The Collection of Medals awarded to the Medical services formed by the late Tony Sabell - Part I 274 A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major H. D. Rollinson, Royal Army Medical Corps
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 STAR (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) good very fine (4) £300-350
O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘Capt. (A./Maj.), R.A.M.C. (S.R.)’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1918; 10 July 1919.
Harry Dudley (or Duggan) Rollinson was born in Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Staffordshire on 7 January 1885, the son of Mark Rollinson, Auctioneer. He qualified as a Medical Practitioner, gaining the M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Birmingham 1909; M.B., B.S. 1911; M.D., London, 1913; and F.R.C.S. Ed. 1920. Served as a Surgeon at the Coventry and Warwick Hospital and was a member of the B.M.A. As a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.(S.R.) he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 August 1914 and continued to serve there until the end of the war. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the O.B.E. Rollinson died in Coventry on 20 October 1974. With copied research.
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A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major F. H. Moxon, Royal Army Medical Corps
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 STAR (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) good very fine (4) £300-350
O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with Military operations in France.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 10 July 1919.
Francis Henry Moxon was born in 1879. He worked as an Ophthalmic Surgeon and married Alice Esther Gilford, who qualified as a doctor in Edinburgh in 1902 - she was an active supporter of the Suffragette Movement. As a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C., Moxon entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 August 1914. For his war services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the O.B.E. With copied m.i.c.
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A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Wing Commander T. S. Rippon, Royal Air Force, late Royal Army Medical Corps
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 STAR (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (Sqn-Ldr., A.F.I.) last officially re-impressed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (5)
£300-350 O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
Thomas Stanley Rippon was born in Warrington on 19 September 1883, the son of the Rev. Thomas Rippon. He studied Medicine at Bristol and the London Hospital and qualified as M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1911. During the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. on 29 December 1915. He was promoted to Captain in the R.A.M.C. in May 1916. For his wartime services as an Army Officer he was awarded the O.B.E. In November 1918 he was appointed a Captain in the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force and was advanced to Squadron Leader in August 1919 and Wing Commander in January 1925. After the war he served in the R.A.F. in India and Egypt and in 1923 he joined the research staff at Northolt aerodrome. During further overseas service he was elected vice-president of the Mesopotamia Branch of the B.M.A. After his retirement from the R.A.F. he became a member of the Naval and Military Committee and was for a time President of the Central Medical Board of the R.A.F. In civilian life he worked as an Assistant Physician to the Tavistock Clinic and Clinical Assistant at the Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway and the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Earls Court. He was an author of several medical papers relating to flying. Rippon died on 4 October 1946. With a folder of copied research.
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An inter-war O.B.E., R.R.C. 1st Class group of five awarded to Chief Principal Matron Wilhelmine Walker, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
THEMOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, mounted ‘bow and tails’; ROYAL REDCROSS, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, mounted on bow ribbon; BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (N. Sister, QAMNSI.); INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W. F. 1919 (N. Sister, Q.A.M.N.S.I.) last officially renamed; QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE CAPE BADGE, silver-gilt, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926, unnamed, very fine and better (5)
£550-650
O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1930. Miss Wilhelmine Walker, R.R.C., Chief Principal Matron, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nusing Service.’
R.R.C. London Gazette 1 March 1929. In recognition of her long and devoted service in Military Hospitals in India.’ ‘Miss Wilhelmine Walker, Chief Principal Matron, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.’
Miss Wilhelmine Walker entered the Q.A.I.M.N.S. on 28 February 1906. Appointed Chief Principal Matron on 24 June 1926. Retired 24 June 1930.
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