ALT The Great Siege of Malta by Marcus Bull

ALT A black painted wooden shield. The central shield plaque has a highly decorative impressed decoration featuring a central image of a horse-drawn ambulance in the background and people in the foreground, with five male uniformed officers tending to a patient on stretcher. Surrounding the central plaque is a border of 40 small shields dating from 1904-1954, with another border of 55 shields dating from 1955-2000.A black painted wooden shield. The central shield plaque has a highly decorative impressed decoration featuring a central image of a horse-drawn ambulance in the background and people in the foreground, with five male uniformed officers tending to a patient on stretcher. Surrounding the central plaque is a border of 40 small shields dating from 1904-1954, with another border of 55 shields dating from 1955-2000.

ALT Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother is standing in the middle of a group of people. She is wearing a light coloured long coat and hat, and an animal skin scarf. She is talking to a woman, dressed in the uniform of a St John Ambulance Brigade Nursing member. Behind them is a group of men and women. Some of these people are dressed in the uniform of St John Ambulance Brigade members, and others are in civilian dress.

ALT The cover of a booklet accompanying a Smoking Concert. The cover is busy with text and illustrations. In the centre of the page is the Smoking Concert location information, flanked on the left by an illustration of a first aid hut and on the right by a wheeled ambulance litter and an accompanying man. Below, across the length of the bottom of the page, is an illustration of a St John Ambulance Brigade member in 1890, and a member of the Knights Hospitaller in 1090, both surrounded by a motif of leaves. At the top of the page are the words ‘Pro Utilitate Hominum’, and below that, in a row, are three illustrations: on the left is an illustration of St John’s Gate, on the right is an illustration of an early horse-driven ambulance, and in between is the logo of the St John Ambulance Association. Below that are the words ‘St John Ambulance Brigade’.

ALT A Cadet magazine being digitised by TownsWeb Archiving in 2023 © TownsWeb Archiving

ALT A black and white full-length photograph of a white woman wearing uniform. She has plain black low-heeled shoes on her feet and dark tights. She is wearing a dark overcoat with badges on the left arm, and visible underneath is a white collar. She is wearing a dark rounded hat with a wide brim on her head.

ALT A black and white full-length photograph of a white man wearing uniform. He is wearing dark trousers and a dark jacket, with medals pinned to his left breast. He has a dark belt around his waist, and is wearing a dark cross-body bag from his right-hand shoulder. A white shirt with a dark tie is visible under his jacket. He is also wearing a dark peaked cap with a light coloured badge in the centre.

ALT A large grey cardboard box, labelled with a white box number label, sits on top of a blue metal trolley. In the background are smaller green labelled cardboard boxes on grey metal shelving.

ALT A small black book lies closed and flat on a blue metal table. The front cover is the part of the book that is visible, displaying the title debossed into the cover in white letters which read ‘First Aid to the Injured’. Below this is the emblem of St John Ambulance also debossed into the cover in white. It is an eight-pointed cross, with the words ‘The St John Ambulance Association’ surrounding it in a circle.

ALT Two big scrapbooks lie on top of a blue metal table, one on top of the other. The books are large bound items made of a dark beige covered board with a dark leather-covered spine and corners. On the front of the top book is a white label with text which reads ‘St. John Ambulance Association. Minutes of Meetings of Central Executive Committe from July 17th 1877 to July 19 1881 – inclusive. Also June 16 1877’.

ALT A large scrapbook lies open on a blue metal table. The right-hand page contains handwritten minutes from a meeting, written in black ink. The left-hand page has a newspaper article about St John pasted in.

ALT A Christmas tree in a museum gallery.

ALT A group of people are standing listening to a tour guide in a vaulted crypt with stained glass windows.