947 £7,258 10

£ s. d. Balance at 1st October , 6,585 11 10 1946 501 10 6 Contributions . 171 7 10 Interest on Investment £7,258 10

Ophthalmic Hospital of The Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Income and Expenditure Account for year ended 30th September, 1947.

INCOME.

EXPENDITURE. EXPENSES AT LONDON OFFICESalaries, Printing, Stationery, and General Expenses . Loss on Exchange-Australia and New Zealand

£1075 17

£1111 EXPENSES AT JERUSALEMSalaries, Wages, and Pensions Housekeeping . Drugs, Equipment, etc. Repairs Maintenance of Furniture and Fittings Printing, Stationery, and General Expenses Travelling Expenses Electric Supply Water Insurance

9331 9 1 2764 1 3 1254 14 0 432 19 9 96 19 10 505 5 221 4 237 o 166 13 491 18

DONATIONS AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONSReceived in London . £ Collected in Scotland Collected in Jerusalem Collected by the Priory in Southern Africa. Priory in Canada Collected by the Priory of the Australian Commonwealth Collected by the Priory in New Zealand Priory for Wales CONSULTATION FEES HOSPITAL MONEY Box INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS CHARITY CLAIM-Refund of income tax .

10 11 10 7 2 15502

£16613 13

904 11 131 18 231 13

1 8 6

44 9 504 15

6 4

115 14 27 2

4 0 £2034 10 11 920 10 0 162 2 6

853 16 10 110 19 8 964 16

12531 13

£16613 13

BALANCE, being excess of Expenditure over Income recouped from the General Revenue Account of the Order .

E. BURDON Hon. Treasurer. We have examined the above Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 30th September, 1947, with the books and vouchers in London and with the returns received from Jerusalem, and certify it to be correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. The a ccount iorms part of the General Income and Expenditure Account of the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and is incorporated therein. 3 Frederick's Place, PRICE WATERHOUSE & CO., Old Jewry, E.C. 2. Chartered Accountants. 13th February, 1948.

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HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARY. <tbatrman: THE COUNTESS OF CROMER.

IDepnt)2::::(tbafmUlll :

Wtce::::(tbafrman: SUSANNA, DUCHESS OF GRAFTON.

THE COUNTESS OF LYTTON, C.l.

(tommtttee: THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF AIRLIE, G.B.E. LADY MALCOLM OFPOLTALLOCH, M.B.E. THE HON. MRS. COPLAND-GRIFFITHS. THE LADY PLENDER. THE VISCOUNTESS ELIBANK. THE COUNTESS OF SCARBROUGH. MISS A. C. G. HAYES. LADY WEBB-JOHNSON .

Secretarl? : MAJOR J.

C. UNDERHILL, T.D.

Report of the Committee of the Linen Guild for 1947. Although unrest in Palestine by no means abated during the past year, the number of patients coming to the Ophthalmic Hospital of the Order for treatment continued to increase. But the Linen Guild is glad to be able to report that their position remained satisfactory and that due to the generosity of the Joint \Var Organization at its dispersal the supply of linen was sufficient unto its needs. This enabled the Guild to share in other urgent requirements and it was received with deepest appreciation that the Hospitaller, on behalf of the Hospital Committee, proposed that the Chairman of the Linen Guild should convey to the members of her Committee their most grateful thanks for the supply of beds and mattresses, which were duly shipped to Palestine, and for the promise of other items for the furnishing of the new wing. LADY COUNTY PRESIDENTS.

ARAB MOTHER \ VITH CHILD PATIENT.

During the early spring of 1947 it had been agreed that now the world war was over, throughout which the members of St. John had given their services so wholeheartedly in the spirit of the Order, some of its members would like to have their attention drawn to the great work of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jersualem, the birthplace of their highest ideals. With this in view, the Chairman, on behalf of the Ladies' Linen Guild, approached the Lady Presidents of the Counties to invite them cordially to become Vice-Presidents of the Guild, which would be the means of their becoming more closely linked with the work of the Order in Palestine, from which so much has emanated, and the response received was of the most encouraging nature.

OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL

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EMBLEMS.

to that of Great Britain, and a most appealing contribution was offered in continuance to the war work of a most devoted band of women in the salvaging of linen used in the wrappings of tyres, converting the same into bandages and for various requirements of great practical use in the Hospital. Messages of appreciation were sent to Lady Elliott, Chairman of the Guild, not only for these proposed parcels of salvaged linen and other assistance when circumstances allowed, but for the further offer of an embroidered emblem as well, a sample of which was being presented to their Headquarters. It was an occasion of great satisfaction when an invitation on behalf of the Ladies' Linen Guild to attend their quarterly meeting at the Gate was accepted by Lady Duff, then in England, being welcomed by the Committee a an honoured guest, not only for herself but as envoy of our newly formed ister Guild in New Zealand, of which Lady Duff is Vice-Chairman, and the wife of our Briti h High Commissioner.

Beautifully embroidered emblems were contributed to the Hospital Wards from Hertfordshire and Kent through the good offices of the Countess of Lytton and Lady Violet Astor and likewise from the Cadet of the Enfield Nursing Division. Other promises were forthcomin g from the Countess of Scarbrough, on behalf of orthumberland and Durham , and the Countes of Lindsay, for urrey. Mrs. \Veaver Adams, Lady County Officer for South Bucks Area of the St. John Brigade, likewise informed the Chairman that six nurses in the South Bucks Corps had undertaken to embroider six emblems. The Marchioness of Exeter had also written on behalf of the Lad y Superintendent for Northants, Mrs. Ida Jennings, who had personally embroidered another of these beautiful centres. From Somerset comes the fulfillment of the original promise of the completion of three dozen emblems contributed by different division throughout the County, thereby testifying to a unity of purpose from the varying ages of those who have felt deeply privileged in offering this token of their love and pride, in tribute to past history and present service. 144 hours' work in all has been the estimated average length of time for the embroidering of these emblems by an experienced needlewoman. A copy of the dedication which hangs on the door of the Fina \Vard of the Hospital of the Order in Jerusalem has been pre ented to he Dr. Gladys Danby, M.B.E., Lady uperintendent for orner et. writes that this reproduction of the inscription telling of the clo ~e connection with Somerset of this famed Prioress of the twelfth century will be greatly valued. It is being framed accordingly and will ever b'e looked upon as one of their most treasured possessions. The Hospitaller, in drawing attention to the beauty of the c Heraldic Emblems, samples of which were shown in Committee at the Gate. expressed his and the Committee's congratulations to the Linen Guild on the energy and keenness shown and realizing how very accompli hed these needlewomen must Ifeeds be in the patient fulfillment of their task, the Chairman, on behalf of the Guild, would like to add their thanks to all concerned who have given so much time to thi mo t exacting and yet beautiful handicraft-so great a feature in the Hospital Wards. "-

DOM! ION .

Canada. The Linen Guild of the Priory of Canada pursuing Canada' most generous custom, has forwarded to our President, Her Majesty Queen Mary, through Her Excellency Lady Alexander, and the Chairman, Mrs. Willis O'Connor, a most kindly contribution of £247 lOs. 6d., a donation which was most warmly acknowledged by Her Majesty and deeply appreciated by the Linen Guild of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem. New Zealand. The Linen Guild of the Grand Priory also welcomed the application from the Ladies' Linen Guild of the Priory of St. John in New Zealand, under the Presidency of Her Excellency Lady Freyberg, to be affiliated

COMMITTEE.

On 26th June , 1947, the ancient and historical Priory of Torphichen was revi,-ed, including the formation of a Linen Guild for Scotland, primarily to help with the hospital that was being inaugurated by the Order in Glasgow. In the e,-cnt of the Linen Guild of the Grand Priory being approached for any a i tance which they were prepared to give in regard to advisory matter, Lady Elibank, already a member of both Committees, was invited to act in the capacity of liaison, to which she kindly agreed. 1\11

HAYES'

OM1:\ATION.

l\Ii s _'mne Haye , ex-l\fatron of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem , recently returned to England for domestic reasons, had also been nominated member of the Ladies' Linen Guild and at the quarterly meeting of 12th Februar the Chairman, on behalf of the Committee, was mo t happy to ,velcome to the ancient and historical setting of the Gate, onc 0 widely versed in the needs of the Hospital. The Guild wished al 0 to pay this tribute to 1\1iss Hayes in their respect and admiration for such long and devoted service to the good of humanity. The Chairman felt proud at being able to read an extract from a letter signifying the President's approval of this appointment, which was as follows, through the medium of Queen Mary's Private Secretary : (( Her 1ajesty commands me to say that she very much approves of Miss Hayes being asked to become a Member of the Linen Guild Committee. Miss Hayes should be a most useful addition to the Committee with her intimate and up-to-date knowledge of the needs of the Ophthalmic Hospital." Miss Hayes replied that words were inadequate to express the honour she felt on being asked to become a member of the Linen Guild Committee and there was one thing in particular she would like them all to know and that was that never throughout the difficult years of the war had they been let down by the Committee at Headquarters in London. Many

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hospitals had had to turn patients away because of lack of bedding, clothing, etc., but this had never once happened to them; supplies had always managed to reach them somehow. The Chairman, in thanking Miss Hayes for her charming appreciation of the work carried out for the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem commented that she felt the Committee would wish to have this most kindly reference forwarded to Mrs. Permvne who had over this anxious period been chiefly responsible for the work of the Guild. The Committee is also deeply indebted to Lady Malcolm of Poltalloch, who having bridged over the difficult time of transition in the reconstruction of the Guild, asked to be relieved of her temporary post of Honorary Secretary owing to the pressure of many obligations, thereby reverting to her original position of a member of the Committee which Lady Malcolm has held ever since its inauguration. In consultation and with the permission of the Hospitaller, in order to co-operate as closely as possible with Headquarters, it was thought desirable to seek for continuity of policy by inviting the Secretary of the Hospital, Major Underhill, to further extend his duties by filling as well the additional vacancy of Secretary to the Ladies' Linen Guild. The Chairman would like to express her appreciation on behalf of the Guild to Major Underhill for his willingness to concede to this proposal and q.t the same time to thank his office staff for giving their valuable assistance to the ever extending claims made from so wide a field.

The Report of this visit has already been given in full. It is sufficient, therefore, to say that all concerned would be deeply moved to see in what high esteem the Hospital is held by every class of the community. Due to the Warden's skill and with the assistance of his staff, differences of opinion, both racial and religious, play no part in this sanctum for healing where men, women, and children trek across leagues of desert and go away, so many of them cured of their diseases and having received the return of their sight. Beyond this small outpost of almost religious fervour, unrest and turmoil still disturb the natural peace of the Holy Land, a land for so long tom asunder with strife and dissension. Within its stone walls, engraved with the great cross of St. John, continues the even tenor of Hospital life. The wards are cool and airy, nearly all the post-war improvements have been carried out, the years of stagnation have made way to modem science. The Guild will be pleased to hear that the linen stock is adequate, but that urgency lays more in proper provision for its upkeep than in the need for replenishment. Better cupboard accommodation is imperative and the installation of modern devices for laundering to spare the present wear and tear of primitive methods, with added help in the linen room to keep pace with mending, etc., are all matters to be submitted to the Guild.

UNIFORM. Following on a suggestion of the Warden's, it seemed no longer in accordance with the prestige of the Hospital that the nursing staff should attend official ceremonies in civilian dress, and the sanction of outdoor uniforms was agreed upon. Chapter-General also authorized the granting of military rank being accorded to the Matron and Sisters and gave permission as well to the wearing of the Jerusalem flashes of the Order of St. John. The Guild went to immense trouble to select the most practical form of overcoat, colour and material, weight and design, with hat likewise suited to the climate, and the Chairman would like to record the appreciation of the Committee for the tireless effort made on the part of Miss Hayes, whose assistance was invaluable, and she also wishes to express their thanks to Messrs. Boyd-Cooper for their satisfactory execution of this work. .( It was decided that the Matron should revert to a red dress being the same shade as that worn by the Prioress Fina in early days, a gown of this colour together with the Insignia of the Order still being the custom for special occasions. A soft grey shade of like design and texture was chosen for the Sisters. Cleverly sketched drawings were also sent to Marlborough House for inspection, and Her Majesty Queen Mary was pleased to express her approval. JERUSALEM. Late in the autumn the Hospitaller entrusted to the Chairman of the Linen Guild and member of the Hospital Committee, that together with the Secretary of the Hospital a mission of inspection should be made to the Ophthalmic Hospital in Jerusalem.

THANKS. It would be incomplete if this Report was to be closed without an expression of deep gratitude to those who have made the task of Chairman of the Linen Guild so truly inspiring. May I therefore first tender my thanks to you, Sir, as Hospitaller under whom I have been greatly privileged to serve and who together with your Committee have given me, on behalf of the Linen Guild, such unfailing support and guidance in our endeavour to carry out the wishes of the Order according to the highest standard of " St. John". Most especially I would thank His Excellency the High Commissioner for Palestine, General Sir Alan Cunningham, for his great warmth of hospitality without which my visit to Jerusalem during these increasingly troubled times could not have taken place. I would like on behalf of the Order to express my deep appreciation to the Warden who, together with the Matron and Staff, welcomed me so cordially to the Ophthalmic Hospital and whose kindness and skill and the high respect in which Dr. Norman Manson is held by all, is indelibly imprinted on my memory. I would further, with humble duty, express my gratitude to our President, Her Majesty Queen Mary, whose kindly interest in all that pertained to the work of the Guild has been a never-failing encouragement and support. (Signed) RUBY CROMER. Chairman.

REPORT

OPHTHALMIC H OSPITAL

Linen Guild of the Ophthalmic Hospital at Jerusalem.

Subscriptions and Donations. From 1st October, 1946, to 30th September, 1947. VICE-PRESIDEl TS.

Receipts and Expenditure Account for the year ended 30th eptember, 1947. RECEIPTS.

EXPEl DITURE. 67 13 -! Linen Room 243 IS 7 Mattresses, etc. Printing and General Ex13 6 11 penses Loss on Exchange -Aus4 0 tralia 32-! 19 10 Balance at 30th eptember, 1947avings Bonds, £100-3°~ 100 1960-70 £150-3% Savings Bonds, 150 1965-75 619 Cash

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Donations Interest on Investments Profit on redemption of £150-3 <?o Defence Bonds . £1,194

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Adams, Mrs. Hugh Airlie, The Dowager Countess of, G.B.E. Astor, Lady Violet Bart.holomew, ~1rs. C. W. Bessborough, The Countess of Bessemer, Mrs. J. Brassey, The Countess Bute, The Marchioness of, D.B.E. (the late) Byrne, Miss V. J., O.B.E. Cad bury, Dame Elizabeth, D.B.E. Cadbury, Mrs. W. A. Camden, The ~Iarchioness, C.B.E. Campbell, Lady Clinton, The Lady Copland-Griffiths, The Hon. :\1rs. Crawford, Mrs. M. Cromer, The Countess of . Dawson of Penn, The Viscountess, O.B.E. Elibank, The Viscountess El11s, 1\1rs. F. H. Farndon, Irs. E. B. Forester, The Dowager Lady French, Lady Essex, O.B.E. Grafton, The Dowager Duchess of Graham, Mrs. 11. B. Grayson, Lady ~lulleneux Halifax, The ountess of, C.r. Hambleden, The Dowager Viscountess Hann, 1\Irs. H. F. Hayes, ilIiss . C. G. Henn-Collins, The Hon. Lady Huntcr-\Vcston, Lady InverclyJc, Charlotte, Lady James, Lady Serena Lechmere, 1\lrs. C. M. Lindsay, The Countess of Lowry-Corry, Lady Margaret Luttrell, :'Ilrs. G. F .. Lythall, Miss A. E .. Lytton, The Countess of, C.r. \lacRae-Gilstrap, ~Irs. Malcolm, Lady, M.B.E. Mills, Mrs. J. H. ::\Iorgan, Mrs. Hickman :'.Iountbatten, The Countess, C.l., D.C.V.O., C.B.E. ~ormanby, The Marchioness of, O . B.E. ~orton, Mrs. J. J., l\l.B.E. ~unburnholme, The DO'w ager Lady Onslow, The Countess of, C.B.E., A.R.R.C. Overend, Miss L. Perowne, The Hon. Mrs. V. Pirie-Gordon, Mrs. H. Pixley, Miss E. M. Plender, The Lady. . Plymouth, The Countess of Po chin , Miss F. M. Rice, The Hon. Mrs. Ritson, Mrs. 1. M. . . . Rodney, The Hon. Mrs. Simon .

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Rutherford. Mrs. M. . Salisbury, The Marchioness of Scarbrough, The Countess of Smith, Miss H. M., A.R.R.C. Starmer, Lady Strathearn, Lady Strickland, The Lady, D.B.E. Stuart, Mrs. Man. . Swaythlin g, The Dowager Lady Tildsley, The Hon. Mrs. . Tufnell, Mrs. E. D .. Tuker, 1\1iss M. A. R. Tulloh, Miss L. W., R.R.C. Vernon, Mrs. Robert Vivian-Neal, Mrs. C. M. . Walker, :l\1iss A. M., M.B.E. Warneford, 1VIrs. M. E. Warrender, Miss E. C. Whitaker, The Hon. Mrs. Wills, Lady

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. Briggs, Mrs. . Bucknill, Mrs . S. P. B. . Christopher, Mrs. A. C. Seton Heald, Mrs . Lionel . Lascelles, Mrs. Edward Ritson, 1\1rs. 1. 1\1. Scott, 1\1rs. K. P. Wollaston, Lady

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

£ B erks, Miss W. C. E. Billing, Miss M. G .. Freshfield, Miss J. L., R.R.C. Gaskell, Lady Constance Milnes Gladstone, The Viscountess Hardy, Lady Katharine. . HO'w ard de Walden and Seaford, The Lady, C.B.E. Mitchell, Mrs. E. Osborne, Miss R., C.B .E., R.R.C. Perley, Lady . Roberts, Miss E. M., R.R.C. Rowlette, Mrs. G. 1\1. Savory, Miss E. M .. Watson, Mrs. D. B., O.B.E. Weaver, Mrs ..

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AGREEMENT TO CONTRffiUTE TO THE OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN. Subscribers to our Hospital, liable to I ncome Tax in the United Kingdom, would, by signing the following Covenant, be able to increase the amount of their gift, for I ncome Tax would be recovered by the Hospital. In the case of death, before the end of the seven years, the Agreement is void and creates no charge on the Estate of the deceased.

FORM OF COVENANT. I ...................................................................................................................................................................................... of ......................................................................................................................................................................................... . HEREBY COVE TANT with the ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERU ALE 1 that during a period of seven years from the date hereof, or during my life (whichever shall be the shorter period) I will payout of my general fund of taxed income for the benefit of the Ophthalmic Hospital in J erusalem of the said Order such) early sum as after deduction of Income Tax at the rate for the time being in force will leave the net yearly sum of... .........................................................* so that I shall receive no personal or private benefit in any of the said periods from the above annual sum or any part thereof. I~

\VITNE S whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this

.................................... day of......................................................194 ( igned) .......................................................................................... Signed, Sealed and Delivered by the said ...................................................................................................................................................... in the presence of Name of Witness ............................................................................................................................................. _ Address

Occupation .................................................................................................................................................... .. When you have completed the above Covenant will you please forward same to: The Hon. Treasurer, St. John Ophthalmic H ospital, St. J ohn's Gate, Clerkenwell, London, E.C. 1. • Here insert in words the am ount of the net yearly sum.

(Sranb )prior\? in tbe :fl3rtttsb 1Realm of IDenerable ®rt')er of tbe 1bospital of st. Jobn of 3erusalem

~be ~be

AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT

" Then in Palestine, in sober grandeur stood, A Hospital that, night and day, received The pilgrims of the \Vest and, when 'twas asked, , \Vho are the noble founders?' Every tongue At once replied, ' The Merchants of Amalfi ' ; That Hospital, when Godfrey scaled the walls, Sent forth its holy men in complete steel, And hence, the cowl relinquished for the helm, That chosen band, valiant, im"incible, So long renowned as Champions of the Cross In Rhodes, in :M alta," Samuel Rogers (Italy),

FORM

I glye and

PRIORY

bequeath unto the Trea urer [01' the time being

THE

BRITlSH

St. gobn ambulance Bssociation

BEQUE T .

Institution known by the name of THE GRAND

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REALM

OPHTHALMIC OF

Ho PITAL

TH E \'E~ERABLE

of OF

ORD ER

the

Report for the Twelve Months ended

TH E OF

THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOH ' OF JERUSAL EM the sum of

31st December, 1947

(free ot duty) to be applied towards accompli hing the Chal' it~ble de ign s of the said Institution. N.B.-Land and Money secured on Land can now be given to charitable uses under the conditions enacted by the" Charitable Uses Act, 1891, 54 & 55 Vic, c. 73 "

LONDON: HEAD OFFICE,

ST.

JOHN'S GATE,

CLERKRNWELL, LONDON,

E.C.l.

\tbe (Srant) ]prtor)2 tn tbe .1Srfttsb 1Realm of tbe Wenerable ®rt)er of tbe 1bospttal of St. Jobn of Jerusalem

~be

St. 30bn BlnbuIance Bssociation. ]patron: HIS MAJ E STY TH E KING.

(Sovereign Head of the Order.)

lPresit)ent: G ENERAL H.R.H. T H E D UKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., ETC.

(Grand Prior of the Order.)

JDfrector of Bmbulance: COLONEL SIR BERTRAM J . T. FORD,

Kt.,

T.D. , D .L. , LL.D .

Cbfef Secretar)2: CAPTAIN

A. N.

CAHUSA C, O . B.E., M. C.

Bccountant : T HE T REASURER A D

Accou

TANT OF THE ORDER .

Bssfstant Secretar)2 : O.

HOR~E,

ESQ.

Stores ffianager: H.

1f)cat) ®ffice:

J. W RIGG LESWO R T H, ESQ. , M. B. E .

ST. JOHN ' S G ATE, CLERKENWELL, LONDON, E.C.1.

.1SanRers : THE WESTMINSTER BANK , LIMITED, CLE RKENWELL, E.C.1.

Bssociation (!Otlllllittee: (Consisting exclusively of Members of the Order .)

24th j1tne, 1948

abafrman: COLONEL SIR BERTRAM J.

FORD, Kt., T.D., D.L., LL.D.

(Director of Ambulance)

~elllber6

Ex officio. THE SECRETARy-GENERAL OF THE ORDER. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AMBULANCE. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE AT HOME. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, ST. JOHN A?IBULANCE BRIGADE OVERSEAS. THE SUPERI TENDENT-IN-CHIEF, AT HOME.

URSI G UNITS, ST. ] OH

AMBULANCE BRIGADE

Representatives of Subordinate Establishments. Priory for Wales-The Hon. J OH N BRUCE. Priory in Southern Africa-THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF CLARENDON K G.C.V.O., G.C.M.G., P.C. ' .G.,

P~ory .in Canada-THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF BESSBOROUGH, G.C.M.G., ETC. Pnory III New Zealand-::\IARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE THE LORD G.C.B., O.M., C. f.G., etc. Priory in Australia (excluding Western VVINSTO DUGAN, K.C.~1.G ., C.B., D.S.O. vV. G. PAPE, ESQ., O.B.E. H. H. CAVENDISH-FuLLER, ESQ ., H. H. HALLIDAY, ESQ.

~1.D'} Representing Railway Centres.

H. ADAMS CLARKE, ESQ. N. CORBET FLETCHER, ESQ., O.B .E. , :lI.A., ~1.B., M.R.C.S. THE COUNTESS OF LINDSAY. THE HON. MRS. LESLIE GA!lIAGE. LIEUT.-COLONEL W. E. PRINGLE, ~1.C. R. STEWART ::\IILLER, ESQ. CAPTAIN RUSSELL STEELE, :l1.B.

EWALL,

Australia)-l\IAJOR-GENERAL

SIR

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. The Director of the Ambulance Department and the Ambulance Committee of the Order have the honour to submit the following Report of the work of the St . John Ambulance Association for the information of His Royal Highness The Grand Prior and the Chapter-General. The Committee records with regret the resignations of the Viscount Bledisloe, G.C .M.G., K.B.E., P.C., the representative of the Priory in New Zealand, and vV. G. Smith, Esq., lately Commissioner No. IV (Lancashire) District, St. John Ambulance Brigade and a representative of the Brigade Sub-Committee. It welcomes Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Newall, G.C.B., O.M., C.M.G., etc., who has been appointed by H.R.H. The Grand Prior to serve on the Committee as the representative of the Priory in New Zealand vice Lord Bledisloe, and Colonel Sir Bertram Ford, Kt., T.D., D .L., I L.D., as a representative of the Brigade Sub-Committee vice \V. G. Smith, Esq. At its meeting in ~Iarch the Ambulance Committee was informed of the impending departure of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma to India on the appointment of Earl 110untbatten of Burma as Viceroy. For the greater pal t of the year, therefore, the Committee has been deprived of her wise judgment and shrewd counsel, but looks forward to her early return. During the year Miss E. K. Baddeley, M.B.E., was compelled to resign from the ssociation Sub-Committee after many years' service. The Committee records its grateful appreciation of Miss Baddeley's work for the Association. The Committee \\"elcomes the appointment of Dr. Olive May to fill the vacancy. OBITUARY.

The Committee records with regret the death of Dr. R. B. Duncan on 2-1th February, 1947. Dr. Robert Bruce Duncan had a connection with the St. John Ambulance l \ S ociation extending over a period of more than half a century, having lectured to classes before his appointment to the Examining Staff of the As ociation in 1900. He became a recognized authority on First Aid and a well-known judge at Competitions. He was admitted to the Order in 1911, and shortly afterwards was elected to serve on the Textbook Revision Committee, of which he remained a member until the end of the last revi. ion of the Fii'st Aid rextbook in 1938. For these additional services he was awarded the Service Medal of the Order, and continued to interest himself in the activities of the Association until after the outbreak of the econd \Vorld \Var, when failing health, aggravated by enemy action, compelled him to retire from further active participation in the affairs of the Association. Dr. Duncan was a member of the Association Sub-Committee from 1927 to 1940. The Committee also records with regret the death of Dr. 1. G. Modlin. Dr. Isaac Gibson Modlin, a Knight of the Order, died on 25th July, 1947, after fifty years' devoted service to the Association. During this period not only did he give freely of his leisure as a Lecturer and Examiner of the Association, but he also served on the Textbook Revision Committee from 1908 to 1938. For these services he received the Service Medal of the Order, and continued his work for the Association until the time of his death. ST. JOHN COUNCILS.

During the year the Chancellor of the Order called two Conferences of Chairmen of St. John Councils of the Order. These were held at St. John's Gate, and much valuable information was exchanged regarding

inter alia the co-ordination and extension of the work of the Association in the Counties. In May the Assistant Secretary of the ~ ssociation paid a visit · to Chelte~ham, ,,,here he discussed with representatives of the St. John CouncIl for GLOUCESTERSHIRE proposals for co-ordinating the work of the Association in that County. At the invitation of the St. John Council for the COUNTY PALATINE OF LA~CASTER, the Assistant Dire~to~ of Ambulance, accompanied by the AssIstant S~cretary of the AssocIatIOn, attended a meeting at Preston between the Fmance and General Purposes Committee of the Council and representatives of the Lancashire Centres to discuss the best means of e~tendi?g and co-ordinating the work of the Association in the County. D~scussIOns have also taken place at St. John's Gate with the ViceChaIrman of the St. John Council for SUSSEX. The. ~hairman and Secretary of the t. John Council for TAFFORDSHIRE also vIsIted St. John's Gate and explored the possibility of the establishment of a County Centre on lines similar to that which already exists in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. In DO~SE.T the St. John Council has been investigating the possibility of establIs~mg Cer:ttres of the Association at Weymouth and elsewhere, and of settmg up m the smaller towns local committees to foster public interest in the Association. Somewhat similar measures have been adopted in HAilIP lIIRE where proposals have been P:ut forward for the re-establishment of the Gosport Centre and fO.r th~ sett.mg up of new Centres in other part of t.he County. The followmg IS a lIst of St. John Councils in being at 31st December 1947:-' Buckinghamshire Cheshire Devonshire Dorset Guernsey Gloucestershire

Hampshire Jersey Kent County Palatine of Lancaster Leicestershire Norfolk

Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Sussex vVest Riding of Yorkshire

The As~ociation attaches betwe~n ItS He<l:dquarter

great importance to the exchange of ideas repres.ent.ati,,:,es and official of t. John Councils, and cordIally repeats the 111vltatIOn already extended to Councils to send re~resentatives to ~o~don whenever po -ible. Alternatively a representatIve of the ASSOCIatIOn will gladly visit the Count.ies to meet representatives of St. John Councils.

CLASSES OF INSTRUCTION IN FIRST AID A:-.rD KINDRED SUBJECTS. One of the mo~t.gratifying developments during the year under review has been the deCISIOn of H.M. Treasury to encoura.ae First Aid Training in all Government Departments. 0 Under this scheme the Post Office Ambulance Centre, which since 1902 had confined its activities to the London Area, has extended its operations to cover the whole country. All arrangements for classes of Post Office perso~nel held on Post Office premises are made through the Centre~ an~ RegIOnal Welf';lre Offi~ers have. been appointed, amongst whose dutIes IS that of fostenng an mterest 111 First Aid and kindred subjects within the Region with a view to the formation of branches of the Post Office Centre. In districts where the number of employees is ~O? small to justify the formation of Post Office classes, employees may Jom classes orgamzed by the local representatives of the St. John Ambulance Association. Fi~st Aid classes have also been arranged by the Home Office, the Admlr~l~y, the War Office, the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, the Mmlstry of Works, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Under new Home Office Regulations all Prison Officers in their first year of training have to obtain a Certificate in First Aid and several classes have already been arranged for these Officers. The Ministry of Supply has issued a regulation whereby a certain percentage of the staff at its factories is to be trained in First Aid and classes have been held throughout the country. It is hoped that in time all Government Departments will arrange for members of their staffs to learn First Aid and maintain their knowledge by attending periodical refresher" courses. In London the Metropolitan Police Force has resumed regular First Aid classes for new entrants at the Training Colleges at Peel House and Hendon. imilar classes have been arranged at other Police Training Centres in the Provinces. Before the War, it was the practice of the Metropolitan Police to arrange periodical refresher" courses for members of the Force. It is gratifying to record that arrangements have been made for the resumption of refresher" courses in 1948. Among other classes formed at home during the year were those organized by the British Overseas Airways Corporation for the instruction of 180 ecurity \Vardens; those organized by the Port of London Authority, the Gas Light and Coke Company, the South Metropolitan Gas Company, and other Gas Companies, Borstal Institutions, and the 1st Cadet Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. In ustria, .N.R.R.. vVelfare Officers have held First Aid classes for krainians, Latvians, and Russians; and in the Middle East courses have been arranged for Nursing Orderlies of the Royal Army 1edical Corps. Figures for the year for Certificates issued at home are as follows : It

First Aid Home Nursing Hygiene Sanitation Child \Velfare

1947. 36,561 6,962 416 8 1,230

1946. 27,968 7,781 935 11 2,555

\Yales

45,177 3,765

39,250 4,463

48,942

43,713

It will be seen that, while there is an increase in the total number of Certificates issued, there has been a considerable decrease in the number of Certificates issued as the result of examinations in Child \Velfare. The following table gives the figures for each year since the introduction of the Preliminary and Adult Child vVelfare Courses:Year. 1944 1945 . 1946 . 1947 .

Classes. 38 198 217 125

·Certificates. 396 2,452 2,555 1,230

of the Association overseas within the areas of Subordinate Establishments of the Order, are recorded in the Reports of these Establishments, extracts from which are reproduced in the Report of the ChapterGeneral. The totals of Certificates issued by ubordinate Establishments of the Order and by Centres and Branches of the Association overseas are as shown in Appendix II. Burma. It is too early yet to speculate on the future of the St. John organization in the now independent state of Burma, but the Committee hopes that the Association Centre there will continue and extend its educational work under the new regime. Ceylon. The Ceylon Ce~tre has devoted its energies to counteracting the setbacks of war. Rules for its guidance have been drawn up, and a tran lation of the First Aid Textbook into inhalese has been prepared. Gold Coast. Classes are in progress for employees of gold mining companies which require a certain percentage of their employees to be trained in First Aid.

Malaya. The Japanese occupation of Malaya completely disorganized the. work of the Association there, but the Centre has now been re-establIshed. Although progress is necessarily slow, two new branches h~v~ been formed by the Centre, one at Klang and one at J ohore, and It IS very gratifying to be able to record that by dint of the hard w?rk and perseverance of the St. John representatives in Malaya, especIally the Chairman and Secretary of the Centre, Dr. a!ld Mrs. MacGr.egor, postwar apathy is being overcome, and the enthuslasm of the native population is gradually growing. Malta, G.C., and Gibraltar. The Malta and Gibraltar Centres received much encouragement from the recent official tour made by Colonel Sir James L. Sleeman, Kt., C.B., C.M. G ., C.B.E ., M.V.O., Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, who was much impressed by all that he saw. Mauritius. Headquarters had the privilege of discussing with His Excellency ~he Governor the situation in Mauritius, and ways and means of exte~dmg the activities of the Association there. His Excellency very kmdly promised to give the matters discussed his full consideration.

Hong K.ong. Following the Japanese occupation, the process of reorganization i slow, but classes have been held in First Aid. Both the FI'ys! Aid alld Home N'ltrsing Textbooks are again available there in Chinese.

Nigeria. Every effort is being made by the Centre Committee to extend its activities, and the Nigerian Railways have under consideration the revival of Association classes.

India. The Indian Council reports that notwithstanding the critical t.imes, those working for the Association continued to give it their devoted service, and figures available show that a larger number of persons pas ed for Certificates than in any pre-war year, a most encouraging feature. A larger number of classes than in the previous year was arranged for Army personnel, and classes have continued on the Railways, among t the Police, in Prisons and Reformatorie, in chools, in line, Factories, and elsewhere.

Trinidad. Headquarters has had the advantag~ of meeting~ with Colonel Muller, Treasurer of the Centre and CommissIOner of PolIce, a~d ~me w~o .~as had considerable experience and connection ~ith ASSoC1~t~on actIvlt~es in various parts of the Empire. Sugg~sted hnes of actiVIty :-vere dlscussed with Colonel Muller, who has kmdly undertaken to bnng them to the notice of his Committee.

Jamaica. The Committee learns with interest that the Jamaica Constabulary has resumed instruction in First Aid, and that the possibility of restart.ing a biennial examination of the members of the Force"i.s under consideration. The last report from Jamaica indicated that a number of members of the Force had been able to put their knowledge of First id to good use, and had been the means of alleviating much suffering.

The i ue of medallions, labels and pendants during the year has been as follows :-

Kenya. The Committee has been extremely interested in reports from Kenya, which indicate the excellent preliminary work of St. John representatives there with a view to the reorganization of the Kenya Centre. There is wide scope for Association activities among the native population, especially in the field of Hygiene, but the vastness of the territory, the inadequacy of communications, the sparseness of the European population, and natural apathy of the native population are formidable barriers to progress. Despite these difficulties, considerable enthusiasm has been aroused among the native population, and valuable contacts have been made with Europeans. The Committee congratulates all concerned on their excellent progress towards building up a first class St. John organization in Kenya.

RE-EXA IINATIOX AWARDS.

1946.

1947.

Medallions Labels Pendants

England, h 'eland, and Overseas. 6,179 43,119 9,356 58,654

Priory for Wales. 323 5,956 660

Total . 6,502 49,075 10,016

England, Ireland, and Overseas. 6,500 36,916 16,283

6,939

65,593

59,699

Priory for Wales. 554 6,436 678

Total. 7,054 43,352 16,961

7,668

67,367

While there has been a decrease in the total number of pendants issued there has been an almost corresponding increase in the number of labels. In addition to the 43,119 labels issued in respect. of classes in England Ireland and Overseas, 20,898 have been issued m respect of the yea;s 1942 t~ 1946 inclusive, in exchange for " Endorse~ents " made on Record Cards at a time when Metal awards were not available; and a further 19,260 labels through the medium of Railway and Overseas Centres to persons who did not apply for" Endorsements" on Record Cards. It will thus be seen that whereas in nonnal times applications for some

30,000 labels are handled annually the number dealt with by St. John's Gate in the past year has totalled 83,277. Similarly, in addition to the 9,356 pendants issued in respect of classes in England, Ireland, and Overseas, 5,039 have also been issued for the years 1942 to 1946 inclusive in exchange for Endorsements". Owing to the shortage of staff, the shortage of engravers and the difficulty in obtaining metal awards, it has required a supreme effort to accomplish the almost impossible task of dealing with such a vast number.

and of the Brigade assembled at St. Joh~'s Gate, a~d. in .1937 the Order organized Celebrations, including an EmpIre Con:pebtlOn m comme~ora tion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the establIshment of the Bngade. This was the second Empire Competition, and tea~~ composed of members of the Brigade at Home and Overseas wer~ elIgIble to compete. The first Empire Competition had been held dunng the Centenary Cele?rations of the Order in 1931, and was open only to Overseas teams prOVIded that members of the teams held St. John Certificates. . . Consideration has been given to the holding of another E~plre COI?pebtion to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the mtroducbon of Competitions by the Association in 1897, but it has been decided to defer a decision for another year.

COOKERY COURSE. The Cookery Course was introduced by the Association in 1930, and since its introduction 576 Certificates have been issued. It will be seen , therefore, that this course has not been in demand, probably in view of the fact that there are many recognized expert bodies in this field. In addition it has become increasingly difficult to comply with the many regulations for obtaining rationed goods for demonstration purposes. In these circumstances the Committee decided that the Cookery Course should fall into abeyance, and that no further courses of instruction should be held nor Certificates issued. HONORARY MEMBERS' BADGE. During the year the Chapter-General decided to introduce a badge for Honorary Members of the Ambulance Department, e.g. Honorary Life Members of the Association and Honorary Members of the Brigade. Conditions governing the issue of the badge were drawn up and circulated by the Association and by the Brigade. ANNIVERSARIES. The year under review commemorates the eventieth nni\'ersary of the foundation of the Association in 1877. It is interesting to find in the First Report of the Association the following paragraph :" At least 1,100 people are now more skilled in handling the injured ; and the power of relieving pain and saving life which is implied in that fact is enormous. Month by month, the wave of this simple but most efficacious knowledge is spreading." That it has spread is evident from the fact that over five and a half million Certificates have been issued since then; and that the knowledge is efficacious is also evident from the fact that in 1947 it is estimated that Certificate holders of the Association treated probably more than one million accidents in the streets, at their places of business, in industry generally and, not least, in the home, a variety ot First Aid which is unspectacular and seldom publicized and which may be termed " incidental" to distinguish it from the organized" First Aid rendered by members of the Brigade on public duty which is too well known to need further mention here. Within ten years of its inauguration the Association was firmly established, and the good work which it had accomplished was recorded for all time in the Charter granted to the Order by Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in the words" that the chief work which they (members of the Order) have accomplished has been the establishment of the St. John Ambulance Association". During these years" organized" First Aid was developing alongside " incidental" First Aid, and groups of First Aiders were to be found in all parts of the country at points where accidents were liable to occur, such as at meetings, processions, sports' grounds, and the like. In 1887 these groups were banded together and became the nucleus of the St. John Ambulance Brigade which was established in that year. In 1927 a Conference of overseas representatives of the Association 1/

COMPETITIONS. It was fitting that the year 1947 should see the resumption of Co~peti tions for as stated elsewhere in this Report, the first Inter-Railway ComPetiti~n for the Shield presented by the Association took place in 1897. After a break of seven years it was gratifying to see that e~ thusiasm had not waned, and though the standard of work ~hd not reach pre-war levels a very promising start was made. The stagmg of the tests was most effective and, as in pre-war years, the scenery was provided through the generosity of Mrs. John Maxwell and Mr. J. Grossman, to whom the Committee records its grateful tha~k~. A la~ge number of appreciative spectators attended the Compebbon, whIch was held at the Borough Polytechnic, Borough Road, London, S.E. 1, on 20th June. The Judges were Major A. C. \Vhite ~nox, O.B.E.! .M. C., M.B., of London (Team Test), Dr. William Duncan , of LI:,erpool (IndIVIdual Tests), and Dr. \V. L. M. Bigby, of oythampton (vwa voce Tests), to whom the Committee desires to record Its grateful thanks. They placed the t eams in the following order :Place. 1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

Railway. Southern (H orsh a m ) . . . G reat \ Vestern (Swindon) London, ::'.Iid la nd a nd cottish (Cr ewe \ Vorks) . London , Mid land and Scottish (W olverto n \Vorks) L o ndon and ort h -East ern (March ) . So uthern (\ Va t erloo) . . . . . . :;\ fid la n d and Great orth ern J oint (l\Ielton Cons t a ble) L o ndon a nd orth- Eas t ern ( ottingh a m ) . Gr eat \Vest ern (Car d iff D ock s) }.Iaximum Marks obt a inable, 600.

1\11arks. 458k

426 1411388

377 374 373 + 369 -

347t

Brigadier W. B. G. B~rne, . C: B.E., D.S.O. (Secr~tary-Gen~ral of the Order) presided at the pnze-gIVll1g, and after call1l1g on MaJor-General F. V. B. \Vitts, C.B. , C.B.E., D.S.O., M. C. (Assistant Director of ~mbulance) , to announce the result, he invited Sir Robert Burrows, ChaIrman of. the London, Midland and cottish Railway to present the Challenge ShIeld, the Corbet Fletcher Cup , and the individual prizes. In reply to a vot.e of thanks proposed by the ecretary-General, Sir Robert expressed hIS pleasure at being present, and paid tribute to the excellent work fostered by the Order of St. John. Brigadier Barne then proposed a vote of thanks to the Judges, and express~d his apprec~ation of the en~oura&"e ment given by the Railways to theIr employees m the field of FIrst Ald. The Judges gave their criticisms of the marks of the teams, a~d the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks proposed by General WIttS to Mrs. John Maxwell and Mr. J. Grossman, and to those who had acted as stewards and patients throughout the day. Earlier in the year the eliminating Competition. for the Ungrouped Railways, namely the Midland and Great Norther~ JOll1t, the MetropolItan Line of the L.P.T.B., the Cheshire Lines CommIttee, and the Southern

and London, Midland and Scottish Joint (Somerset and Dorset) was held in Macnaghton House, Judd Street, London (by kind permission of the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis), the Team Test being judged by Dr. M. M. Scott, of London, and the Individual Tests by Dr. S. Abraham, of London. Each Judge also took two Viva Voce Tests. The Competition was won by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Team , which accordingly took part in the Final Competition on 20th June. After discussions with the Home Office, it was decided that the Police National Competition should not be held during 1947, but that it be resumed during 1948.

The Hospital Library Committee of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society has introduced courses of instruction followed by examinations for students wishing to obtain the Hospital Librarians' Certificate or the Book Repairing Certificate. All arrangements for the courses and the examinations are in the hands of the Joint Committee, but each of the parent bodies has been entrusted with the issue of Certificates to its own successful candidates, and the Order has delegated the responsibility to the Association.

PUBLICATIONS.

At the request of the Women's Group on Public \Velfare, the Association undertook to publish two manuals, Elementary First A id for the Housewife and Elementary Home Nursing for the Housewife. Elementary First Aid for the Housewife was written by Dr. Gladys Danby, M.B.E., County uperintendent, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Somerset, to whom the Committee records its grateful thanks. This manual was published in eptember, and has met with a favourable reception both at home and abroad. The companion manual, Elementary Home Nursing for tlte HOl{sewzje, has been written by Miss Marjorie H. Miller, S.R .N., County Nur ing Officer, St. John Ambulance Brigade, uffolk, to whom the ommittee also records its grateful thanks. This manual is now being printed. As foreshadowed in last year's report, a Supple1'neJlt to the 111aJlltal, " A Preliminary Course of First Aid}} had been published with a view to bringing the Preliminary First Aid syllabus into line with the Adult syllabus. The first draft of the Manual on Industrz'al First Aid ha been completed, and copies have been circulated to the Government Departments concerned and the British Red Cross Society. H.M. Chief l\Iedical Inspector of Factories who is very enthusiastic about the manual, ha undertaken to make any amendments necessary from an official point of view. When this has been done, it is intended to set up a ommittee representative of all the interested parties, to discuss publication. It is not anticipated that the manual will be in circulation for some considerable time. It will be of considerable interest to those who know Dr. Corbet Fletcher's invaluable book, The St. J ohn Ambulance Association-Its History and its Part in the Ambulance 111ovement, to learn that approval has been obtained to publish a second edition. TEXTBOOK REVISIONS.

The Textbook Revision Committee is continuing its work of revising the 39th Edition of the First Aid Textbook. It is not possible to indicate when the revised edition will be published, but it can be said with certainty that it will not be available before 1st January, 1949. Dr. W. P. Kennedy, who had undertaken the revision of the Hygiene Textbook, has been compelled to give up the task owing to recurrent illnesses and constant absences abroad on Government Service. The Committee wishes to express its thanks to Dr. Kennedy for his work in connection with the revision. The Association has been extremely fortunate in securing the services of Professor F. A. E. Crew, F.R.S., etc., to undertake the revision. He is Professor of Public Health and Social Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and the leading authority on Hygiene in this country. It is too early yet to say when the revised edition will appear.

CERTIFICATES FOR HOSPITAL LIBRARIANSHIP AND BOOK REPAIRING.

PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE.

The Planning Sub-Committee has continued to render valuable assistance to the Committee and inter alia has been responsible for the initial investigations in connection with the proposed establishment of a Training Centre in the South and the organization of the Berkshire Air Unit of the t. John Ambulance Brigade. Contacts with the various Ministries and Government Departments haye been maintained, and discussions have taken place with the Chief Medical Officer of the National Coal Board. PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE.

The Publicity Sub-Committee has been actively engaged in projects designed to stimulate public interest in the work of the Ambulance Department. A poster has been produced known as the St. John Flag Poster which has been adopted as the official poster for publicizing the activities of the Ambulance Department. This poster has been reproduced in miniature for affixing to letters and parcels. A book-marker has also been introduced for inclusion in parcels of Textbooks and for sale at bazaars and fetes. A small leaflet styled There is an Accident in tlte Works has been approved and widely distributed among industrial un dertakings. Authority for producing a Publicity Film has been given. FILM SUB-COMMITTEE.

The Film ub-Committee has now completed the first stage of its investigations into the possibility of producing films for use at the instruction of classes in First Aid, and the following is an extract from it interim report to the Ambulance Committee:"The ub- ommittee is unanimously of the opinion that a series of short films would be of the greatest advantage to the Surgeon Instructor in explaining, and to the student in mastering the more intricate parts of the syllabus of First Aid. The Sub-Committee is equally convinced that films can never take the place of the Surgeon Instructor, but can only be an adjunct to the blackboard, chalk and diagrams. Members of the Sub-Committee have investigated the several film media available, including strip films, and silent and sound films, and have come to the conclusion that silent coloured films would be most suitable. It was felt that strip films did not compare favourably with silent coloured films as regards instructional value. The Sub-Committee considers that five short films would be required depicting such subjects as circulation of the blood, splinting, use of dressings and bandaging, respiration and artificial methods and transport. " This Sub-Committee has now been instructed to proceed with its investigations with a view to submitting to the Ambulance Committee concrete proposals for consideration, including ways and means of distribution .

12 EXHIBITIO

SUB-COMMITTEE.

13 STORES DEPARTMENT.

During the year the energies of the Exhibition Sub-Committee have been devoted to preparing and acquiring new models, many of those in the original Exhibition having become damaged in transit between the various localities in which the Exhibition has been shown. The collaboration of Overseas Formations in the production of models has been sought, and their exhibits will arrive in this country in time for display at the opening of the Exhibition of new models in London, planned for 1948.

The number of orders received from Centres of the St. John Ambulance Association and Units of the St. John Ambulan~e Brigade at home and overseas and from Railways, Collieries, and the lIke, sho.ws a dec.rease on the previous year. But the orders were more substantIal, and mv?l:ved the dispatch of 1,510,596 articles, an increase of 300,000. I~ addItIOn, 4,883,000 paper flags and 309~6.55 labels and ~iscs were supplIed ~or St. John Flag days. Trading condItIons are ~ecommg more and more d.Ifficult but with few exceptions it has been pOSSIble to execute orders receIved.

MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOT SUB-COMMITTEE.

The Corps was inaugurated in ~eptember, 18.83, " for .the ~?nveyance of poor without fees from HospItal and for nch~r patIents., but experience proved that the poor did not often requITe. the serVIces of the Invalid Transport Corps and in consequence the serVIce was placed on a paying basis. . . The Corps carried out most excellent serVIces contmually through the years until 1947, when it was decided by the Chapter-Gen~ral of the Order that the Corps should be transferred to the Home SerVIce Ambulance Committee of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. J ohn ~nd the British Red Cross Society, because it had become an uneconomIcal unit for the following reasons : (a) From 1920 onwards more Ambulances became available throu~h out the country through ~unicipal Authorities, the Home SerVIce Ambulance Committee, and Divisions of the St. John Ambulance . ' 1 Brigade. (b) During the Second \Vorld War It was not pOSSIble to rep a~e the Ambulances operated by the Invalid Transport Corps and theIr maintenance became very expensive. . (c) To bring the Invalid Transport Corps up to the reqUITed standard would have necessitated a large capital outlay for n~~ Ambulances .. (d) The Health Act, which places on Local Aut~ontI~s the ~esponsl bility for providing adequate Ambulance serVIces m. theIr areas, becomes operative in 1948, and the call for the InvalId Transport. Corps will diminish. . ., (e) The Home Service Ambulance CommIttee WIth ItS large .fleet of Ambulances has contracted with the London County CounCIl to carry out certain services under the new Health Act. . For the nine months prior to the transfer, 468 cases were carned 14,837 miles.

INVALID TRANSPORT CORPS.

The work of this Sub-Committee shows steady development, as the number of Depots has risen in the course of the year from 447 to the target aimed at, namely, 500. Future policy is bound to be affected by the issue of a circular under the National Health Service Act in July, 1947, under which it is competent for a Local Health Authority, as from the appointed day, (1) to establish central Depots for the provision of Nursing Equipment and Apparatus, and (2) to make a free issue on loan or impose payment upon those whose means will allow. Negotiations are in progress with City, County, and County Boroughs for the employment of our Depots; and it remains to be seen whether a policy of centralization outweighs the advantage to the public of having the goods nearer to hand. The question of further expansion will depend upon the attitude of the Authorities in what has become an ancillary National Health Service. Meanwhile, it is to be hoped that the availability of valuable stores and more particularly the services of voluntary workers will not be lost sight of in implementing the Act. TRANSLATIONS.

The table in Appendix I shows the languages into which various

As.sociat~on Textbooks have been translated, and the number of copie

pnnted m each language up to the date of this Report. ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE HEALTH CONGRESS.

The Health Congress organized by the Royal Sanitary Institute v,:a held this year at Torquay. Major A. C. White Knox, O.B.E., M.C., M.B., rep.resented the Association, and submitted an informative report on topics of mterest to the Association which were discussed ~at the Congres . VISITORS.

The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association chose a novel method of sending the Association fraternal greetings in August. Two of it members were among the runners. who carried Fiery Crosses from Edinburgh to Lon.don and, ac~ompamed by the Commandant of the Corstorphine (Edrnburgh) SectIon, they called at St. John's Gate and handed a Fiery Cross to the St. John Ambulance Association. The Association also welcomed Mr. Petursson of the National Life Saving Association of Iceland, who gave a most interesting account of First Aid arrangements in that country. Mr. A. W. Cantwell, of the American National Red Cross visited St. J ~hn's Gate on the last stage of his European tour, and d'iscussed the hIstory of the Ambulance Movement in America, and outlined the steps now being taken to extend the teaching of First Aid as a means of reducing the accident rate in American industry, and promised to forward statistics on the subject.

APPRECIATIO~ .

The Committee records its indebtedness to those member~ of. the medical and nursing professions who have given up much of theIr leIsure to lecture to classes and conduct examinations, and thanks Centre ecretaries and all those others who have organized classes .an.d devote.d their time to the furtherance of the objects of the AssoClatIOn. ThIS appreciation would not be complet~ without a.reference to the long and faithful service of 1r. S. W. Malkm, who resIgned the office of Centre Secretary of the North Staffordshir~ Cent~e after over 60 years' service as such. He took office in 1884, and reSIgned m 1947, an unsurpasse~ r.ecord of devoted service. In addition he was for many years CommlsSIOner of No. 5 District of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and a member of the Ambulance Committee. He remains a member of the Chapter-General.

APPENDIX I

Arabic Siamese Afrikaans Chinese (Hong Kong) Chinese (Singapore) Burmese Maltese Italian (Egypt) French (Canada) French (Egypt) Malay (Singapore) Welsh Greek (Egypt) Greek (Cyprus) Hindi (India) Urdu (India) Gujrati (India) Bengali (India) Marathi (India) Assamese (India) Telegu (India) Sindhi (India) Punjabi Gurmuki (India) Oriya (India) Tamil (India) Tamil (Ceylon) Sinhalese (Ceylon) Swahili Zulu, Xhosa, and Sesotho German

Catechism First of Aid. First Aid. 4,000 3,000 17,000 7,700

3,000

5,000 3,700

Priory in Southern Africa Priory in Australia. . .. Commandery in West Au tralla Priory in Canada . Priory in New Zealand

2,000

4,910 300 31,000 300 3,000

1,052

32,000 300 200 3,000

3,000

1,100

100

54,000 57,500 15,000 17,000 14,000 2,000 5,000 2,000 6,000 900 7,000

15,976 9,000 3,000 1,000 2,000 1,000

** ,,* 2,000

2,'QOO

* Number of copies unknown. ** Not yet available.

Preliminary Home Nursing.

APPENDIX II

Preliminary Catechism First Home of Home Aid. Nursing. Nursing.

Number of copies unknown; 1878 and 1885 editions out of print.

ADEN BERMUDA BRITISH GUIANA British Honduras British West Indies ; The Bahamas BARBADOS JAMAICA. . Leeward Islands TRINIDAD and TOBAGO Windward Islands St. Vincent. BURMA CEYLON Cyprus East Africa ; KENYA TANGANYIKA UGANDA Zanzibar Egypt Fiji GIBRALTAR HONG Ko 'G INDIA fALAYA and SINGAPORE MALTA and Gozo NEWFOU. DLA. 'D Palestine. Sudan \Vest Africa ; Gambia GOLD COAST IGERJA Sierra Leone

This Year. 10,838 6,416 32, 737 13 112

Last Year. 11 ,612 8,105 906 42,571 59 10

10 96 135

1~1

285 91

344 12

39 22 2 20 26

4 36 1,041 25,153 45 656

36 32,803 660

221 11

32 44

78,036 (Centres of the Association are shown in capital letters.)

97,647

• J

ANALYSIS OF EXAMINATIONS. bt January to 31st December, 1947.

A.-TImOUGH CENTRES. RE-EXAMIN ATIONS

CEItTIFICATI!.S

Number of Classes

Total F.A.

January February March. April May June July August September October November December

69 119 215 170 202 183 170 51 U3 90 110 321

P.F.A.

R.N.

P.R.1\'.

112 4:1S 835

2:-3

4 117 73

492 4!:l8 V2U 815 !J36 U50 G27 393 288 470 542 2,000

P.Ryg.

4~4

2 . ], 147 1:i2

47 ]91

32,,], 2'*0 :H 1U 77 108 3U9

5,087

1,20U

1,482

l ~;)

(il 2H

34 27

13,724

,*4 5

12 24 19

l~U

4UU 531 577 12:-3 2GY 304 267 711

2 8 3

~I ~ 73

----....----' ' - . , . - - - '

1,763

II yg.

C.W.

P.C.W.

15 9 15 40 16 16 19

18 4t 27 3,* 3U 30

San.

--- ----------- -------

8,6:-37

Centre Totals

'umbl'r of Candida les successful in

22 22

9 62 32 77

152

139

Failed

Percentage of Failures

644 940 996 3,310

48 57 13 119 153 141 155 36 53 49 128 273

17,107

1,350

7·31

1,499 1,723 2,658 2,445 2,769 2643 3;025 850 1,292 l,U83 2,273

91 93 185 141 199 220 307 45 69 107 175 45

5'73 5'12 6·51 5·45 6·70 7·68 9·21 5·03 5·07 5·9 7·15 8·08

671 1,057 2,260 1,562 1,775 1.73 1.554

GOO

Number of Classes

Number of Candidates

Passed

Failed 2 22 38 56

6·66 5·11 5·75 7·09 7·93 7·5 9·07 5·66 7·60 4·95 11'49 7·62

B4 63 110 140 117 102 40 16 13 28 64 125

915 1,574 2, 13 2, 04 2,887 1,729 665 215 236 '*69 1,23 1,968

852

17,513

270

8 5

560 502 93 759 903 550 347 1 8 140 157 374 1,567

11 10 17 10 21 36 14 6

31 16 4

8 3 10 42

40-t

2,6S8

---

' 0.

556

B.-THROUGH BRANCHES. January February March. April May June July August September October November December

140 168 242 234 275 271 317 90 123 153 211 525

1,172 991 1,296 1,388 1,419 1,278 1,273 638 825 794 1,253 2,714

255 506 665 G81 804 920 1,017 91 307 616 572 1,362

43 57 350 135 128 145 269 23 56 49 ]60 325

12 74 182 125 373 272 305 92 104 11 246 631

2 10 36 16 30 9 23

16 11 29

4 7

11 29 33

5 5

15 58 89 38 10 10

32 96

31 10 17

5,:HO

14 16 18 14 13

2 4 9 25

..],

3 43

- - - - - - - -·-1----111---·1-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --1-- - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 - - - -

Branch Totals

2,749

15,041

22,837

7,796

],740 2,534 '-----' 4,274

Cen tre and Branch Grand Totals, 1947 . . Centre and Branch Grand Totals, 1946

4,512

36,561

6,962

416

1,230

4,191

27,968

7,781

935

2,555

184

'---~

277

200 474 '-----' 674

2 ,070

2,090

45,177

3,440

7 · 07

982

39,250

3,129

7·38

1,032

6·93

130

6,9 5

176

24,49

445

22,725

377

CERTIFICATES AND OTHE R AWARDS. Number issued t hrough Branches and Centres.

RE-EXAMINAnON AWARDS. (Not including Vouchers .) MEDALLIONS.

CERTIFICATES.

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

E ngland and N. Ireland (inY ear. eluding Eire up to 1944) . (Grand Totals) 1,51CJ ,313 . . . 25,006 . 26,172 . 32,597 . 31,389 . 31,749 . 35,505 . 37,245 . 42,2 11 . 44,970 . 38,709 . 38,907 . 38,234 . 36,403 . 4 1,031 . 43, 129 . 66,358 . 270,292 . 290,883 . 136,155 . 133,113 . 140,999 . 85,719 . 53,107 . 39,250 . 45, 177 3,314,623

Wales. 10,560* 5,051 * 5,488* 5,477* 5,707* 5,506* 5,881 * 6,132* 6,105* 7,070* 8,188* 6,523 5,984 5,651 5,789 5,545 7,676 16,157 13,882 10,998 11 ,969 10,043 6,827 2,797 4 ,463 3,765 189,234

* Including Vouchers.

Overseas

Y early Totals.

300,000 23,062 23,642 23,152 26,846 33,604 23,727 32,606 38,031 36,419 36,016 31,696 40,712 47,061 55,608 53,696 59,625 115,862 147,330 159,786 165,074 275 ,38 193,442 132,939 97 ,647 78,036

1,820,873 53,119 55,302 61 ,226 63,942 70,859 65,113 75,983 86,347 88,459 82,913 77,126 84,930 89,115 102,428 102,370 133,659 402,311 452 ,095 306,939 310,156 426,430 2 5,98 1 , 43 141 ,360 126,978

2,251 ,007

5,754 , 64

Year. 1922 (Grand Totals) 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 193 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

England, Ireland, and Overseas. 246,030 7,687 8,247 9,222 10,024 11.169 11,551 11,819 13,663 14,501 14,526 14,561 13,455 13,036 13,016 12,545 16,063 17,995 22,405 32,858 33,620 22,889 16,672 13,393 6,500 6,179 613,626

Wales. 1,955 749 1,063 1,311 1,347 1,260 1,192 1.138 1,406 1,264 1,336 1,559 1,359 1,315 1,184 1,089 1,258 1,470 1,713 2,144 2.194 1,702 1,183 625 554 323

PENDANTS.

LABELS.

England, I reland, and Overseas. 213,519 18,476 19,320 20,992 23,797 26,498 29.113 30,752 33,741 36,521 37,795 42,683 44,676 46,102 46,909 48,008 50,937 51,032 50,000 49,000 46 ,388 44,236 38,566 32,054 36,916 43,119

33,693 1,161,150

England, Ireland, and Wales. Overseas . 13,668 5,074 2,530 1,925 2,670 2,540 2,778 2,942 3,100 3,468 3,296 4,011 4,375 4,370 4.100 4,602 4,346 5,009 4,695 5,439 4,746 5,851 5,059 6,154 5,362 6,776 5,043 6,954 5,311 7,090 5,159 6,811 5,764 6,922 5,538 7,578 6,822 6,943 8,362 6,915 14,573 7 ,807 7,870 14,890 14,645 7,663 13,551 6, 873 6,4 36 16,2 3 9,356 5,956 149,979

186,022

Wales 368 165 182 192 168 322 311 363 366 330 358 369 497 475 441 526 512 586 476 475 364 400 346 189 678 660 10, 119

Pages 20 to 27 corrected to 5th July, 1948. Classes in the areas of Centres marked with an asterisk are arranged in direct communication with Headquarters as Detached Classes.

CENTRES OF THE ASSOCIATION. COUNTY AND CENTRe.

FORMED.

HONORARY SEORETARY.

CHAIRMAN.

PRESIDENT.

BEDFORDSHIREBERKSHIRE*Reading

B. J. Grant.

1893 1880

Dr. E. C. Malden, c.v.o.

Supt. A. F. Simmonds.

W. J. Field, 56, St. Andrew's Crescent, Windsor.

BIRMINGHAM

1880

W. E. Ball::trd.

E. Elliott, 100, Lionel Street, Birmingham.

BRISTOL

1880

The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Dudley, M.C. The Bishop of Bristol.

H. G. Kyle, M.D.

M. R. Fair, 13, Elmgrove Road, Bristol, 6.

*Windsor and Eton

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE St. John Council.

Lt.-Col. The Lord Cottesloe, C.B., V.D .• T.D.

County Centre

1922

CAMBRIDGESHIREWisbech

1909

CHESHIRESt. John Council. Birkenhead

Major P. M. Beachcroft, R. Stewart Miller, St. John H.Q., 79 Buckingham O.B.E. Street, Aylesbury. R. Stewart Miller, St. John H.Q., 79, Buckingham Street, Aylesbury. -u rse.

T. V. Free, 12, Artillery Street,. Wisbech.

W. Stewart Elgood.

\V.

Brig .• Gen. Sir W. Bromley Davenport, K.C.B., etc.

Capt. P. Reay, M.B.E., M.C.

J . H. Woodward

W. L. Pollock, 39, Shamrock Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire. J. H. Beard, 243, King Street. Dukinfield.

1912

A. Daniel, "Beechwood," Knutsford, Cheshire.

Tabley

Road,

*Dukinfield

1893

Stockport

1883

Col. Sir A. J. Sykes, Bt., V.D., D.L.

J. A. K. Ferns.

Col. W. Chaloner, O.B.E., 12, St. Peter's Square, Stockport.

1895

Lord Lon dale, O.B.E.

R J . Edwards.

1884

Lady Rochdale.

P. S. Todd.

Lit:tle, Colliery Office, 51, Duke Street, Whitehaven. W. Borthwick, 13, Heads Road, Keswick.

*Millom

1888

]. Newton.

J . -ewton.

J. H. Holmes, 185, Devonshire Road, Millom.

DERBYSHIRE*Chesterfield

1878

Derby

1886

Capt. H. T. Ann.

F. A. Grice

G. E. Johnson, 146, Burton Road, Derby.

1898

H. Trueman.

Col. The Earl Fortescue, C.B., O.B.E., M.C.

C. Prance, ~l.B.

Mrs. Bascombe, St. John Council, The Pry'sten House, Finewell treet, Plymouth.

The Right Hon. the Lord Roborough.

W. E. Beckley, M.e., ] .P. , B.COM.

Dr. C. Prance (Acting), The Prysten House, Finewell Street, Plymouth.

Capt. J. Docwra Rogers.

Mrs. Martyn, 1, Alton Road, Parkstone.

The Mayor

R. J. Brackston, 6, South Street, Dorchester.

Dr. E. S. Bowes.

CUMBERLANDCumberland Mines and Quarries *Keswick

*Granby and Ilkeston DEVONSHIRESt. John Council. Plymouth & District

1921

DORSET-

G. Fountain, Town Clerk's Office, Chesterfield.

Dorchester

1948

Brig .• Gen. The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.P., etc. Dr. Longland.

Poole

1929

The Mayor.

St. John Council.

Wareham

.I.

Mosley, 1, Percy Street, Ilkeston.

Beadon, 60, Churchfield Road, Poole.

nIiss B. E. Allen, Seaford, Stoborough, \\'areham .

1948

DURHAMSt. John Council.

M1's. Watson (Acting), 2, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne. M. Fletcher, 135, Longfield Road, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington. R. H. Sarginson, 2, Elm Grove, ·West Hartlepool.

1880

The Marquess of London· The Viscount Gort, M.C. derry, K.G., etc. S. Leng. S. Leng.

Hartlepools

1880

J. R. Bradshaw, ] .P.

J. R. Bradshaw, J

South Shields . ..

1883

Lad y Readhead.

T. Humphries.

Major T. A. Page, 75, King Street, South Shields.

Stockton and Thornaby

1914

J. C. Hudson, J .P.

Sunderland

1893

Col. H. E. Kitching, M.B.E. G. H . Cook, O.B .E. His Grace The Duke of Beaufort, K.G., etc. Col. Sir James L. Sleeman, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O. The Bishop of Gloucester.

Dr. A. Barrett Cardew, M.C. H. J. Lewis, J.P.

J Buckley, 67, Craigweil Crescent, Durham Road, Stockton -on -Tees. H. R. Gray, 3, Commercial Road, Hendon, Sunderland. Major E. A. McIver, M.M., T.D., 12, Royal Crescent, Cheltenham. Miss B. Wood, 16, Lansdown Crescent, Cheltenham.

J. C. Fielding.

\V. E. Flew, 13, Lansdown Road, Gloucester.

*Darlington

GLOUCESTERSHIRESt. John Council. Cheltenham *Gloucester

1912 1881

L. Waugh.

COUNTY AND OENTRE.

FORMI!D.

PRESIDENT.

OHAIRMAN.

Lt.-Col. The Viscount Portal, P.C., D.S.O., M.V.O.

Sir Maurice Hallett, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I.

Lt.-Col. F . A. Hanson, Wessex House, 6, Upper

Han. Lady Page Croft.

Dr.

F. C. Bottomley, O.B.E. \Y. N. Wilson.

Major G. A. Morant, 28, Palmerston Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth. Miss N. Russell, 22, San Diego Road, Gosport..

HONORARY SEOR!TARY.

HAMPSHIRESt. John Council.

High Street, Winchester.

Bournemouth ...

1926

Gosport and Alverstoke

1948

Portsmouth

1R81

The Marquis of Carisbrooke, G.C. V.O., etc.

,\'.

Southampton ...

1880

The Dowager Lady Swaythling.

Lt.-Col. The Rev. C. G. R. SydneyTurner, O.B.E., D 5 .0.

Sec. , Miss F. M. Tutte, M.B.E., 4, Archers Road, Southampton.

Lt.-Col. Sir Richard Cott ereH, Bt.

Freeman Newton.

\\,ilson.

Miss R. P. Hatch, 10, Edgerley Gardens, Cosham, Hants.

HEREFORDS HIRESt. John Council.

Weaver,

"Brockington," Hafod

Road,

Hereford.

KENTSt. John Council.

The Lord Cornwallis, K.B.E., M.C.

ir Robert Gower. K.C.V.O., O.B.E.

The Dean of Canterbury. C. T. Richardson.

Robert Gower (Acting), Sandown Court, Tunbridge Wells. I\Iiss Allardyce, 7, Vernon Place, Canterbury.

The Earl Peel

The Hon. H. A. Cozen Hardy.

Major T. E. Spencer, 39, Fishergat.e, Preston.

Col. G. G . H. Bailon, M.B.E., M c.

Col. G. G. H. Bailon, M.B .E. , M.C.

J. \\'. Halliwell, Ambulance Drill Hall, Bull Bridge,

1894-

The Mayor.

J. E. Skelmerdine.

'vV.

1919

A. Aked.

J . Begg-s, "Glaisdale, " Broad oak Ashton-under-Lyne. F. Hanson, 14, Lee View, Bacup.

Barrow-in-Furness

1880

\\'m. EllllOgueck, J

C. Lewis .

J. Crossfield, 9, Bristol Street, Barrow-in-Furness.

Blackburn

1885

]. Eddleston.

*Brierfield

1889

J. Benney.

Burnley

1883

The H.t. Hon. Shu t tlc\\'orth.

1878

*Canlerbury

Sir

LANCASHIRESt. John Council.

(County Palatine Lancaster) . Accrington

Ashton-under-Lyne *Bacup

1884-

1889

Colne

r\ccrington. Road,

J. Smith, 51, East Park Road, Blackburn. C. Heywort.h.

Lord

The

}(t.

Hon.

\\ '. Clarkson, 3 Lurd

Commercial Street, Brierfield.

A. Dickinson, 820, Padiham Road, Burnley.

Shuttleworth.

G. E. \\Tl lmorc.

A. Parkinson.

H. Nicholson, 37, Atkincoats Road, CaIne.

Sir F. Hindle.

J. Fisher, Solicitor, Town Hall, Dalton-inFurness. R. Bury, Higher 'Vhit-Bank, Tockholes, Dar"wen.

• Dalton -in -Furness

1887

*Darwen

1919

]. \Valson.

Liverpool

1880

Manchester

1880

Nelson

1888

:'IIurray Cairns, C.B E., ~LD. Ir W. Clare Lees, Bt., Col. C. H. S. Redmond, O.B.E. M.B. IT. Brown. H. mith.

Oldham

1884

CuI. R 1. Poston.

Preston

1889

H. Calvert.

Capt. Millington, 51, Frenchwood Avenue, Preston.

Rochd ale

1886

J. Rodley, M.R.C.S.

J. B. Howarth, 44, Falinge Fold, Rochdale.

St. Helens

1884

Col. G. R. Pilkington.

Southport

1887

Lt.-Col. H. Mighall.

\Y.

'01. H.. 1. Po ton.

LEICESTERSHIRELINCOLNSHIRELincoln County ...

H. Shcldon, l\i.D .

H. N. Bream.

The Lord Hazlerigg.

St. John Council.

Col. G. R. Pilkington.

Capt. G. B. Armstrong,

1917

.:\Jiss Y. ,,'atkins, St. Lukc's Chambers, 2, Bold PlacE", Li 'crpool. F. Hal'greaves, 55, Cross treet, l\Ianchester. ]. :'Iiulroy, 27, Albert Street, Barrowford. C. Thompson, M.B., 10, Barker Street, Oldham.

H. A. Skcpper, 51 Windle

trcct,

~t .

Helens.

R. H. \Yal h, .fO, Melling Road, Southport.

C. W. Gee, 6, Seymour Sireet, Leicester. 'vV. Goit, 29.f, Laceby Road, Grimsby.

~1.B.E.

NORFOLKThe Earl of Leicester.

St. John Council.

N ORTHAMPTONSIIIREKettering

1893

Captain T. O.B.E.

Bird,

Lient-.Col. Sir Thomas Cook.

Major C. E. V. Sams, 20, Ca tle ::'Ieadow, Norwich,

C. F. Seddon.

C. B. Tutt, 8, 'vYarkton Lane, Barton Seagrave, Kettering. E. J. Hayward, " Rushay," Booth Lane, \Yeston Favel, orthampton. J. VV. Fowler, 7.. , Bridge Street, Peterborough .

W. H. Percival.

J orihampton

1886

Peterborough

1904

J. Mansfield.

\Vellinguol'ough

1888

The Marquess oI Exeter, A. S. Campbell. K.G., C.M.G.

Dr. \V. Marshall.

_ orIolle

]. S. Parker, 12, Church Street, \Yellingborough.

COUNTY AND CENTRE.

NORTHUMBERLAND-

FORMED.

PRESIDENT.

N ewcastle-on-Tyne

1910

Col. J. Clay,

North Shields ...

1888

The Mayor.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE-

OHAIRMAN.

C.B.E., M.B.

1878

*Babbington

HONORARY SECRETARY.

Dr. J. T. Batey.

C. Laws, 2, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Dr. H. K. Patterson.

Capt. W. Bower, 8, Manor Road, Tynemouth.

T. A. Lawton.

OXFORDSHIRE-

The Lord Bicester.

St. John Council.

The Lord Sandford.

:Miss Hunter, S.J.A.B. Headquarters, Gloucester Green, Oxford.

County Centre H. T. Bennett, Pressed Steel Co., Cowley, Oxford. SHROP HIRE-

1879

Shrewsbury

The Earl of Powis.

Dr. F. H. Edwards.

G. H. Darlington, The End House, Kennedy Road, Kingsland, Shrewsbury.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, G.C.B., G.RK, D.S.O.

R. W. Saunders M.B.E., Castle Paints, Lt.d., Worle, Weston-super-Mare.

P. E. Russell.

T. E. Bagley.

W. A. Clegg, Chat.s"\Yorth Lodge, Woodland Road, 'Weston-sup r-Marc.

Sir Fraucis Joseph, Bt.,

V. Chancellor, Lloyds Bank Chambers, 2, Market Square, Stafford.

A. F. \Vhelton.

:\lajor \v. A. Barrow, Forest Lodge, Henhurst Hill, Burton-on-Trent. \ '. hancellor, Lloyds Bank Chambers, 2, Market Square, Stafford.

The Earl of Cranbrook.

W. S. Redmore, 8, Green, Ipswich.

Dr. P. " 'einer.

:\Iiss B. Coulcher, Ambulance Station, Samuel Road, Ipswich . Asst. Sec., H. C. Eade, 119, Brunswick Road, Ips",ich.

SOllIERSE T -

St. John Council.

*\Veston-super-Mare

1880

STAFFORDSHIRE-

St. John Council.

K.B.E.

Burton-on-Trent

1879

Staffordshire ...

1948

SL'FFOLK-

St. John Council.

Ipswich

SURREY-

Surrey County

1880

H .I!. Princess Louise.

1923

Thc Cuuntess of Lind ay. \V. G. Pape,

The Counte of Be sborough.

1880

The Lord Lecon6eld, G.C.V.O. The Countess Brassey.

Group Captain Lonl Willoughby de Broke,

The Mayor.

SUSSEX-

St. John Council.

*Hastings and St. Leonards WARWICKSHIRE-

1912

Coventry

Marie

O.B.E.

~oane

Street, St. Margarets

1\1 iss Chaplin, Ambulance Headquarters, \Yoodbridge Road, Guildford.

imp on, 19, Torlh St.reet, Horsham, Sus:,ex.

:\Iiss:\1. oHins, .J .A.A., .f -, "'ellington Square, ~l. Leonards, Hastings. lis

Bailey, 7, Armorial Road, Co,'entry.

A.F.C. WORCESTERSHlRE-

Dr. G. Dudley.

J. H. Martin,

Lt.-Col. Sir John Reddie, C.B.

Arnold Reckitt

Dr. E. M. Deam.

E. Edwards,

The Marquis of Zetland, K.G., etc.

R. Brooke Dorman.

G. Richardson, "\Voodleighton," 16, Emerson Avenue, Linthorpe, l\Iiddlesbrough. Asst. Sec.: J. Mark.

Lt. .CoJ. Sir Frank Brook, D.S.O., M.C.

R. A. Abbis s, Police Headquarters, Town Hall, Leed. \Y. C. Brown, 29, Lower East Avenue, Barnolcls\\'ick, via olne. S. Wright, Stanric, Breck Lane, Dinnington, near Sheffield. \V. Hutchinson, Martin Bank Chambers, I-\:ing's Cross, Halifax. H. Blakeley, 2, l-airvicw Avenue, Carlinghow Lane, Batley. E. Stansfield, 22, Lee View Rd., Hebden Bridge.

*Stombridge

1883

The Viscount Cobham.

Worcester

1920

Lt. -Col. Sir Reddie, C.B.

1882

1881

YORKSHIRE (EAST)-

Hull and East County

Riding

YORKSHIRE (NORTII)-

North Riding County

J ohn

YORKSHIRE (WEST)-

*Barnoldswick

1919

The Earl of Scarbrough, ICG., etc. F. vViddup, J.P.

*Dinnington Main

1924

Mrs. Athorpe.

P. VV. Ellis.

Halifax

1912

The Mayor.

A. Gelder.

Heavy Woollen District

1883

Major J. P. Critchley,

Dr. S. M. Newman.

St. John Council.

T.D.

*Hebdell Bridge Keighley

1887

J. W. Cockcroft.

1883

Lt.-Col.

Scatterty, Lt.-Col.

M.D.

Leeds

1878

J. W. Cockcroft.

Dr. J. W. Silversides.

Tredor," Cherry St., Stourbridge.

vVaite, 23, Chestnut Walk, vVorcester. !l1.B.E. ,

109, Bricknell A,'enue, Hull.

Scatterty, Mrs. Cook, 41, Redcliffe Street, Keighley.

M.D.

F. Swaby.

H. Johnson, 18, Halliday Place, Leeds 12.

OENTRE.

FORMED.

CHAIRMAN.

PRESIDENT.

H ONORARY SECRETARY

Dr. S. Edgerley.

1. Stones, 28, Caxton Road, Otley.

1894

Dr. P. Wood.

A. Wild.

1878

The Earl of Wharncliffe. H. C. Else.

Mrs. Redfearn, 3, Platting Road, Lydgate, Nr. Oldham. R. G. Beard, 45, Bank Street, Sheffield.

*Shipley

1896

D. M. S. Harrison.

Capt. T. Allen.

*Sowerby Bridge

1890

E. Whit.eley.

E. Whiteley.

* Swinton

1902

S. C. ·W ard.

F. Tate.

Hodgson, 12, Castlemoor Road, Baildon, Shipley. F. Wright, 10, Tillotson Avenue, Beech Wood, Sowerby Bridge. E. Oliver, 41, Rownes Lane, Swinton, Rotherham.

1896

The Mayor.

'V. L. Whittle.

W. 'Wright, 4, Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield.

1886

A. T. Thomson.

1890

Brig.-Gen. ,V. ,V. SandYti, C.B., C.M.G.

*Otley

1888

*Rotherham

1884

*Saddleworth ... Sheffield

'Wakefield *Wath-on-Dearne York ...

J. VV. Poole, 19, Charles Road, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham. Miss E. D. Eenny, 13, St. r-.lary's, York.

WALES-

The Hon. John Bruce, 4, Cathedral Road, Cardiff.

Priory of the Order IRELAND-

Committee of the Order.

Ulster (Belfast)

18 6

Vicc-Admil'al The Earl The Lord Dunleath, Brig. L. E. Macgregor, 2 , Bedford Street, Belfast. Granville, K.C.V.O. C.B.E., D.S.O. i.T he Lord Dunleath, Prof. J. 1\:. harles-

worth.

C.B.E., D.S.O. CHANNEL I SLES-

Guernsey St. John Council

Guernsey Centre

1881

Jersey St. John Counci l

H.E. Lieut-Gen. ir Philip Neame V.C., K.B.E. SIr \ lctor G. Carey.

F. W. Bush, Palma, Guernsey.

Dr. 13. S. Collings.

Mrs. Hickey, Arosfa, Les

H.E. ir Edward Gra eU,

ir Alexander M. Coutanche, Kt.

K.B. E . Jersey Centre

1884

Sir Alexander J\IoncriciI Dr. E. J . SllOlle. uUl.anche, ht.

ISLE OF MAN-

isle of Man

1885

~es

Sir Victor G. Carey.

ILE. The LieulenantGovernor.

B. E. arg aunt,

M.V.O.,

O.B.E.

Os monds, St. Sampsons, Grav~ es ,

Guernsey.

t. John Council for Jersey, The Bailiff's hambers, Government Building, St. Heher, Jersey . ...\ . Le Breton, Lymington Huuse, Georgetown, Jer::;ey

R . Vihert,

Major J. W . Young, O . R .E ., Chief Constable's Office, Douglas, Isle of Man.

The Rev. H. F. Peerless, Church Lads' Brigade (Inc.), National Headquarters, 58, Gloucester Place, London, W. 1.

Church Lads' Brigade ...

1928

Hospital Saturday Fund

1889

The Lord London.

Post Office Ambulance...

1902

C. G. Roberts,

Iayor

M.D.

H. Clayton,

.C. .

Dr. O. S. May.

C. E. Gee, 112, Manor Place, S.E. 17. 1'.

\V. King, M.B.E., Inland Section, Mount Pleasant, E.C. 1.

BRITISH RAILWAYS

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W. M. Lopey, Grammar School, St. Vince n t, B.\ V.I. Dr. S. F. hellappah, O.B.E., The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, The Secretariat, Colombo. J. H. Ashmore, Commissioner of Police, icosia, Cypru s.

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]\fCCGWIRE, C.B.E.-C0111.mand.,er, Assistant Chief Commissioner (Reserve). Investigation Staff Officer. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER H. J. WRIGGLESWORTH, M.B.E.-Offi cer . DISTRICT STAFF OFFICER J. S. HANNAM.-Officer. DISTRICT STAFF OFFICER E. T. MILBUR .-Serving Brother (Surgeonin-Chief)· THE COU TESS OF BRECKNocK.-Officer.-(Senior Staff Officer to Superintendent -in-C hief). MISS W. E. LONGDEN.-Serving Sister.-(Staff Officer to Deputy Superintendent-in-Chief) . THE LADY MOYRA BROWN.-(Staff Officer to Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets). G. GUTHRIE MOIR, M.A.-(Staff Officer for Training).

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THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

BRIGADE COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN. Lieut.-General Sir Henry Pownall, R.C.B., R.B.E., D.S.O. (Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home) (ex-officio). Ex-officio MEMBERS. The Secretary General. The Director of Ambulance. The Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. The Surgeon-in-Chief. The Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions at Home. The Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions Overseas. The Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief. The Deputy Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions at Home. The Assistant Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions at Home. The Commissioner for Wales.-No. 8 Region. The Commissioner for Northern Ireland. Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets.-Chief Officer, Ambulance Cadets.

MEMBERS. The County Commissioner for Northumberland and Durham (S. Embleton, O.B.E.).-No. 1 Region. The County Commissioner for East Riding of Yorks (Dr. Jennings).No.2 Region. The County Commissioner for Lincolnshire (Captain G. B. Armstrong, M.B.E.).-No. 3 Region. The County Commissioner for Hertfordshire (H. Langley Jones, M.B.E.).-No. 4 Region. The Commissioner, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District (Major A. C. White Knox, O.B.E., M.c.).-No. 5 Region. The County Commissioner for Dorset (Dr. R. V. S. Cooper.) No.6 Region. The County Commissioner for Wiltshire (A. R. Towerzey).-No. 7 Region. The County Commissioner for Worcester (Dr. F. L. Newton).-No. 9 Region. The Commissioner for Cheshire (Capt. P. Reay, M.B.E., M.c.).-No. 10 Region. The County Commissioner for Surrey (W. Geo. Pape, O.B.E.).No. 12 Region. The District Superintendent West Riding of Yorks (Mrs. Birkbeck, O.B.E.). The District Superintendent No.1 District (Miss Workman, M.B.E.). The District Superintendent Northern Ireland (Mrs. Wallace, M.B.E.).

INSPECTING OFFICERS. General Sir Clive Liddell, R.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. Colonel Sir James Sleeman, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O. Colonel Sir Bertram Ford, T.D., D.L., LL.D. BRIGADE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE AMBULANCE COMMITTEE. The Chief Commissioner. The Superintendent-in-Chief at Home. BRIGADE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COUNCIL. The Chief Commissioner. The Superintendent-in-Chief at Home. BRIGADE REPRESENTATIVES ON CHAPTER-GENERAL. The Chief Commissioner. The Superintendent-in-Chief at Home. WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Chairman. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, C.l., G.B.E., D.C.V.O.Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions (ex-officio). The St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home.

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Ex-officio Members. Deputy Superintendent-in:Chie~, The Brig~de at Home. Assistant Superintendent-m-Chlef, The Bngade at Home. Chief Officer Nursing Cadets, The Brigade at Home. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, The Brigade Overseas. Assistant Lady Superintendent for Wales. District Superintendent for N orth~rn Ireland.

Members. The County Superintendent for Northumberland (Mrs. Kirkup)Region 1. . . . The District Superintendent for the West Rlding of Yorkshrre (Mrs. Birkbeck, O.B.E.)-Region 2. . ' The County Superintendent for Northamptonshrre (Mrs. Glbbons)Region 3. . ' The County Superintendent for Suffolk (MISS ~. M. Parker)~Reg.lOn. 4. The District Superintendent for No. 1 (Prmce of Wales s) DIstnct (Miss M. Workman, M.B.E.)-Region 5. . The County Superintendent for Hampshrre (The Hon. Mrs. Roland Cubitt)-Region 6. The County Superintendent for Plymouth, South-west Devon, and East Cornwall (Mrs. Balsdon, o.B.E.)-Region 7. . The County Superintendent for Birming~am (~rs. Lee, J .p.)-Re~on 9. The District Superintendent for Lancashrre (MISS M. Moore)-ReglOn 10. The District Superintendent for Kent (Mrs. Falwasser, O.B.E.)Region 12.

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. CADET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

] ot'nt Chairmen. G .. Guthrie Moir, M.A.-A/Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets. MISS V. Cunard, M.B.E.-Chief Officer Nursing Cadets. Members. C~unty Cadet Officer for Northumberland and Durham (W. Nixon)Regton 1. County Cadet Officer for West Riding of Yorkshire (Mrs. CummingBell)-Region 2. County Cadet Officer for Nottinghamshire (Mrs. Vigrass).-Region 3. County Cadet Officer for Suffolk (Miss Botwood)-Region 4. County Cadet Officer for No. 1 Di~trict (A. E. Wells)-Region 5. County Cadet Officer for HampshITe (Mrs. Montagu-Puckle)-Region 6. County. Cadet Officer for.So~erset (0. H. Thomas)-Region 7. T~e Pnory for Wales (SIT MIchael Duff and Lady Twiston Davies)RegIOn 8. County Cadet Officer for Worceste.r (Mrs. Robinson)-Region 9. County Cadet Officer for LancashITe (R. Charlesworth)-;-Region 10. County Cadet Officer for Sussex (C. W. L. Pile)-Region 12. N~rthern Ireland-(Mrs. Lockhart.) Bngade Overseas-Secretary for Brigade Overseas (G. F. Quilter).

Annual Report of the Chief Commissioner. The Director of Ambulance, Order of St. John. SIR, I have the honour to submit my Report for the year ended 31st December, 1947. There is a reduction in the adult personnel of 19,298 and an increase in Cadets of 899 compared with 1946. After the 1914-18 War it was about five to six years before the strength of the Brigade began to recover and maintain a steady increase each year up to 1939. Taking everything into consideration there seems no cause for alarm at the decrease in adult personnel during the past two or three years, but it is a matter of concern and every effort will be necessary to consolidate our present figures and then to improve on them. The increase in Cadets is a satisfactory feature. Forty Ambulance and fifty-three Nursing Divisions have been disbanded during the year. The following table shows the new Divisions formed and their strength : Ambulance Nursing. . Cadet Ambulance Cadet Nursing . Student Nursing

Strength of New Divisions. 282 105 695 1,166 133

New Divisions. 17 9 38 56 14 134 (154)

2,381 (2,487)

N ote.-The figures for 1946 are shown in brackets against the total.

England N. Ireland. Wales

Men. 41,825 (53,316) (527) 408 6,745 (7,340)

Total Strength. Boys. Women. 16,720 (16,855) 20,580 (27,024) (110) 160 823 (1,222) 3,608 (3,469) 2,267 (2,617)

Girls. 26,345 (25,711) (749) 596 2,580 (2,216)

48,978 (61,183)

23,670 (30,763)

20,488 (20,434)

29,521 (28,676)

Grand Total. Adult personnel. 72,648 (91,946) Cadet personnel. 50,009 (49,110) 122,657 (141,056)

The drop in figures between 1946 and 1947 is therefore 18,399. The corresponding drop between 1945 and 1946 was 18,410.

REpORT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

The pre-war, 1938, figures were : Adult personnel Cadet personnel

73,732 16,013 89,745

The following changes have been effected : The retirement of Sir Bertram Ford as County Commissioner for Birmingham and the appointment of Assistant County Commissioner W. E. Ballard as Acting County Commissioner. The retirement of Lieut.-Col. C. W. Eames as County Commissioner for Shropshire and appointment of County Surgeon F. H. Edwards. The resignation of Mr. E. E. Dudley as Acting County Commissioner, Staffordshire, and appointment of Capt. F. L. Richard. The appointment of Dr. F. R. B. H. Kennedy as County Commissioner for the Isle of Wight. I much regret to record the deaths of : Dr. W. C. Bentall, Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief and Staff Officer for A.R.P. Services. Captain W. Goodley, Commissioner of No. 1 District. Major A. C. White Knox has been appointed as his successor. Notwithstanding the reduction in personnel there is a substantial increase in the work undertaken by the Brigade, especially in connection with the Motor Ambulance Service. The 532 ambulances operated by the Brigade carried 184,254 patients and dealt with 16,672 road accidents during the year; the total mileage being 3,148,481. First Aid was rendered by members of the Brigade to 536,419 persons. The work carried out by the Nursing Divisions is referred to in the Report of the Su perin tenden t -in-Chief. ATIONAL HEALTH ACT.

Negotiations have been in progress with the various County Councils through the Home Service Ambulance Committee in regard to the Motor Ambulance Service under the National Health Act which comes into operation on the 5th July next. In counties where a number of ambulances are maintained by the Brigade it is hoped that with few exceptions they will continue to carryon the work as agents under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health. The future replacement of ambulances and the entire cost of the Service will, however, be borne by the County Council acting for the Ministry of Health. The detailed arrangements vary in different counties and the negotiations have thrown much extra work on County Commissioners and their staffs. INSPECTIONS.

H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent took the Annual Inspection of No.1 (Prince of Wales's) District on 20th July. The Director of Ambulance inspected Parades held in Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Durham, and Northumberland, Wiltshire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire. I carried out Inspections in the following counties: Cheshire, Hereford,

Norfolk, Northampton, Nottingham, Plymouth, and S?ssex; I a~so inspected Units in Northern Irelan~. I have ~een much lmpressed wlth the bearing and turn-out of all Umts I have mspected. Inspections of Corps and Divisions were. taken by the lat~ Dr. Bentall in the East Riding of Yorkshire; by Col. SIT) am~s Sleeman m Glouces.ter and Oxford; and by Col. Sir Bertram Ford m Bnstol, Derby, Lancashlre, Leicester, and Warwick. COMPETITIO.

The Dewar and Perrott Finals were hel~ in the Victoria Halls, Bloomsbury, on the 13th June, the results bemg as follows : DEWAR.

Team. (1) Wolverton. (2) March L. .E.R. (3) Camden L.M.S. The Ellis Cup for

Region. Marks. Trophies Gained. . 6 390t Dewar Shield and Trimble Trophy. . 4 380 Symons Eccles Cup. . 5 378t Hong Kong TroJ?hy. Team L eader was won by Supt. G. Krrkham. PERROTT.

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445t

Trophies Gained. Perrott Shield and Chalmers Trophy. Corbet Fletcher Trophy and Golding Trophy.

The Mountgarret Cup for Bed Making was won by Vaughan C~llege (Leicester) Nursing Division, and the Ellis Cup for Team Leader by Sgt. J. Fernslde (Blackpool).

The trophies and prizes were prese~ted by.H.R.H. the Du~h~~s of Gloucester Deputy Commandant-in-Chlef Nursmg Corps and DlVIslOns. The Cadet Finals were held at the Royal Horti~ultural Hall on the 28th November, the results of which are recorded m the reports of the Chief Officers. The Cadet trophies and prizes were presented by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales. MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOTS.

The Brigade have opened 54 new Depots in ~ngland and N or~hern Ireland during 1947, making a total of 506 now bemg sta~ed by Bngade members. It is estimated that no less than 37 ,~OO articles have been loaned during the year. Negotiations are p~oceedmg as to the future of our Medical Comforts Depots under the NatlOnal H ealth Act. RESERVES.

Nep'otiations are still in progress regarding the future of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserv~. . . The Military Hospitals Reserve IS still m abeyance. BRIGADE BENEVOLENT FUND COMMITTEE.

Assistance to the extent of £127 lOs. was granted to ten cases during the year.

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. CADETS.

Noticeable during the year has been the increase in the number of Regional/County/Area Training Courses and Days which are the result of a widespread feeling that the standard of Brigade training must be brought as speedily as possible up to its level of pre-war efficiency. A Residential Senior Officers' Conference at which thirty-three counties were represented, was held at High Leigh, Hoddesdon, from 28th-30th June. It was the first venture of its kind and proved a success. The speakers included the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the Chancellor of the Order, Colonel Sir Edwin King, Dame Beryl Oliver, ir Arthur Rucker, Deputy Secretary Ministry of Health, and Major White Knox. The theme of this Conference was the reassessment of Brigade work in the light of the new National Health Act, and the investigation of new avenues of Brigade Service. One result was that a similar Conference was held at Harrogate for Officers from the North of England, organized by the County Commissioner for the West Riding. Another was the decision to make this Conference an annual event. I have further set up a Training Investigation Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Major White Knox to examine all previous training proposals and to produce a comprehen ive suggested scheme of training for the whole Brigade. A very full programme of courses for Officers has been drawn up for 1948. The emphasis will be laid on the importance of training Officers of County Rank and on teaching them how to conduct Regional/ County Courses. AFFILIATION WITH MALTA.

The following Corps and Divisions have become affiliated to Corps and Divisions in Malta : Bournemouth Corps, County of Hampshire. Christchurch Nursing Division, County of Gloucester. Cheltenham Central Nursing Division, County of Gloucester. Borough of Guildford Corps, County of Surrey. Taunton Nursing Division, County of Somerset.

The County of Plymouth, South-West Devon, and East Cornwall also have become affiliated to the No.3 De Vilhena Corps in Malta. It is gratifying to note from the Report of the Surgeon-in-Chief the admirable work which is being carried out by the Surgeons and Nursing Officers, upon whom the Brigade depends for its standard of efficiency in First Aid and Nursing SUbjects. I should like to add my personal tribute to the unfailing help that the Brigade receives from the medical and nursing professions.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.

CONCLUSION .

I wish to express my high appreciation of the most, valuable ~ervi~es rendered by the ,Surgeon-in-Chief and the SupermtendeI?-t-m-Chlef during the past year, and in her absence, to the Deputy Supe~mtendent in-Chief, as also to the Chief Officers for Ambulance and ,Nursmg Cad,ets, Commissioners and their Staffs, for their loyal co-operatIOn and effiCIent service, I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, H. R. POWNALL, Lt.-General, Chief Commissioner.

REpORT OF THE SURGEON-IN-CHIEF.

Report of the Surgeon-in-Chief

31st July in each year whereby time is allowed for those who have been unable to attend or fail, to be re-examined during the remaining period of the year. In these circumstances it is disquieting to learn from the Chief Secretary that in December of this year he was asked to arrange 696 re-examinations and supplementary re-examinations! It would surely be to everyone's advantage if all these examinations were compulsorily held before a given date, say 31st October. If this were done, Divisional Superintendents could then forward their Forms B.F.l in good time and so enable the County Commissioners to do the same thing with the result that the present-day delay in forwarding reports would be avoided.

The Chief Commissioner. Sir, Herewith I have the honour to submit my report for the twelve months ending 31st December, 1947, being the sixtieth year of the Brigade. This is based partly on the ob ervations of my taff and my If, and partly on the helpful reports with which the urgeon-in-Chief for the Priory of Wales and the District and County Surgeons of England and Northern Ireland have favoured me. MEDICAL STRENGTH.

Once again I have to report an increase in the number of urgeons on the Brigade Roll, the total at the beginning of the year being 3,284 of whom 3,172 were serving in the technical and 112 in the executive section of the Brigade. Further, though there have been some r signJ.tions during the year, owing chiefly to change of residence, I am confident that there was a further increase during the year. Experience has shown that the letter of welcome which I always send to each newly appointed Divisional urgeon, continues to elicit in many instances courteous replies which foretell nthusiasm and efficiency in carrying out the prescribed duties. To this end I always include with my letter a copy of the official pamphlet The Appointment alld Duties of Surgeons, which is valuable because it ensur s that all urgcons commence their Brigade careers with a clear knowledge of what i exp cted of them . On the other hand, my letter has several times called forth an immediate resignation from its recipient who pleaded that he had been given to understand that his duties were merely llonorary ! AN VAL RE-EXAMINATIONS.

The chief duty of the Divisional Surgeons-to whom the Brigade owes so big a debt of gratitude-is to teach the members of their units, while that of the County Surgeons is to conduct the annual re-examinations of all units within their commands whereby members put their knowledge to the test. During this year three County Surgeons report that they were able to visit and re-examine all their Divisions. The rest however report that travel difficulties and especially the shortage of petrol pre~ vented them from doing this duty in its entirety. Further, the majority tell me that, wherever possible, efforts were made this year to appoint Surgeons of neighbouring Divisions to carry out the annual re-examinations. Consequently the war-time permission for Surgeons to re-examine the members of their own units was not as freely exercised this year as it was ~uring the :var years . In this connection Clause 253 of Brigade Regulahons lays It down that the re-examinations should be held prior to

FINAL COMPETITIONS.

The event of the year was the revival of Brigade Final Competitions which were last held in 1939 and which took place on 13th June at the Victoria Halls, Bloomsbury, London. The function proved a great success and attracted members from all parts of England, from Wales, and from Northern Ireland, who watched critically the work of the competing teams. As in previous years we selected tests which were essentially practical and typical of emergencies such as the competitors might conceivably have to handle on or off duty. In the" Dewar the team test presented an accident in an hotel, a porter being thrown off a ladder and a kitchen maid who was assisting him being injured as the result of a fall on her right hand. In the" Perrott the team test was set in a seaside town, a man being knocked down by a motor cycle as he left his home and requiring after-care and nursing in his bedroom consequent on unavoidable delay in procuring an ambulance for removal to hospital. The individual tests were varied, and in the "Dewar included treatment of patients suffering from fracture of patella and wound of hand, from fractures of ribs and forearm, and the demonstration of Schafer's method of artificial respiration. Those in the "Perrott (in the compilation of which I was greatly assisted by District Officer Mrs. Rayner, of No. 1 District) included the treatment of a patient suffering from fractures of forearm and scapula, the preparation of a bed for a patient who had unexpectedly returned from hospital after operation, and the preparation of a patient for an enema which the District Nurse would administer. F or the realistic staging of all these tests we were once again indebted to the Associated British Picture Corporation and more particularly to Mr. Joseph Grossman, who gave freely of his time to the actual presentation of the various incidents. The Competitions were honoured by H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester (Deputy Commandant-in-Chief Nursing Corps and Divisions), who witnessed a team at work in the Perrott Team Test and afterwards presented the trophies and prizes to the winning teams and competitors. JJ

WEEK-END CONFERENCE .

The third Annual Week-end Conference of Surgeons took place at the Bonnington Hotel, London, on 27th and 28th September. This was the

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first post-war gathering of Surgeons, many of whom remembered the previous Conferences ot 1937 and 1938 and wrote to me asking if it could not be revived. The Conference, which you were good enough to open with an address of welcome, consisted of a series of lectures and demonstrations on matters of interest to Surgeons and attracted 125 Surgeons of all ranks in the technical and executive sections of the Brigade. On the aturday, Dr. A. C. vVhite Knox (No. 1 District) gave a talk on " The Brigade Peace-time Set-up", which gave his hearers matter for discu ion. Then followed an informative talk by Sir H eneage Ogilvie, F.R.C.S. (Guy's Hospital), who spoke on " Shock- Its Causes and Effects", and illustrated his lecture with a special Canadian Army Film. The evening of the 27th was devoted to a dinner and dance at which I was privileged to welcome the guests and Rear-Admiral ir Cecil Wakeley, F.R.C.S. (King's College Hospital), was the gue t of honour. Mr. R. S. Handley, F.R.C.S. (Middle ex Hospital), proposed t.he toa t of " The Order", to which Sir Cecil Wakeley replied. Next the toast of " The Brigade" was given by Mr. F. W. Lindgreen , F.S.A., who expressed thanks for the good work done by members, and Major P. G. DarvilSmith (Brigade Secretary) replied. The Sunday morning session opened with talks on" ids to Teaching", D~. Hoby (~ent) giving details .in the use of the Quiz and Dr. . J. NIcol (Brrmmgham) demonstratmg the u e of plaster casts in lecture and comI?etition. This was followed by a joint talk by Dr. F. H. Edwards (Shropshrre) and Dr. D. J. Nicol on "The tandards of Marking". Next, Dr. M. M. Scott (No.1 District), a member of the Textbook Revision Committee, gave an interesting talk on " The Supplement to Textbook" and set forth the reasons why it has been issued, the format ill which it h~~ been iss~ed, and the work which was being undertaken by the RevIsI.on CommIttee. Next Dr. Gordon Wallace (Dorset), who i also a MedICal.Officer?f Health, gave an interesting talkpn " The Co-operation of t~e Br~gade WIth the Local Authorities"; and this was followed by a dISCUSSIOn on several matters, including the red piping which the Conference felt should be worn by all Surgeons in the technical and executive sections of the Brigade. After lunch Dr. A. Leslie Bankes (Senior Medical Officer, Ministry of Health) gave an explanatory talk on the National Health ervice. Other matters dealt with were "Re-examination of Divisions " (Dr. tokes, London), and " The Standard of Examination " (Dr. Basil Steele, London). Thus came to an end the first post-war Conference of Surgeons. At the ~lose of the General Conference I met the District and Count.y Surgeons m. our fourth Annual Conference, discussed with them sundry matters whIch had cropped up, and at their request submitted to you certain resolutions which you later approved. The success of the Week-end Conference was the outcome of good team work, to which Major P. G. Darvil-Smith, Mr. J. S. Hannam, and Mr. George Craft contributed their full shares and earned my gratitude. In the main, however, it was brought about by the strenuous efforts of my Secretary, District Staff Officer E. T. Milburn, who undertook the full burden and responsibility of organizing the Conference, the Dinner, and the Dance. Perhaps, however, the most pleasing sequel to the

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function was the number of letters which I afterwards received from Surgeons expressing their appreciation of all the efforts made for their instruction and entertainment and urging that a further Conference be held in 1948. CADET FINAL COMPETITIONS. The first Brigade Final Cadet Competitions were held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, London, on 28th November, when the winners of the Regional Competitions vied for the honour of taking home the new Cadet Championship Trophies and Individual Prizes. The tests and the judging were under the dir~ction of District Commission~r Dr. A. C. White Knox, and throughout the day the hall was packed WIth spectators who watched with enthusiasm the work performed by the senior and junior members of Ambulance and Nursing Cadet Divisions. The Competitions were honoured by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent (Lady uperintendent-in-Chief, The Priory for Wales), who wa~ extrem~ly interested in the demonstration given by the Weymouth Semor Nursrng Cadets and afterwards presented the team trophies and individual prizes. IN MEMORIA.\1. \\'ith profound regret I have to record the passing of three Senior urgeons who will be sadly missed. In August, County Surgeon J ames Pirie died at Harbury. He ~as one of the best known medical practitioners in the County of WarwIck, and was connected with the Brigade for more than forty years. In October, Dr. Henry William Strover, O.B.E., who for twenty-five years wa County urgeon of Bristol until ill health caused his resignation in 1946. He joined the Brigade in 1912, and during World War No.1 he formed the first V.A.D. Hospital in West Hartlepool, of which he was appointed ommandant . On 16th November the Brigade suffered a grievous loss by the death of A sistant urgeon-in-Chief William Charles Bentall, O.B.E., who in 1910 was appointed Divisional Medical Officer for Southport a~d Honorary Lecturer to the Association, and in 1936 was promoted to Bngade Headquarter taff and A.R.P. Staff Officer to the Chief Commissioner. In all my dealings with him during the past eleven years I found Dr. Bentall a most loyal and energetic colleague who was always ready to undertake all duties offered to him. He was present at and assisted me in all Final ompetitions, and his cheery smile and bright conversation will always be remembered by those who, drawn from all parts of the Brigade, took part in those contests. Although in failing h~alth, . he ' insisted on being present at the 1947 Final Competitions and m actmg as in previous years as Referee. His passing is a great loss to the Brigade; and it will be no easy task to replace him. CO CLUSION. In conclusion, I am satisfied that the great majority of Surgeons are giving fully and freely of their services in the advancement of the objects of the Brigade, and that the few who are not so keen, would quickly

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acquire a like .enthu~iasm if. they realized the wonderful results which have been achieved m the slJdy years of its history. In these circumst ances I p.lace o~ reco~d my deep appreciation of the whole-hearted support whIch durmg thIS year I have had from yourself from all ranks of ~urgeons, from Headquarter Staff in the person of Maj;r P G Da il SmIth and Mr. J. S. Hannam, and from my personal Staff. . . rvI have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient Servant, N. CORBET FLETCHER, M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., Surgeon-in-C hieJ.

R eport of the Superintendent-in-Chief, Nursing Corps and Divisions. 6th February, 1948. Sir, I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ~ursing Corps and Divisions for 1947 as forwarded to me by my Deputy, Lady Dunbar-Nasmith. I think you will agree that the Report shows an exceptionally fine year of work undertaken at a difficult period but with remarkable results. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith has commented on the loyal support and excellent service of the Nursing Corps and Divisions, and very particularly of all those on Headquarters taff. May I personally be allowed to pay the highest tribute to the magnificent work which she herself has done, and the leadership, inspiration, and tireless service which she has given during this last difficult year. Her own unflagging zeal and high ideals of service have, I know, been an incentive and encouragement to everyone and I would like to extend to her my own heartfelt gratitude and admiration. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith has expressed her gratitude to you, Sir, for the active support and interest which you give to the Nursing Corps and Divi ions and I would like to join with her in saying how deeply this is appreciated. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, igned) EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, Superintendent-in-Chief· LIEUT.-GE ERAL SIR HE RY POWNALL, R.C.B., R.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. Chief Commissioner, The St. John Ambulance Brigade, 8 Grosvenor Crescent, London, S.W. 1.

To the Superintendent-in-Chief. Madam, It is with pleasure that I submit to you this report on the work of the Nursing Corps and Divisions for the year 1947, for the first three months of which you, yourself, were in this country. H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester, as Deputy Commandant, Nursing Corps and Divisions, and H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Superintendentin-Chief for Wales, have again graciously shown their interest in the work of our Nursing personnel.

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H.M. the King has been graciously pleased to honour the following members by the award of the M.B.E. : Miss F. M. Tutte Miss C. Campbell Miss C.

Ensor

Miss V. M. Leather.

Corps Sup~rintenden~, Southampton Corps. Krughtsbndge Nursmg Division (for Welfare Service in S.E.A.C.). L~gton :r:-rursing Division (for Welfare and Civil' Ian Relief ServIces in S.E.A.C.). Swanage Nursing Division (for Civilian Relief Se ' . S.E.A.C.). rVlces m

.Mi~s P. Cooper .(Chingford Nursing Division) received "H M the Km g s firCom~andatIOn for Brave Conduct" in entering a min~fieid to ren d er st aId to an Italian civilian. INSPECTIO S.

· I had the hono~ o~ being present when H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent mspect~d No.1 DIstrIct. I accompanied th e Chief Commissioner wh ~~~a~?~~.ou~ the C.ounty Inspections in Cheshire, Norfolk, Herefordsh:: . ? mg am~hrr~, and was also present at the Buckinghamshire' shrre , and Blrmmgham County Inspections taken by the Directo; o mbulance. At each of the County Inspections I inspected the Nurs ' personnel. . mg .Mrs ..Giroua:-d, Assistant Superintendent-in-Chief accom an in ir g~~~a~d~;~, mspected ~h~ Nursing personnel in Northumgerl~nl and . the West ~dmg of Yorkshire, and was also present at th 50th annIversary celebratIOns of the Keighley and Barnold wick Corps. e

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PERSONNEL.

Nine new Nursing Divisions have been registered and it is encoura in to . gwasg · note 't blthat f IIthe . rate of disbandment of N u r' smg 'D'" IVlSIOns whIch mevi. a ..e 0 0.wrng. the war years, has decreased consid~rabl 1 DIVISIOns bemg dIsbanded in 1947 compared with 100' th y, ~n y 53 , m e preVIOUS year. The ~otai ftrength of the Nursing Corps and Divisions now stands at ~~~~~lIDa e y 24,000, an increase of nearly 6,000 over the pre-war BRIGADE DUTIES.

The usubal Brigade Duties continue to make an increasing demand upon mem ers. Hobspitahl Dutyl·-The. voluntary service in hospitals which Nursing bmem th ers M' ave . a ways gIven,contin u e s , an d h as'm no way' been superseded · y e mlstry of Health Part-time Nursing Scheme to which f ~o~d~fls~wh;re. That this is appreciated is shown by the factr~h~~e~~: member er 0 Weym?~t~ sent a personal letter to each of the five Hospita~ ~~;~egl~~~\~~VIStlil?n wpho gl a~e re~lar.assistance at the Isolation . . . an e ara YSIS epIdemIC. Nurs~ng A~d Serv~ce -The hel . personnel can give to the District N '. b .p W h'IC h our N ursmg N' '" urse IS ecommg better known. One W orcestershire ursrng DIVISIon records more than a hundred Nursing Aid D t' . u Ies m th e course of a year.

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Child Welfare Centres and Day and Residential Nurseries.-The regular attendance of members at these Centres and Nurseries is of great value to the responsible authorities and is much appreciated. Escort Duties .-Demands for escorts are increasing from Hospitals and in connection with Children's Organisations, such as the Church of England Children's Society. It is of interest to record that an Officer of the Scholes Cadet Nursing Division escorted a seriously ill patient from Leeds General Hospital by train and aeroplane to Switzerland. Blood Transfusion.-Many Divisions of the Brigade take an active part in the Blood Transfusion Services: for instance the Hereford Divisions are responsible for the whole organisation of this Service in the City, including regular sessions for the grouping and collection of blood, and for the care of the apparatus. Beach Huts.-Many seaside Divisions had a busy summer staffing the Beach Huts. At the Blackpool Promenade First Aid Post over 6,000 cases were treated, and Weymouth had one of the busiest seasons on record, 886 cases being dealt with and 642 lost children cared for. !II edical Comforts Depots.-Many hours of duty are given in connection with the Medical Comfort Depots and the Nursing Divisions are themselves responsible for more than 200 of these. Girl Guide Camps.-Once again, at the request of the Girl Guide Association, the Nursing Divisions provided First Aid Attendants for Camps, including those for the International Guide Folk Dance Festival. This was of mutual benefit; demonstrating to them the value of Brigade training, and introducing our members to camp life. vVelfare ervices .-It is not easy to give a resume of the many activities covered by the term" welfare ", but this is always understood by the Brigade to be an integral part of any ancillary Medical or Nursing Service. Floods.-The calls upon our members during the serious flooding which occurred in the early spring were numerous and exacting, particularly in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, and Lincolnshire. In many instances members were on duty from early morning until late into the night assisting with evacuation, feeding and clothing, and with the removal of sick persons to hospital. In some cases Divisional Headquarters were converted into temporary homes. Goswick Train Disaster.-A letter in appreciation of the excellent service rendered by the Berwick-on-Tweed Nursing Division in connection with the Goswick Train Disaster was received from the Chief Constable for Northumberland. The Divisional Superintendent and six members were quickly at the scene of the disaster and they continued their arduous work until the following day. Other members reported at the Berwick Hospital and carried out many hours of duty. RESIDE TIAL HOSPITAL DUTIES.

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH PART-TIME NURSING SCHEME .

Corps and Divisions. Over 100 county representatives attended and asked that a similar Conference should be held each year. The Nursing Corps and Divisions were well represented at the Headquarters Senior Officers' Week-end Conference at Hoddesdon, and were glad to welcome, as delegates, Lady Town and Mrs. Witcher, of the Brigade Overseas. . Mrs. Girouard and I attended the excellent Conference held In Harrogate, and welcomed the opportunity of meeting so many Officers from Regions I and II. I should like to express my appreciation of the valuable help which Miss Blyth, Assistant Secretary for Training, has given with the arrangements for the various Conferences.

This sch~m~ was launched by the Ministry in certain selected areas at t~e begmnmg of 19~7. ~h.e Brigade has provided many part-time n.ursmg volunteers and In addItIon has assisted with the general organisatIon and propaganda connected with the scheme. In East Su~olk the Local Authority appointed Miss Miller, the Brigade County N~rsmg Officer, as their Organiser: Wales, the West Riding of ~ orkshIre, <l:nd Kent are other areas where the response has been particularly satisfactory. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS.

. The Board of .Contr?l have expressed their appreciation of the assistance gIve~ bY:' the Bn~ade m ~esponse to their appeal for help in staffing Mental Institutions. ThIs need IS now being largely met by the Part-time Nursing Scheme and therefore further calls upon the Brigade are unlikely to be made. VOLU TARY AID DETACHME TS.

D~ring the year 15 se~vmg (Royal Navy

V.A:Ds. ~ere p~sted, making a total of 87 now 37, Inc1~dmg 2 In Hong Kong, 2 in Malta, and 3 In Ceylon; Army 50, of whIch number 10 are in B.A.O.R.). A c.~ from. the ~~iralt.y for 400 Naval V.A.Ds. resulted in an intensive recrUltmg drIve, mitIated In conjunction with the B.R.C. . So far only a small number of S~. J~hn members has volunteered, but it is hoped that as a result of thIS dnve many more members will come forward. CIVIL NURSING RESERVE.

The number of members serving with the Civil Nursing Reserve at the e~d o~ June was 1,609. These members continue to make a valuable contnbutIon to the hospitals. Three Red Stars (for a year's satisfactory service) were awarded before the .en~ of March, from which date such awards ceased to be given Dunng the ?t years for which Red ~tars Aw~rds were available Brigad~ members .gamed 7,399, and for the SIX years m which Blue Star Awards were available 87 were awarded. AIR UNIT.

Towards the end of t~e yea~ I a~tended the inaugural ceremony of the ~st St. John (BerkshIre) AIr Vmt. The Brigade is indebted to the foresIght of the County Commissioner a~d County Superintendent, and ~lso to t~e .County Surgeon and Mrs. Miles for their active co-operation m the trammg of these Air Attendants. The Division's first duty was undertaken by the Officer-in-Charge who at the request of the St: John and Red Cross Emergency Help Depart~ ment, transported a patient back from Switzerland. CONFERENCES.

By the courtesy of the Executive Officers of the Order a one-day Conference was held at St. John's Gate for Senior Officers of the Nursing

TRAINING COURSES.

It is encouraging to note the increased number of Training Courses arranged in the counties during the year. We, at Headquarters, have appreciated being consulted in the drawing ~p of the ,Programmes. Mrs. Girouard spoke at the Courses arranged m HampshIre, Northern Ireland and Somerset; Lady Brecknock at those in Essex and Nottingham. BRIGADE COMPETITIONS.

It gave particular pleasure to the Nursing Corps and Division~ that their Deputy Commandant, H.R.H. the Duc~ess of Glouce~t~r, gr~cIOusly consented to present the Trophies at the Bngade CompetItIon Fmals. The Nursing Divisions found in the reinstitution of th~ Finals a welcome opportunity for intensive training. It was encourag~g to. hear from Miss Read, Principal Matron Q.A.I.M.N.S., Dame Emily BlaIr, Matronin-Chief, B.R.C.S., and Miss Broadley, Assistant Matron of the London Hospital, who were kind enough to judge the nursing sections of .the Competitions, that they conside~ed the st~ndard ~f work to be hIgh. I should like to express my gratItude to MISS Harnson, Mrs. Falwasser (Chief Steward), Miss Workman (Assistant. Chief Steward)... and ~o all those who were kind enough to assist WIth the CompetitIOn FInals. OVERSEAS VISITS.

In the early part of the year, prior to the termina~ion of the Joint War Organisation, the Countess of Brecknock, Semor Staff Office.r, undertook a tour of inspection of Civilian Relief and Welfare Work m Austria, B.A.O.R., and Paris, visiting Displaced Persons' Camps, Clothing Distribution Centres, Hospitals, Convalescent Homes, and Rehabilitation Centres. While in Austria she had an interview with the Grand Prior of the Knights of Malta. OVERSEAS CIVILIAN RELIEF.

When the Joint War Organisation closed down at the end of J~ne it was agreed that the British R~d Cross Society should become respons~ble for the Civilian Relief Work In North-West Europe, but the SOCIety expressed the hope that Brigade members would continue to assist in this field. Our members, in co-operation with their B.R.C.S. colleagues,

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are doing magnificent work amongst the Germans and Displaced Persons, as well as in the Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centres, and Convalescent Homes in Germany. The total number of St. John personnel serving with Civilian Relief Units at 1st January, 1947, was : N.W. Europe Austria . Italy

33 (20 women, 13 men)

6 ( 5 women, 3 ( 3 women)

1 man)

By the end of the year this number had been reduced to :N.W. Europe

28 (18 women, 10 men)

Spe.cial mention should be made of the admirable work accomplished by MISS K. Rackham as supervisor in the Vienna area, where her drive and tact 0:rercame man):' difficultie~ ;. also of Miss M. Crosbie, in charge of Stores m the Austnan CommIssIOn, and of l\Iiss Russell-Roberts, Supervisor of Land Karnten. SERVICE HOSPITALS WELFARE DEPARTME T. The responsibili~y for this dep~rtI?ent was transferred during June, 1947,. from the Jomt War OrgamsatIon to the recently formed Service HospItals Welfare Committee, on which there is equal St. John and B.R.C.S. representation. A~ the request. of. the Service Ministries a permanent peace-time servIce has been mstItuted and the Department is fortunate in having Lady Brecknock as Deputy Chief Headquarters \i\Telfare Officer, for her experience and wise judgment have been invaluable in solving the many initial problems involved. The. overseas work ?f. this Department has been curtailed owing to the :VIthdraw~1 of BntIsh troops. During the year Miss Ensor was appomted ChI~f Welfare Officer in B.A.O.R., thus giving the Brigade two such appomtments as Miss de Mierre continued her excellent work in a similar capacity, under difficult conditions in S.E.A.L.F. At the end of 1947 there were 18 St. John Welfare Officers in Overseas Commands : M.E.

B.A.O.R. S.E.A.L.F.

6 4

C.M.F.

The Servic~ Hospitals Welfare work in the United Kingdom has expan~ed durmg the year an~ there are now 9 St. John Officers serving as R~sIdent Welfare. Officers m Army and R.A.F. Hospitals.

It IS proposed to mtroduce a recognised Training Scheme for Welfare Officers, carrying a S.lA.A./B.R.C.S. Certificate, but meanwhile members are receiving practical training under the direction of Miss P. Davey (St. John), at Queen Alexandra's Hospital, Horley. At the request of the Swiss Red Cross two Welfare Officers were appointed by the Department to look after the welfare of long-term patients under the Swiss Hospitality scheme. A St. John Officer, Miss Buckley, accompanied one of the parties out to Switzerland and remained in charge at Weggis, Lake Lucerne, where, during the course of the

summer, 120 convalescent patients were accommodated. Since her return to this country Miss Buckley has undertaken the work of Secretary to the Service Hospitals Welfare Committee. HOSPITAL LIBRARIES. The work of the Hospital Library Department of the Joint Committee of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Society has expanded and developed in all parts of the country during the past year, and a Hospital Librarian Certificate has been introduced by the S·lA.A./ B.R.C.S. Brigade members are assisting as Hospital Libra~ians ar: d have opened Depots in many parts of the country, and an mcreasmg number of members are interesting themselves in book binding. The Brigade has four Officers working at the Hospital Li~rarie~ He~d quarters, including a Mobile Librarian who has visited HOSPItal LIbranes and Depots in many counties. There are now two St. ; ohn n::embers posted as Resident Librarians in Service Hospitals in the Umted Kmgdom. A most successful Training Course for Hospital Library County Organisers was held at Ashridge in October at which Lady Brecknock was one of the speakers and the Brigade was well represented. AFTER-CARE AND EMERGENCY HELP SCHEME. The work of the After-Care and Emergency Help Departments of the J oint Committee of the Order of St. John and the British Red Cross Soci ty has increased during the past year. The En:ergency Hel~ Scheme now sends specially selected cases of T.B. ex-ServIcemen to SWItzerland for treatment. Brigade members in increasing numbers are working as After-Care and Emergency Help Visitors throughout the country, and ~he Officerin-Charge of the Naval Section at the After-Care Headquarters IS a member of the Brigade. ]or T COMMITTEE TRAINING SCHEME. Up to the end of 1947 twelve members of the Nursing Divisions had been successful in obtaining grants under the St. John and Red Cross Training cheme. This number includes a Canadian member whose award was an acknowledgement of the service given by the contingent of Canadian t. John members who worked for the lW.O. and C.N.R. during the war. . . . The careers for which these candIdates are studymg mclude those of State Registered Nurse, Almoner, Physiotherapist, Psychiatric Social Worker, and Social Service Worker. As Vice-Chairman of the Training Scheme Sub-Committee I have watched with pleasure the high standard of our St. John applicants. HOSPITAL CAR SERVICE. At the request of the Ministry of Health the Hospital Car S~rvice will definitely be the responsibility of the St. John Ambulance Bngade, the British Red Cross Society, and the W.V.S. until July, 1948.

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It has fallen to Mrs. Girouard to act as Brigade representative in the many negotiations with the Ministry and other Departments concerned, and to maintain the closest co-operation with the B.R.C.S. and the the W.V.S. In addition she has readily undertaken many journeys to different counties and her work has contributed much towards the smooth running of the scheme. The Brigade now organises this Service in ten counties in England and is also responsible for Northern Ireland, and has Area Transport Officers throughout the country. . A Conference for County Organisers, held in London, was well attended. The abolition of the basic petrol ration has resulted in more demands being made for Hospital Cars, but the increase of the mileage rate, from 3d. to 6d ., has assisted in recruitment. LIAISON WITH GOVERNME TAD OTHER COMMITTEES. Members of the Nursing Corps and Divisions represent the Order/ Brigade on the following Committees : British Council for Rehabilitation-Council and Rehabilitation Committee . British Council for Welfare of Spastics Central Council for Health Education. Civil Nursing Reserve Advisory Council . Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad National Advisory Council for the Recruitment of Nurses and Midwives. National Council of Social Service . Women's Group on Public Welfare National Old Peoples' Welfare Foster Parents. . . . . British National Committee of the International Conference on Social Service. Queen's Institute of District Nursing . Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Home Safety Committee Women's Voluntary Services : Ad visory Council . . General Purposes Committee

The Countess of Brecknock. The Hon . Mrs. Leslie Gamage. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputising). The Countess of Brecknock (Deputising) . Miss M. C. Cochrane. The Hon . Mrs. Leslie Gamage. Doreen, Lady Brabourne. Miss M. Tuckwell. Miss M. Tuckwell. The Countess of Brecknock. Mrs. Falwas§er. :Mrs. Huntington. Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputising). Lady Dunbar-Nasmith (Deputising).

Among the many Conferences at which the Brigade was represented by a member of the Nursing Corps and Divisions were : International Conference on Maternity and Child Welfare held in London. " Commonwealth and Empire Health and Tuberculosis Conference" (National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis), held in London. Joint Conference of Women's Group on Public Welfare and Standing Conference of Women's Organisations, held in London. " The Health Visitor in a Comprehensive Health Scheme" (Royal College of Nursing), held at Gloucester. Open Conference of Public Health and Industrial Nursing (Royal College of Nursing), held in Sheffield. " ~ublic. Health Nurse and the Social Worker" (Royal College of Nursing), held 10 Lelcester. " Rehabilitation" (British Council for Rehabilitation), held in Nottingham.

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WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE. This Committee met twice during 1947 and gave much thought to many controversial problems concerning the pre~ent and future work of the Nursing personnel. I, personally, ha~e receIved the greatest help from the members of this Committee, for whIch I am more t~an gratefu.l, and feel that the able manner in which they represent the VIews of theIr Regions should be recorded. A~ the end of the year Regional ballots took place to elect the RepresentatIves for 1948-9 : RESIGNATIONS. During the year the following County Superintendents' resignations were received with regret : Miss G. E. Partridge Miss A. Jacklin Mrs. E. J . nderson Miss W. Gibson . Lady Dawson of Penn

Leicestershire N.R. Yorkshire Northumberland ottinghamshire Buckinghamshire

39 years' Brigade Service. 37" 35" 27" 6"

It will be seen that four of them have a particularly long ~ec?rd of service and the Brigade is grateful to these Officers for contmumg to carry out their duties throughout the war years when so many heavy demands were made upon them. We were sorry that Lady Dawson, who e contacts with the Medical Profession we had so much valued, was obliged to resign under doctor's orders.

CO CLUSIO It is difficult to give adequate expression to the grati~ude I feel for the loyal support which, in your absence, I have receIved from the Nursing Corps and Divisions. . . . The Chief Commissioner's deep mterest ill all matters concernmg.these Division has been much valued. Further, his patient understandmg of any problems on which I have sought his ruling has been of great help to me personally. 'bil' pon Mrs. Girouard there has falle,n. extra work and responsl Ity during your absence overseas. Her willmg and cheerful acceptance of this has been a real encouragement to a~ of us at ~eadquart~rs. ~n addition to her unfailing support as ASSIstant Supenntendent-m-Ch.lef I am grateful to her for taking off my shoulders all work connected w.Ith the Hospital Car Service, Emergency Help and After-Care, and HospItal Libraries. . Miss Harrison has again added another year of devo.ted ser-yIc.e to her Brigade record. You, I know, realise w?~t.great asslstan~e It IS to have as Secretary of the Nursing Corps and DIVlSlOns e whose Judgment is held in such high regard by all members of the Bngade. The happy spirit and mutual co-operation prevailing among the Headquarters Staff under her charge is a further tribute to her. .' Your Senior Staff Officer, Lady Brecknock, has taken an illcreasmg part in the work of Headquarters. H~r experience ~nd ~lear grasp. of essential matters has been of great aSSIstance, especIally m connectIon

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with approaches to various Ministries. It is a pleasure to hear how much our Welfare Officers appreciate her interest in each of them personally. My Staff Officer, Miss Longden, has dealt most efficiently with an ever-increasing volume of work. Her care and attention to detail and clarity of expression has been of much help to those setting out matters for publication and is of the very greatest assistance to me personally. Although Miss Cunard presents a separate report on the Cadet side, I should like to mention that I consider the happy relationship which she and her Department have established with the County Cadet Officers (N) has. reflected itself throughout the Cadet movement and is largely responsIble for the increase in Cadet Nursing Divisions. To all the Headquarters Staff of the Nursing Corps and Divisions, as well as to those whom I have mentioned by name, I express my grateful thanks for a further year of unselfish service on behalf of the Brigade. Judging by my visits of Inspection, attendance at Conferences, and conversations with individual members, it is evident that there is now a definite realization that the new Health Services will increase the calls made upon the Nursing Divisions. This has stimulated interest generally and resulted in an increased demand for specialised training, which many of the counties have themselves provided by means of week-end Courses and Conferences. You would be touched, Madam, if you knew of the many inquiries made on your behalf and of the pleasure expressed when it is known that, in spite of your being in India and the volume of your work there, you still keep in touch with the activities of the Brigade through special detailed monthly reports. In ~onclusior: .it sh?uld be recorded that, in spite of no lightening of a~s~e:lty cond~tlOns m the home, members of the Nursing Corps and DIvlslOns contmue to uphold the traditions of St. John by unselfish service to their neighbours, and I feel that you, Madam, may well be proud of that spirit. I have the honour to be,JMadam, Your Deputy, JUSTINA DUNBAR-NASMITH.

Report of the Acting Chief Officer, Ambulance Cadets. To the Chief Commissioner. Sir, I have the honour to submit my Report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Ambulance Cadets for the y~ar ~nding D~cember, 1947. . atisfactory progress has been mamtamed dunng the year. Thlrtyeight new Divisions were registered with a personnel of 695. ~en t~e Returns are complete the figures will be included as an appendlX to thIS Report. I took over the office of Acting Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets on 1st Augu t from Major P. G. Darvil-Smith, C.B.E., to whom the grateful thanks of the Ambulance Cadet Department are due for his five years of successful leadership during which the numbers of Ambulance Cadets rose by ov r 20 per cent. CADET NATIONAL FINAL COMPETITIONS. Her Royal Highness the Duchess ?f Ken~ graciously 1?r.esented the trophies and prizes at the first NatlOnal Fmals CompehtlOns on the 28th Nov mber. The following cups were presented to the winners : The White-Knox Cup The ew Zealand Cup The Schooling Cup ] arvis Cup

Senior Individual Junior Individual

Horsham Ambulance Cadet Division. Horsham Ambulance Cadet Division. Southwick Ambulance Cadet Division. Frickley Colliery Ambulance Cadet Division.

THE CADET ADVI ORY A D OTHER COMMITTEES. Quarterly meetings were held which were excellently attended, ~s w~ll as the three new ub-Committees set up during the year, as detailed m the Chief Officer Nursing Cadets' Report. There has been a noticeable increase in activity and in the number of meetings of the Regional Cadet Advisory Committees. I have represented the Ambulance Cadets. O? the foll?wing Brigade Committees: Brigade Sub-Committee, PublIcIty CommItt~e, and ~he Training Investigation Sub-Committee, and on the fo.llowmg outSIde bodies and meetings: The Standing Conference of N a~lOnal Volun~ary Youth Organizations, The 18-30 Conference, The NatlOnal Council of Social ervice, The Howard League for Penal Reform, The Hansard Society, and at the various receptions for German. Youth .Leader~ and Burmese Students, sponsored by the National Council of SOCIal Servlce. CONFERENCE. The Annual County/Area Cadet Officers' Conference was held on the 29th March at which the Ambulance Cadets were well represented. Further details are included in the Report of the Chief Officer Nursing Cadets.

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REPORT OF THE ACTING CHIEF OFFICER, AMBULANCE CADETS.

AWARDS.

INSPECTIONS.

Grand Prior Badges for 1947 total 30. pecial Service Shields for 1947 total 21.

Major Darvil- mith as Acting Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets attended inspections at Birmingham, Bristol, and Derby. I attended the 21st Anniversary Celebrations of the Brighouse Ambulance Cadet Divisions and subsequently inspected the Ambulance and Nursing adets in the outh-Vvest Area of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

TRANSFERS TO ADULT DIVISIONS.

A record number of Ambulance Cadets numbering 313 in all transferred during the year to Adult Divisions. An attempt has been made to increase this number by encouraging Cadet Superintendents to have Cadet registered with Adult Divisions before conscription and then to maintain close contact with them in order to foster their interest in Brigade affairs during their period of service with His fajesty's Forces. U IFORM.

I t has been resolved to retain the existing uniform as the standard dress for Cadet Divisions. Orders have, howev r, been published regularizing the wearing of a modified uniform as long as the present clothing shortage lasts. CAMPS.

Thirty-two applications were received for camps this year and ten for mixed camps. Although the applications were less than for 19,16 the actual number of Ambulance Cadets camping for the year wa greatly increased as many of the counties preferred to hold large County or Area Camps in order to tide over the officer shortage and to give instruction to more junior Officers in Camp Craft in preparation for the Camping Warrant. I visited camps at Northaw (Hertfordshire) and Blue nchor (Somerset) at both of which French children from the Societe National de Chemins de Fer Fran<;ais were being entertained. I al 0 visit d Guildford Park, Isle of Wight (Buckinghamshire), and Ruthin, North \Val s (Herefordshire), and a Camping Course for Cadet Officers of No.1 District, Southern Area, at Polsden Lacey. At the Bexhill Standing Camp to which I also went Ambulance Cadets were present from as far away as Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire. ~he effect of the introduction of the Camping Warrant has been greatly to mcrease the interest of Cadet Officers in this subject.

YOUTH CONFERENCES.

S repr sentative of the Ambulance Cadets on the Standing Conference of National Voluntary Youth Organizations I have been impressed by report that have reached the National Committee of the activities of t. John ad t Officer on the local Standing Conference. On the new 18-30 Conference Miss Nevile has now replaced me as repre entative for the Cadet 10vement. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

During the y ar clo e liai on has been established with the Welfare Department of the French Railway which resulted in the visit of French children to this country. Twenty-five went to Blue Anchor in om rset, wh re the amp was run by County uperintendent Dr. Gladys Danby, ev n to Northaw under County Cadet Officer Henderson-Smith, and 011 to tay with families in Nottinghamshire. It had been arranged for many more to come over, but the infantile paralysis scare interrupted the arrangements. The Blue nchor Camp was honoured by a visit from tll hi f Officer of the \ eHare epartments of the Societe Nationale de h min d } er Fran<;ais, Ionsieur Marcel Mollion, and other high official f the French Railway. Full reports of the exchange arrangements app ared in both the French and Engli h Press. In return 120 t. John ad ts have been invited to France for 1948. TIlE CADET.

A regular Headquarters page has now been incorporated in~o the Cadet J.1 agazine giving d tails of any new developments or expenments in the Movement as a whole. The circulation of the Magazine has risen steadily, but for the greatest measure of support to be obtained more publicity is needed in countie .

COURSES AND MEETI GS.

I visited and spoke at the following Courses: Amersham Theoretical Camp Training Course, H.Q. County/Area Cadet Officers' Conference at Amersham, No.4 Region Cadet Officers' Training Course at Glemham (Suffolk), No. 1 District Eastern Area Course at Southend, vViltshire Cadet N.C.O. Course at Salisbury, and at Officers' Meetings at Sheffield and Oxford. TRAINl G.

T~e :-esponse to Training Courses generally has been most gratifying, and It IS. clear t?at Ca~et Officers of all ranks are alive to the necessity o~ ever Improvmg theIr knowledge if Cadet Divisions are to reach as hIgh a standard of efficiency as branches of other National Youth Organiza tions.

CONCLUSIO

I should like to thank all County and Area Cadet Officers for their k enness and co-operation during the past year. The Cadet Movement has become increasingly aware of its corporate identity and of its duty to the community inside the framevwrk of the Youth ervice. At the same time it is fulfilling it obligations to the par nt Brigade by providing an increasing annual complement of Cadets to swell the ranks of the Adult Divisions. I have the honour to be, lr, Your obedient ervant, GUTHRIE MOIR. Act i ng Clz ief Officer A 111,bul aJ1 ce Cadet.s .

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OFFICER, NURSING CADETS.

Report of the Chief Officer, Nursing Cadets To the Chief Commissioner. Sir, ~ have the. honour to ~u~I?it my report of the St. John Ambulance Bngade Nursmg Cadet DIVlslOns for the year ending December, 1947. The Returns for the past year are included in the Chief Commissioner's report.

ROYAL VISIT TO CADET NATIONAL FINAL COMPETITIONS. H.R.H ..the D~chess of Kent was graciously pleased to att nd the C<l:det NatlOnal Fmal Competitions, which took place for the first time thIS year, at t~e Royal Horticultural Hall on Thursday, 28th November. After presentmg. the trophies and prizes Her Royal Highness congratulat~d the :-vmners, and expressed her admiration for the splendid wo!k bemg carned out ~y the C<l:det Branch of the t. John mbulance Bngade, and her best wIshes for ItS success in the future. The following cups were presented to the winners of the competitions : The Mountbatten Cup

Senior Group

The Dunbar-Nasmith Cup

Junior Group

Senior Individual Cup The Cunard Cup

Presented by Major White-Knox, O.B.E. Junior Indi vid uals

The Tweedale Trophy

Home Nursing

The Bedmaking Trophy

Presented by Major Darvil Smith, C.B.E.

Weymouth Student ·ursing Division. Ips~ch Cadet Nursing DiviSIOn.

Weymouth Student Division. Warwick Town Cadet Division. Wanvick Town Cadet Division. South Wigston Cadet Division.

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COMMITTEES. Cadet Advisory Committee.-This year has again proved a very busy one for the Cadet Advisory Committee, and much useful work has been done. There has been a record attendance at this Committee throughout the year, and my grateful thanks are due to the members many of whom have had to travel long distances. ' Owing to the volume of work the following Sub-Committees have been set up:1. Camping Sub-Committee. 2. Manual Revision Sub-Committee. 3. Competitions Sub-Committee.

all of which are proving most valuable. .1 hav.e also .represented the ~ursing Cadets on the following Commltt~e~ . Bng~de Sub-CommIttee, Women's Advisory Committee Pubhclty CommIttee, R egulations Revision Sub-Committee, Training

Investigation Sub-Committee, Insurance Sub-Committee, and Uniform Sub-Committee. INSPECTIONS. During the year I attended Inspections at Keighley, Bamoldswick, Bradford, Manchester, and Chippenham. I was also present at a Concert Party given by Wiltshire Cadets at Chippenham, and an entertainment organized by Cadets in the Eastern Area of London, both of which showed great originality. COURSES. I attended and spoke at the Headquarter County/Area Cadet Officers' Conference at Amersham, No.4 Regional Cadet Officers' Training Course at Glenham ( uffolk), and the Senior Officers' Conference at Hoddesdon (Hert ). CONFERENCE. At the Annual County/ Area Cadet Officers' Conference held on 29th larch, at the Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Street (by kind permission of the Master and Wardens), the Chief Commissioner, Sir Clive Liddell, was in the Chair, and introduced the speakers, who were Mr. David Hardman, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Mr. A. W. Oyl r, O.B.E., Chairman of the Standing Conference of National Voluntary Youth Organization, and the Deputy Superintendent-in-Chief, Lady Dunbar-Nasmith, O.B.E. Among the individual reports which were received from the counties a number of very interesting accounts of help rendered by Cadets in the areas of England which were flooded during the earlier part of the year were received. CAMPS. Twenty-eight Nursing Cadet Camps were held in 1947, and a concentrated effort to raise the standard of camping throughout the Cadet Organization has been made during the year. A Camping Sub-Committee was set up at Headquarters in February, and an effort was made to find suitably qualified people to appoint as Regional Camp Advisors (subsequently it was found more practicable to appoint County Camp Advisors). A a result of this Committee the first Residential Camping Conference was held at Woodrow High House, Amersham, in April. It was recommended by this Conference, and approved by the Chief Commissioner, that a St. John Camping Warrant should be inaugurated, for which a specified period of training was laid down. Sixteen Officers have since qualified for the vVarrant, and it is hoped that a much larger number will gain the Warrant next year. We are again most grateful for the help given us in Camp Training by the Girl Guide Association and the Central Council of Physical Recreation. I personally inspected Camps at Guildford, Potters Bar, Bexhill-onSea, Ruthin, and Blue Anchor. During the summer several counties participated in a Camp Exchange System between Cadets and children of the Societe National des Chemins de Fer Franyais, which proved most successful.

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PUBLICITY. In November we were fortunate in securing the co-operation of the Gaumont British News, who sent a representative to film the Cadet National Final Competitions. A short feature of this was subsequently shown on the Gaumont and Odeon Circuits throughout the country. Miss Joan Gilbert, Editor of Picture Page, weekly series on television, invited the Weymouth Student Nursing Division, winners of the Mountbatten Cup, to re-enact an abbreviated version of the original test at Alexandra Palace on 3rd December. The Students were assisted by a team from the Highbury Ambulance Cadet Division. Cadet B tty Matthews, winner of the American Trophy, was later interviewed by Miss Gilbert, and to close the item I was asked to give a brief account of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadet Movement. In December one of our Cadets from Jersey, Margaret Nicolle, received the honour of being invited to represent the Youth of Jersey, and to accompany the Bailiff, Sir Alexander Coutanche, to a party giv n by H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. During her stay I was asked to accompany Margaret Nicolle to the Home Office, and later to attend a dinner party given by the Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede, at the House of Commons. cUPS (NATIONAL). At the close of the Cadet Final Competitions H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent graciously presented the American Cadet Trophy to Cadet Betty Matthews, of the Littlehampton Cadet Nursing Division, for outstanding gallantry in rescuing a 9-year-old boy from drowning last summer. The Cadet Music Cup, kindly presented by Miss Jan Kenison and Sir Adrian Boult, was awarded this year to Cadet Joyce Yates, of the Arthur Faire Cadet Nursing Division, Leicester. The runner-up was Cadet Thelma Brown, of the Leamington Spa C'}det Nursing Division, Warwickshire. The Cadet Author's Cup, kindly presented by Miss Barbara Cartland, was awarded this year to Cadet Alison Marchant, of the Seaford Cadet Nursing Division, Sussex, together with the Token Cup, kindly given by Lord Luke. Cadet Thelma Child, of Belvedere Cadet Nursing Division No. 1 District, was awarded second prize, and Cadet Dorothy Coffin, of Neston Cadet Nursing Division, Wiltshire, third. SPECIAL SERVICE SHIELDS. In January, 1946, a Badge, to be known as the Special Service Shield, was introduced for Cadets who do 200 hours or more of voluntary service in hospitals, day nurseries, as messengers at ambulance stations, or for doctors, nurses, etc. This Shield has proved a great attraction to Cadets, and 77 were awarded during this year. GRAND PRIOR'S BADGE. During the year 180 Nursing Cadets were awarded the Grand Prior's Badge.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OFFICER, NURSING CADETS.

CONCLUSION. M rateful thanks are due to all County and Are~ Cadet Officers and ~lAcers of Cadet Divisions, without whom the consIderable 'progress shown in the Cadet Movement in 1947 would not have been possIble. I would also like to thank personally my Staff Office~s Lady ~oyra haw Mrs Huntington who was appomted ASSIstant B rowne an d Mrs. S " '. d S etary Staff Officer in January, 1947, Lady Rose. Banng, an my ecr , Miss D. Jones, all of whom have given therr most loyal support to the Movement throughout the year. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your 0 bedien t servant, VIRGINIA CUNARD, Chief Officer, N~trsing Cadets.

REpORT FOR

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR WALES I have the honour to present a summary of the activities of the Priory for Wales during the year 1947. BRIGADE STREl GTH.

!he n:ost promising feature of the summary of membership of the Bngade m Wales as at the 31st December, set out below, is an increase of 503 Cadets, although the total strength of 15,200 is 442 down on the p~e,??us year. Only on: Cadet Ambulance and one Cadet Nursing DlvislOn were formed, agamst which 18 Ambulance, 10 Nursing, 13 Cadet Ambulance, and 8 Cadet Nursing Divisions were disbanded as inactive units. MEN. Headquarters Staff Commissioners. . Assistant Commissioners County Surgeons. . Assistant County Surgeons County Officers Corps Officers . Divisional Officers N.C.O.s Privates Total

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5 19 30 14 6

59 201 815 759 4,837 6,745

Boys. Cadets (including Officers) UNITS. Corps. . . . Ambulance Divisions . Nursing Divisions. . Cadet Ambulance Divisions Cadet Nursing Divisions

Headquarters Staff County Superintendents County Officers Corps Officers Divisional Officers .C.O.s . Am bulance Sisters

Total .

5 9 27 37 370 6

1,751

2,267

\V ALES.

at Colwyn Bay, the respective Commissioners for Carmarthenshire and West Denbighshire being responsible for the arrangements: . Nursing members rendered an aggregate of 2,948 hours duty ~t child welfare clinics, 8,147 hours at hospitals, 2,440 hours at nursenes, and 2983 hours at blood transfusion centres. They served as attendants on 1'060 ambulance removals. The maintenance of Medical Comforts Depots, reported on below, is carried out mainly by nursing members and represents a large contribution of service. The returns show no more than four V.A.D. members serving on the 31st December and 163 immobile C.N.R. members. The Nursing Exhibitions arranged under the auspices of the Ministries of Health and Labour presented excellent opportunities !or pub~icity. Ambulance and Cadet members co-operated with Nursmg Umts m giving demonstrations of first aid and home nursing at these gatherings. The volume of voluntary services rendered by Brigade per~onnel during the war was re-echoed in the award during ~ 946 ~f t~e Cerhfic~te of Thanks bearing the facsimile signat':lres. of TheIr M~J~sbes the Kmg and Queen, issued by the War OrgamzatIon for a mmimum of 1,000 hour' part-time or two years' full-time service. The number of Welsh members who received the award was 3,842. The time has not yet arrived when the Priory can embark upon the organisation of Training Courses in Wales, though the future holds good prospect for such development . Meanwhile, a number of Senior and Cadet Officers have enjoyed the privilege of attendance at H~adquar.ter Course and Conferences, which they have found a source of msplratlOn and guidance. CADET DEVELOPMENTS.

3,608 52 297 159 167 120

GIRLS. Cadets (including Officers) PERSONNEL. Men Women Boys Girls Total

2,580 6,745 2,267 3,608 2,580 15,200

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.

The significance of a decrease in numbers is offset by an increase in the. record of vo.luntary services rendered. The 59,660 cases treated by semor members IS 270 more than in 1946; and the 10,467 cases removed by ambulance to hospital or home is 1,213 greater. These figures do not rela~e to the Priory's Ambulance Transport Service reviewed below. AssIstance was rendered in 1,161 road accidents. Brigade members maintained 8 first aid road huts and 61 road boxes and staffed 6 beach huts. There has been a ready response in all areas to calls for routine public duty, comprising attendance at indoor and outdoor entertainment and sports gatherings, public parades, and annual gatherings, such as the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelly and the National Eisteddfod of Wales

The Cadet Advisory Committee met at Priory House towards the close of the year and appointed two Ex:cutive Co~tte~s,. one for North and one for South Wales, which will be meetmg penodically to further Cadet interests. Undoubtedly the junior service organisations represent a strong counter attraction and the fail~re t~ obtain. from the Board of Trade any coupon concession on Cadet umform IS a formIdable deterrent. Nevertheless, some progress has been made in numbers and there is no lack of enthusiasm among Cadets, who are carrying out some really useful services. Nursing Cadets carried out 258 hours' duty in hospitals and 168 hours in nurseries. The Grand Prior's Cadet Badge was gained by three Cadets, namely : Cadet Corporal Colin Mold, Celynen Collieries (Pentwynmawr) Cadet Ambulance Division. Cadet Corporal Dennis Whitcombe, Blaenavon Cadet Ambulance Division. Cadet Ena Frances \Villiams, Tredegar Cadet Nursing Division. The importance attached to Cadet achievement was recognized by having the presentation of badges by the Prior at General Assembly on the 19th June. Some very successful camps were arranged by Cadet Officers in various parts of the country, good reports having been re.ceived from those held at St. Athan, St. Nicholas, Towyn, Kewstoke, Govilon, and Symonds Vat.

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REPORT FOR WALES.

The Priory has direct representation upon the Standing Conference for vVales of Voluntary Youth Organisations and is represented on the local county conferences. Its recommendation that Youth Organisations should promote contacts between their branches and German Youth Clubs has been tried out in three Cadet Divisions in Wales with satisfactory results-a number of members having become firm" pen friends" with the" adopted" youth groups.

At the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Colwyn Bay, ambulance work was a prominent feature of the ~eek's pro~amme .. There were large entries for eight events for trophIes vested m the PrIory Trustees b?th for open competition and for teaI?s of men, women, boys, and grrls resident in Wales and Monmouthshrre. In the first post-war competition for the Harry Webb Cup fo~ Welsh Railway teams held at the City Hall on the 6th November, CardIff Bute Docks Team won the trophy for the Great Western Railway for the twelfth time.

BRIGADE INSPECTIO

The Commissioner for Wales, accompanied by the Assistant Lady Superintendent for Wales, conducted inspections of the units of the Montgomeryshire County at Welshpool, the Neath County Area at Neath, the Caernarvonshire County at Bangor, Caerphilly County Area at Ystrad Mynach, Bridgend and District Corps at Porthcawl, Llynfi Valley Corps at Maesteg, and Aberavon County Area at Pyle. The Assistant Commissioner for Wales, accompanied by his wife, who is the Lady County Superintendent for Monmouthshire and Chief Officer Nursing Cadets Wales, inspected the Islwyn Corps at Tredegar, the South Wales Border Corps at Abergavenny, and the Rhymney Valley Corps at Abertysswg. The Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales, with his wife, Lady County Superintendent for Glamorgan, inspected the Divisions in the Borough of Merthyr Tydfil at Dowlais and the Pontypridd Corps at Treforest. The Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief carried out the inspection of the West Monmouth Corps at Abertillery, and the Western Valley Corps at Risca. The Silurian County Area inspection was conducted by the Director of Ambulance, the Rhondda Divisions by the Commissioner for Brecknockshire, the Commissioner for Carmarthenshire carried out the inspection of three corps in his county, and the Barry and District Corps was inspected by the Assistant Commissioner for Barry County Area. The Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets, who in company with the Chief Officer Nursing Cadets, inspected a Cadet parade in Cardiff Castle grounds, conducted inspections of the Aberdare County at Mountain Ash, the Newport County at Tredegar Park, and Avon Llwyd Corps and Pontypool and District Corps at Pontypool. AMBULANCE COMPETITIONS.

There were no Welsh Brigade Final Competitions held in 1947, as the teams which were successful in the competitions held towards the end of 1946 had won the right to represent Wales in the first post-war competitions for the Brigade at Home held in London on the 13th June, 1947 (Senior), and 27th and 28th November, 1947 (Cadet), when they were placed as under : Tredegar Ambulance Team Newport (Mon.) Nursing Team . .. Duffryn Aman Ambulance Cadet Team (Junior) Treharris Nursing Cadet Team (Junior).

6th 11 th 4th 8th

It has been decided to arrange in future years for an interval of not more than two months between the Welsh Brigade Competitions and the Brigade Finals in London.

SERVICE MEDALS AND BARS.

During the year, 134 Service Medals and ~7 Ba::s were awarded, bringing the number of such awards to the Bngade m W~les to 1,643 Service Medals, 698 First Bars, 281 Second Bars, 125 ThIrd Bars, 40 Fourth Bars, 8 Fifth Bars, and 1 Sixth Bar. MILITARY HOSPITALS RESERVE.

The six reservists named below qualified in 1946 for the M.H.R. Brooch, awarded for twelve years' efficient service : Resolven Division Sergeant R. J. Llewellyn . " F. R. Langdon Private W. C. Langdon W. H. Christopher E . Parsons C. A. Mann.

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MEDICAL COMFORTS DEPOTS.

There are 159 Depots operating under the Priory for Wales, an ~crease of 13 on 1946. During the year four Depots ceased to functlOn and 17 new ones were set up. Further expansion is dependent UPo? the policy to be adopted by the local au~horities in the im~lementatIon. of their responsibilities under the NatIonal. Healt~ SerVlce Act whIch comes into force in July, 1948, where.by nursmg eSlUlpme~t and apparatus must be made available to the publIc on loan WIth or WIthout payme~t. Negotiations are in progre~s ~ith the. ~uthorities t~roughout Wales WIth a view to the use of the eXIstmg provIslOn and partIcularly the voluntary services of the personnel now running the Depot~. ~t least the future of the Priory House Depot, which has b.een mamtamed as 12art of. the headquarter administration since 1921, IS s~feguarded and w~ contmue to operate along the usual lines. Fr?m thIS Depot 1,55~ artIcles were issued during 1947-117 more than m 1946-the total Issues from all Depots in Wales being 15,911, which is an increase of 940 on the figure for the previous year. MOTOR AMBULA CE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

As from 1st January, 1947, the National Coal Boar~ accepted liab~ity for contracts previously operating between Compames and the PrIo.ry in respect of 170 collieries in the South Wales c?alfield; and 17 .compames (steel, tinplate, railway, quarries, etc.) contmued t? subscnbe to the service. The aggregate number of employees covered m these two groups

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of c?ntracts is 54,000. Subscriptions from 164 Colliery Lodges and other bodIes of workm~n secured the availability of ambulance transport to a t~~al m~mb,:r~hI~ ~f 31,000 and t~eir dependants. In addition 45 groups of outsIde mdiVIduals numbenng 7,500 subscribed. The contracts with four local authorities and one general hospital were renewed. The increasing demand for ambulance transport reflected in the figures for ~ubsequent years is again emphasized in the increase of 1,942 cases carned an~ 19,679 miles travelled in 1947 when 28,597 removals, involving a ~otal mIleage of 500,072, brought the number of patients carried in Pnory ambulances since the inception of the service to 347 896 the mileage during the twenty-eight years being 6,069,746. " Twenty-three co-ordinated ambulance stations in South \Vales are served by 28 ordinary ambulances and 4 limousine type for long distances employing a total full-time staff of 52. ' Fiv~ .converted ambul~nces \~ere put into operation during 1946, compnsmg 3 ex-\Var ServIce Austms and 2 ex-War Organisation vehicles.

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BEDFORD SHIRE County President: THE RIGHT HON. LORD LUKE OF PAVENHAM, D.L., J.P.

Coun ty Commissioner County Superintendent County Officer . County Cadet Officer County Treasurer County Secretary . . Corps Officer (Cadet Duties)

Lady County President: LADY STEWART. W. C. KNIGHT, M.B.E., 1, Dynevor Road, Bedford. Miss A. G. MAYHEW, 21, Rosamond Road, Bedford. W. T. KNIGHT, 14, High Street, Olney, Bucks. Miss :M. L. MARTI , 16, St. Michael's Road, Bedford. E. LUCAS, 20, Clapham Road, Bedford. E. H. L. STONEBANKS, 8, Beresford Road, Bedford. H. HARTWELL, 11, Stewartby, Nr. Bedford.

Northern Area County Surgeon Area Cadet Officer Corps Officer (Special Duties)

H. W. ROUND, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Turvey.

County Surgeon County Officer. . . Corps Officer (Special Duties)

J. KELSALL THOMAS, M.B., CH.B., 24, West Street, Dunstable.

CONCLUSIO • .

There have been reactions to the far-reaching reform of the National Heal.th Services ~mbodied in the Act of 1946. The Ambulance Transport SerVIce and MedIcal Comforts Depots of the Priory are affected by the new powers to be conferred upon Local Health Authorities as from the appointed day, viz. 5th July, 1948. Negotiations with the Counties and Coun~y Boro~ghs of Wales have resulted in agreements of a prepond~ratmgly satIsfactory character. In many respects greater responsibilities will have to be assumed during a transitional period in the cour e of which the pattern of State control takes shape to the encouragement or detriment of v?lunt~ry organizations. It is to be hoped that the spirit of altruistic serVIce will be preserved as a fundamental element in the life of a community grown great through the freely willed exertions of the ordinary citizen in pursuit of his ideals. JOHN H. BRUCE, Principal Secretary and Commissioner for TVales.

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G. PARSONS,S, Oldfield Road, Bedford.

Southern Area W. H. WEATHERHEAD, 4, Dumfries Street, Dunstable. R. ELLISON, 84, Oakley Road, Luton.

BERKSHIRE County President I .MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN DUNCAN, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O. County o.ffice 318, King's Road, Reading. County Commissioner Assistant County Commissioner County Surgeon County Superintendent County Officers.

County Cadet Officers

C. A. POOLE, M.A., 318, King's Road, Reading. F. A. C. JARVIS, 29, Radstock Road, Reading. Dr. A BUCHANAN BARBOUR, O.B.E., "Halloween Cookham, Dean. The Hon. Mrs. LESLIE GAMAGE, Foxhill, Earley, Reading. H. F. SKIDMORE, 32-1, Tilehurst Road, Reading. C. F. T. ROLFE, 2, Gordon Villas, \Vokingham. Miss D. K. GIBBINS, 33, South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading. Lady SPICKERNELL, Deane, Kintbury, Nr. Newbury. W. G. THOMAS, 69, Edgehill Street, Reading. Mrs. J. S. F. MONTAGU-PUCKLE The Oaks, Coopers Hill Eversley, Hants. II

BIRMINGHAM County 0.Jfice 1 100, Lionel Street, Birmingham, 3. W. E. BALLARD, A.M.I.C.E., F.R.C.I.S., 137, Kenilworth Court, A/County Commissioner Hagley Road, Binningham, 16. Dr. D. J. NICOL, M.C., 270, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham, County Surgeon 16. Mrs. P. H. LEE, J.P.,!, Augustus Road, Birmingham, 15. County Superintendent J. A. SIMPSON, 294, Sarehole Road, Birmingham, 28. County Officers (Secretary) . Mrs. F. J. M. FREW, 100, Lionel Street, Birmingham, 3. Mrs. M. SMALLEY BAKER, 99, Harborne Road, Birmingham, 15.

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F. H. GRIFFITHS, Midland Bank, Newhall Street, Birmingham,3. Dr. ]. G. BILLINGTO , 7, Westfield Hall, Hagley Road Birmingham, 16. ' Mrs. NICOL, 270, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham, 13. ]. E. :MATTHEWS, 304, Bordesley Green Road E., Birmingham, 9. Major S. E. HART, 18 Wye Cliff Road, Birmingham, 20. H. V. GARDINER, 26, Pitmaston Court, Goodby Road Birmingham,13. '

BRISTOL County Preside??,t I THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G., G.c.v.O., P.C. County Office I St. John Headquarters, Unity Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, 2. County Commissioner

N. S. B. VINTER, M.B., B.S., 267, Soundwell Road, Kingswood, Bristol. County Surgeon H. M. GOLDING, D.F.C., M.B., CH.B., 10, Barton Hill Road Barton Hill, Bristol,S. ' County Superintendent Mrs. H. L. BURGESS, Hereford House, CliHon Park, Clifton, Bristol, 8. Assistant County Commissioner G. J ..CREECH, M.R.SAN.I., 16, Lodgeside Avenue, Kingswood, and County Secretary. Bnstol. County Officers (Treasurer) J. F. SMITH, St. Kenya, Knightcott Road, Abbotts Leigh. C. GRIBBLE, B.E.M., 7, Stanley Road, Redland, Bristol, 6. H. A. WENT, L. 1.S. Station House, London Road, Warmley, N r. Bristol. Miss. M. E. E. SARAH, 15, Morley Square, Bishopston, Bnstol, 7. County Cadet Officers M. R. FAIR, 13, Elmgrove Road, Cotham, Bristol, 6. 1\1rs. M. CREECH, 16, Lodgeside Avenue, Kingswood, Bristol.

BUCKINGHAMSHffiE County President: Colonel The LORD COTTESLOE, C.B., V.D., T.D. (Lord-Lieutenant). The LADY LILLIAN CHATFIELD ( ursing Divisions). County Headquarters: 79, Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, Buckingham. County Commissioner Major P. G. DARVIL-SMITH, C.B.E., Meads, Gt. Missenden. County Surgeon (Advisory) G. W. H. TOWNSEND, M.B., B.CH., D.P.H., Aylesbury. County Superintendent . . Vacant. Assistant County Commissioner R. STEWART MILLER, Walton Grove, Aylesbury. i/c Administration and County Treasurer. Assistant County Commissioner E. A. BISHOP, J.P., Southdene, Bourton Road, Buckingham. County Solicitor . S. E. WILKINS, 25, Walton Street, Aylesbury. County Cadet Officers E. J. L. CONSTABLE, Old Vicarage, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury. Mrs. BEACHCROFT, Silver Birches, Chalfont St. Giles. County Press Officer . Corps Officer L. PIKE, 17, The Broadway, Amersham. County Officers

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St. John and Red Cross Joint Services Miss .F: C. MITCHELL, Moat Manor, Kingston Blount, Oxford, (LIaIson.) Mrs. DARVIL-SMITH, Meads, Gt. Missenden. (Emergency Help and Hospital Libraries.)

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Northern Area County Surgeon . . . Vacant. County Officer Nursing DIvisions Vacant. Miss H. SAVORY, Emberton House, Olney. CountY Officer . W. SEATON, Willow Bank, Church Street, Buckingham. Corps Officer S. J. COMPTON, 21, Silver Street, Newport Area Cadet Officer Pagnall.

North Midland Area County Surgeon County Officer. . . Corps Superintendent (Nursing) Corps Officer

Vacant. A. ]. GATES, 14, West Street, Aylesbury. Miss N. M. SALE, The Croft, Walton Road, Aylesbury. . V. PIPER, 45, Beaconsfield Road, Tring.

Assistant County Commissioner

Lieut.-Col. ]. R. COLLINS, M.C., T.D., Hill Top, Berghers Hill, vVoobum Green. Lieut.-Col. S. HUNT, M.B ., B.S., '\1Vhyteholme, Brownswood Hoad, Beaconsfield.

Midland Area County Surgeon County Officer ( orth) (West) (East). (South) County Officer ursing Area Cadet Officers Superintendent (Attached)

C. DAY, Station House, Saunderton. H. ALDER, The Nook, New Road, Amersham. Corps Supt. ]. F. RICHARDSON, Stati~m Rise, Marlow. l\Iiss F. C. MITCHELL, Moat Manor, Kmgston Blount, Oxford. Corps Officer W. ]. LUNNON, Municipal Buildings, Queen Victoria Road, High vVycombe. 1\lrs. C. DAY.

Southern Area Assistant County Commissioner . County Surgeon . . . County Officer ursing Divisions Area Cadet Officers

F. H . SCHOOLING, St. Nicholas Lodge, Farnham Common. E. R. ,\VEAVER-ADAMS, B.A., M.B., B.CHIR. Mrs. E. R. V/EAVER-ADAMS, Twyford House, Sussex Place, Slough. L. CHALLIS, 26 Uxbridge Road, Slough. Mrs. A. 1\1. HOOD, 148, Wellington Street, Slough.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE County President: The LORD FAIRHAVEN, D.L. Lady County President: Mrs. A. R. FITZPATRICK. County Office: " Etheldreda House," 35, St. Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridge. Dr. K. S. MAURICE-SMITH, Etheldreda House," Ely, County Commissioner Cambridge. Dr. C. W. WALKER, 67, Milton Road, Cambridge. County Surgeon 1\1rs. A. F. MANLEY, M.A., 9, Burgess Hill, Hampstead, County Superintendent London, .W.2. Mrs. E. ELLIS LEWIS, S.R.N., S.C.M., R.F.N ., 19, Brookside, County Nursing Officer Cambridge. Miss M. C. D . KENNETT, S.R.N., C.M.B., Long Stanton Rectory, County Officer i/c M.C.D.s Cambridge. Mrs. A. A. ETTRIDGE, 18, Emmanuel Road, Cambridge. County Cadet Officer. Mrs. D. MANSFIELD, 10, Bulstrode Gardens, Cambridge. County Transport Officer A/County Press and Publicity 1\1rs. E. RAWDON BRIGGS, The Green, Fowlmere, Nr. Royston , Herb;. Officer. II

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County President: Lieut.-Col. W. CHALONER, O.B.E. , T.D., J .P. County Office: Beechwood," Tabley Road, Knutsford, Cheshire.

Coun ty Commissioner County Surgeon

Captain P. REAY, M.B.E., M.C., Oakdene Prestbury K 'A' D B ' · . Broadway . EAN, M.B., CH.B., D.P.H., Blalrgowne venue, Cheadle, Cheshire. ' Vacant. J. A. K. FERNS, Seven Gables, Wilmslow. W. CECIL ROBINSON, Inglefield, Dean Row, \Vilmslow R . A. DANIEL, Avondale, Congleton. . R. E. ANTHONY, 6, \Voodkind Hey, Bebington, Wirral T. SENI~R, Denyson, ISO, Runcorn Road Ba~to NorthWlch. ' n, . S. MUMBY, Glendyne, Prenton Lane, Prenton, Birkenhead GLADYS S , L.R.C.P. , Ker'1, .. AId er1ey. Edge. E. \VILKINSON , M.R.C ..

County Superintendent . Assistant County Commissioner County Officers. . .

CorpS Surgeon (Staff)

H· rL. GARSON, M.D., B.CH., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., \Voodlands, ew Chester Road .. Bromborough, \Virral. W. H. You G, Ashndge, Winnington Lane, ortl1\vlch. Corps Supt. H. N. BECKETT, 28 Stalbridge Road, Crewe.

Corps Superintendent (Staff) Area Cadet Officer. .

CORNWALL County President: Lieut.-Col. E . H. \V. BOLITHO, C.B., D.S.O. 1

Lady County President: ANCY, LADY VIVIAN, O.B.E.

County Commissioner

Lieut.-Col. W. BLACKWOOD ' D.S.0. , Camborne.

County Surgeons

Dr · W. L. STEWART, M.B., CH.B., Tremethick Grampound " T ruro. D~. R. H. HADFIELD, Overhaycs, Trevenner rarazion M~ss E. H. P. GRYLLS, c.c.;-The Green, Redruth. . Mlss A. WHITE, S.R.N., S.C.:'f., Katoomba The Crescent, Truro. ' B. W. R. HILL, c/o Barclays Bank, Ltd., Truro.

County Superintendent County Nursing Officer County Treasurer

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W. W. JOHNSTON, Tormohun, Daniel Road Truro T. C. TRESIDDER, Dartington, Redannack Estate Truro J. JACKMAN, Hazlemere, Albany H.oad, Falmouth. . Mrs. A. M. BLACKW?OD, C.A., Tregenna, Camborne. A .. V. BAKER, 51, HIgh Streef, Falmouth. MISS A. A. HADFIELD, Overhayes, Trevenner, Marazion.

North-East Cornwall Assistant County Commissioner C oun ty Officers . .

County Cadet Officers

County Office: 18, Woodsghyll Drive, Harraby, Carlisle. J . LAMBERTON, M.B., CH.B., D.P.H., Kilgraston, Marlborough County Commissioner Gardens, Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland. H. GORDON PARKER, M.B., CH.B., Parknook, Gosforth, County Surgeon Cumberland. Dr. MARY AINSCOW, The Grange, Temple, Sowerby, Penrith. County Superintendent G. H. EDGECOMBE, M.B ., CH.B., Stramongate House, Kendal. Assistant County Commissioner F. SHELLEY, 4, Dunmail Drive, Carlisle. County Officer . Colonel COCKILL, 3, Green Close, Kendal. County Secretary The Rev. TOM CROSS, 25, Brunswick Square, Penrith. County Treasurer The Rev. TOM CROSS, 25, Brunswick Square, Penrith. County Cadet Superintendent

DERBYSHIRE County President: Her Grace the DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE, C.B.E. County Office: 67, Saltergate, Chesterfield. Col. F. ARNOT-BEARN, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., M.D., Cavendish County Commissioner House, 11 , Bread Walk, Buxton. J. B. McKAY, M.B., CH.B., Brereton House, Bolsover, Nr. County Surgeons ( orth) Chesterfield. R. C. ALLEN, L.R.C.P., D.P.H., Riversdale, Bridge Street, (South) Belper. Miss M. A. B. SUTHERLAND, 6, Arboretum Square, Derby. County Superintendent Capt. F. BRINDLEY, M.C., The Spinney, Lansdowne Road, County Officers. Buxton. R. ELLIOTT TWELVES, 14, Mansfeldt Crescent, Newbold, Chesterfield. F. GRICE, 57, Crompton Street, Derby. R. RINGHAM, J .P., Markham House, Duckmanton, Nr. Chesterfield. Mrs. C. M. DAVIE, J.P., St. Helens Lodge, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield. C. r. MARGERRISON, Fairfield, The Avenue, Dronfield . County Cadet Officers Miss ELSIE F. BELL, Ivy House, Mickleover, Nr. Derby.

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South- West Cornwall Assistant County Commissioner Coun ty Officers . .

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

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County Commissioner County SurgeonsEast Devon South North" . County Superintendent County Nursing Officer Assistant CommissionersEast Devon South North

County President (Ambulance) : Major M. L. BULLER, M.C. County President (Nursing) ! The LADY CLINTON. County Office I Woodlands, Totnes. Dr. F. W. MORTON PALMER, Woodlands, Totnes. Dr. M. Y. PAGET, Barnfield End, Spicer Road , Exeter. Dr. G. SAWDON, Stoke House, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes. Dr. W. B. BOONE, 1, Hillborough Terrace, Ilfracombe. Miss F. K. WOOD, 2 Conniss Road, Exeter. Miss M. BENJAFIELD, S.R.N., St. Luke's Convalescent Home, Exmouth. Dr. R. A. P. GRAY, 23, East Southernhay, Exeter. G. W. HINGSTON, Belle Vue House, Paignton. Dr. K. G. W. SAUNDERS, Elmfield, Goodleigh Road, Barnstaple.

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Miss M. J. MORTON PALMER, Woodlands, Totnes. Corps Officer C. J. WOOD, 5, Rutherford Street, Exeter. W. UNDERHILL, London House, Ashburton. R. ROGERS, 17, Marlborough Road, Ilfracombe. Miss D. VVHITEHEAD, Vvelstor, Ashburton. Dr. MARGARET 'WELLS, Springfield, Totnes. Miss F. VALENTINE, Little Close, Braunton. H. LANGMAID, 1, Larkbeare Road, Exeter. H. W. CURTICE, 4, King Edward Street, Barnstaple. Mrs. M. STUART NICHOLSON, Prispen House, Silverton. E. R. HOOPER, Highway House, Tedburn St. Mary. R. J. BRADDON, 3, Richmond Street, Barnstaple. Mrs. COOMBE, Sunnyside, vVakeham Portland, Dorset. Mrs. BOLT, \Vendtholme, l\Iaryfield Avenue, Exeter.

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County Cadet Officers Area Cadet Officers County Treasurer . . County Secretary, S.J.A.A ..

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County Office I 16, Belvidere, Weymouth. Dr. R. V. S. COOPER, 16, Belvidere, Weymouth. Dr. E. J. GORDON WALLACE, Health Centre, Weymouth. Dr. LAURA MAULE HORNE, Grange, Mount Road, Parkstone Mrs. M. C. COOPER, 16, Belvidere, Weymouth. J. M. O'HARA, 42, Palmers ton Road, Parkstone. A. E. Cox, Corra Lynn, Goldcroft Avenue, ·Weymouth. E. PADDOCK, 38, Commercial Road, Parks tone. E. W. CUFF, " Sydco," Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester. :Mrs. E. BOYLE, Compton Abbas Rectory, Shaftesbury. Mrs. K. MARTYN, 1, Alton Road, Parkstone. Miss F. B . LONG, 10, Dorchester Road, ·Weymouth. K. H. M. ALDRIDGE, Hove Dene, Cranford Avenue, vVeymouth. Mrs. F. M. BEST, Manor Farm, Godmanstone, r . Dorchester. Miss M. PEACH, 59, High Street, Shaftesbury. Mrs. W. WAREHAM, Phylum, Alder Road, Upper Parkstone. J. SANDFORD, 435, Dorchester Road, \ eymouth. Corps Officer N. HEIGHAM, Byways, Chaddesley Glen, Canford Cliffs.

DURHAM (See Northumberland .)

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE County President: The VISCOUNT BLEDISLOE, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., P.C.

Lady County President: The VISCOUNTESS BLEDISLOE.

County Office : 12, Royal Crescent, Cheltenham. A. BARRATT-CARDEW, 1I.C., M.B, F.R.C.S., Keynsham Lawn, County Commissioner Cheltenham. C. R. de C. SADLER, M.R.C .S., L.R.C.P., 131, Old Bath Road, County Surgeons Cheltenham. Miss M. GWENDOLEN BROWN, M.A., M.B., B.CH. (Camb.), 131, Promenade, Cheltenham. Miss D. B. FABER, 4, Moorend Park Road, Cheltenham. County Superintendent. .' H . J. LEWIS, J .P., Hendre, Overton Park Road, Cheltenham. Assistant County ComffilsSlOner T. H . READ, Ellenville, Gordon Road, Cheltenham. County Officers Mrs. PUREFOY, The Abbey House, Tewkesb~ry. Mrs. LAWRENCE, The Nappings, Charlton Kmgs. Mrs. SADLER, 131, Old Bath Road, Cheltenham., County Nursing Officer Rev. E. J. 11. ELDRIDGE, O.B.E., St. James Vicarage, County Cadet Officers Cheltenham. Miss D. TRIMMER, M.C.S.P., 71, Hatherley Court Road, Cheltenham. Miss E. G. MARSHALL, Holmbury, Thorncliffe Drive, County Secretary Cheltenham.

A Uached to County Staff: Mrs. FRASER. N. C. SHORT, 57, Charlton Lane, Cheltenham.

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County Commissioner County Surgeon District Officer . County Officers

ESSEX County President: Colonel Sir FRANCIS WHITMORE, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O . Coun ty Commissioner Colonel J. L. HAMILTON, M.C., T.D., M.D ., 2A, Oxford Road, Colchester. County Surgeons Dr. W. RADCLIFFE, " Ten Acres," High Street, Wivenhoe. Dr. J. EWING, " Cliffe House," Dovercourt. County Superintendent . Mrs. E. SMELLIE, The Bridge House, Lexden, Colchester. Assistant County Commissioner Dr. J. T. \VHITLEY, O.B.E., "Thorneybrook," London Road, Chelmsford. Coun ty Officers W. E. NORFOLK, 84, Marconi Road, Chelmsford . Miss W. K. ARGENT, " Shirley," Writtle, Chelmsford. Mrs. P. M. GERRITY, " Bahrein," Latchingdon, Chelmsford. Treasurer N. H. FLOYD, 87, High Street, Dunmow. Secretary E. A. POOLE, 178, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester. . Secretary J. S. SMITH, 13, Marlborough Road, Chelmsford. Coun ty Cadet Officers. L. GRONOW, 64, North Avenue, Chelmsford. Cadet Mrs. E. M. HOWARD, 19, Victoria Road, Colchester.

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County President: Sir VICTOR G. CAREY. Cotmty Headquarters: Rohais, St. Peter Port. Dr. WILLIAM BURTON Fox, St. Damians, St. Sampson's. Dr. O. H. BOSTOCK, Hirzel House, St. Peter Port. J. W. DEAR, Earls Colne, Guelles Road. , F. W . BUSH, "Palma," Les Osmonds, St. Sampson s. R. A. LUFF, Belize, Doyle Road, St. Peter Port:. R. H. BLANCHFORD, Ambulance Station, Rohals, St. Peter Port. Mrs. A. H. HICKEY, " Arosfa," Le Gravees, St. Peter Port. P. S . COOPER, La Corniche, Brock Road, St. Peter Port. Mrs. E. NASON, Montville, Les Vardes, St. Peter Port. Miss E. C. BUSH, Wethersfield, Guelles Road, St. Peter Port. Dr. W. R. CAMBRIDGE, "Le Vallet," Rue de Putron. T. R. MARQUAND, "Enismere," Les Amballes, St. Peter Port. C. DE LA MARE, Courtil Blicq, St. Andrew's.

HAMPSIDRE Lady County President: The COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, C.I., D.C.V.O ., G.B.E. County Office: Wessex House, 6, Upper High Street, Winchester. County Commissioner Dr. O. T. J. CLAYRE, Wessex House, 6, Upper High Street, Winchester.

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Eastern Area . Cen tral Area Northern Area. County Cadet Officers Public Relations Officer County Secretary County OfficersWestern Area Eastern Area Central Area Northern Area

County Treasurer and Assistant Coun ty Secretary. Area Cadet OfficersWestern Area Eastern Central Northern

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Dr. G. H. PITT, Pilgrim," Lymington. Dr. L. M. MAYBURY, 98, Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea. Dr. W. L. M. BIGBY, M.B.E., 53, Southview Road, Southamp_ ton. Dr. A. A. COCKAYNE, 12, Salisbury Road, Andover. The Hon. Mrs. S. R. CUBITT, Hall Place, West Meon. Major J. A. COGHLAN, Ashdon, Brightlands Avenue, Bournemouth . Major C. H. MORSE, M.A., M.B., B.CH., 28, Chessel Avenue, Boscombe. O. J. FRANCIS, 26, Gordon Road, Gosport. Dr. T. P. LALONDE, Wykeham House, Romsey. N. R. TURNBULL, M.R.C.V.S., 65, Worting Road, Basingstoke. Dr. H. I. MARRINER, 18, Poole Road, Bournemouth. Miss O. MORLEY, 6, Winsley Avenue, Bournemouth. County Officer ROBSON LOWE, 50, Pall Mall, London, S.W. 1, and 9, Cecil A venue, Bournemouth. Vacant.

:Mrs. D. ABRAHAM, Otterwood Farm, Hill Top, Beaulieu. Corps Supt. A. E. CLARRY, 43, Tintern Road, Gosport. Mrs. M. LEBERN, 34, Shanklin Road, Southampton. Corps Supt. Miss E. POOK, 89, London Road, Waterlooville. Corps Supt. W. E. P. BUTT, 91, Osborne Road, Portswood, Southampton. Mrs. M. VVIGGEN, AsQ.e vVarren House, Overton, near Basingstoke.

County President (Nursing Divisions) I PAMELA, COUNTESS OF LYTTON, C.I. H. LANGLEY JONES, M.B.E., "Edale," 128, Clarence Road, St. Albans. h rth C. P. CRAGGS, M.B., B.S., 123, Norton Way, Letc wo . W. N. BOOTH, M.B., B.S., Ashbourne, Bury Road, Harlow, Essex. Miss D. SPARKES, 3, Brampton Road, St. Albans. E. KEIGHTLEY, 16, Clarence Road, St. Albans. T. C. FORBES, 54, High St.reet, Ware. W. E. DOUGLAS, 14, Souberie Avenue, Letchworth. A GUY WIDDICOMBE 20 Clarence Road, Harpenden. C~unty Officer T. H. FLANAGAN, "Acre View," Lower Luton Road, Harpenden. Mrs. CRAGGS, 506 Broadway, Letchworth. L. J . ORTHCOTT, F.C.A., 2, Park A venue, St. Albans. G. HENDERSON SMITH, 20, Furzefield Road, Welwyn Garden City. :Mrs. K. L. DAMES, Headmaster's House, Harlow College, Harlow, Essex. . J. W. VVHITING, 3, Salisbury Road, Welwyn Garden CIty. Mrs. 1\1. C. BERGIN, 16, The Valley Green, Welwyn Garden Cit.y. . Miss E. ATKINS, 101, Old Hale Way, Hitchin. Mrs. H. MABER, S.R.N., The Dale, Little Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford.

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Corps Officers

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ISLE OF MAN County President LADY BROMET.

County President I Dr. I. W. MCGREGOR. County President (Nursing) The Hon. Mrs. ROBERT DEVEREUX. County Office I No.1, Carlton Flats (2nd Floor), All Saints Street, Hereford. County Commissioner G. N. BULLOCK, Sarnia," Upper Ledbury Road, Hereford. Assistant Commissioner H. J. HARRIS, B.E.M., Perivale," 70, Old Eign Hill, Hereford. County Surgeon C. W. WALKER, M.C., M.A., M.D., Summerhayes," Venns Lane, Hereford. County Superintendent Mrs. EDWARD HOPTON, Hampton Manor, Tupsley, Hereford. County Officers. R. T. MORRIS, Stokesay," Upper Ledbury Road, Hereford. Miss E. LONG, O.B .E., 62, Brienton Road, Hereford. (Cadet) A. J. JONES, 3, Ledbury Road, Hereford. Mrs. F. M. HARRIS, Perivale," 70, Old Eign Hill, Hereford. County Secretary Miss P. L. Beck, County Office, Carlton Flats, All Saints Street, Hereford. II

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County Cadet Officer. County Secretary

Major JOHN W. YOUNG, O.B.E., Chief Constable's Office, Douglas. Dr. LIONEL D. WOODS, O.B.E. , S.I., Albert Terrace, Douglas. Mrs. MARTHA YOUNG, "Oakleigh," Glencrutchery Road, Douglas. . Capt. THOMAS H. HALL, J .P., Eskham, Devonshire Road, Douglas. EVAN R. G. CAIN, A.LA.C., 18, Hawarden Avenue, Douglas.

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County Office I Chief Constable's Office, Douglas, Isle of Man.

County Surgeon County Officer .

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JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

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A. J. CUFF, vVodonga, 17, Guest Avenue, Bournemouth. Miss E. K. HOOPER, Lacklands, OverclifI Drive, Boscombe. Mrs. L. M. ROPER, The Orchard, Curdridge, Nr. Southampton. Mrs. J. MARSHALL, 47, Salisbury Road, Sout.hsea. Mrs. V. WALMSLEY, Green Cottage, Shawford. Dr. D. C. RENNIE, Royd Lodge, Rye Paddock Lane, Fawley. L. P. BOTTING, 14, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke. L. CLIFFORD, 20, Oxford Road, South Farnborough. Mrs. WILSON (Acting), Little Goddards, Hatherden, Andover. County Officer Miss N. READDY, Wessex House, 6, Upper High Street, Winchester.

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Dr. F. R. B. H. KENNEDY, M.B.E., J.P ., Gilwell, " 'W ootton Bridge. T. HAMBLY, Meadowcroft, Salisbury Road, Ryde. Miss E. M. CAWS, 9, Queen's Road, Ryde. . H. BAKER, Quenengate, Collingwood Road, Shanklin. E. F. MILLGATE, 95, Castle Road, Newport. E. WILSON, Farnboro, High Park Road, Ryde. A. P. COMPTON, 93, High Street, Sandown. Divisional Superintendent J. WALKINSHAW, 1, Moruya, Grange Road, East Cowes. Ambulance Officer V. PAFFORD, 1, Great Preston Close, Ryde. Ambulance Officer Miss J. M. YEALLAND, 1, Cemetery Road, Binstead, Ryde. It

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JERSEY County President! Sir A. M. COUTANCHE, Bailiff of Jersey. County Commissioner Assistant Commissioner District Officer Area Cadet Officers

J. R. HANNA, B.A., M.B., B.C.H., Culderry House, Samares, St. Clement. O. L. AUBIN, 3, East View Villas, Plat Douet Road, St. Saviour. Miss M. M. MESSERVY, 10, David Place, St. Helier. H. E . STEPHENS, 89, St. Saviours Road, St. Helier. Mrs. D. McFADYEN, Louisville, Belvedere, St. Helier.

KENT Lady County President: The LADY VIOLET ASTOR. County Office : The School House, Doddington . County Commissioner County Surgeons

JOHN H. DAY, M.B.E., J .P., 40, Earl Street, Maidstone. Dr. H. J. HOBY, 219, New Road, Chatham. Dr. H. A. MADWAR, Mill House, Queenboro', Isle of Sheppey. Dr. J. R. HAMERTON, 36, Western Esplanade, Herne Bay. Assistan t Commissioner Dr. F. C. COZENS, 8, The D owns, Herne Bay. County Superintendent Mrs. C. FALWASSER, O.B.E., Rutland House, Offham Road, West MaUing. Assistant County Superintendent Miss H. MAY, Southview, Wateringbury. County Nursing Officer Miss A. REYNOLDS, S.R.N., Burleigh Lodge, Mill Lane, Herne Bay. County Officers. B. T. BEAUMONT, The School House, Doddington. W. HANCOX, 35, Wilson Avenue, Chatham. C. C. ELAM, 111, Old Dover Road, Canterbury. A. DEANS, M.P.S., 26, Albion Place, Maidstone. Mrs. A. JAY, 33, Audley Road, Folkestone. Mrs. K. MAY, Southview, Wateringbury. (Cadets) . J. BAKER, 11, King Street, Gillingham. Miss CURZON SMITH, 13, Grimstone Gardens, Folkestone. County Secretary B. T. BEAUMONT, The School House. Doddington.

No. IV. (LANCASHIRE) DISTRICT District Office : 39, Fishergate, Preston. District Commissioner Assistant Commissioners

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JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Major R. S. BURT HAMILTON, M.C., F.R.C.S. Col. E. B. POOLEY, L.R.C.P., " Hill Rise," Dalton-in-Furness. W. MAXWELL REEKIE, O.B.E., J .P., "Rowsley," Rowsley Avenue, \Vest Didsbury, Manchester. R. GLEGG, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 61, Park Drive, Nelson. Major J. A. MACKENZIE, M.B., CH.M., M.A., "The Briars," Noggarth, Fence, Nr. Burnley. Colonel G. ~. E. SIMPSON, O.B.E., T.D., F.R .C.S., 54, Rodney Street, Llverpool. Colonel C. H. S. REDMOND, T.D., M.B., CH.B., 77, Alexandra Road South, Manchester. W. H. GASTALL, D.C.M., B.SC., 24, Kenwyn Avenue, Blackpool. Colonel R. r. POSTON, M.D., B.CH., B.A.O., "Thorncliffe," Failsworth, Manchester. E. SHALLEY, M.B., CH.B., 54, Walmersley Road, Bury.

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Capt. N. W. RAWLINGS, L.M.S.S.A., L.M.R.C.P., The Mill Cottage, Howgill, Sedbergh, Yorks. Miss M. R. MOORE, " Lyndhurst," Seafield Road, Lytham. A/District Superintendent. W. MURRAY CAIRNS, C.B.E., M.D., " Howgate," 60, Seabank County Surgeons . . Road, Wallasey, Cheshire. J . MACKENZIE, M.D., " Glengarth," 4, St. Annes Road West, St. Annes-on-Sea. J. MACALPINE, M.B., CH.B., 108, Utting Avenue East, Liverpool, 11. Mrs. D. WHEELER, M.B., CH.B ., Waterloo House, Accrington. Major W. G. PEARSON, 1, Croslands Park Road, BarrowDistrict Officers in-Furness. W. H. HARRIS, F.R.G.S., 39, Fishergate, Preston. G. B . HORROCKS, M.B., CH.B., M.R.C.S., 1, Station Road, Wesham, Kirkham. Colonel D. C. LEYLAND ORTON, M.R.C.S., T.D., Hillside, Acrefield Road, Woolton, Liverpool. J. SINCLAIR KERR, c/o The Irlam Steel Corporation, Ltd ., Irlam, Manchester. W. W . M. McKINNEY, M.B., "Hill Crest," 85, West End Road, Morecambe. Colonel J. F. O'GRADY, M.B., CH.B., "Stoneacre," Swinton. R. O. DAVISON, M.B. CH.B., 395, Padiham Road, Burnley. Miss 1. M. SUTCLIFFE, " Thorn Hill," Todmorden. Miss H. M. SMITH, "Ailsacroft," Beach Road, St. Anneson-Sea. Miss K. Lamb, 7, Tenterden Street, Bury. Dr. Marion M. REEKIE, 7, Rowsley Avenue, West Didsbury, Manchester. Dr. E. W. SHAW, 7, Tenterden Street, Bury. Mrs. G. M. NORMANTON, 46, Balmoral Road, Morecombe. Miss F. G. KIDSON, 36, Rawlinson Road, Southport. Miss N. LIVESEY, The Royal Infirmary, Preston. District Nursing Officer R. CHARLESWORTH, Rovenden, Audenshaw Hall, Droylsden, District Cadet Officers Manchester. Mrs. A. M. BAYLEY, Lindores, Todmorden. Mrs. E. NISBET, 53 Tatton Road, Orrell Park, Liverpool. Mrs. R. M. DEWSE, 2, Kirkdale A venue, St. Annes-on-Sea. T . E. SPENCER, 39, Fishergate, Preston. District Secretary District Officers for Special Duties J . E. Fox, 47, Sunningdale Drive, Prestwich, Manchester. W. E. SEARL 91, Water Park Road, Prenton, Cheshire. Mrs. A. C. OWEN, "Eastcliffe," Park Road, Fulwood, Preston. Miss J. ECCLES, Lyndhurst, Seafield Road, Lytham. Corps Superintendents attached to W. HEAP, 84, Birtwistle Avenue, Colne. W. MELLOR, 70, Heyes Lane, Livesey, Blackburn. Staff.

District Surgeon

LEICESTERSHIRE C otmty President: The LADY ZIA WERNHER, O.B .E.

County Office: Ambulance Headquarters, Packe Street, Loughborough. County Commissioner County Surgeon. County Superintendent. Assistant County Commissioner County Vice-President and County Officer.

GEO. F. BROWNE, 158, Ashby Road, Loughborough. Dr. N. MACLEOD, Burleigh Cottage, Loughborough. Miss E. FOLWELL, 4, Birkdale Avenue, Leicester. Capt. T. G. LOWE, M.A., 80, Coventry Road, Market Harborough. Lady OLIVER, C.B.E., The Firs, London Road, Leicester.

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L. LEE, 199, Wicklow Drive, Leicester. R. W. W . GEE, 6, Seymour Street, Leicester. Miss L. H. BURNS-HARTOPP, Burton House, Burton Lazars, Melton Mowbray. M:-s. CLIFFORD WESTON, Bradgate House, Groby. MIss R. LORD, B.E.M., 53, Evington Drive, Leicester. Miss C. WARD, 21, Sycamore Road, Birstall, Leicester. Miss Bell, S.R.N., S.C.M., The Royal Infirmary, Leicester. L. HEYWOOD SMITH, 48, Holmfield Avenue, Leicester. Miss E. L. WOLLASTON, 53, Evington Drive, Leicester. The Hon. Lady PACKE, Prestwold Hall, Leicester.

(Secretary) Coun ty Nursing Officer County Cadet Officers

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Assistant Commissioner County Surgeon District Officers

Area Cadet Officers Area Sergeant-major.

County Surgeon . County Superintendent Assistan t Commissioner for N. Lincolnshire. County Officer (S. Lincolnshire) . (N. Lincolnshire) .

Captain G. B. ARMSTRONG, M.B.E., Toleihorpe Lodge, Spalding. Dr. J. A. HADLEY, Nettleham Road, Lincoln. Mrs. E. M. EPTON, The Grange Canwick, Lincoln. M. C. LAVIN, M.B ., B.S., 111, Oxford Street, Cleethorpes. F. F. GIBSON, 147, D oddington Road, Lincoln. J. PADDISON, ~5, Cambridge Street, Cleelhorpes. V'{. GOTT, Mananna, Laceby Road, Grimsby.

Coun ty Surgeons

District Officers

Area Cadet Officers . Area Sergeant-Major.

LONDON, NO. 1 (PRINCE OF WALES) DISTRICT Lady County President : THE COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, .£.1., D.C.V.O., G.B .E. Lady County President (Middlesex): MARIE MARCHIONESS OF WILLINGDON, C.I., G.B.E.

Deputy Commissioners District Surgeon . District Superintendent District Nursing Officer District Staff Officers

District Cadet Staff Officer .

Major A. C. WHITE KNOX, O.B.E., M.e ., M.B., CH.B., 169, Denmark Hill, S.E. 5. Alderman D. C. F. LOWSON, M.A., 56, Gresham Street, E.C. 2. Sir GEORGE ABBISS, O.B.E., Bearwood, The Causeway, Potters Bar, Middlesex. Dr. M. M. SCOTT, 24, Newington Causeway, S.E. 1. Miss. M. B. WORKMAN, M.B.E., 19, Amery Road, Harrow, MIddlesex. Miss M. M. DURRANT, S.R.N., 30, High Street, Thornton Heath, Surrey. Cap~. L. L. FRANKS, 54, Monarch Court, Hampstead Garden CIty, N. 2. C. E. BOWER, O.B .E., 74, Roslyn Gardens, Gidea Park, Essex. L. HOWARD, 23, Fairholme Avenue, Gidea Park, Essex. E. W. HAINES, 49-51, Eastcheap, E.C. 3. S. J. STILLWELL, 10, Falkland Avenue, Finchley, N. 3. A. E. WELLS, 19, Elyne Road, N. 4.

G. P . HART, 8, Ashbourne Grove, Mill Hill, N .W. 7. Dr. SHAW SMITH, 434, West Green Road, Tottenham, N. 15. S. H. COLLINS, 8, Simmons Way, N. 20 . B. A. READING, 27, Brindwood Road, Chingford, Essex. Mrs .!. R. BURNS, Elm Lodge, Galley Lane, Barnet, Herts. Miss J . E. HARMAN, 44, F1;'iern Barnet Lane, N. 11. S. C. ANDREWS, 4, Hardwick Villas, Bounds Green Road, N. 11. Miss F. FROUDE, 130, Hoppers Road, Winchmore Hill, N. 21. E. T. STRATFORD, St. Pancras Church of England School, Lancing Street, Euston, N.W. 1.

Dr. G. 1. STOKER, Holmbury, Streatham Road, Mitcham, Surrey. Dr. G. BOUSFIELD, 134, Denmark Hill, S.E. 5. Dr. W. W. KING BROWN, 12, Asylum Road, S.E. 15. Dr. J. EWTON HUDSON, 391, Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon. C. A. HALLOCK, 61, Westheath Road, Abbey Wood, S.E. 2. P. B. WICKENS, 4, Oldfield Road, Bexleyheath, Kent. D. G. GOLDIE, 10, Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey. MISS W. GRINDLEY, 19, Hawes Road, Bromley, Kent. Miss G. O. TUCKWELL, 296, Leigham Court Road, S.W. 16. R. H. LOWE, 36, Kenley Walk, Cheam, Surrey. Miss D. E. 'WHITE, 108, 'Warwick Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey. E. JARMAN, 2, Hazeldene Road, Crofton Park, S.E. 4.

Western Area Assistan t Commissioner County Surgeons District Officers

District Office: 23, St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, E.C. 1. County Commissioner

Southern Area Assistant Commissioner

County Commissioner

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Northern Area

LINCOLNSHIRE County President : RT. HON. THE LORD BROWNLOW, J.P., D.L.

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Area Cadet Officer . Area Sergeant-Major.

Captain G. R. H. WRANGHAM, 26, The Avenue, Ealing, W. 13. Dr. F. STANSFIELD, 26, Gordon Place, W. 8. Lt.-Col. E. J. SELBY, O.B.E., 52, Castlebar Road, Ealing, W. 5. Dr. H. C. STEWART, 69, Cholmley Crescent, Highgate, N. 6. F. E. STRATTON, 26, Woodstone Avenue, Stoneleigh Park, Ewell, Surrey. C. W. HIPKINS, 23, St. George's Road, Wimbledon, S.W. 19. H. V. SIJROSBREE, 24, Wargrave Road, Harrow. Miss A. WEST, 13, Selwyn Avenue, Richmond, Surrey. Miss D. SHELLEY, 13, Norwich Road, Northwood Hills, Middlesex. Miss W. AYRES, 91, Sheen Court, Richmond, Surrey. W. FARRELL, 99, Fulwell Road, Teddington, Middlesex.

Eastern Area Assistant Commissioner County Surgeons District Officers

Area Cadet Officers

Dr. E. S. ABRAHAM, 1, Becmead Avenue, S.'V. 16. Dr. VV. DAVAN EILL, 8, Westland Parade, Hornchurch Road, Romford, Essex. Dr. S. M. R. THOMSON, 47, High Road, Plaistow, E. 12. E. HOWARD, 16, Redden Court Road, Harold Wood, Essex. A. E. AMBLER, 71, South View Drive, E. 18. Mrs. E. 1\1. MORRISH, 18, Clavering Road, E. 12. Miss N. L. MOORE, 105, South Park Drive, Seven Kings, Essex. H. F. MULLIGAN, 80, Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex. Miss P. M. PARROTT, 1, Chalford Court, Bailey Road, lIford.

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County Surgeon District Officers

Area Cadet Officer Area Sergeant-Major.

Captain R. V. STEELE, Penrhyn Lodge, Gloucester Gate, N.W.I. Dr. B . L. STEELE, P enrhyn Lodge, Gloucester Gate, N .W. 1. H. DUNFORD, 30, Wenlock Road, Edgware, Middlesex. J. J. CAMERON, 14, Hallem Gardens, Hatch End, Middlesex. Mrs. A. F. TAPPLY, All Saints' Vicarage, Highgate, No . 6. Miss E. F. MIL E, 17, Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, N . 6. W. J. DAY, 71, Wellstead Avenue, Edmonton, N.9. W. W. PACKE, 21, Gospatrick Road, Tottenham, N. 17.

NORFOLK County President: The Rt. Hon. the EARL OF ALBEMARLE, M.C., D.L., J.P., C.C. County President (Nursing Divisions) : LADY COOK County Headquarters: 20, Castle Meadow, Norwich. Lieut.-Col. Sir THOMAS COOK, J.P ., Sennowe Park, Guist County Commissioner Dereham. Dr. MAY RUTLEDGE, The Dial House, Ipswich Road, Norwich. County Superintendent Dr. E . W. RUTLEDGE, D.O.M.S., The Dial House, Ipswich Assistant Commissioners Road, Norwich. Dr. W . E . H. BULL, M.C., Waverley House, Hunstanton . Dr. A. G. HOLMAN, The Beeches, Aylsham, Norfolk. C. B. ANDREWS, Waveney House, Fakenham. Coun ty Officer and Secretary Mrs. J. H. YULL, The Beeches, Dereham. R. C. HANNANT, Alrena, Victoria R oad, Gorleston-on-Sea. County Officers. Dr. CHRISTINA WEBSTER, The Red House, Hevingham, Norwich. S. E. DAY, Maison, Cremers Drift, Sheringham. (Cadets) . H. DENNY, Hollywood, Thorpe, Norwich. Mrs. PORTAL, Halfway, Blakeney. Coun ty Treasurer Sir RICHARD BARRETT LENNARD, Bart., J .P., Horsford Manor, Norwich. County Organizer Major C. E. V. SAMS, 2j), Castle Meadow, Norwich.

NORTHAMPTON County President I The MARCHIONESS OF EXETER. County Office: Whitworth Chambers, George Row, Northampton. Coun ty Commissioner Dr. ERIC SHAW, J.P., 1, Billing Road, Northampton. County Surgeon Major G. F. P. GIBBONS, O.B.E., Tresham House, Rothwell, Kettering. County Superintendent Mrs. D. GIBBONS. Tresham House, Rothwell, Kettering. County Nursing Officer Miss W. H. WILLIAMS, S.R.N., SC.H., 243, Abington Avenue, Northampton. County Officers. The Hon. Mrs. MACDONALD-BuCHANAN, Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton. Miss G. GAINSFORD, 107, Park Avenue North, Northampton. (Cadets) . C. W. CURTIS, 127, Reservoir Road, Kettering. F. T. SEWELL, 253, Park Road, Pet.erborough. Miss G. GRANT-LAWSON, Cottesbrooke Grange, Northampton . Area Cadet Officers Mrs. C. BORWICK, The Rectory, Kelmarsh, Northampton. County Cadet Secretary Miss M. G. HULL, 9, Billing Road, Northampton. County Treasurer E. J. HAYWARD, Rushay, Boot,h Lane, Weston Favell, Northampton.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

NORTHERN ffiELAND

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District President: Her Excellency THE COUNTESS GRANVILLE, D.C.V.O. County President (Belfast) : Lady DIXON, D.B.E. County President (Down) : The LADY DUNLEATH. County President (Londonderry) : Mrs. D. PARKER, O.B.E., M.P. County President (Armagh) : LADY STRONGE, O.B.E. County President (Antrim): LADY CLARK. County President (Fermanagh) LADY DAVINA WOODHOUSE. County President (Tyrone) : The MARCHIONESS OF HAMILTON. County President (Derry City) : Mrs. COLHOUN. District Office: 28, Bedford Street, Belfast. Dr. R. W. M . STRAIN, M.D ., 28, Bedford Street, Belfast: Miss MURIEL FRAZER, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., 48, Wellington Park, Belfast. lYIrs. G. N. WALLACE, M.B.E., The Grange, Muckamore. " District Superintendent Assistant Commissioner W. A. RYAN, "Glenartney, Transport Officer (Staff) Clanbrassil Road, Marino, County Down. Assistant Commissioner VV. WILTON, 90, Marlboro Park N., Hon. Treasurer. Belfast. District Nursing Officer . . Mrs. BAILEY, M.B.E., Ballyeglish, Moneymore. District Officer Cadets (Ambulance) A. WATSON, 58, Sydenham Avenue, Belfast. Mrs. LOCKHART, Seabright, Rostrevor. District Cadet Officer (Nursin g) Brigadier L. E . MACGREGOR, O.B.E., 28, Bedford Street, District Secretary Belfast. Assistant CommissionersW. ALLEN, 37, Manor Crescent, Belfast. (Belfast City) . Sir DUDLEY B. MCCORKELL, M.B.E., D.L., J.P., Ballyarnett, (Derry City) Londonderry. WILFRED M. BRENNEN, F.R.C.S., District Hospital, Mag(Derry County) herafelt. Captain The Hon. TERENCE O'NEILL, Ahoghill. (Co. Antrim). . J. HARRIS REA, F.R.S.A., Glena, Dublin Road, Newry. (Cos. Down and Armagh) W. WILTON, 90, Marlboro Park, N., Belfast. (Co. Fermanagh) County OfficersD. M. RODGERSON, 747, Crurnlin Road, Belfast. (Belfast City) J. MCCALMONT, 20 , Magdala Street, Belfast. H. BURROWES, 6, Margretta Park, Portadown. . (Co. Armagh) S. G. JOHNSTONE, M.A., 46, Newry Street, Banbndge. (Co. Down) G. B. JOHNSTON, Aerdale, Lodge Road, Coleraine. (Co. Derry) Mrs. J. JOHNSTONE, 616, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast. (Belfast City) Mrs. R. CUNINGHAM, 27, Clarendon Street, Derry. (Derry City) Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, The Rectory, Glynn, Co. Antrim. (Co. Antrim) Miss LUTTON, Feddal House, Portadown. (Co. Armagh) Miss O. K. NEILL, Ardmoyle, Cultra. (Co. Down) Mrs. MACKENZIE, J.P., Lakeview, Enniskillen. (Co. Fermanagh) Mrs. V. H. DOBBIN, Lissan, Cookstown. (Co. Londonderry) Mrs. BURGES, Parkanaur, Dungannon. (Co. Tyrone)

District Commissioner District Surgeon

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JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM

OXFORDSHIRE

Lady C01mty President (Northumberland and Durham) The COUNTESS OF SCARBROUGH. County Office: 2, Osborne Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2. Coun ty Commissioner STANLEY EMBLETON, O.B.E., 45. Woodlands. Gosforth. N ewcastle-on-Tyne. Asst. Commissioner Sir MYERS WAYMAN. O.B .E., F.S .S.• J.P .• Mayfair Buildings. Sunderland. County Surgeon Dr. W. F. J. WHITLEY. 44. Church Burn Drive. Morpeth, Northum berland. County Superintendents (Northumberland) Mrs . 1. KIRKUP. Middleton Hall. Wooler. (Durham) Mrs. 1. M. RITSON. Sniperley Hall. Durham City. County Officer and Secretary CHARLES A. MORTON, 11. Tankerville Terrace. Newcastleon-Tyne.2 . County Officer and Secretary Miss E. TEASDALE, 9, Victoria Square. N ewcastle-on-Tyne, 6. Nursing Divisions. County Officer and Public Duty THOMAS R. MIDGLEY, B.SC., 58, Kenilworth Road, NewcastleOfficer. on-Tyne. County Officer and County JOHN W. STOBBS, 6. Studley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, 9. Treasurer. County OfficersDurham PHILIP S. BLUNDEN. Cross House. Pelton. Chester Ie Street. Co. Durham. H. S . CRACE, M.A.. Newlands, Stockton Road. West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. WILLIAM MATHER, 8. St. Cuthbert's Terrace. Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Miss NORA G . DILLON. Gray House. Gray R oad. Sunderland . Northumberland DONALD HINDSON, Wood horn Grange, Ashin gton. Northumberland. County Officer and Regional Cadet WILLIAM NIXON, 24. Eversley Place. Heaton, Newcast leOfficer. on-Tyne. 6.

County President: The LADY BICESTER.

County Office: Gloucester Green, Oxford. County Commissioner County Surgeons (Advisory)

County Superintendent. .Assistant County CommlsSlOner County Officers.

County Nursing Officer County Cadet Officers County Transport Officer

C. GARDINER-HILL, M.B ., M.R.C .S., Fircroft, Hightown Road. Banbury. T. F. BRIGGS. M.R.C.S .• L.R.C.P.• 39. The Green. Banbury. G . C. WILLIAMS, O.B.E .• M.A.• M.R.C.S.• L.R.C.P .• D.P.H., 8. Belbroughton Road, Oxford. H R WYNNE, M.B., M.CH .• 143. Middleton Road. Banbury. G: WEDDELL, M.D .• D.S .C., Green Ridges. London Road. Headington. Miss FANSHAWE, Cotmore Wells. Thame . F. A. B EVAN. M.B .• M.R .C.S., L.R.C.P., The Corner House, Woodstock. H . HOWARD. Blankstone, Eynsham . W . E. L AMBOURNE, M.B.E .• 419 Banbury Road, Oxford. F. ROGERS, 32 Charges Street . Cowley. St. John. J. WOODLEY, 60 H enley Street. . C. L AWRENCE. Churchill Hospital. Headlllgley. Oxford. Mrs. BARRETT. 13, South Bar, Banbury. Miss J. TOMKINSON. Fritwell. Bicester. Mrs. JOHN THOMSON, Woodperry. Oxford. Mrs. TURN ER. S.R.N .• The Stocks, Sulegave. Banbury. Captain GEIDT. 8. Bradmore Road. Oxford. Miss PAGE. 65 Oxford Road. Banbury. J. FINCH. 6, Lonsdale Road. Oxford.

PLYMOUTH, SOUTH-WEST DEVON, AND EAST CORNWALL County President (A mbulance Divisions) : The Rt. Hon. LORD ROBOROUGH.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County President (A mbulan,;e) : His Grace the DUKE OF PORTLAND, K.G. County President (Nursing) : Her Grace WINIFRED DUCHESS OF PORTLAND, D.B.E. County Office: 20, Castle Gate , Nottingham. A/County Commissioner G. E . HARDY, Heather Bank, 323, Nottingham Road , Mansfield. County Surgeon P. M. GETTLESON, M.D., Lane's End, High Oakham, Mansfield. County Superintendent Vacant. District Officer . L. WARD-WALTERS, Lymbrook, Beech Avenue, Worksop . County Officers. H. L. BOSWORTH, O.B.E., Bank Chambers, Sutton-inAshfield . Dr. J. COHEN, " One Ash," Stoke Lane, Gedling. Mrs. E. PALING. Lucknow, Muriel Road, Beeston. Miss R. S. GREAVES, 43, Watson Road, Worksop. Mrs. E. LEIVERS, 15, Stainforth Street. Mansfield Woodhouse. County Cadet Officers J. A. ,SWANWICK, 40, Kingswood Road, West Bridgeford. Mrs. H . VIGRASS, 19, Waldemar Grove, Beeston. Secretary . G. G. LODGE, 125, Haydn Road. Sherwood.

County President (Nursing Divisions) The VISCOUNTESS ASTOR.

Cmmty Office: The Prysten House. Finewell Street, Plymouth. Mr. C. S . C. PRANCE. M.B .• B.S., D.L.O.. St. Valery, 38. Vapron R oad, Mannamead. Plymouth. C. R . CROFT, B.A., D.M., B.CH., "Lexden," Hartley Avenue. County Surgeon Plymouth. Mrs. R. BALSDON, O.B.E .• 3, Beech Terrace, Saltash. East County Superintendent Cornwall. Colonel G. THOMSON, D.S .O., M.C ., Catchfrench, Trerule Foot. Assistant County Commissioner Saltash, East Cornwall. Vacant . County Nursing Officer R. D . SAMPSON, 5, Greenbank Terrace, Plymouth. County Officers Mrs. MODLEY, 8. Bainbridge Avenue, Harley, Plymouth. R. E. BOWDEN, 2, Victoria View, St. Stephens Road, Saltash, (Treasurer) East Cornwall. . . G. S. THOMPSON, "Lane End," Wembury Pomt, Tavlstock. Mrs. E. M. WOOD, 34, Ford Park Road, Plymouth. (Cadets) R. G. PARR, 17, Stonehall, Stonehouse, Plymouth. . Corps Superintendent Mrs. D. H. PEARCE, Min-y-Don, Torr Lane. Hartley, Plymouth. (Special Duties) . Ambulance Officer (Special Duties) J. H. SARGENT. 20, Foolston Avenue, St. Budeaux, Plymouth. R. W . SKINNER, 6, Vapron Road, Mannamead, Plymouth. County Sergeant-Major Coun ty Commissioner

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SHROPSHIRE County President

County Surgeons County Superintendent Coun ty Officers (Secretary)

(Cadets)

Lady County President: The LADY FORESTER. County Office: 3 Claremont Buildings, Shrewsbury. F. H. EDWARDS, F.R.C.S., M.B ., B.CH., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., St. J ohn's Hill, Shrewsbury. W. KING HAY, M.B., B.CH., Brooklyn House, Market Drayton. D. J. JOHNSON, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Tymaen, Lower Brook Street, Oswestry. Miss H. A. CORSER, M.B.E., J .P. , Lauriston, Kingsland, Shrewsbury. . T. H. EVANS, M.C., F.S.I., School Gardens, Shrewsbury. E. IRWIN, Hilbrae, Ellerdine, Wellington. J . HEIGHWAY, 3, Claremont Buildings, Shrewsbury. Miss D . LLOYD WHITE, The Abbey Vicarage, Shrewsbury. Mrs. D. M. WILLIAMS, "Delbury," Lyth Hill Road, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury. Mrs. DOWNER, Beech Hill, Kennedy Road, Kingsland, Shrewsbury.

Assistant Cadet Officers . . County Secretary and Treasurer. Assistant County Secretary

County President: Admiral of the Fleet Sir JAMES SOMERVILLE, G.C.B ., G.B .E., D.S.O.

Lady County President:

County Superintendent

Assistan t Commissioners County Nursing Officer County Officers.

(Transport)

County Officers.

O. H. THOMAS, West Croft, 27, Uphill Road, Weston-superMare. Miss SOUL, Wayside, Wellington New Road, Taunton. Miss E. B. COLLEY, 8, Bath Street, Frome. T. E. BAGLEY, F.C.R.A., F.C.LS., 10, Graham Road, Westonsuper-Mare. T. E. LINDFIELD, M.A.

County President : County President (Nursing Divisions) : The COUNTESS OF DARTMOUTH. County Office: 2, Market Square, Stafford. Commissioner Superintendent ecretary Treasurer

F. L. RICHARD, M.B., CH.B., 19, Lichfield Street, Walsall. Mrs. 1\1. V. PENNY, Claremont, Porthill, Stoke-on-Trent. V. CHANCELLOR, 34, Ombersley Road, Birmingham, 12, E. P. PEEL, A.C.A., c/o Messrs. John Sankey & Sons, Ltd., Albert Street, Bilston.

Assistant Commissioner County Surgeon

F. G. PORTER, 23, Osborne Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. A. P. SPARK, M.B ., CH.B., Braemar, Princes Road, Hartshill Stoke-on-Trent. V. C.' VEITCH, M.B., CH.B., 16 Sneyd Avenue, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffs.

County County County County

Northern Area

Corps Surgeon (Attached)

County Office:

County Surgeons

Colonel Sir FRANCIS JOSEPH, Bt., K.B.E., D.L.

Mrs. A. A. W. LUTTRELL. 10, Graham Road, ·Weston-super-Mare. Dr. HUGH POWELL, M.B.E., 17, Ellenborough Park North, Weston-super-Mare. Dr. W. BAIN, Brook House, 1inehead. Dr. P. MARTIN, 11, Vlctoria Quadrant, Weston-super-Mare. Dr. J. F. DAVIDSON, O.B.E., Hillcroft, Kingston-St.-Mary, Taunton. Dr. G. A. DANBY, M.B.E., Sandhill Park House, Ash Priors, Taunton. Dr. D . L. BEATH, O.B.E., 76, Pultney Street, Bath. A. WEVELL, J.P ., 100, Webdon Road, Bridgwater. Mrs. G. E. SELWYN, 32, New Bridge Road, Lower Weston, Bath. S. J. BAILEY, 59, Shaftesbury Road, Weston-super-Mare. F. HOLGATE-SMITH, M.B .E. , 4, Clarence Street, Yeovil. G. L. SIDEY, \tVestcombe, Blagdon Hill, Taunton. F. R. STENT, 45, Sidney Buildings, Bath. W. J. TOTTLE, 1, Whitting Road, Weston-super-Mare. B. MARSH, Mullions, Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare. M. C. PALMER, Holmstead, Stafford Road, Weston-superMare. T. E. LINDFIELD, M.A., The Beeches, Elmsleigh Road, Weston-super-Mare. Mrs. BINGHAM HALL, Glebe House, Weston-super-Mare. Mrs. R. HARRISON, Rag, Galhampton, Yeovil. Mrs. VIVIAN NEALE, Poundisford Park, Taunton. Miss ST. Lo \tVILKINSON, 6, George Street, Bathwick Hill, Bath. Miss A. Fox, The Cleve, Wellington.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

STAFFORDSHIRE

SOMERSET

County Commissioner

ST.

County Cadet Officers

Lieut.-Col. LORD FORESTER.

County Commissioner

THE

Southern Area Assistant Commissioner County Surgeon County Officers Area Cadet Officers

A. BYRNE-QUINN, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., J.P ., Darmody House, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton. A. B. DAVIES, B.SC., M.B., CH.B., M.R.C.S ., L.R.C.P., 1, Bescot Road, Walsall. F. G. JACKSON, 62, Park Road East, \tVolverhampton. l\1rs. 1. DELANEY, 2, Nine Elms Lane, Wolverhampton. ALLAN WALKER, M.B., CH.B., 236 Stafford Road, Wolverhampton. Miss L. WILLETTS, 2, Parkdale Avenue \Vednesbury.

SUFFOLK County President! The LADY BLANCHE COBBOLD. County Commissioner County Surgeon County Superintendent Asst. County Superintendent County urslDg Officer County Officers. County Cadet Officers County Secretary County Treasurer Area Cadet Officer

The EARL OF CRANBROOK, Great Glemham, Saxmundham. Dr. P. WEINER, 105, Hatfield Road, Ipswich. Miss A. M. PARKER, Dickon, Walberswick. Lady EDDIS, I.B.E., J.P., Thellusson Lodge, Aldburgh. . Miss 1\1. H. l\hLLER, Crosslea House, Heilley Road, IpSWIch. \tV. C. \VATTS, The Lodge, London Road, Beccles. Miss E. K. BALDWIN, 36, Ann Street, Ipswich. Miss B. HOSSACK, R.R.C., 55, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich. W. C. MAYHEW, 82, Severn Road, Ipswich. . Miss r-.1. R. BOTWOOD, Briardale, Cauldwell Avenue, IpSWIch. H. J . WATTS, 33, Sproughton Road, Ipswich. L. E. MELTON, 8, Princes Street, Ipswich. Mrs. G. r-.1. L. PAUL, Parham Hall, Woodbridge.

THE

ST.

County President (Nursing Divisions) The COUNTESS OF LINDSAY.

County Surgeon (Western Area) County Superintendent District Staff Officer District Officer . County Officers.

County Treasurer County Cadet Officers Asst. County Secretary

W. GEO . PAPE, O.B.E., Hay Tor, Higher Drive, Banst.ead. J . P. FLAVIN, 7, Hampton Road, Worcester Park. Capt. P. H. ELLIS, Royston, Fairmile Lane, Cobham. Capt. G. O. 1\1. DICKENSON, Newshott, Beech Road, Haslemere. Mrs. HEALD, Chilwortb Manor, Guildiord. C. E. CHAPLIN, 13, "YVodeland Avenue, Guildford. E. J. PREW, O.B.E., 30, Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon. Mrs. BRIGGS, Killinghurst House, Haslemere. ' :rvr:s . HENRY, Islingt.on, Normandy, Nr. Guildiord. 1\11SS STABLES, Inverugie, Haslemere. Lady REDFERN, 119, Barkston Gardens, S.W. 5. lYlrs. STRICKLAND, The Manor House Goldhill Lower Bourne. " A. E. MOORE, 22, Sherw'ood Park Road, Sutton. G .. F. W. STILL, 15, Bulganak Road, Thornton Heath. MISS BARLOW, Killinghurst House, Haslemere. Corps Supt. Miss E. M. TUCKER, 10 Geraldine Road, Wandsworth, S.W.

SUSSEX Lady County President 1 The COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH, J.P. County Office: 19, North Street, Horsham. County Commissioner County Surgeons

County Superintendent Coun ty Nursing Officer Assistant Commissioners

District Officers

County Officers.

County Cadet Officers Area Cadet Officers

DAVID BRYCE, J.P., Sandycroit, Cheswort.h Close, Horsham. RON.ALD FARNCOMBE, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Burnt House, Nmfield Road, Bexhill. DAPHNE DEAR, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., 23, Southfield Road, Eastbourne. Captain R. SYDNEY HARPER, M.R.C .S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.M.S., 18, Wilbury- Road, Hove, 3. Miss D. 1. HUBBARD, Green Acre, Hotherfield, Sussex. Mrs. M. L . ROYLE, White Cottage, Steyne Road, Seaford. CLAUDE HEYWOOD, St. Margarets, Peeling Lane, Vlestham. WILLOUG~BY BULLOCK, L.L.D., F.V.I., Tangles, Old Bosham. N r. Chichester. W . J. B. TROTTER, Baringcroft, Cawley Road, Chichester. F. A. TROTT, 16, Hurst Road, Horsham. C. MILTON, 2, Edwin Road, Hastings. A. D. JARVIS, Hamelsham Court, Hailsham. W. J. NOBLE, 34, Lancaster Road, Brighton,S. A. J. BURNAGE, Wearde, Bedfordwell Road, Eastbourne. COUNTESS BRASSEY, Park Gate, Battle. A. E .. D. HOLLIDAY, Gay-roy, Aldwick Road, Bognor RegIS. A. G. KING, Fair-lawn, Parkside Avenue, Littlehampton. W. E. Jupp, 15, Barttelot Road, Horsham. Mrs. A. P. SCOTT, Priory Gate, Boxgrove, Chichester. Mrs. HUDSON-HoB DEN, 18, Kepplestone, Eastbourne. C,. W. L. PILE, 17, Whyke Lane, Chichester. MISS E. M. TRILL, 65, Barnett Road, Brighton, 6. E. W. SMITHERS, Oldfield House Oldfield Crescent Southwick. ' , F. W. T. DALLEN, 28, Park Drive, Hastings. H. G. NEWMAN, 16, Cross Road, Southwick.

ST.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

O. E. LAKE, 50, Whyke Lane, Chichester. Mrs. E. A. BRODIE, Cranleigh, Old Mill Close, Brighton (County Cadet Officer). Mrs. K. KIRKLEY, 18, Hova Villas, Hove. H. L. GREGORY, Westminster Bank, Ltd ., Horsham. J. IRELAN EAGER, 8, North Street, Horsham. C. SIMPSON, 19, North Street, Horsham.

Area Cadet Officers

SURREY

County Commissioner . . Assistant County Commissioners.

THE

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

County Treasurer Coun ty Solicitor County Secretary

W ARWICKSIDRE Lady County President

The Hon. l\Irs. L. C. S. FITZROY, Newdegate.

County Office: 153, Learn Terrace, Leamington Spa. County Commissioner County Surgeons

County Superintendent Assistant Commissioners Coun ty Officers. County Secretary County Cadet Officer . Area Cadet Officers

Major E. S. PHILLIPS, D.S.O., M.A., Leamhurst, Leamington Spa. H . G. WEBSTER, M.R.C.S., The Yews, Longford, Coventry. C. L. WORTHINGTON, M.B., M.R .C.S., L.R.C.P., 37 Jury Street, Warwick. N. J. L. ROLLASON, M.D., 74, Stoneleigh Avenue, Coventry. Miss C. M. ORTON, B.E.M., Sherbourne Priors, Warwick. "YV. A. JENNINGS, School House, Clifton, Rugby. G . J. FOWLER, Fire Station, Daimler Co., Ltd., Coventry. J. H. HARRIS, 35, Nichols Street, Stoke, Coventry. J. BONHAM, 11, High Street, Nuneaton. N. E. NEWALL, 15, Lavender Road, Coventry. H. K. PERRY, 123, Blackwell Road, Coventry. :Mrs. SHULMAN, 61, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. A. E. HEWITT, 21, Ro-Oak Road, Coventry. E. E. PORTER, 61, Hayes Lane, Exhall, Coventry. A. F. HIPWELL, 70, St. George's Road, Coventry. Miss B. E . T. BUCKMASTER, Moreton Morrell.

WILTSHIRE County President : Major-General Sir H. DE C. MARTELLI, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.

Lady County President: The LADY JANET BAILEY.

County Office,' 72, Fisherton Street, Salisbury. County Commissioner County Surgeon County Superintendent Assistant Commissioner County Officers.

County Cadet Officers.

A. R. TOWERZEY, 1 Westlecot Road, Swindon. H. S. TAYLOR-YOUNG, F.R.C.S., The Red House, Park Lane, Salisbury. Mrs. BATTYE, 4, Mill Brook, Salisbury. Colonel L. V. THURSTON, D.S.O., Carrier Crossing, Stratford Sub Castle, Nr. Salisbury. D. T. SINNETT, 55, Corby Avenue, Swindon. A. J. JENKINS, Silverdale, Croft Road, North Wroughton, Nr. Swindon. Mrs. DARLING, 40, Market Place, Cirencester, Glos. Mrs. H. C. BRADISH ELAMS, Shepherds Close, Upper Woodford, Salisbury. Mrs. TAYLOR-YOUNG, The Red House, Park Lane, Salisbury. Miss S. G. STURMER, Mill Vale House, Bratton, near Westbury. O. E. HYDE, 11, Burford Avenue, Swindon. Mrs. G. Moss, Watchfield, Rowden Hill, Chippenham.

THE

ST.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

THE

WORCESTERSHIRE Cou.nty President: The COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP, M.B.E. County Office : Mount Pleasant, Cowleigh Road, North Malvern. County Commissioner Dr. F. L. NEWTON, Loddiswell, Avenue Road, Malvern. County Superintendent Mrs .. C. PORTER, M.B., CH.B., 27, Church Street, Kidderrrunster. County A.R.P. Officer and Com- E. S. BOND, Parkfield Lodge, Albert Road, Malvern. forts Depots. Coun ty Secretary Miss H. M. WALTON, Mount Pleasant, Cowleigh Road, North Malvern. County Cadet Officer. Mrs. HUGH ROBINSON, Chadsmore, Orchard Road, Malvern. County Staff Officer . Miss N. ASHTON, 52, Camp Hill Road, Worcester. County Transport Officer W. R. SCURFIELD, Manor House, Kempsey.

ST.

Dr. C. PETVIN PORTER, 27, Church Street, Kidderminster.

Assistant Commissioner County Surgeon Area Cadet Officers

Mr. T. C. LENCH, South Bank, Blackheath. Dr. J. T. DALY, 3 0, Ridgacre Road, Quinton, Birmingham, 32. R. R. HINES, 3 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley. Mrs . LAMB, Grange Hill, Halesowen .

County President,' The LADY BINGLEY. County Commissioner District Superintendent Assistant Commissioners South-East Area Midland Area Southern Area . Northern Area. South-Western Area. County Surgeons

Northern Area

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE County President.' LADY ATKINSON. County Office .' Priory House, 29, Cottingham Road, Hull. County Commissioner N. JENNINGS, M.B., CH.B., J.P., 29, Cottingham Road, Hull. County Surgeon . N. A. RYMER, M.B., CH.B., 1, Bricknell Avenue, Hull. County Superintendent Mrs. I. M. EDWARDS, 14, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull. Assistant Commissioner G. EDWARDS, 29, Cottingham Hoad, Hull. County Officers. A. R. LlDGLEY, 179, Park Avenue, Hull. T. MACKAY, 143, Fairfax Avenue, Hull. C. JACKSON, 230, Hawthorn Avenue, Hull. ~ss D . M. COLLIVER, Ill, Etherington Road, Hull. Miss M. BATESON, Rosemount, West Ella, Nr. Hull. County Officers (Cadets) F .. R. CHARLTON, 158, Summergangs Road, Hull. MISS L. LEPPINGTON, Aytona, Bell Vue Crescent, Filey. M~ss STONEHOUSE, 55, Welwyn Park Road, Hull. County Cadet Secretary . Miss D . CARR, The Paddock, Thwaite Street, Cottingham . Divisional Superintendent Att. Mrs. D. E. CODD, 30, Hall Road, Hull. (Medical Comforts).

NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE County President (Nursing Divisions) .' LADY SERENA JAMES. County Office 11, Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. County Commissioner F. P. WILSON, J .P., Parkhurst,49, Park Road South Middlesbrou~ . ' County Surgeon F. W. HEBBLEWAITE, II, The Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. County Superintendent . Mrs. F. C. BURTON, 2, Upper Westbrook, Darlington. AIAssistant Commissioner . J. PEARSON, Alandale, 5, Stone leigh Avenue, Middlesbrough. County Officers C. F. PEDDIE, 20, Fieldfare Lane, Norton-on-Tees. J. M. PRINGLE, West Layton, Richmond. P. P. SMITH, 11, West Park Avenue, Newby, Scarborough. County Cadet Officers G. C. GREEN, Flat 4, 10, Oriel Crescent, Scarborough.

WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

Southern Area Assistant Commissioner

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

County Officers.

County Cadet Officer. County Cadet Officers for Areas

H. L. THORNTON, Springvale, Meltham Road, Huddersfield. Mrs. BrRKBECK, O.B.E.·, Anley, Settle. H. C. ELSE, The Ford, Ridgeway, Nr. Sheffield. B. HART, O.B.E. , L.M.S.S.A., M.S.R., Homldene, Armthorpe, near Doncaster. W. N. WEST WATSON, M.D., Victor Lodge, Manningham, Bradford. K. H . BEVERLEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., The Haven, Worsboro' Dale, Barnsley. E . H. LODGE, M.B., B.CH., Castle Garth House, Wetherby. H . HARRISON, Hazledene, Wyvern Avenue, Marsh, Huddersfield. J. PRENTICE, M.B ., CH.B., Malsis Mount, Malsis Road, Keighley. Colonel G. H. L. HAMMERTON, C.M.G., D.S.O., L.R.C.P.& S., The Mount, Dewsbury. C. C. HARGREAVES, M.B., CH.B ., D.P .H., The Grange, Allerton Bywater, Nr. Castleford. F. W. SULLIVAN, M.B., M.D., B.CH., B.A.O., Knocknarea South Kirby. J. M. RUSSELL, M.B ., C.CH., D.P.H., B.HY., Wemyss, Stockarth Lane, Oughtibridge. A. ROBERTSHAW, 14, Garlick Street, Rastrick, Brighouse. C. H. FORSTER, 33, High Street, Sheffield, 1. R. H. BAKER, 47, Harold Street, Burley, Leeds, 6. S. FIRTH, 48, Hutton Terrace, Eccleshill, Bradford. E. SOAR, Oak Lodge, Sprotborough, Nr. Doncaster. N. HULLEY, The Terrace, Conisborough, Nr. Doncaster. J. P. O. V ALLOW, 33 Park Road, Bingley. Miss G . ASHBERRY, 112, Westbourne Road, Sheffield. Mrs. O. M. GELDARD, The Grange, Ilkley. Miss A. E. UN THANK, The Vicarage, Collingham, Nr. Leeds . Mrs. G. W. LODGE, Castle Garth House, Wetherby. Mrs. M. ROGERS, 43, Windsor Road, Doncaster. Mrs. M. LE BRUN, Markham Grange, Brodsworth, Nr. Doncaster. Mrs. CUMMING BELL, Binham Lodge, Edgerton, Huddersfield. W. BANHAM, Bell Lane, Ackworth. A. MITCHELL, Kelynack, Moorlands Crescent, Wheatley, Halifax. Dr. ROBERT EASTWOOD, Thornhill, Dewsbury. Lady A YKROYD, Linton Spring, Wetherby. Mrs. H. BEVERLEY, The Haven, Worsboro' Dale, Nr. Barnsley. Mrs. M. BALDEN, Bywell House, Dewsbury. Mrs. vv. J. DICKINSON, 13 Marriners Drive, Emm Lane, Bradford. Mrs. G. M. HARGREAVES, 198, Great North Road, Woodlands, Doncaster.

THE

ST.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

THE

WALES Headquarters: PRIORY HOUSE, 4, CATHEDRAL ROAD, CARDIFF. Commissioner for Wales Assistant Commissioner for Wales

The Hon. JOH ~ H. BRUCE, J.P ., D.L.-Knight. Captain Sir L. TWISTON-DAVIES, K.B.E., J.P., D.L., F.S.A. -Knight. Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales EDGAR LLEWELLYN, N.B., CH.B.-Knight. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Wales H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, G.c.V.o., C.l., G.B.E.Dame Grand Cross. Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief for Wales . G\VELYN PARI HEWS, M.B., CH.B.-Commander Grand Cross. Assistant Lady Superintendent-in-Chief THE COUNTESS OF PLYMOUTH-Dame. for Wales Lady Superintendent for Wales . THE LADY HOWARD DE \VALDEN AND SEAFORD, C.B.E. -Dame. Asst. Lady Superintendent for "Vales THE HON. MRS. J. H. BRUCE-Commander. Chief Officer Ambulance Cadets, Wales Sir MICHAEL DUFF, Bt.-Commander. Chief Officer Nursing Cadets, Wales Lady L. TWISTON-DAVIES, J.p.-Officey. Brigade Secretary W. MABON ABRAHAM-Officer.

COUNTY.

Monmou thshire

Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire

Anglesey.

Brecknockshire

Caernarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire East

Denbighshire West Flintshire

Glamorgan

Merionethshire .

COUNTY PRESIDENTS AND LADY COUNTY PRESIDENTS OF NURSING DIVISIONS. Sir Richard William Buckeley, Bart. The Dowager Lady Stanley of Alderley-Officer. The Hon. Mrs. Alastair Cooper-Commander.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

R. H. Prothero-Officer.

Aberdare

Sir Evan Williams, Bt., J.P., D.L.-Knight. Lady Kylsant, C.B.E.-Dame . Colonel Sir R. W. WilliamsWynn, K.C.B., D.S.O.Knight. Lady Howard de Walden and Seaford, C.B.E.Dame. Ditto. The Lord Mostyn-Commander. The Dowager Lady Kenyon -Officer. Col. Sir Gerald T. Bruce, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D. The Countess of PlymouthDame Grand Cross. The Lord Harlech, G.C.M.G., P.C.-Commander. Mrs. M. C. Inge--Dame.

Merthyr Tydfil

David Cecil Williams-Officer. Colonel Sir Charles B. Lowther, BT., D.S.O., J.p.-Command r.

E. C. Marshall-Hughes. John Wells, M.R.C.S., L.R.c.p.-Officer.

David M. Evans-Bevan, J.p.-Knight.

COUNTY PRESIDENTS AND LADY COUNTY PRESIDENTS OF NURSING DIVISIONS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The Viscount TredegarCommander. Lady (Ada) Mather-Jackson, C.B .E., J.p .-Dame. The Earl of Powis-Knight. The Viscountess Clive-Officer. Col. L. H. Higgon, M.C. The Lady Merthyr-Serving Sister.

Gwyn Rocyn Jones, M.A., M.D.-Officer.

The Lord Aberdare.-Knight.

Emrys James-Officer.

The Hon. Mrs. J. H. Bruce-Commander. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff. The Marchioness of Bute, Officer. The Lord Kemsley-Knight. Mrs. W. J. Canton-Officer.

Richard D. Thomas, J.P., L.R.C.P.&s.Knight. Capt. A. T. N. Evans, O.B .E.-Commander. F. J. H. Crawford, M.D., B.SC., D.P.H.

Major Cenydd G. Traheme, J.P ., D.L.Officer. Captain William J. Canton, LL.B., D.L.Commander.

Newport

The Mayor of Newport.

Major Henry Ware-Officer.

Rhondda

Lieut.-Colonel Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Bt., D.S .O., K.C. Lady Rhys Rhys-Williams, D.B .E.-Dame. The Mayor of Swansea.

J. H. Davies, F.A .L.P.A.-Commander.

Lieut.-Col. C. G. Cole-Hamilton, C.M.G., D.S.O., J.P., D.L.-Knight.

The Lord Penrhyn-Knight. Sir l\1ichael Duff, Bt.-Collllllander. Lady Megan Lloyd George, M.p.-Officer. ) The Earl of Lis burns- Brig.-General L. P. Evans, V.C ., C.B., Commander. D.s.O.-Commander.

JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Radnorshire

City of Cardiff COUNTY.

ST.

Swansea

Hugh S . Cann, M.B.E.-Commander.

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COLONEL SIR JAMES LEWIS SLEEMAN, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., M.V.O.

Knight.

WILLIAMS.

Appointed November, 1942.

Appointed June, 1930.

1Lab2 Superintenbent:::fn:::crbief of 1Hl\t'sfng Corps anb JDi\?is!ons or tbe 1.8rigabe ®\?erseas. THE HON. MRS. COPLAND-GRIFFITHS.

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FRANK W. HOLDER.

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GEORGE F. QUILTER.

Officer.

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Victoria District,

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New South Wales District.

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South Australia District. Tasmania District.

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Knight.

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Appointed April, 1946.

LIEUT.-COLONEL ERNEST A. H. RUSSELL, M.B.

Officer.

Appointed June, 1943.

Commander.

Appointed May, 1947.

MACLAREN.

Appointed March, 1945.

<tommfssioners. GILBERT B. PEAT, M.D.

:assistant <tommfssioners.

Commander.

Officer.

South Australia District. CLEMENT

Officer.

Appointed February, 1940.

A. VERCO, M.B., CH.M.

New South Wales District.

Appointed April, 1946.

New Brunswick District.

Appointed January, 1940.

DAVID KEMP EDWARDS.

SIR CEDRIC STANTON HICKS, M.SC., M.D.

Knight.

Federal District. KENNETH

Officer.

Appointed September, 1943. MCGIBBON, M.B.

Manitob. District.

Appointed February, 1944.

Surgeon:::tn:::crbtef.

COLONEL CHARLES P. GABOURY, O.B.E., M.D.

Officer.

QMebec District.

Appointed October, 1945.

*JIVRAJ N. MEHTA, M.D., M.R.C.P.

Appointed December, 1947 .

DAVID R. TURNBULL.

Officer.

Nova Scotia District.

Appointed January, 1946.

HERBERT DARLING, M.B.E.

Officer.

Alberta District.

Appointed April, 1946.

crom 111 issioners.

FREDERICK C. MIDDLETON, M.B.E., M.D., D.P.H.

Officer.

Saskatchewan District.

Appointed June, 1947.

COLO EL LEWIS H. A. R. HUGGARD, M.D.

Commander.

British Columbia District.

Appointed August, 1947.

LIEUT.-COLONEL DIWAN P. NATH, LM.S.

Associate Officer.

No.9 District.

COLONEL S.

Associate Officer.

Appointed May, 1947.

BHATIA, C.LE., LM.S.

No.4 District.

Appointed July, 1947.

* A. C. CHATTERJEE.

No.2 District.

Appointed February, 1948.

*COLONEL M. G. BHANDARI, C.LE.

No.3 District.

(!e}?Ion.

:assistant crolll111issioners.

:assistant crommtssioller. S.

CHELLAPPAH, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Commander.

Appointed February, 1948.

SIR JEHANGIR

Associate Commander.

Appointed May, 1943.

GHANDY, C.LE.

No.9 District.

Appointed November, 1938.

P. PARTHASARATHY, L.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

Associate Officer.

No.5 District.

Appointed May, 1940.

\V ALTER KIRBY,

(!}1prns.

Officer.

(tolllmissioner.

Associate Officer.

Appointed July, 1940.

Appointed January, 1946.

No. 14 District.

MASHIR BAHADUR JOHN

JACK H. ASHMORE.

Officer.

No.9 District.

LIEUT.-COLONEL A. N. CHOPRA, LM.S.

Officer.

No. 17 District.

Appointed July, 1943.

UKOOLAM.

Appointed November, 1944.

SARDAR BAHADUR BALWANT SINGH PURl, C.LE., O.B.E.

Associate Commander.

jfiji.

Officer.

Rssistant (tommissigner. JOHN C.

Officer.

BUCHANAN, M.D.

Appointed

Indian Headquarters.

Appointed March, 1945.

LIEUT.-COLONEL PATRICK A. DARGAN, LM.S.

~Iay,

No. 10 District.

W. Officer.

No. 16 District. *A.

1945.

Appointed May, 1945.

HOOD, O.B.E.

Appointed June, 1946.

A. HAMID, O.B.E.

o. 9 District.

Appointed March, 1947.

LIEUT.-COLONEL G. D. MALHOUTRA, O.B.E., LM.S.

Associate Officer. • TO.

(tommissioner.

1 District.

*IVAN B. TREVOR, M.C.

o. 19 District.

Appointed February, 1948. Appointed Febnlary, 1948. *N. S. SEN.

o. 21 District.

3-nbfa.

Acting.

Appointed February, 1948.

*LIEUT.-COLONEL B. N. HAJRA, M.R.C.P.

Appointed December, 1947.

BARL, M.B.E.

Appointed February, 1948.

o. 6 District.

Jo. 8 District.

£\ssistant (tOIll111issioller.

Vacant.

Appointed August, 1947.

*LIEUT.-COLONEL A. S. GREWAL.

Appointed December, 1947.

crbief (tommissioner.

*V. NILAKANTAN. 1

ABBAS EL ARCULLI.

Associate Commander.

o. 7 District.

*RAI BARADUR P.

1bong 1kong.

Appointed February, 1948.

:acting :assistant (tomlllissioner. MAJOR MOHAMMED HAFIZ-UD-DIN, L.C.R.P.

Associate Officer.

Indian Headquarters (Staff Officer for Training) . July, 1937.

Acting.

Appointed

Uom m tsstoners.

3-amafca.

DAVID

Bssistant Uommiss{onet.

Commander.

MACKAY, M. B .E .

Appointed February, 19-14.

WILLIAM W . D UTTON.

ERIK HOERMAN, M.B .

Co mmander.

Auckland District.

Officer.

Appoin ted November, 1942.

Wellington District.

Appointed April, 1947.

*LIEUT.-COLONEL PERCY H . MOREY .

Serving Brother.

C. & W.C. District.

Appointed May, 1947 .

£\ sststant Uommissionets. WILLIAM BOURNE.

1ken}?a.

Serving Brother.

W a ngan ui District.

Bssistant Uomm{ss{oner. BRIGAD I ER- G E ERAL S IR GODFREY R HODES,

Officer.

Appoint ed May, 1939.

H AROLD D . C OB B.

Serving Brother.

.B . , C.B.E., D.S.O .

South Auckland Dist.rict.

Appointed May, 1941.

R ICHARD A. WALL.

Appointed September, 19-17. Serving Brother.

Taranaki District.

Appointed June, 1942.

ALBERT G . A. SWANSON .

Serving Brother.

Otago District.

Appointed September, 1945.

CARL HAUSMAI N.

Serving Brother.

f1Dala}?fl .

)Ianawaiu District.

Appointed

~ ~ovember,

1946.

*H. G. BARDEN .

Hawkes Bay District.

UOllllll fss{oner.

Appointed May, 1947.

R OBERT B . MACGREGOR, C.M.G., M.B., Cn.B . , r.I.R.C.P.

Officer.

Appointed February, 1940.

Ube {Drior}? tn Sontbern Bfrica . lPriot}? (!om111issioner.

.®altfl.

BRIGADI ER CHARLES M . HO FFE, C.B .E.

Uotllmissioner. V. ABELA, 1\LB .E .

Knight.

Appointed June, 194 5.

LIEUT.-COL. J OSEPH

Com mand er.

Appoint ed Nov ember, 1944

Su rgeon::::i n::::Ubfef. LIEUT.-COLO~EL JOH

Commander.

1\1.

\VATT, ED., M.B., CH.B .

Appointed :May, 1946.

1LaD}? SuperintenDent::::tn::::Ubief.

lRewfonnblanb.

MRS. MURIEL A . \ VALTON, A.R .R .C.

D ame.

Bssistant Uommissioner.

Uom 111 fssioners.

LIEUT.-COLONEL CLUNY MACPHERSON, C.M .G.

Knight.

Appointed February, 1944 .

Appoint ed May, 1912.

COLONEL SIR THO lAS E . ROBINS, D.S.O., ED .

Knight.

Rhodesia District.

Appointed J anuary, 1939 .

BRIGADIER WILLIA 1 M. CLARK, O.B.E .

Commander.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed October, 1945.

* MA J OR ALEXA DER STEWART, M.B., CH.B.

Ube

~rtor}?

lPrtOt2 Uommtssfonet. FRANCIS W. WARD.

Knight.

ape of Good Hope. District

in 1Rew Zea(flnb.

Appointed February, 1944.

LIEUT.-COLO EL ERNEST

Officer.

S IR D ONALD M CG AVIN , C.M.G . , D .S., F .R.C .S., M.D.

ommander.

Appoint.ed l'cbruary, 1946.

Appointed September, 1946. HAMLI , B.SC., F .R.S . (S.A.)

Witwatersrand & S. Transvaal District.

Appointed January, 1947 .

SIR ARTHUR GRIFFIN, K .C.I.E ., O.B .E .

Officer.

Rhodesian Railways District. COLONEL J OHANNES

Commander.

Su rgeon::::tn::::Ubief.

Appointed May, 1947. K RUGER.

Pretoria and N. Transvaal District.

Appointed May, 1947 .

COLONEL GEORGE G . E WER, D .S .O. , T.D .

Officer.

Sout.hern

atal & Zulu1and District. • Act ing.

Appointed J une, 1948.

lDeput}? <!ommissioners. WILLIAM HECKROODT.

S.A.R. & H. District.

*LIEUT.-COLONEL

Appointed November, 1945.

R. W.

*COLONEL

Natal Northern District.

ALLEN.

Appointed June, 1 47. W. GOWER-JACKSON.

Southern Natal & Zululand District.

Appointed June, 1948.

*D. SINCLAIR-SMITH, M.B., D.PH.

Cape Eastern District.

Appointed June, 1948.

Bssistant (Iommissionets. J OHAN S. DE VON WILLICH, B.SC.

Serving Brother.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed November, 1934.

LIEUT.-COLONEL CHARLES G. BOOKER, M.B., CH.B.

Officer.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed November, 1939.

*DANIEL H. C. Du PLESSIS.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed March, 1940.

J OHAN LOVIUS, M.B., CH.B.

Associate Serving Brother.

O.F.S. District.

Appointed November, 1940.

LIEUT.-COLO EL CORNELIS

Officer.

L. VAN DYK, M.B.

Pretoria and N. Transvaal District.

Appointed January, 19-11.

CHARLES E. COCK.

Serving Brother.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed March, 1941.

MAJOR ERNEST H. HONEYWILL.

Officer.

South African Headquarters.

*ERNEST H. WILSON.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed October, 1941.

Appointed February, 1944.

*PHILLIPUS S. COETSEE.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed March

1944.

*CAPTAIN \YILLIAM PAINE.

S.A .R. & H. District.

Appointed September, 1940.

*DONALD MCHARDY.

Griqualand West District.

JDeputog Bssistant (tommfssioners.

Appoin1.ed July, 1945.

A. FOURIE.

S.A.R. & H . Dist rict.

Appointed January, 1946.

*1.

S .A.R. & H. Dis lrict .

MAIR.

Appointed June, 1946.

*EDW ARD J . PARK.

S .A.R. & H. District.

Appointed August, 1946.

*THOMAS BLACK.

S .A.R. & H. District.

Appointed September, 1946.

JAMES VILJOEN.

Serving Brother.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed October, 1941.

Uangan)?iRa.

WILLIAM B. RITCHIE.

Serving Brother.

S .A.R. & H. Dis1.rict.

Appoin1.ed June, 1942.

crOllllll lSSlOner.

ALPHEUS G. WILLIAMS.

Officer.

Witwatersrand and S. Transvaal District.

Appointed June, 1943.

COLOKEL \VALTER A. MULLER, C.M.G.

Command er.

*GEORGE A. DALTON.

App ointed June, 1948.

S.A.R. & H. District. Appointed March, 1944. * JAMES TIMPERLEY.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed March, 1944.

COLONEL JOHN E.

Serving Brother.

Ross,

Rhodesia District.

Urinibab.

C.V.O.

Appointed May, 1945 .

Bssistant crommlssloner.

CORNELIUS J. H. SCHOOMBIE.

Serving Brother.

S .A .R. & H. District. DIRK

Serving Brother.

J. J.

(Vacant)

Appointed June, 1945.

PLESSIS.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed June, 1945.

*HAROLD A. GREGOROWSKI.

S.A.R. & H. District. *SAMUEL

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed June, 1945.

MULLIGAN.

CECIL V.

Appointed October, 1945 .

*D. P. MCDONALD.

S .A.R. & H. District.

'Ulganba. :assistant <!OlllIllfs5foner. Officer.

CURTIS.

Appointed January, 19-16.

Appointed November, 1945.

*T. V. MORE.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed February, 1946.

*H. V. TAYLOR.

S.A.R. & H. District.

Appointed October, 1946.

*JAN H. VLOK.

S .A.R. & H. District.

Appointed November, 1946.

* JOHN R. THOMSON.

Witwatersrand & S. Transvaal District. *CECIL

Appointed January, 1947.

R. NICHOLLS.

,¥itwatersrand & S. Transvaal District. • Acting.

SpeCial :.appOintments maDe bog tbe <!bie! <!ommis5ioner. CAPTAIN DUDLEY S. GOWING.

Commander. Acting District Superintendent in Charge. Gibraltar District. Appointed August, 1941.

Appointed January, 1947. '" Acting.

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE OVERSEAS.

This visit allowed me to appreciate, better than ever before, not only the tragic devastation caused by four years of enemy bombing, but also the undaunted spirit ot our Brigade members who stood up against this cruel punishment with magnificent courage and a spirit of endurance of the highest possible quality. In Gibraltar, too, while the work of our Order has been greatly handicapped owing to the compulsory evacuation of most of its civil population during the war (including members of several of our Brigade Divisions) and by a serious housing shortage since, I inspected an efficient Nursing Division in process of re-formation, with the promise of the revival of other Ambulance and Nursing Divisions within sight. A further reference to this Tour will be made in this Report under the Colonies concerned. It gives great pleasure to record that Viscount Bledisloe, who has done o much for the Brigade both in New Zealand and in England, was able to represent H.R.H. The Grand Prior at the installation of the Priors of the Australian and New Zealand Priories; the Special Priory Chapters being held at t. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, and at , t. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.

The Director of Ambulance, Ambulance Department, Order of St. John.

February, 1948.

IR,

I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas for the year ended 31st December, 1947. The year has been one of difficulties in several parts of the Briti h Commonwealth, but the strength of the Brigade Over eas has not only been maintained beyond all expectation but the number of adult Ambulance Divisions and ot both Ambulance and Nursing Cadet Divisions ha actually increased. In addition, the members have carried out their activities with the same high standard of efficiency and s If-sacrificing devotion that has always characterized the work of the Brigade in gen ral. During the year 72 new adult Divisions (58 Ambulance and 11 ~ursing) and 67 new Cadet Divisions (32 Ambulance and 35 ursing) were formed. Unfortunately it has been found necessary to consider a disbanded 109 adult Divisions (36 Ambulance and 73 Nursing) so that there has been a net decrease of 37 in the numb r of adult Divi ion, but a only 20 Cadet Divisions (12 Ambulance and 8 1 ursing) have b n disbanded, there has been a net increase of 47 Jdet Divisions. Including Crusader/ Student Divisions there has therefore be'n an overall incr a e of 13 Divisions. The strength of the Brigade O\'erseas at 31st Decemb r, 1947, was therefore :Divisiolls. 1,327 763

Ambulance ursing

P ersonnel. 37,597 12,142

2,090 430 3

Cadet Ambulance Cadet ursing

49,739 7,857 6,156 14,013

818 42 24

3 2

Crusader/Student Ambulance. Crusader/Student ursing

5 2,913

66 63,81

TOURS.

At the request of Their Excellencies The Governors of Malta and Gibraltar and in accordance with the wishes of the Grand Priory, I paid an official visit to Malta and Gibraltar during April/ lay, 1947, a full Report of which has been printed separately. vVriting as a Chief Commissioner whose eighteen years of service have included official Tours of almost every part of the British Commonwealth and Empire, I am in a position to say that the standard of Ambulance and Nursing efficiency witnessed in Malta and Gozo was of an exceptionally high character, and that our members are imbued with a healthy spirit of St. John service which is not surprising in this ancient Headquarters of our Venerable Order. Never, indeed, have I seen a better organization nor received more kindly hospitality than during this memorable Tour.

SERVICE MEDALS.

During the year 451 members were awarded the Service Medal of the Order and 384 members its Bar. All those Medals and Bars awarded to members of the Brigade Overseas to the 31st December, 1946, have now b en dispatched, and it is hoped to forward those gained in 1947 shortly. CADETS.

Brigade Orders have been issued during the year which provide for the improved status of Officers of Cadet Divisions and for the introduction into the Brigade Overseas of the new ranks of District Cadet Officers and Chief Officers for Cadets in the Dominions; innovations which will facilitate smooth working of the Cadet organization. Eligibility has been granted to Cadets of the Brigade Overseas to compete for the American Cadet Trophy, a Cup awarded annually to the Cadet who performs the most outstanding deed of gallantry. Presented 1.>y the U .. A. 8th Army Air Force, it will be a proud day if it is ever won by one of our Cadets. The continued increase in the strength of Cadet Divisions in the Brigade Overseas is most gratifying and it will be a splendid achievement if the existing 818 Cadet Divisions belonging to it could be increased to a thousand by the end of the current year. During the year 179 Cadets were awarded the Grand Prior's Cadet Badge. CRUSADER/STUDENT DIVISIONS.

Approval for the formation, where desired, of Crusader or Student Divisions has been given, to act where necessary as a link between adult and Cadet Divisions. LIFE SAVING AWARDS.

It is gratifying to report that the Silver Life Saving Medal of the Order has been posthumously awarded to Edward Tonna and Carmel Xuereb

12 of the Malta No.2 and 3 Police Divisions r speclively. These courageous members of the Brigade unfortunately lost their lives while attempting a gallant rescue at night of another member whose boat had capsized. GEN~RAL.

Probationary members of Nursing Divisions oversea may now be enrolled when in possession of their First Aid C rtificate only, and provided that the Home Nursing Certificate is obtained within twelve months, and the other conditions of efficiency are fulfilled, may count their service a from the date of enrolment. Brigade appointments made during the war were, with cerlain exceptions, considered as temporary and during 1017 it was ruled that all such appointments should be considered as terminating on the 31st December, 1947. New permanent "Varrants of Appointment are being i sued to those Officers who are recommended for confrrmation in their ranks. Approval has been given for the presentation of Jubilee ertificates to Corps and Divisions of the Brigade Overseas which hay been in continuous existence for 50 years or more. s applications ar r eei \. d these Certificates will be prepared and issued. In order to meet the needs of outlying part of the Empir ov rsea ' where the population is too small to maintain a full Division, permission has been given for the formation of Sections of six men or six \>\'0111 n where it is clear that circumstances ju tify such a departure from normal practice. AUSTRALIA.

Our gratitude is due to The Grand Prior, H.R.H. The Duke of Glouc ster, K.G., etc., for the invaluable and stimulative help which he gave the Brigade in Australia during his term of office as Governor-General. It is with regret that the resignation of Dr. . L. Dawkins, O.B.E., K.ST.J., on account of ill-health must be reported; one who, a C0111missioner of the South Australia District and as Command ry and Priory Commissioner, has performed outstanding service for many years and. done much to help forward the work of the Venerable Order in the Commonwealth of Australia. We are fortunate in having secured as his successor lajor-General S. R. Burston, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., K.ST.J., one who has also rendered long and valuable service to the Order and its Brigade, and whose place as Commissioner of the South Australia District has been taken by Lieut.Colonel E. A. H. Russell, O.B.E., O.ST.J., another must valued supporter of our work. It stands greatly to the credit of the Brigade in Australia that it formed no less than 16 new Cadet Divisions during the past year; an admirable record. It is interesting to record the inauguration of an Annual Interstate First Aid Competition in which Brigade teams from each State in Australia will compete for the" Herald" Cup. In the New South Wales District the many Public Duties performed by the Brigade included service at the Farewell Party at Government House to Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Anzac Day March, the March of the U.S. 38th Task Force, and the March of the Royal Navy 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron. In Victoria it is

13 interesting to note that Public Duty was performed at the Eucharistic Congress, that a Public Appeal for Brigade funds raised the sum of £2,000 and that steps are being taken to form Cadet Nursing Divisions. In the South Australia District much Public Duty has been performed during which 3,065 cases were attended. CANADA .

\Vhile congratulating the Brigade in Canada upon having increased the number of its Ambulance Divisions during the past year, it is with regret that it must be recorded that several Nursing Divisions have been disbanded. A highly succe sful Dominion Conference of Nursing Divisions was held in Ottawa in September last, under the Chairmanship of Miss M. MacLaren, C.ST.]., our very capable Lady Superintendent-in-Chief for Canada, which revealed both the wide range of activities efficiently undertaken bv the ur ing Division there, and the enthusiasm of the members. The increase in the Cadet movement in Canada continues to make xcellen t progres , 13 new Cadet Divisions being registered during the year. mong the many examples of Public Service given by the Brigade in anada during the year was the excellent work undertaken with the First Aid arrangements for the Marian Congress at Ottawa. During the five da s of the Congress members of the Federal District assisted by members from other Districts and by a number of Certificate-holders who volunteered for the occasion (a total force of 600) were on duty. First Aid Posts, etc., were open in all parts of the grounds and members were in attendance at all ceremonies and functions. Some 3,300 cases were treated and at the conclusion of the Congress the appreciation of The Archbishop of Ottawa was conveyed to the Brigade. INDIA A TD PAKISTAN. ~ot only wa ~rountbatten of

it a great honour when Her Excellency The Viscountess Burma, G.B.E., C.I., D.C.V.O., D.G.ST.]., Vicereine of India, accepted the position of Lady President-in-Chief of Nursing Divisions in India, but her acceptance of this responsible appointment gave great encouragement to our members there, just when this was most needed. Viscountess Mountbatten has continued to take a practical interest in the Brigade in India, and in June la t sent the following message to our Chief Commissioner in India, Sir Patrick Spens, K.B.E., K.ST.J. : « I have read with the greatest interest the excellent report on the wide field of work undertaken by the Indian Red Cross Society and the t. John Ambulance Association during the recent Calcutta disturbances. Also the accounts of the fine services rendered by the personnel of these two organizations, and I do know what great assistance they have been to the community during these tragic events and at a time of great suffering and hardship."

With the granting of independence to India and the setting up of the Dominions of India and Pakistan, it is recognized that our Brigade there will require to be radically re-organized. Sir Patrick Spens is already taking steps towards this end, while at the time of writing this Report

there appears to be every hope that our Brigade work will continue to be required in both India and Pakistan. Certainly it has proved of priceless worth during the riots and disturbance~ whic~ have. taken place since partition, and when Brigade personnel and Flrst Ald eqUlpment and ambulances have been supplied where most n~ed~d a?d skilled servi~e rendered in Refugee Relief Camps, Food DlstnbutlOn Centres and m the transport of wounded and sick. The following extract from a letter received from ir Patrick pens and dated 29th October, 1947, speaks for itself :-

not only promptly responded following the outbreak of this sad catastrophe, but remained on duty throughout that night and the following day, rendering efficient and admirable service. A Dominion Competition has been instituted for Ambulance and Nursing Divisions which should prove of great benefit.

. (( The Brigade is doing magnificent work and has produced tramed Ambulance .volunteers to help in the Punjab and Dellli, beyond my expectatlOns. It has also produced a certain number of n:rrses , whose services have been invaluable. I cannot speak too hIghly of the. volunteers from t~e. Brigade, and their work i very much appreclated by all the l\I111Isters and officials connected with this problem." It is satisfacto.ry to kno~ that the Order has helped in the provision of Ambul,:nces, w~ile supportmg .the appeal of the British Red Cross ociety for .asslstance 111 medIcal eqUlpment. The work which our Brigade in IndIa has been called upon to do, both before and after partition took place has often been of a hazardous nature and it is therefore most satisfactory that this splendid help has been given ~nobtrusi;ely in accordance with the highest tradition of our Order. It de eryes mention ~hat the Ven~n~.ble Order still has some 17,500 Brigade members serving 111 these DommlOns who have rendered magnificent service. ~rising out of ~he A~bulance work performed at riot in Bombay, and whlch was mentlOned m last year's Report, Chapter-General has now awarded a Vote of Thanks on Vellum to the Parsi Ambulance Division concerned, with special reference to those splendid members mbulance Officer G. N. Gazdar and Private J. A. N'a vdar, who were killed while pursuing their merciful occasions. . During December last I had the pleasure of meeting Lieut.-General Slr ~obert Hay, K.C.I.E:, O.ST.J., late urgeon-in-Chief of our Brigade in In~ha, and heard from hlffi an account of the splendid achievements of the Bngade performed under the most distressing circumstances as can ever have fallen to the lot of voluntary Ambulance service. Certainly members of the Venerable Order have a right to be immensely proud of the part played by its Brigade Overseas in India and Pakistan. NEW ZEALAND.

The Brigade within the Priory in New Zealand has maintained its admir<l:ble standard. a?d alt~ough its strength has slightly declined the enthUSiasm and actIvlty of ltS members remains unimpaired. Its Cadet strength still ~aintains its premier position in the Brigade Overseas, and alt~ough a polley h,:s ?een most wisely adopted of disbanding Divisions whlch are not functlOmng efficiently, the number of Cadet Divisions has still increased since 1946. Splendid work was done by the Brigade in Christchurch on the occasion of a disastrous fire involving a large block of buildings in which 41 fatalities occurred and a great many received injuries. Members of the Brigade

SOUTH AFRICA .

The outstanding event of 1947 was the Royal Visit to South Africa of Their Majesties The King and Queen and the two Princesses, during which the Brigade responded admirably to the many calls made upon it, dealing with them so adequately as to gain high praise from Local Authorities and others. In total some 3,000 Duties were performed, and over 4,000 cases of injury and sudden illness treated, during the Royal Visit. \Vhile in South frica Their Iajesties graciously accorded an interview to a Deputation of the St. John Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, and displayed great interest in the proposed St. John Ophthalmic Foundation in outhern Africa. The strength of the Brigade in Southern Africa has been admirably maintained, and the increase in Cadet strength is very satisfactory; 17 new Divisions having been formed during the year. All who know the great value of their work for the Order and its Brigade Overseas were extremely glad when Colonel Sir Ellis Robins, D.S.O., K. T.J., ommissioner of Rhodesia District, and Major \V. F. Veary, O.ST.J., late Commissioner of Cape Province District, visited t. John's Gate during the year. A reorganization of the Brigade Districts in Southern Africa has been approved, as the result of which there are now 12 Districts of the Brigade within its Priory. UNGROUPED DISTRICTS. BARBADOS .

Both our Commissioner, 1\1r. E. B. \Villiams, O.ST .J. , and the Lady District uperintendent l\Irs. E. B. \Villiams, O.ST.J., are again to be congratulated upon the admirable work which they have done for the Brigade in Barbados, while it is hoped that Cadet Divisions will materialize before long. Progress has been made in the formation of Ambulance Divisions which is all to the good. BERMUDA.

The activities and strength of the Nursing Divisions in Bermuda are continuing, including Duty at the Military Hospital and elsewhere. The progress of our Brigade in Bermuda has been slow and it is therefore very satisfactory that a second Cadet ursing Division has been formed during the year, upon which our Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel R. C. Earl, O.B .E ., V.D., O.ST.J., and our Lady District Superintendent Lady Gladys Hall, C.ST.J., deserve every congratulation. During the year an inspection of the Brigade was most kindly held by His Excellency The Governor, Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, R.C.B., K.ST.J., at which demonstrations were given by the Nursing Division and the St. John members of the Bermuda Police.

BURMA.

desirable that there should be a corresponding increase of our Brigade service in that important part of Empire. In this connection the desirability of a greater attention being paid to the formation of Cadet Divisions throughout East Africa is particularly emphasized.

During the year such a wholesome interest in our Brigade serv.ice was shown that 15 new Divisions were formed (10 Ambulance, 3 Nursmg and 2 Cadet Ambulance). Now that Burma has been granted full independence the future position as regards the work of the Order there has not yet been clariEed. It was a great pleasure during the year to meet Mrs. \Vitcher, the Lady District Superintendent of Burma, who has since returned and hopes to be able to stimulate the work of the Nursing Divisions. CEYLON.

The Brigade Overseas work of the Ceylon Police Corps continues at the same high level for which it has been renowned for so many years, and I would congratulate the Inspector-General of Police, Colonel R. R: M. Bacon and his Officers upon this fact. Now that Ceylon has been glven Dominion status it is hoped that greater interest will be taken in our Brigade service among the civil population. CYPRUS.

The strength and activity of the Cyprus Police Corps has been extended and many instances of excellent First Aid work by its member have been reported. There is a possibility that a ivision may be formed .in t~e Cyprus Mines Corporation where classes have been held, and If thIS materializes it will be most satisfactory for there is an urgent need for our work to be extended to the civil population. EAST AFRICA.

Kenya.-It is with regret that the resignation of our Assistant Commissioner in Kenya, Captain \V. S. Gulloch, O.ST.J., must be recorded, on retirement from the Kenya Police, one whQ has given outstanding service. In expressing our thanks for his considerable help let me add how fortunate we have been in obtaining as his successor Brigadier-General ir Godfrey Rhodes, C.B . , C.B.E., D.S.O., O.ST.J., who has given most valuable support to the work of the Order in Kenya for many years. The Brigade work of the Kenya Police Division remains at a high standard, and the formation during the year of two new Ambulance Divisions is most gratifying, especially as Kenya is now receiving a great influx of white settlers. As many of these are ex-Army Officers or Officials and their wives, men of high intelligence who have been prematurely retired on pensions from Indian service, there is a reasonable hope that some will possess both the desire and leisure to help towards the formation of those Ambulance and Nursing Divisions so greatly needed in East Africa. Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar.-Although the Brigade work of the Police in these Colonies continues to be excellent, civil voluntary Ambulance service is proceeding more slowly than is desirable. It is, however, pleasant to be able to report the formation of a new Ambulance Division in Uganda, a fact upon which I congratulate its Assistant Commissioner Mr. C. V. Curtis, O.ST.J., and all others concerned. . Now that the Government ground-nut scheme is bringing much European, Indian, and African labour into Tanganyika it is the more

FIJI.

The work in Fiji is being well maintained and the membtrs had the honour of being inspected by His Excellency The Acting Gove.rnor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, C.M.G., at a Parade at Government House. The Bngade has been prominent on many public occasions a~d all the. Div~sions have rendered valuable service at all the larger PublIc gathenngs m hot and trying conditions. GIBRALTAR.

For reasons already stated in this Report, it has proved intensely difficult to re-establish our Ambulance and Nursing Divisions in Gibraltar, notwithstanding the interest shown in our work by His Excellency The Governor General ir Kenneth Anderson, K.C.B . , M.e., and Lady Anderson, and by o~r zealous District Superintendent, Captain D. S. Gowing, C.ST.J., whose every effort to re-establish our work has largely been thwarted. by conditions beyond his control. There are signs, however, ~hat.a reVlv<;t1 of our former activity will not be delayed much longer, while hIgh credlt must be given to those who, notwithstanding many disappon:tment~, have maintained their interest in the work of our Order and tned theIr best to recreate our Brigade work in Gibraltar. HONG KO G.

Excellent progress has been made in reforming and re-equipping our Brigade in Hong Kong following its wartime occupation by the Japanese, for to the credit of all concerned be it aid that the spirit of St. John service still remained alive although its members were dispersed or interned. The Brigade there has resumed occupation of its fine Headquarters, while many pre-war members .have rejoine~, a~d. its stren~t~ is approaching 1,000. Thanks to the WIsdom of mamtammg all ongmal records at t. John's Gate, we were able to supply all essential copies of Returns, etc., to replace those lost during the Japanese occupation. Unfortunately, Mr. E. Raymond, C.ST.J., has been compelled by reason of health to relinquish his position as our Commissioner there, a loyal and devoted Officer for many years, and one who had the gratification of witnessing the courage and efficiency of his Officers and members when the Japanese attacked and their magnificent response to every call made upon them. Unfortunately, the hardship of long internment by the Japanese has been responsible for his ill-health, and I would express an earnest hope for his complete recovery, while thanking Mr. Raymond for all the considerable help he has given us. JAMAICA.

The formation of both a new Ambulance and Nursing Division in Jamaica is evidence of the continued development of the Brigade under the stimulative and efficient charge of its Commissioner, Dr. E. Hoerman, C.ST.J . Among the many calls upon its service during the year was the instant response to a radio message from a ship for the removal of a case

of acute appendicitis. Dr. Hoerman, with the help of other members of the Brigade, removed the patient from the vessel by means of a NeilRobertson stretcher, and conveyed him by launch and ambulance to hospital, where an operation was performed resulting in a complete recovery. Public Duty has been performed during the year on many occasions and 481 cases have been treated. Members of Nursing Divisions have also been on duty every Sunday throughout the year at the Military Hospital. The splendid example and zeal of our Commissioner in Jamaica deserves a greater response than it has as yet received there, especially in those parts of the Island in which Ambulance, Nursing, and Cadet Divisions would prove of great value.

An entirely novel scheme has been put into operation this year whereby units ot the Brigade in Malta have become affiliated to units of the Brigade at Home. Not only will this serve as an intimate link with this historic home of the Order, but it is hoped that it will ultimately lead to an interchange of visits between the personnel of the affiliated units. For the first time in the history of the Brigade in Malta a detachment of its members participated in a Combined Services Parade on the King's Birthday, an honour largely due to the respect entertained for our Commissioner by the Heads of the Fighting Services and their appreciation of the work of our Brigade. That the latter has increased its war-time strength by over 200 since the war ended is a unique happening which speaks for itself, and the strength of the District is now over 800. Not only does this testify to the splendid spirit of St. John service existing in l\lalta but to the inspiring zeal and capable leadership of our Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel J. V. Abela, M.B.E., C.ST.]., and the Lady District uperintendent Mrs. Gulia, M.B.E., O.ST.]., and their Officers. In this connection I would particularly thank Lady Corps Superintendent and Honorary ecretary of the Association Mrs. T. L. Gollcher, C.ST.]., who, with the capable help of her husband, Chevalier O. F. Gollcher, O.B.E., K.ST.]., has done so much for the work of our Order in both Malta and Gozo.

MALAYA.

Pending the political and economic reorganization of Ialaya, the future position of the Brigade there cannot yet be definitely clarified. One new Division has been formed and others are in process of formation at Penang. I regret that Mr. Boyd Walker, O.ST.]., who, wounded during an air raid by the Japanese on Penang, and but recently returned there after visiting England, died during the year; a District Officer who will be greatly missed in Penang, where he was held in great affection. It is satisfactory to know that progress is being made in many parts for the revival of classes of the Association and as more and more candidates qualify in First Aid and Home Nursing there will doubtless be further recruits for the Brigade. I am very glad that it has proved possible for Malaya to forward an exhibit for the St. John Exhibition in England.

MAURITIUS.

It is a matter for congratulation that with the formation of the Police Divi ion, the fir t Brigade unit has been established in Mauritius. I am c rtain that this ivision will prove of the utmost value and I am hopeful that before long units will be established among the civil popUlation.

MALTA.

NEWFOU DLAND.

During 1947 the Malta District ""vas reorganized by its Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel J. V. Abela, M.B.E., C.ST.]., N"ho is to be congratulated upon obtaining the command of that distinguished Regiment, The Royal Malta Artillery. This reorganization has been most ably done and has met with the approval of all concerned. In addition to the ordinary activities of Ambulance and Nursing service, our Brigade in 1alta has al 0 formed 4 Medical Comfort Depots and 6 St. John Hospital Libraries, all of which are rendering much-needed and successful service. The outstanding event of the year was the inspection of 300 members of the Brigade by H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester on the occasion of the opening of the Malta Parliament, the first time in the history of the Brigade there that it has had the honour of being inspected by the Grand Prior. Writing as one who paid an official visit to Malta during the year, my grateful thanks are due to His Excellency The Governor, Sir Francis Douglas, K.C.M.G., K.ST.]., our Patron; Lady Douglas, M.A., C.ST.]., Lady President of Nursing Corps and Divisions; Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., K.ST.]., the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station, our President, not only for their kindly hospitality, but also for their deep and stimulative interest in our Brigade. That Sir Algernon Willis allowed 120 of our Ambulance Officers and members to participate in exercises at sea in H.M. Warships speaks for itself, a compliment greatly appreciated by all concerned.

I regret to say, as has not infrequently been the case, that no report having been received from Newfoundland, I am unable to make a report upon our Brigade activities in that loyal part of Empire. CONCLUSION.

In conclusion I would express my special thanks to the Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, The Han. Irs. Copland-Griffiths, D.ST.J., for her continued keen interest in the work of the Nursing Divisions, and to the ecretary of the St. Jo1m Ambulance Brigade Overseas, Mr. G. F. Quilter, O.ST.]., to the Chief Secretary of the Association, Captain A. N. Cahusac, O.B.E., M.C., and the staff at Brigade Overseas Headquarters, whose loyal help has been of the greatest assistance, and to my private secretary, Miss Edwina Seldon, for her able secretarial help. My special thanks are due to those of the Brigade-at-Home who have offered hospitality to visiting members of the Brigade under my charge and to all Officers and members of the Brigade Overseas for their splendid and devoted service during the difficult days of post-war recovery, throughout the British Commonwealth and Empire. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) JAMES L. SLEEMAN, Colonel. Chief Commissioner. t. John A mbulance Brigade Overseas.

20 REPORT OF THE LADY SUPERI TE DENT-IN-CHIEF Of' THE ST. JOHN AMBULA CE BRIGADE OVERSEAS

To: The Chief Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade Oversea. February, 1948. SIR, I have the honour to submit my Report of the progress of the Nursing Corps and Divisions of the Brigade Overseas for the year ended 31st December, 1947. Fourteen new Nursing Divisions were formed and 73 disbanded, making a net decrease of 59. Thirty-five Cadet Nursing Divi ion were formed and 8 disbanded making a net increase of 27 . ' Two Crusader Nursing Division were formed the first of their kind . these Divisions are the equivalent of the tudent' Divi ions of the Brigad ' at Home. The present strength of Nursing Divisions i : Aduli Cadet Crusader

763 386 2 1,151

The estimated total membership (exclusive of Surgeons) i Adult Cadets

12,142 6,156

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Two new concessions will be a great incentive to r cruiting Nursing members, especially in sparsely populated di tricts: the first allows women to enrol as Probationary members when in po ses ion of a First Aid ~ertificate only, and to count service from the date of nrolment, proVIded that the Home Nursing Certificate be gained \vithin hveh c ~onths. The other permits of a Section of 6 women being formed in CIrcumstances approved by the Officer in charge of the Di trict. In India our Nursing Divisions have received great encouragement by the practical interest shown in their work by The Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, who accepted the appointment of Lady President-inChief of Nursing Corps and Divisions. In both India and Pakistan our me~bers have shown great devotion to duty and high c'ourage during the tragIc events that followed the partition of these two great Dominions. They have w~rked in Refugee Camps among the starving displaced women and children, and have gone on duty during the worst of the riots and other disturbances. .The Brigade. gave splendid service in lining the streets, providing First AId Posts dunng the whole course of the Royal Visit to South Africa, and many accounts and photographs have appeared in the excellent magazine" The Call of St. John " . An outstanding service was performed at Benoni, in South Africa in March, 1947, when the members of the Ea t Rand Nursing Corps responded to a call for assistance during an outbreak of enteric. Thirty-five St. John

Nursing members were called upon to deal with 71 patients, and a letter of appreciation of the valuable assistance was afterwards received from the Medical Officer of Health in Benoni. The sequal to the final release of our V.A.D. members in Nlalta, G.C. is most enc~,:raging. O~ the 22 members who served through the war at ~Itarfa MilItary Hosp~tal, and afterwards among the displaced persons m Italy and YugoslavIa, no less than 11 arrived in London in February, ~947, to undergo the ):'ear's General Training which, by a special concession, IS all at present reqUIred before ex-V.A.D.s can sit for their examination as State Registered Nurses. The George Cross Island has been honoured by the visit of H.R.H. The Grand Prior and H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, and t.he J?rigade, for the first time in the history of Malta, had the honour of bemg mspected by the Grand Prior. Brigade units in Malta ~ave, in sO.me c?-s~~, been ~ffiliated to units of the Brigade at Home. adet Nursmg DIVISIOns are m process of formation for the first time. A second Cadet Nursing Division has been formed in B ermuda, where good progress with the Nur ing Divisions is reported. In ] am~ic~ while the~e ~as been a decrease in the number of Nursing 111 mbers, It IS very gratIfymg to find that a splendid proportion of those wh? ?ave left the Bri~ade have done so in order to take up full time trammg for the Nursmg profession. The Brigade has done excellent Public Duty ~~ring the y.ear and Nursing members have done good work al 0 at the lIhtary H~spital. I am very glad to know that Lady Strathie has accepted the appomtment of Lady District Superintendent. I? .~eyloJl, .although 3 Nursing Divisions have temporarily suspended actIVItIes, owmg to the absence on leave of the majority of their members, the welf~re .work in t?e service Hospitals is still organized by Mrs. Attfield, Lady Dlstnct u'p~r~ntendent, and her staff. The remaining 3 Divisions, and the Cadet DIVISIOn at Jaffna are very active. In Canada, Miss IacLaren, Lady Superintendent-in-Chief, has presided uver the first Conferencp of enior Women Officers ever to be held in the Dominion. Owing to the vast size of Canada, this was somewhat of an under~aking, and it i.s gratifying to know that the Lady Provincial Supenn~ende~ts were m most cas~s .able to be present in person. Much u eful dISCUSSIOn took place, and It IS hoped to make this Conference an annual event. The Priory is devoting great efforts to the formation of Cadet Divisions, and the adult Divisions are extremely active. . New Z ealand continues its enthusiastic St. John Service, and fewer (lIsbandments have taken place among its Divisions since the end of the war than in any other Dominion. . A'lt~tralia continues ~o report an ever-increasing round of Public Duty, m whIch our members ill the Commonwealth excel. Many lives are saved each year from drowning and other accidents through the equipping and staffing of the St. John Beach Huts. I.had the plea~ure of seeing Mrs. Kelly, Lady District Officer, Ceylon, dunng her stay ill England; also ~rs. Witcher, Lady District Superin~ende?t, Burr:na; Mrs. Emerson, until very recently Lady Superintendentll1-ChIef, India.; lV!rs. Ro~land-Jones, M.B.E., Lady District Superintendent, .No. 3 DI~tnct,. IndIa; Mr~. H~rrison, Staff Officer to the Lady Supenntendent-m-Chief for the Pnory m South Africa. It is both delightful and helpful to have the opportunity of meeting our Senior Officers of

22 the Brigade Overseas, and to be able to discuss the activities and difficulties particular to their own parts of the world. Without exception, all have asked for an official visit in the near future, and I need hardly say that I am more than willing to undertake a further series of Tours on behalf of the Order, whenever it is deemed advisable. In a short Report like this it is impossible to thank individually all who by their loyal and continued efforts have built up this unique organization that we call the Brigade Overseas. The spirit of voluntary service, inspired by St. John traditions, brings its own reward. I must, however, mention especially a few of those with whom I am in constant contact, and without whose help I could not manage my task. Miss B. Stanc1iffe, S.S.ST.J., my Secretary; Mr. G. F. Quilter, O.ST.J., Brigade Overseas Secretary; both give that solid background of efficiency and faultless attention to detail that means so much to the general working of our office: Captain A. N. Cahu ac, always ready to advise, though no longer actually connected with the Brigade. And all the Officers, N.C.O.s and Ambulance isters who year in, year out pursue their steady paths, seeking only complete efficiency and the knowledge that they are preparing themselves to save life and relieve suffering. May I express, Sir, my deep gratitude to you for your sympathy and understanding of the especial problems of the Nursing Division ? I have the honour to be, ir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) URSULA COPLAND-GRIFFITHS, Lady SuperintendeJll-in-Chief.

SERVICE

~IEDALS

AND BAR

During the year there have been awarded to members of the Brigade Overseas 451 Service Medals and 384 SerVice :Medal Bars as follows : AUSTRALIA. MEDALS.

Adey, 1. Aird, G. Bateup, S . R. Baum, A. L. Beckwith, C. J. Berreux, A. Bice, P. G. Blake, E. Braid, R. H. Brougham, A. H. Burston, S. R. Cannon, W. F. Chambers, E. J. Cook, H. G. Coupland, P. Croker, E. Dey, G. Dowling, E. Farrelly, J. Fitzpatrick, F. Fitzpatrick, J. M.

Frith, H . Fry, G. E. Furler, S. H. Gilshener, J. Godfrey, W. Green, H. Grimshaw, H. C. Grose, L. A. Gullidge, J. H. Hammond, H. C. Healy, G. M. Horseman, C. B. A. Hunter, A. B. G. Johns, O. P. Kendal, M. Kiely, J. M. Knoblauch, T. Knolder, F. Lamb, H. G. Lambert, S. H. Langford, N.

Lawrence, T. S. Le Breton, L. MacA. Loch, T. K. McDonagh, G. E. Maguire, J. W. Martin, F. Mercier, C. Millhouse, E. Moran, M. Myall, \V. T. C. Myers, D. C. ettleton, E. otting, A. Ogilvie, R. J. Payton, T. \V. Portens, E. A. Potts, W. K. Pratt, F. L. Price, T. C. Ross, D. J. Ross, \V. R.

Russell, E. A. H. Scully, A. Shales, C. Sheppard, E. MacA. Sim, A. G. Sims, H. J. Smith, R. Solomon, 1\1. H. Southall, C. SpringaU, G. C. L. Staunton, W. J. Talbot, A. G. Tompsett, J. Turner, J. Warren, F. W. Whitehorn, R. T. Whittingham, E. Willer, H. W. Williamson, C. J. H. V,rorden, "v. B.

BARS.

lukins, E. (3rd) . Bills, P. Boon, L. l\1. (2nd). Browne, O. A. Buxton, E. A. Bysack-Kubig, VI. B. (2nd). Dennis, C. C. (4th). Eckford, F. J. (2nd). Fegan, B. 1. Field, C. S. (2nd). Forland, K. Goff, E. C. Goodwin, G. (2nd). Gordon, F. Heanes, A. Heathcote, A. T. Hopkins, H. T. Jackson, C. T. (3rd).

Jackson, L. J. (3rd). Johnston, D. King, V. MacLachlan, R. McL. (2nd). l\Ioores, J. (2nd and 3rd). Morris, E. A. Muir, . 1. (4th). Newall, R. (4th). Rutherford, A. Seargent, \V. T. Semmler, J. A. Snewin, A. Solomon, A. 1\1. (2nd). Sparrow, A. Symons, S. (2nd). True, F. G. (4th). Wallace, G. C. (Mr.) Wallace, G. C. (l\Iiss)

Western Australia. MEDALS.

Carroll, A. Cherrie, W. Dick, M. Elsbury, C. M. Genders, A. Home, A. R.

Hyde, "V. T. Lamb, T. B. Lennell, C. V. C. McAleer, J. Martin, L. C. Thompson, A. C. BARS.

Allen, B. M. Andrew, G. M. Brear, W. C. Buttsworth, B. 'vV. Hyde, F. J.

Kirkwood, W. (3rd). Krug, A. B. (3rd) . Mitchell, J. A. (2nd). Nancarrow, E. Wood, J. A.

Anderson, E. Ball, B. Bean, L. 1\I. Browning, S. n.. Brunet, P. A. Bunt, N. Carney, A. A. Catlow, F. Crosthwaite, J. W. Deans, 1\ I. Duguay, D. Emmott, E. C. Fetherstonhaugh, N. Gillies, T. Gooch, R. T.

CANADA.

NEW ZEALAND.

MEDALS.

Guida, V. Hammond, H. R. Holmes, W. J . Hutchings, L. MacLean, H. A. Meloche, 1. Pankhurst, A. Paterson, A . 1\I. Pigeon, D. Rogers, A. Shepherd, C. Smail, M. mith, F. TofIey, A.

BARS.

Binnington, J. Black, F. (2nd). Boyes, F. (4th). Chapman, A. Clausen, W. M. Currah, R. Day, J. C. (3rd). Douglass, M. E. (4th). Gauthier, H. Kitto, E. McDonald, M.

1\lcIllwraith, C. E. (2nd ). 1\IcQuillen, T. S. Martin, W. H. Murphy, P. H. Oliver, G. Paterson, Y . C. Ross, E. V. (2nd). Toppin, A. vVicksteed, W. (3rd). Wood, J . F. R. Woods, M. E. (2nd).

INDIA. 1\IEDALS.

Carroll, C. Elavia, B. H. Kadam, R. Y. Khambatta, S. A. Lala, D. K. Master, S. D. Md. Hafizuddin Mehta, B. R. Pagde, S. Y.

Richards, D. Robinson, D. E. Senjit, D. 1\1. Subedar, J. H. Suntoke, 1\1. A. Thick, E. Vesuna, K. R. Wadia, R. D.

McBride, L. McCarthy, A. L. McDonagh, R. W. McKeown, B . M. McQuilkin, J.P. McWilliam, L. Mason, A. H. Mayes, E. Miller, A. J. Nicholls, J. L. Noakes, A. L. B. Osman, W. C. J. Overton, W. Pascoe, V. Pearce, E. Pooley, C. G. Richardson, A. Robinson, K. R. Roy, J. W. Sanders, W. A. Schofield, A. R. Shaw, H. L. Simpson, G. W. Smith, A. T. Smith, S. C. Stephenson, M. Stuck, W. Tootill, W. R. Turner, A. S. Turner, L. G. V enn, A. Webb, W. J. Wheeler, F. C. Willard, S. F. Williams, R. Witney, R. G. vVright, F. H. Yarrall, D. L. Young, C. S.

BARS . BARS.

Balsara, J. N. (5th). Bam, H. J. Banker, J. F. Daruvala, D. R. (2nd). Edalbehram, A. D. (3rd) . Gazdar, N. G. Jerfoo, N. P. (2nd). Judah, S. (6th). Kolah, K. D. (3rd). Kotwal, P. E. (4th). Mody, S. R. Mehta, N. D.

Ablett, H. G. Barford, F. A. Barr, J. Bennett, W. H. C. Blake, J. D. A. Boyd, N. Boyd, S. Brokenshire, R. Buckley, G. G. Butler, W. Buttimore, H. Chambers, W. C. Crow, W. T. Dunn, W. B . Elder, J. V". Elliott, W. G. Faulkner, A. E. A. Friend, G. V. T. Gibson, H. R. Gilchrist, 1. 1\I. Glasgow, VV. T. Glynn, M. S. Godfrey, V. Grattan, C. Hamilton, J. Hammond, E . J. Harper, W. D. Harraway, D. Harris, E. A. Humphreys, J. A. Hunt, E. L. Hutchinson, T. F. Jamieson, F. B. Jamieson, H. S. Jemison, J. M. Jobson, A. Johnston, J . Johnstone, A. G. Ladbrook, C. H. Ledbrook, E . C. C

1\1 ulla, J. C. (5th).

Nathan, A. S. (3rd). Navdar, J. A. (2nd). Patel, K. S. (3rd). Pir, G. Rane, S. P. (2nd). Raymond, S. Sidhva, G. S. Surti, R. S. (5th). Umrigar, N. D. (2nd). Unwalla, D. K. Wadia, K. D.

Applegarth, E. L. (4th). Bailey, W. Beattie, .R. Butler, L. P. (2nd). Chllderstone, G. W. Collins, F. E. (2nd). Davidson, A. E. Ernest, E. M. (3rd). Frank, E. M. Freeman, M. G. Fricker, A. E. (3rd). Gay, M. J. (3rd). Gourley, E. Gray, A. B.

Green, G. W. (3rd). Griffiths, G. H. Helyer, A. (4th). McCarthy, A. L. Moorman, E. S. Osborn, V. E. Pegler, J. (2nd). Postlewaight, S. F. Rodgers, A. Wall, R. A. Ward, F. W. (4th). Welton, J. E. \iVestfield, A.

26 SOUTH

AFRICA.

KENYA.

MEDALS.

Anderson, J. M. Armstrong, D. Bauser, C. R. Becker, M. C. Bell, D. Bender, R. A. Brettzke, O. D. Cader, H. M. A. Calmeyer, A. E. Cookson, L. S. De Beer Wiid, J. C. Du Preeze, J . :M. Dunn, S. C. Els, VV. A. Engelbrecht, M. Evans, P. Everett, W. A. Gets, S. J. Grant, C. L. Hansel, M. E. Harrod, M. Hartley, A. B. Heard, E. A. H eeger, M. Henstock, E. E.

Horne, W. J. J ansen, S. Kotz, J. Lawrence, A. Lawson, E. A. 1. Leggett, G. E. Lovius, J. Lowe, F. B. Olive, D. J. Pugh, P. E. Robins, M. A. Schluter, W. A. N . Scott, J. Smit, O. Solomons, 11. Stuck, M. Taylor, A. H. Taylor, C. Turnbull, J. S. Visagie, J . L. Wagner, M. vVilson, E. VV. Wood, J. 'Vynn, A. BARS .

Andrew, J. A. Bender, L. Brown, W. R. '"'I. Catlin, J. R. G. Chadwick, A. (3rd) . Clarke, R. 1. (1st and 2nd). Delport, J. H. Dicks, B. G. Donnelly, G. E. Edgar, W. R. E. Els, W. A. Forbes, J. R. Fowkes, P. 1. Gately, N. K. Hendry, L. P. Hildebrand, T. C. G . Huebsch, J. C. A. Hutton, A. (4th). Kain, D . V. Kilham, E. V. C. (2nd). I(onig, G. (2nd).

Lambrick, C. L. VI. Large, E. L. (2nd ). Lawrence, A. McGuire, J. D. Mayo, R. R. S. Page, L. E. (1st and 2nd). Pollecutt, A. (2nd). Ramsay, H . Reed, A. (5th). Reid, G. 1\1. (2nd). Scott, J. Smith, B. T. Swailes, F. C. Taylor,!. 1\I. Taylor, J. S. Trestrail, G. Walker, A. W. Walsh, E. (3rd). Wedderburn, G. A Woolley, H. B.

BURMA. MEDAL.

Swamy, K. C. D. CYPRUS. MEDALS.

Rifat, K.

Tayyar, 1. H.

MEDALS.

luma, J. Katuke, W. Kihoto, M.

Singh, G. Standish, O. P.

BARS.

Bristow, E. E. Instone, H. N. Karala, A. Laws, E.1\:.

Palfreman, J. A. Parker, E. L. Singh, B. Vincent, S. L.

MALTA. BAR.

Xuereb, P. J.

CEYLON. MEDALS.

•\beykoon, Y. Abeysckcra, A. " '. Abeysekera, L. C. Abeysundera, Y. 1\I. S. Abeywickrama, \V. I). S. Abraham, E. D. Ahamath, T. '. lIes, C. F. T. . lmeida, T. T. nanthan, S. ndrews, M. II. Asscn, T. P. R Azeez, S. I. Baharan, B. A. Banda, B. I. A. Banda, D. P. H. 1\l. Banda, E. M. M. Belleth, R. R. Cassim, T. A. Cassim, T. K. Chandradasa, G. S. Charles, W. L. Chelliah, Chinniah, V. Cooray, 1. l\f. Dalton, T. F. Danapala, T. J:' Davld, L. De HOOD, J. H. De Silva, M. H. De Silva, W. D. L. De Waas-Tillekeratne, J. W. Disanayake, T. B. Dissanayake, A. G. Dissanayake, E. S. Dissanayake, T. B. Don Charles, P. G. Doole, T. J.

Endran, B. D . Fajardeen, M. C. Fernando, A. E. Fernando, B. A. Fernando, B. B. Fernando, F. B. Fernando, 1\1. A. R. Fernando, W. H. A. Fernando, \V. J . Fernando, W. I. Gerard, M. D. Godage, A. Goonawardane, D. P. Gordon, L. D. C. Gunatileke, H . A. Gunatilleke, D. G. K. Hajireen, Z. 1\1. Hallaldeen, A. R. Hapukotuwa, T. B. Heen-Banda, E. M. Henadeera, D. D. 1 I erath, D. A. H erath, D. B. Hussain, 1\1. M. Illukkumbura, L. Ismail, 1. Jayasingh , D. '. Jayasinghe, L. D. .I ayatissa, L. jinadasa, R. A. D. John, K. V. Joseph, P. D. Junoos, M. Y. Kalugampitiya, E. Karunatillake, G. D. Kathiramalai, T . Kumarasinghe, D. '"'I. Lailadeen, C. H.

28 Lalasena, ,V. D. Lazarus, P. Lihinis, G. T. Loku-Banda, A. M. Loku-Banda, A. M. A. Louis, H. M. Lovell, A. MacShane, N. F. Majeed, S. A. Marshall, J. J. Marso, T. M. Meedin, T. Y. Nagarajah, P. Nair, K. G. Narayanan, K. V. Nayan, T. B. Opatha, D. S. Pakeer, M. R. Pakeer, M. R. Peiris, G. C. Perera, A. D. Perera, A. V. Perera, E. E. F. Perera, H. C. Perera, H. P. D. Perera, J. D. C. Perera, J. 11. A. Perera, K. D. E. Perera, M. D. G. Perera, M. R. Perera, P. R. Perera, R. E. Perera, U. T. Perera, W. A. H. Perera, W. D. W. Peter Singho, D. Piyadasa, A. H. H. Ponnambalam, N. Ponnathurai, R. Prematilleke, H. P. Rahim, T. A. K. Rahim, T. J. K. Rajadorai, K. Rajapakse, E. A. Rajapakse, P. B. Raju, N. A. H. Ramanathan, K. V. Ramanayake, P. B. Ratnasabapathy V.

29 Ratnayake, U. B. Richard, C. H . Salih, 11. H. M. Sabanathan, S. Sahideen, J. K. Salgado, 11. J. H . Sallay, 11. B. Samath, T. B. Samsudeen, T. N. Saval, T. K. Selvaratnam, S. Senanayake, E. L. D. A. Senaviratne, A. 11. Senaviratne, D. B. Senaviratne, H. L. A. Serasinghe, E. D. Sheriff, H. S. R. Silva, K. R. Silva, W. A. J. Silva, \V. D. H. Sinnadurai, C. Siriwardena, G. D. Sivaramapillai, Y. Sugamaran, S. Sunderam, K. I\I. Tennakoon, T. Thalaisingam, T. Thambirajah, A. Thambirajah, K. S. Thurairatnam, S. J. Tomer, P. Yairamuttu, V. E. Yan Rooyen, H. Veero, T. M. Velupillai, E. Visagaperumal, V. Wambeek, S. 'Ve~rasinghe, B. D. S. vVeerasinghe, E. Weerasinghe, 1\1. D. vVerrasuriya, C. vVelikala, D. R. Wijendra, B. 'iVijeratne, K. Wijetunge, D. J. William, S. R. Williams, R. T. Wimaladharma, 1. lI. Yothan Singho, H. K.

BARS.

Abdeen, Z. A. Abdul Cader, M. A. A. Abdul Hamid, H. A. Abeykoon, B. R. B. (3rd). Abeyratne, M. W. (2nd). Abeysinghe, D. R. P. Ahamadeen, A. R. (2nd). Ahamat, T. D. P. (3rd). Ajudeen, M. (2nd). Ajumain, M. H. Albert, K. V. Aliman, C. (2nd).

Ally, I\1. A. (2nd). Amaratunga, S. P. Amath, T. A. (3rd). Amith, T. F. D. (2nd). Amsa, T. N. (2nd). Annon, M. A. M. (2nd). Arlis Appuhamy, U. K. D. (2nd). Arthur, M. Assen, J. M. Attapattu, E. V. (2nd). Augustus, P. D. P. Baduredeen, T. S. (2nd).

Banda, K M. P. Banda, R. M. K. Banda, R. M. K Banda, S. 1\1. II. (2nd). Banda, U. K. Banda, W. M. A. Basnayake, T. B. (2nd). Bastianpillai, L. (2nd). Bawa, M. 1\1. (2nd). Beddewala, N. B. Bowela, P. B. Buhary, A. (2nd). Careem, A. Cassim, A. B. Charles, K L. (2nd). Comelis, P. D. Coswatta, S. B. Daniel, T. M. S. David, K. A. D. (2nd). De Alwis, T. D. H. Dedigama, :1\1. B. De Silva, B. D. H. (2nd). De, ilva, D. 1. V. De ilva, II. R (2nd). De Silva, N. E. E. De Silva, P. 'V. Dewangso, B. K. Dingiri Banda, R. I\1. Dissanayake, J. II. (2nd). Dissanayake, P. B. (2nd). Dissanayake, P. B. (2nd). Dissaratne, J. Dole, T. H. Don Thomas, A. Edwards, C. . 'V. (2nd). Ferdinands, B. L. N. (2nd). Fernando, L. S. Fernando, I\1. A. Fernando, R. C. Gallella, S. ,V. A. I\1. T. B. Gnanapragasam, S. Grero, C. I\1. (2nd). Gunasekera, H. 1\1. (2nd). Haluwana, R. (2nd). Hamid, Z. (2nd). Haniffa, K. (2nd). Harasgama, I\I. B. Hassim, B. M. (2nd). IIassim, T. K. Hassim, Z. N. D. (2nd). Hassim, Deen, M. (2nd) . Heppenstall, H. R. Hieler, L. A. Illankoon, A. (2nd). Ismail, J. R. Ismail, T. S. N. (2nd). Iyer, S. K. Jacob, P. L. Jamal, M. T. (3rd). J amaldeen, N. M. I. Jamel, M. James, K. G. A. Jansen, E. V. (2nd).

Jansz, W. H. S. (3rd). Jansze, C. Jayah, T. J. A. J ayasinghe, H. P. (2nd). Jayatileke, C. De S. Joseph, F. Junaideen, A. 1. Kalidasa, H. A. D. Kanagaratnam, A. B. Kandiah, V. Kangara, J. B. Kannangera, P. C. Karunaratne, M. A. Kichilan, A. N. Kitchil, N. F. (2nd). Kotuwegedra, P. B. (2nd). Krishnan, K. Kulakasekera, K. B. Lamahewa, E. Landers, L. L. Lantra, 1\1. A. Liyanage, D. L. Loku-Banda, H. M. (2nd). Louis, S. T. Mahil, S. Z. Majeed, M. A. Manuel, J. (2nd). Meedin, H. D. (2nd). Meedin, R. D. 1\1endis, \V. B. Mennon, K. K. I\liskin, F. J. (2nd). 1\Iiskin, T. H. T. Mullegama, T. B. Musafer, A. A. 1\1uthaliph, T. A. A. Nair, C. C. G. (2nd). Nair, K. G. (2nd). .r air, P. K. anayakkara, G. D. S. (2nd). arayanapillai, P. K. Nasib, B. D. (2nd). Nicholaspillai, B. oordeen, M. A. (2nd). N oordeen, R. M. Ommar, A. H. R. (2nd). Ossen, T. N. (3rd). Ousman, Z. J. (3rd). Paramasam y, N. Peiris, 1\1. J. Peiris, 1\1. W. Perera, C. R. Perera, K. M. D. (3rd). Perera, K. S. Perera, M. J. J. (2nd). Perera, N. J. (3rd). Perera, N. L. C. (3rd). Perera, P. A. J. Perera, W. J. Podiappuhamy, M. M. Ponnambalam, P. Ponniah, N. (2nd). Premachandra, M. M. A. (2nd).

30 Premaratne, H. M. Rabbie, M. M. J. (2nd). Rahim, T. A. Rajap, T. Y. 1\1. Ranatunga, K. B. Ranaweera, K. A. D. P. Ratnam, K. S. (2nd). Ratnam, S. (2nd). Ratnayake, E. Rodrigo, A. W. D. (2nd). Rosemale Cocq, J. A. L. Ruben, K. D. (3rd). Sabdeen, M. (3rd). Sallay, B. N. Samaraweera, C. Samarawickrame, 1. G. P. (2nd). Samath, T. B. Z. (2nd). Sangaralingam, S. Saparamadu, D. D. J. L. Sapideen, R. D. (2nd). Saram, J. A. C. Saval, T. S. N. Selvadurai, S. P. (2nd). Selvadurai, V. Selvaratnam, P. C. Senaratne, D. F. Senaviratne, \V. VV. Sheriff, H. 1. (2nd) . Silva, B . J. (2nd). Silva, H. K. R. (2nd). Silva, P. M.

Silva, W. A. (2nd). Sivasamboo, A. Su bramaniam, R. Subramaniam, S. Sugathadala, B. W. C. Suhood, T. C. A. (2nd). Sunderam, A. Taylor, J. ]. Tennakoon, U. B. (2nd) . Thamin, M. C. Thamotheram, V. (2nd). Thangiah, S. (2nd). Thewasagawam, T. P. (2nd). Thuraiyah, S. K. Udakumbura, T. B . Unambuwa, P. (2nd). Usoof, N. S. M. an Rooyen, K. S. anderstraaten, A. L. (2nd). Varghese, P. C. Veero, T. J. \Veerabangsa, 1\] . ]\1. S. \Veerakoon, K. B. (2nd). Weerakoon, K. B. (2nd). \Veerasekera, T. B. vVeerasinghe, S. P. Wickramaratne, P. H . (2nd). Wilson, A. K. Wyekoon, T. B. (3rd). Yoosoof, S. (2nd). Zain, T. 1\1. (2nd).

DOMINIONS AND COLONIES

\the lPrior}? in the australian (tomlllonwealtb P riory Commissioner: Major-General S. R. BURSTON, C.B., C.B.E., D.S .O., V.D., M.B ., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P., K.H.P. Priory Headquarters: Diocesan Church House, George Street, Sydney, .S.\V. Surgeon-in-Chief Appointment vacant. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief Appointment vacant.

1rnbia Lady President-in-Chiej: THE VISCOUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, I.C., D.C.V.O., C.B.E. Chief Commissioner: Indian Headquarters S.J.A.B., 20 Talkatora Road, New Delhi. ]IVRAJ N. MEHTA, M.D., M.R.C .P. Surgeon-in-Chief Appointment vacant. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief Acting Assistant Commissioner (Staff Officer for Training) . Major 1\T. HAFIZ-UD-DlN, t-J.R.C.S. Assistant Commissioner (SecretarySAHDAR BAUADUR BALWANT SINGH PURl, General) C, LE . , O.B.E.

\the lPrior}? in 1Aew Zea[anb Dominion Lady President: H.E. LADY FREYBERG, O.B.E. Priol'Y Commissioner: F. \V. \VARD, Druid's Chambers, \Voodward Street, V\Tellington, C.1. ir DONALD 1\ICGAVIN, C.M.G., D,S., F.R.C.S., M.D. Surgeon-in-Chief Appointment vacant. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief Lady District Superintendents Miss H. B. MUNRO. (attached Dominion Head- 1\Irs. A. G. MILLER, M.B.E. quarters). Lady District Officer (attached Mrs. GAUNT. Dominion Headquarters). District Officer (Headquarters) K. A. FALCONER. and Staff Officer to Priory Commissioner. A ttached Dominion Headquarters for Cadet duties. District Superintendents E. B. GILBERD. G. L. FERGUSON. District Officers 1. ROCKELL. F. CONWAY. Lady District Officer Miss V. P. L. ANQUETIL.

\the (!olll1nanber}? in 1r(llestern Rustralia Commandery Commissioner: Colonel

J. R. DONALDSON, E.D. M.B., 298- 308 Wellington. tn-el, Perth.

Uhe lPrior}? in <ranaba D ominion Lady President: THE VISCOUNTESS ALEXANDER OF TUNIS. Priory Commissioner: W. J. BENNETT, Box 88, Besserer Street Post Office, Ottawa. Surgeon-in-Chief Lieut.-Colonel T. H. LEGGETT, M.D. Lady Superintendent-in-Chief Miss M. J. L. MACLAREN. Lady District Officer (Staff Officer to the Lady Superintendentin-Chief) Mrs. S. W . GIANELLI. Lady District Officer (attached Headquarters) Mrs. WILLIS-O 'CONNOR.

\the lPrior}? in Southern africa Dominion Lady President: H .E. Mrs. 1\1. E. VAN ZYL. Priory Commissione'Y : Brigadier C. M. HOFFE, C.B.E., 4th Floor, Permanent Buildings, 8 Darling Street, Cape Town. Surgeon-in-Chief . . Lieut.-Colonel J . M. WATT, ED., M.B., CH.B . Lady Superintendent-in-Chief . Mrs. M. A. WALTON, A.R.R.C. Lady District Officer (attached Miss P. M. FOWKES. Priory Headquarters). Assistant Commissioner (Staff Major E. H. HONEYWILL. Officer to Priory Commissioner) . Staff Officer to the Lady Super- Mrs. N. F. HARRISON. intendent-in-Chief) .

GmRALTAR DISTRICT.

(101ontes BARBADOS DISTRICT. E. B. WILLIAMS, Box 175, Bridgetown. H. E. SKEETE, M.D. Mrs. J. B. WILLIAMS. Miss L. A. WEATHERHEAD. Mrs. E. M. WATSON. Miss D. J. SAINSBURY.

Commissioner District Surgeon Lady District Superintendent Lad y District Officers

Acting District Superintendent District Surgeon . . Lady District Superintendent District Officer Lady District Officer District Sergeant

Captain D. S. GOWING, Central Police Station, Gibraltar. J. A. DURANTE, M.R.C.S. Mrs. L. A. CARRARA. A. DELLEPIAN1. Miss K. E. PRICE . E. READING.

HONG KONG DISTRICT. BERMUDA DISTRICT. Lieut.-Colonel E. C. EARL, O.B.E., P.O. Box 95, Hamilton. W. H. C. MASTERS, M.B. Lady HALL, M.B.E. 1\Irs. B. BARTON.

Assistan t Commissioner District Surgeon Lady District Superintendent Lady District Officer

BRITISH GUIANA DISTRICT. F. \V. HOLDER, Attorney-General's Chambers, Georgetown.

Commissioner

BURMA DISTRICT. Sir BA U, 54 Golden Valley, Rangoon. Colonel A. BA THAW, 1.M.S. Mrs. A. B. \VITCHER. LOOK CHOON FOUNG. K.C.D. SWAMY.

Commissioner District Surgeon Lady District Superintendent District Officers

President: H.E. The Governor. ABBAS EL ARCULLI, S.J.A.B. Headquarters, Tai Hang Road, Hong Kong. District Surgeon LI SHU FAN, M.B., CH.B. ARTHUR WOO, M.B. District Superintendent . Vacant. Lady District Superintendent Vacant. District Officers FUNG PING FAN. CHAK TAl KWONG. ABDUL HAMID RUM]AHN. Lady Corps Superintendent and District Secretary . . Mrs. E. M. HOLMES-BROWN. Corps Officer attach~ District Headq uarters (Stores) . R. A. EDWARDS. Ambulance Officer attached District Headquarters (Training) B. C. POPPY. Commissioner .

Kowloon Sub-District. Assistant Commissioner

CEYLON DISTRICT. S. F. CHELLAPPAH, O.B.E., ?>1.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Ceylon Medical College, Colombo. V. GABRIEL, M.R.C.P. T. SATHASIVAM, M.B.E. Mrs. ATTFIELD, M.B.E. C. W. TURNER. C. W. D. ALWINES. Mrs. BENJAMIN. Miss 1. M. V. VADIVELU. P. DE SILVA.

Assistant Commissioner District Surgeon District Superintendent Lady District Superintendent District Officers Lady District Officers District Sergeant

CYPRUS DISTRICT. Commissioner District Surgeon

District Surgeon L ady District Superintendent District Officer L ady District Officer District Sergeant

JAMAICA DISTRICT. Lady President: Lady Huggins. Assistant Commissioner . . E. HOERMAN, M.B., 43 Duke Street, Kingston. District Surgeon " G. E. VALENTINE, M.B. Lady District Superintendent Lady STRATHIE.

KENYA DISTRICT. Assistant Commissioner Distnct Surgeon . District Superintendent . Lady District Superintendent District Officers

J. H. ASHMORE, Office of Commissioner of Police, Nicosia. H. M. SHELLEY, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.

FIJI DISTRICT. Assistant Commissioner

J. C. R. BUCHANAN, M.D., Box 235, Gordon Street, Suva. K. J . GILCHRIST, M. B. Miss D . P. PEDERSON. L. MAHABIR. Mrs. E. D. PERRy-J OHNSTON. L. B. NAIGULEVU.

1. B. TREVOR, M.C.

Brigadier-General Sir GODFREY RHODES C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Box 2020, Nairobi. ' J. A. CARMAN, M.D. K. CLELAND. Mrs. A. T . CARRICK (Acting). D. H. GENOWER, M.B.E. D. D. C. SWAYNE.

Momhasa Sub-District. District Superintendent District Surgeon

Capt. C. W. A. G. HAMLEY, P.O. Box 9, Kilindini A. U. SHETH, M.B.E., M.B.

MALAYA DISTRICT. Commissioner . Lady District Officer . . District Officer (attached Headquarters).

R. B. MACGREGOR, C.M.G., M.B., CH .B., Suleiman Buildings, Kuala Lumpur.

MALTA DISTRICT. Lieut.-Colonel J. V. ABELA, M.B.E., 64 Amery Street, Sliema. R. CAUCHI I GLOTT, M.D., M.B.E. Mrs. GULlA, M.B.E.

Commissioner D istrict Surgeon L ad y D istrict Officer

MAURITIUS DISTRICT. Appointment.s vacant.

NEWFOUNDLAND DISTRICT. Lieut.-Colonel CLUNY l\ICPHERSON, Box E. 5121, St, Johns.

Assistant Commissioner

'. ;\1.(; . ,

P.O

NIGERIA DISTRICT. Appoint.ments vacant.

SIERRA LEONE DISTRICT. Appointment.s vacant.

TANGANYIKA DISTRICT. Commissioner . District Superintendent L ady D istrict Superintendent District Officer L ady District Officer

Colonel VV. A. l\IULLER, C.M.G., Police Headquarters, Dar-es-Salaam. A. G. ,\VHITEHE.\D. Mrs. I. S. 1ULLER. O. TJERNHOL;\l. i.\lrs. C. V AN OLDENBURGH.

TRINIDAD DISTRICT. Appointments vacant.

UGANDA DISTRICT. Assistan t Commissioner District Surgeon

C. V. CURTIS, P.O. Box 355, Kampala. Colonel D. BELL, O.B.E., M.D.

ZANZIBAR DISTRICT. District Superintendent District Surgeon

Lieut.-Colonel A. 1\1. BELL, Box 237, Zanzibar. C. E. ROBERTS, M.A., M.B.