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Museum of the Order of St John

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  • Colour photograph of a female Cadet in black and white uniform cutting into a cake, with her hand resting on her certificate

    Janet Basso

    Joined 1985
    1:53
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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
    1:14
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  • Colour photograph of 8 Cadets in black and white St John uniform posing for a photograph on Remembrance Sunday, Chloe Hobson holds a wreath of poppies in the front row.

    Chloe Hobson

    Joined 2007
    1:10
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  • Colour photograph of a female Cadet in uniform standing in front of a door. She wears a green St John Ambulance shirt and black trousers.

    Chlöe Hunter-Rea

    Joined 2011
    1:38
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  • Colour photograph of two teenage boys standing on a beach. They are wearing sunglasses and St John Ambulance high vis jackets with black shorts.

    James McNulty-Ackroyd

    Joined 2000
    1:47
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  • Colour photograph of Chloe Hobson in green and black St John uniform, carrying First Aid kit, with a crowd of people in the background

    Chloe Hobson

    Joined 2007
    1:01
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  • Colour photograph of two people seated in a room having a conversation. On the left is an adult female wearing a purple top and black and white trousers. On the right is an adult male in green St John Ambulance uniform. On a wooden table between them is a jug of water and an audio recorder.

    Ryan Russell

    Joined 2018
    1:00
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  • Black and white polaroid showing two men or boys, viewed from behind, standing in front of some partially constructed tents in a field, a female Cadet in uniform sat on the ground beyond the tents

    Jean Davey (née Reed)

    Joined 1946
    3:26
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  • Black and white photograph of male and female Cadets in uniform standing to attention in a field. They are being spoken to by a group of adult males in uniform.

    Marjorie Riley (née McGovern)

    Joined 1946
    1:49
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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
    2:10
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  • Black and white photograph of a white teenage boy in a dark t-shirt

    Matthew Thomas

    Joined 1968
    2:10
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  • Colour photograph of 11 female Cadets in grey Cadet dresses, posing for a photograph in camp dormitory

    Maria Marsden (née Podlasiuk)

    Joined 1981
    2:32
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  • Colour photograph of a male Cadet lying on dormitory bed with hands up either side of his face posing for camera

    Craig Wood

    Joined 1982
    2:44
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  • Colour photograph of three boys erecting a tent in a field.

    Gill Tanner

    Joined 1987
    1:14
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  • Colour photograph showing seven Cadets. Four are standing at the back with their Cadet Leader in the middle wearing her black St John Number One Uniform consisting of a black jacket and black knee length skirt with a black peaked hat with a white rim and white badge in the centre. Three Cadets are kneeling at the front all holding white certificates and black oval badges. The Cadets all wear black trousers

    Kobie Biggs

    Joined 1989
    2:13
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  • Colour photograph of a Cadet in black and whute uniform seated at a table in a kitchen, studying notes

    Janet Basso

    Joined 1985
    2:40
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  • Colour photograph of two teenage boys standing on a beach. They are wearing sunglasses and St John Ambulance high vis jackets with black shorts.

    James McNulty-Ackroyd

    Joined 2000
    1:42
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  • Colour photograph of two women in carnival costumes standing with their arms around two female St John Ambulance Cadets in uniform.

    Amie Hampsheir-Gill

    Joined 2009
    3:41
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  • Colour photograph with HRH Princess Anne presenting Amie with a gold-framed certificate in the foreground. Princess Anne wears a black bowler hat with a white rim

    Amie Hampsheir-Gill

    Joined 2009
    3:21
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  • Black and white photograph of Queen Elizabeth II being greeted by a group of young Cadets and adults in uniform. They are presenting the Queen with a small bunch of roses.

    Tracy Kane

    Joined 1981
    0:52
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  • Black and white photograph of four people cooking sausages on a barbeque. They wear chefs hats and aprons. The Duke of Edinburgh is speaking to them.

    Suzanne Squirrell (née Blunden)

    Joined 1984
    1:06
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  • Colour photograph of a man and woman. The man on the right is dressed as a clown. The woman on the left is wearing a foam red nose.

    Lady Westbury

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    1:24
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  • Colour photograph of a male Cadets being met by a group of adults in St John Ambulance uniform. They are standing outside with the brick wall of a building visible behind them.

    Kevin Pacey-Bartlett

    Joined 1989
    2:14
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  • Group of Cadets in black and white St John uniform stand as they meet Princess Anne, also wearing St John uniform.

    Chloe Hobson

    Joined 2007
    0:34
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