Muerrisch Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 RAMC soldiers were permitted to wear the St John qualification badge. There is one on the forum of a soldier wearing a Red Cross as a cap badge, the St John, and the sergeant major crown. I would be most grateful for more illustrations showing the badge ....... I had several and cannot find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 (edited) I too was surprised that there seems to have been some kind of military division of the St John’s Ambulance during WW1 and that they wore both SD and some element of standard military ranking, although I do not know the latter’s extent. Edited 13 November , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 Is this what you're looking for? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Muerrisch Posted 13 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2019 Thank you very much yes, but also the converse: an enlisted RAMC soldier with St John badge on arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 Here is a selection of British Red Cross Society etc photos of chaps wearing Service Dress. I hope this helps Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 2 minutes ago, Muerrisch said: Thank you very much yes, but also the converse: an enlisted RAMC soldier with St John badge on arm. Sorry Muerrisch I have just read your comment after posting the photos Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 13 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2019 Wow! Many thanks. And I have found this on an old drive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 Hi I also have a postcard somewhere of RAMC in service dress with a St Johns badge on his sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 13 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2019 6 minutes ago, Dave1418 said: Hi I also have a postcard somewhere of RAMC in service dress with a St Johns badge on his sleeve. Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 13 November , 2019 Share Posted 13 November , 2019 3 hours ago, Muerrisch said: Thank you very much yes, but also the converse: an enlisted RAMC soldier with St John badge on arm. Ah, sorry, didn't read the OP properly! RAMC with st John's badge, hmmm, interesting. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 13 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2019 No, not at all, this is clearly a mysterious cross-over, scarcely documented. A little project for somebody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 14 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 November , 2019 (edited) Edited 14 November , 2019 by Muerrisch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 1 hour ago, Muerrisch said: Fascinating What is on the shoulder title, looks like 1 something? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 22 hours ago, Muerrisch said: Please? 3 shoe boxes of cards later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 14 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 14 November , 2019 (edited) Well worth the search, thank you! Edited 14 November , 2019 by Muerrisch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 5 hours ago, Dragoon said: Fascinating What is on the shoulder title, looks like 1 something? Chris probably 1/SJAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 15 minutes ago, jay dubaya said: probably 1/SJAB Thank you for that, are there any other metal titles out there to do with St John's? Fascinating, well I think so ha ha Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 (edited) Here are some examples, they ascend numerically at least as far as 8, but I don’t know how many sections there were in total. Edited 14 November , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 14 November , 2019 Share Posted 14 November , 2019 1 hour ago, FROGSMILE said: Here are some examples, they ascend numerically at least as far as 8, but I don’t know how many sections there were in total. Excellent FROGSMILE, thank you for the information👍 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 I’m sure I’ve seen 9/SJAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bid Posted 31 December , 2020 Share Posted 31 December , 2020 Hi, Does anyone know what was needed to be awarded this badge, is the overseas bit right in this description? Or where records are kept as all have a number on back? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 31 December , 2020 Share Posted 31 December , 2020 (edited) I’m not sure it was necessarily just issued for overseas service. It relates to the jointly created Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) formed by the British Red Cross (BRC) and the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The BRC wore dark blue uniforms and the St John black uniforms. The VAD nurses themselves pale blue and grey shifts (respectively) with long white aprons. The BRC were administered in regional detachments usually based on Counties and Cities, and medallions of this kind were worn by those who came from those areas as items of regional affiliation and identity. As the VAD served both at home (largely) and in France and Flanders (to a lesser degree and scale) then it seems very unlikely to me that they were for “overseas service” only, although I am not 100% positive of that. I suspect that they were probably for “war service” as a whole. The serial numbers probably due to a register of ‘veterans’ of the VAD. Edited 31 December , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 January , 2021 Share Posted 24 January , 2021 Handsome fellow. St Johns Ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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