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St John Ambulance

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Rushden Echo & Argus, 8th January 1932, transcribed by Kay Collins

Ambulance—Following a course of lectures given by Dr. R W Davies to the Rushden Men’s Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the examination, by Dr. F K Beaumont, took place, with the following results:
Passed for first aid certificate, R H Whitworth, G W Bollard, R W Knight, F Chapman, E Twelftree, B L Cooper, R J Page, R E Carter, F W Goss, W H Mountford, H E Bulley, R Sharman. One candidate failed for first aid certificate.
Passed for voucher, T W Elliott, D Dickens, C F Green, R Chettle.
Passed for medallion, H H Tebby, A Thomas, W G Ekins, R A Beardsmore, R C Nunley, J W Houghton.

Home nursing certificate First aid to the injured
Certificates presented to Freda Brown in February & December 1936. Her father, Will Brown drove an
ambulance during the war, and she married Samuel Percy Head.

Extract from a longer article 1941
Charles Edmond Ekins, the eldest son, is busy in the Royal Naval Sick Berth Reserve, having been called up at the outbreak of war. Only a few weeks ago he received the Long Service Medal of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.


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