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  • A faded photograph with a white Nursing Cadet on the left wearing a grey knee length dress with a white collar belted at the waist. The dress has a pocket on the chest with a black badge bearing St John’s 8 pointed cross. She is also wearing a white nursing cap towards the back of her head. To the right of the photo is a white male Cadet wearing a black beret

    Brian Porter

    Joined 1967
    2:02
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  • Black and white image of men in uniform transporting a man on a strecher.

    Dennis Parker

    Joined 1941
    1:50
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  • Blurred black and white photograph showing three Nursing Cadets seated in deckchairs at the bottom of a staircase onto a busy promenade. Behind them stands a man in a suit. The Cadets all wear grey knee length dresses with white nursing caps and white cuffs at their elbows.  

    Jean Davey (née Reed)

    Joined 1946
    3:21
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  • Black and white photograph of a young female Cadet in uniform. She wears a dress and a beret and is standing in a garden.

    Enid Patient (née Andrews)

    Joined 1948
    1:49
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  • A black and white photograph showing four young St John Ambulance Cadets standing in front of an old ambulance. The Cadets are wearing berets on their heads, grey shirts, stripey ties, and a white haversack across their bodies. Their dark grey trousers are belted at the waist with a black belt and silver clasp. The Cadet second from left, holds a small trophy close to his body with both hands.

    Michael Lambell

    Joined 1958
    2:51
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  • Black and white photograph of five male Cadets in uniform standing in a row. At the end of the row is an adult male in uniform. Two of the Cadets are holding trophies.

    Alan Sharkey

    Joined 1961
    0:54
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  • Black and white photograph with three boys in the foreground treating a partially obscured casualty lying on the ground. The boys are wearing non-uniform jackets and a fourth boy stands over them watching in a dark duffle coat. Behind them in the stadium are other small groups carrying out similar exercises.  

    Michael Jackson

    Joined 1967
    3:33
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  • Black and white photograph of a boy wearing a black uniform and looking to the camera over his shoulder. On the sleeve of his jacket are badges that read St John Devon. In the backgrouynd are windows of a house.

    Andrew Hayward

    Joined 1968
    2:37
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  • Black and white photograph showing three young white boys posing for a photo in front of dark patterned curtains all smiling at the camera. The boys ascend in height and all are wearing matching uniforms consisting of black berets, white shirts, black ties with a small round badge in the centre, black trousers and a black brassard with white circle on it surrounded by white writing and a red cross in the centre.

    Matthew Thomas

    Joined 1968
    1:19
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  • Black and white photograph of four young male Cadets in uniform kneeling around a briefcase that sits open on the ground.

    Stephen Fox

    Joined 1969
    3:31
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  • Black and white photograph of four female Cadets standing in a room behind two adults

    Freda Pickard

    Joined 1942
    1:22
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  • Black and white photograph of a young female Cadet in uniform. She wears a dress and a beret and is standing in a garden.

    Enid Patient (née Andrews)

    Joined 1948
    1:39
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  • Black and white photograph of four female Cadets in uniform treating a person who is lying on the floor as a casulty simulation. Three adults in uniform are looking on and making notes on a clipboard.

    Judith Morris (née Whitehouse)

    Joined 1959
    1:56
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  • Black and white photograph of four Cadets in uniform treating a fifth Cadet who is lying on the floor as a casulty simulation. They are in the process of moving the lying person to a stretcher.

    Michael Jackson

    Joined 1967
    2:22
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  • Black and white photograph of five male Cadets in uniform

    Andrew Hayward

    Joined 1968
    2:12
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  • Black and white image of a young female in St John Ambulance uniform standing to the right of an adult male in uniform. The adult is presenting the girl with a large trophy.

    Maria Marsden (née Podlasiuk)

    Joined 1981
    1:24
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  • Black and white photograph of four young male Cadets in uniform kneeling around a briefcase that sits open on the ground.

    Stephen Fox

    Joined 1969
    1:28
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  • Black and white photograph of five female nursing Cadets in uniform standing in a row. The girl on the end is holding two trophies.

    Maria Marsden (née Podlasiuk)

    Joined 1981
    2:15
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  • Black and white photograph of four young people lifting a person onto the back of a truck on a stretcher. An adult male looks on and is making notes on a clipboard. The truck is parked in a field.

    Craig Wood

    Joined 1982
    1:25
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  • Black and white photograph of a group of people seated in a hall facing a stage. On the stage are three tables. In the centre table sit five adults in uniform. On either side are tables with four young Cadets sitting at each. Behind them is an adult in uniform with a blackboard.

    Michael McHardy

    Joined 1985
    1:24
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  • Black and white photograph of a young woman looking directly at the camera. She wears a nursing Cadet uniform including a white nursing cap and white cuffs.

    Freda Pickard

    Joined 1942
    1:20
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  • Blurred black and white photograph showing three Nursing Cadets seated in deckchairs at the bottom of a staircase onto a busy promenade. Behind them stands a man in a suit. The Cadets all wear grey knee length dresses with white nursing caps and white cuffs at their elbows.  

    Jean Davey (née Reed)

    Joined 1946
    2:05
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  • Black and white photograph of three female Cadets standing outside in a line facing the camera. The middle Cadet holds a flag on a pole.

    Shirley Cox (née Garrett)

    Joined 1953
    1:33
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  • Black and white photograph of a group of uniformed Cadets sitting on the floor in a field. Stood around them are three adults. Next to the group is a pile of bags. They are smiling and looking at something which is off camera.

    Judith Morris (née Whitehouse)

    Joined 1959
    2:21
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  • Black and white photograph of three people stood by a gate reading a map. There are two women in uniform and on the right a man in uniform. The girls wear white dresses and black hats. The man wears a black suit and black hat. He is carrying a small white bag across his body. Behind them is the trunk of a large tree.

    Michael Jackson

    Joined 1967
    2:44
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  • Black and white photograph of a young woman looking directly at the camera. She wears a nursing Cadet uniform including a white nursing cap and white cuffs.

    Freda Pickard

    Joined 1942
    1:12
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  • Black and white photograph of a boy wearing a black uniform and looking to the camera over his shoulder. On the sleeve of his jacket are badges that read St John Devon. In the backgrouynd are windows of a house.

    Andrew Hayward

    Joined 1968
    2:47
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  • Black and white photograph of two young women wearing nursing uniforms consisting of long sleeve dresses and white hats. One of the girls

    Janet Basso

    Joined 1985
    1:37
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  • Black and white photograph of 40 young girls seated in four rows. They all wear nurse uniforms featuring white nursing caps and white cuffs. On the walls behind them are four framed pictures

    Enid Patient (née Andrews)

    Joined 1948
    2:30
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  • Black and white images of three rows of men in uniform who are walking in the direction of the photographer.  Behind them are three rows of nurses in uniform

    Marion Sharrock (née Burns)

    Joined 1954
    0:36
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  • Black and white photograph of 21 young boys standing in a line facing the photographer. They all wear Cub Scout uniforms. Behind them is the side of a white building.

    Alan Sharkey

    Joined 1961
    1:02
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  • Black and white photograph of a young boy in uniform with his arm in a sling. Beside him to the left is a girl

    Stephen Fox

    Joined 1969
    1:49
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  • Black and white photograph of three females standing outside. The one is the centre is older and is wearing a dark coloured uniform coat. She is holding a flag in her hands. On either side of her are two younger girls

    Tracy Kane (née Chamberlain)

    Joined 1981
    0:38
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  • Black and white group photograph of adult and Cadet members of Isle of Sheppey division, seated outside. Drums and other musical instruments are laid out on the ground in front of them.

    Michael McHardy

    Joined 1985
    1:27
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  • Colour photograph showing a young male Cadet in uniform. He is smiling and looking slightly off camera. He wears a white shirt

    Kevin Pacey-Bartlett

    Joined 1989
    0:53
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  • Black and white photograph of nine boy Cadets and two adults standing in uniform.

    Dr James Burton

    Joined 1950
    2:35
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  • Colour photograph showing a female Cadet standing in front of an ambulance emblazoned with ‘St John Ambulance Willingdon and Polegate Cadet Division’. The Cadet is wearing a white shirt with a black tie

    Gill Tanner

    Joined 1987
    1:00
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  • Colour photograph of a young female Cadet in green St John Ambulance uniform sitting at a wooden table with an adult male also in green uniform. Between them there is an audio recorder on the table.

    Craig Wood

    Joined 1982
    1:37
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  • Colour photograph of a young male Cadet in uniform standing on the driveway of a home. Around him are three bags. In the background are rows of flowers.

    Nicholas Evanson

    Joined 1983
    1:19
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  • Colour photograph of an adult male in a grey t-shirt. He stands facing the camera and is pulling the neck of his shirt to one side to show a St John Ambulance tattoo on his shoulder.

    Michael McHardy

    Joined 1985
    1:16
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  • Colour photograph of three people in St John uniform lining the roadside. Behind them is the cenotaph along with lines of other people in official uniforms.

    Dr James Burton

    Joined 1950
    1:23
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  • A black and white photo showing three white, smiling boys, in front of a dark car with a white marquee in the background. The middle boy looks older and is much taller than the two on either side of him. The boy to the left wears white shirt, pale V-necked jumper and black trousers. The two boys to the right wear grey shirts with striped ties and grey trousers. Across their bodies they have a white haversack.

    Keith Schnaar

    Joined 1952
    0:32
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  • A black and white group photograph of the Winchester St John Ambulance Brigade Division. In the foreground seated on the floor are female Nursing Cadets wearing grey dresses and berets and male Ambulance Cadets wearing grey shirts with white haversacks worn across their bodies. Behind the Cadets stand adult nursing and ambulance members. The men are wearing St John Ambulance’s black and white number one uniform and the women are wearing knee length grey dresses with white aprons over the top. 

    Celia Streeter (née Bradbury)

    Joined 1953
    2:00
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  • Black and white photograph of 8 teenagers standing in a row. Two wear St John Ambulance caps. They are smiling at the camera. At their feet are some bags.

    Andrew Hayward

    Joined 1968
    2:06
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  • Colour photograph of two people. On the left is the Duke of Edinburgh who is waving. To the right is a woman in St John uniform. She is not facing the camera.

    Maria Marsden (née Podlasiuk)

    Joined 1981
    1:27
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  • Colour photograph of a Cadet wearing green and black St John Ambulance uniform, holding up a Cadet Leadership certificate.

    Lauren McMaster

    Joined 2010
    0:55
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  • An early colour photograph showing two Cadets with a large dog between them

    Michael Lambell

    Joined 1958
    1:57
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  • Black and white photograph of two young girl Cadets in uniform standing side by side on a playing field.

    Elizabeth (Liz) Srogi (née James)

    Joined 1959
    1:24
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  • Colour photograph of two Cadets staning outside in front of a bus holding cuddly toys, wearing black and white St John uniform.

    Craig Wood

    Joined 1982
    2:33
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  • Colour photograph of a young male Cadet in uniform standing on the driveway of a home. Around him are three bags. In the background are rows of flowers.

    Nicholas Evanson

    Joined 1983
    0:44
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