Correspondence, reports, memorandums, newspaper cuttings, and papers relating to the alleged formation of an opposition ambulance corps called the ‘Birmingham Ambulance Brigade’ in Birmingham where an established St John Ambulance Association Centre was already established. The file also contains more general papers including letters to the members of the Birmingham and District Ambulance Brigade signing up for service in the South African wars, the St John Ambulance Brigade Birmingham and District Challenge Shield competition programme and a St John Ambulance Association Birmingham Centre annual report.