Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 64 An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Deputy Superintendent A. I. Cresswell, St. John Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silvered base metal and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Defence Medal; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R.; St. John Service Medal, silver, with 6 Additional Award Bars (17444 D/Supt. A. I. Cresswell, Alex Docks Div. Priory for Wales S.J.A.B. 1932) mounted as worn, significant enamel damage and subsequent restoration to first, otherwise very fine (4)
£70-£90
Officer of the Order of St. John London Gazette 29 June 1956. Serving Brother of the Order of St. John London Gazette 29 June 1948.
Albert Ivor Cresswell was born in Newport in 18 September 1901 and worked on the railways, as well as serving in the Royal Artillery from 1921-25. He joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in 1922, and was awarded his Service Medal on 9 December 1938 as Divisional Superintendent in the Alexandra Docks Division, Newport. He was appointed a Serving Brother and later an Officer of the Order of St. John, and ended up as Deputy Commissioner, Newport County, St. John Ambulance Brigade. He died in Newport in 1980.
The Cresswell family were long associated with St. John Ambulance in the Newport area going back as far as the 1880’s when Wales was part of the Priory of England. The Newport St. John Ambulance Brigade was closely tied to the local Civil Defence organisation during the Second World War/
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An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Major L. Kader, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Army)
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; St. John Service Medal, unnamed as issued; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with two Additional Award Bars (Dr. Leonard Kader) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3)
£60-£80 Officer, Order of St. John London Gazette 6 February 1981.
Leonard Kader was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (for Service in the Army Cadet Force), in the County of London District, on 3 May 1943, and was promoted War Substantive Lieutenant on 4 December 1944. Qualifying as a Doctor on 26 August 1949, he transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was promoted Captain on 7 May 1951, and Major on 18 June 1955. Transferring to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 12 January 1960, he relinquished his commission on 9 August 1975.
Retiring to Cheshire, Kader served with the St. John Ambulance Brigade for many years, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of St. John in 1981, being advanced Commander five years later (London Gazette 14 November 1986). He died in Cheshire on 25 May 2014.
Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
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An Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Driver W. E. Cleary, Army Service Corps and St. John Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War Medal 1914-20 (T-370262 Dvr. W. E. Cleary. A.S.C.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William E. Cleary.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T-370262 Dvr. W. E. Cleary. A.S.C.); Defence Medal; St. John Service Medal, with Second Award Bar, silvered (Pte. W. Cleary London S.J. A.B. 1952) mounted court-style as worn; Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Life-Saving Medal, bronze (W. Cleary.) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine and better (7)
£140-£180
William Edward Cleary was born in 1898 and enlisted in the Army Service Corps on 2 March 1916. He was called up for service during the Great War on 12 February 1918, and served as a horse transport driver in the 15th Army Auxiliary (Horse Transport) Company in Salonika. He was discharged to Class Z Reserve on 28 November 1919. At some time during the War he served in the Merchant Navy, undertaking at least one voyage during the Great War- his father was a seaman in the merchant marine.
Cleary was a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and was made a Serving Brother of the Order in 1957- his main duties were as an assistant for all ceremonial matters for the Chancery department and the Library of the Order at St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell. The recommendation for his admission to the Order states: ‘After investitures Mr. Cleary returns to St. John’s Gate where he assists the staff in dealing with the large number of visitors to the Museum and the Crypt. I have always found him most willing and helpful. His great quality is that he can always be relied upon to do exactly what has been asked of him. He runs his own small business and he is therefore able to attend the investitures which are normally held on working days, but I would like to point out that each time he is sacrificing his own valuable working time. He is an extremely modest and quiet man and it would be easy for the service he has given to the Order to be overlooked.’
Sold with the recipient’s Mercantile Marine War Medal letter of authorisation; Army Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; Identity Certificate; St. John Ambulance Association lapel badge and shoulder tabs; three postcard photographs of the recipient; and various copied research.
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An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Sick Berth Attendant E. A. Wells, Royal Naval Reserve and St. John Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; Defence Medal; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.II. R., 2nd issue (Q.991927 E. A. Wells. S.B.A. R.N.R.) number partially officially corrected; St. John Service Medal, silver (N/O. E. A. Wells. London S.J.A.B. 1958) mounted court-style as worn, enamel damage to first, otherwise good very fine (4)
£120-£160
Edward Albert Wells was born in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, in 1909, and was appointed a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1953 (London Gazette 2 January 1953).
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