Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (M. Crichton-Neate F.A.N.Y.C.) extremely fine £100-£140

Miss Margaret Crichton-Neate was born in Garston, Lancashire, in 1887, the only daughter of Staff Paymaster Reginald Crichton-Neate, Royal Naval Reserve, and was appointed a Commandant of the 24th Glamorgan Division, Voluntary Aid Detachment, in August 1914. The following year she became the voluntary masseuse at the 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, and in November 1915 she was received on the staff and became Head Masseuse, A.P.M.N.C. She served overseas on the Western Front from June 1917, driving an ambulance for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, before returning to the 3rd Western General Hospital. She also served as Consulting Masseuse to the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital, Cardiff. A contemporary account states that ‘Miss Crichton-Neate was “Mentioned” in Despatches in October 1917 for valuable work’, although no trace of this has been found in the London Gazette. She died in Teignmouth, Devon, on 8 October 1959.

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