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Annual Returns, Brigade Registers and Record Sheets

The file contains Divisional forms 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, whether or not the individual is a uniformed member, 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. Some of the forms record where the Division meet on its training evenings; known as “Headquarters of Division”.

Of note on the Annual Return for 1955 is a type note “Registration sanctioned as a Combined Ambulance and Nursing Division 11 March 1957 Major-General Commissioner-in-Chief”. Also within this Annual Returns are two letters (November 1957) regarding the “new” Division.

Please note these records are categorized using St John Ambulance Brigade form numbers (e.g. BF1, BF2).

Reference: STJ/SJAB/1/1/185/1
Level of description: File
Date: 1939 - 1955
Extent and medium: 33 items - Extent
Folded paper forms - Genre/Physical Characteristic
Creator: No. 153 J. Lyons and Company Limited Ambulance Division
Access status: The Archive can provide full access to annual returns from over 100 years ago. Annual returns which are less than 100 years old may be subject to some access restrictions on access. Please contact the Archivist for further information.