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Auction archive: Lot number 25

An Order of St. John group of six

Estimate
£240 - £280
ca. US$328 - US$382
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$492
Auction archive: Lot number 25

An Order of St. John group of six

Estimate
£240 - £280
ca. US$328 - US$382
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$492
Beschreibung:

An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Doris L. Cuff, Superintendent of Chorley Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Victory Medals (D. L. Cuff, O.St.J.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Four Additional Award Bars (7950 L/Supt. D. L. Cuff. Chorley Nsg. Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £240-£280 An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Doris L. Cuff, Superintendent of Chorley Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Victory Medals (D. L. Cuff, O.St.J.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Four Additional Award Bars (7950 L/Supt. D. L. Cuff. Chorley Nsg. Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £240-£280 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Miss Doris Lindsay Cuff first joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in March 1915 in Preston (Fulwood Division) and worked as a V.A.D. at Moor Park Hospital in Preston and then at the 2nd London General Hospital. On 25 February 1917 she was taken on to the strength of the St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples, near Boulogne. She was at Etaples when the hospital was bombed in May and June 1918, and continued to work in the St. John Ambulance Brigade hospital when it was moved to Trouville until demobilisation on 17 January 1919. She then moved to Chorley and became Superintendent of the nursing division in 1920, remaining in Chorley for the rest of her career up until at least 1950. She was one of the four representatives of the Chorley Nursing Division at the Coronation Parade in London in May 1937. During the Second World War Miss Cuff served on the A.R.P. Committee of Chorley Borough & Rural District, was in charge of the First Aid Post Personnel (female) and carried out the training of Casualty Services in the area. She also ran the P.O.W. Relatives Association and was in charge of Welfare of P.O.W.’s returning to the Chorley District. She died on 9 March 1955. Sold with copied research and various photographic images featuring the recipient.

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
13 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Doris L. Cuff, Superintendent of Chorley Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Victory Medals (D. L. Cuff, O.St.J.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Four Additional Award Bars (7950 L/Supt. D. L. Cuff. Chorley Nsg. Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £240-£280 An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Doris L. Cuff, Superintendent of Chorley Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Victory Medals (D. L. Cuff, O.St.J.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Four Additional Award Bars (7950 L/Supt. D. L. Cuff. Chorley Nsg. Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £240-£280 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Miss Doris Lindsay Cuff first joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in March 1915 in Preston (Fulwood Division) and worked as a V.A.D. at Moor Park Hospital in Preston and then at the 2nd London General Hospital. On 25 February 1917 she was taken on to the strength of the St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples, near Boulogne. She was at Etaples when the hospital was bombed in May and June 1918, and continued to work in the St. John Ambulance Brigade hospital when it was moved to Trouville until demobilisation on 17 January 1919. She then moved to Chorley and became Superintendent of the nursing division in 1920, remaining in Chorley for the rest of her career up until at least 1950. She was one of the four representatives of the Chorley Nursing Division at the Coronation Parade in London in May 1937. During the Second World War Miss Cuff served on the A.R.P. Committee of Chorley Borough & Rural District, was in charge of the First Aid Post Personnel (female) and carried out the training of Casualty Services in the area. She also ran the P.O.W. Relatives Association and was in charge of Welfare of P.O.W.’s returning to the Chorley District. She died on 9 March 1955. Sold with copied research and various photographic images featuring the recipient.

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
13 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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