Annual Returns, Brigade Registers and Record Sheets of the No. 19 South Metropolitan Gas Company Ambulance Division. The Division was part of the No.1 District and the Metropolitan Corps and Prince of Wales Corp.
The file contains Divisional forms including Brigade Record Sheets (BF2) and Brigade Register and Record Sheets/Annual Returns (BF1A) created to collect and contain information on Brigade members. The forms generally include a membership number, date of enrolment, name, rank, address, profession, whether or not the individual is a uniformed member, foreign language proficiency, military training, willingness to do work in hospitals in the UK and abroad, service badges obtained, statistics of drills, public duty events, parades and inspections attended, examination, efficiency status, special reserves status including Voluntary Aid Detachments, date of leaving and the signature of the member. There is also a section for general remarks including resignations, royal navy reserve work, active service, Royal Army Medical Corps enrolment, deaths, promotions, transfers, service awards and admissions to the Order of St John.
The form also references different sections of the Ambulance Division, with “Section C” being sanctioned by the Chief Commissioner in February 1913.
Evidence shows from 1922 the Corp had numerous Divisions; these were usually “closed” to employees of the gas company. The Divisions were regularly referred to as 19/1 or 19/7 etc., 19 denoting the Corp number, 7 denoting the Division number. Please refer to the associated item field for the Annual Returns for these Division post-1922.
Please note these records are categorized using St John Ambulance Brigade form numbers (e.g. BF1, BF2).
The file contains Divisional forms including Brigade Record Sheets (BF2) and Brigade Register and Record Sheets/Annual Returns (BF1A) created to collect and contain information on Brigade members. The forms generally include a membership number, date of enrolment, name, rank, address, profession, whether or not the individual is a uniformed member, foreign language proficiency, military training, willingness to do work in hospitals in the UK and abroad, service badges obtained, statistics of drills, public duty events, parades and inspections attended, examination, efficiency status, special reserves status including Voluntary Aid Detachments, date of leaving and the signature of the member. There is also a section for general remarks including resignations, royal navy reserve work, active service, Royal Army Medical Corps enrolment, deaths, promotions, transfers, service awards and admissions to the Order of St John.
The form also references different sections of the Ambulance Division, with “Section C” being sanctioned by the Chief Commissioner in February 1913.
Evidence shows from 1922 the Corp had numerous Divisions; these were usually “closed” to employees of the gas company. The Divisions were regularly referred to as 19/1 or 19/7 etc., 19 denoting the Corp number, 7 denoting the Division number. Please refer to the associated item field for the Annual Returns for these Division post-1922.
Please note these records are categorized using St John Ambulance Brigade form numbers (e.g. BF1, BF2).
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