An Order of St. John, Serving Sister pair awarded to Acting Sister Gertrude Lilian Dainty, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister, silver and enamel, unnamed, some cracks to enamelled cross; St. John Service Medal, 1 gilt clasp (30656 A/Sis. G. L. Dainty, B’ham. S.J.A.B. 1944) mounted as worn, very fine and better (2) £50-70

Order of St. John, Serving Sister London Gazette 9 July 1957.

Gertrude Lilian Dainty was born in Birmingham on 21 August 1905. She joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in 1929 and in 1944, after 15 years service she was awarded the Service Medal. She was admitted to the Order of St. John as a Serving Sister on 22 May 1957 and was presented with her insignia by Lord Wakehurst, Governor-General of Northern Ireland, on 15 October 1957 at the Grocer’s Hall, Princes Street, London. In 1957 she was employed as a Nurse at the Cedex Surgery in Birmingham and was a Sergeant in the Nelson Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

With a further silver clasp to the St. John Service Medal; St. John Ambulance Brigade Instruction in Hygiene Certificate, May 1950; St. John Ambulance Brigade Re-Examination Certificate in Nursing, October 1960; papers re. the award of the Serving Sister Badge and Service Medal, cloth ‘Sergeant’s’ chevons, three copied photographs, copied gazette extracts and research.