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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 948

Five: County Commissioner W.T. Atkinson, St. John Ambulance Brigade a) The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer´s breast Badge, silver b) Coronation 1911 (Supt. Sec. W.T. Atkinson.) c) Jubilee 1935 d) Coronation 1937 e) Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver, with five 5 Year Award Bars (Corps Secy. W.T. Atkinson. Hull Corps. 1912), good very fine (5) Estimate £ 100-120 Officer, Order of St. John London Gazette 24.6.1930 William Thomas Atkinson Mr. William Thomas Atkinson (1871-1958), joined Hull Central Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade, March 1897; Appointed Superintendent of the Division, 1907; Corps Secretary, Hull Corps, 1909; District Officer, No. 6 District (Northumberland, Durham, North and East Ridings of Yorkshire), 1914; Appointed Serving Brother of the Order of St. John, May 1914; served during the Great War in charge of the First Aid Posts in Hull dealing with Air Raid casualties; Promoted Officer of the Order of St. John, May 1930; Appointed County Commissioner, East Riding of Yorkshire, 1932; retired 1938. Mr. Atkinson took part in public duty in London on the occasion of the Royal Progress of Their Majesties in 1902, and at the Coronation of King George V in 1911. He was on parade at the Royal Review in Windsor Great Park in 1912, and at the Centenary Review in Hyde Park in 1931, and on both occasions led a contingent.

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