Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Private Annie E. Reynolds, Voluntary Aid Detachment, later Major, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated 1946, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Capt. A. E. Reynolds. Q.A.R.A.N.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £300-£400

A.R.R.C. London Gazette 13 June 1946: W/786005 Private Anne [sic] Elizabeth Reynolds, Voluntary Aid Detachment.

Miss Annie Elizabeth Reynolds was born in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, on 4 April 1910, and in the 1939 Register she is recorded as living in Weston, Bath and working as a Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse with St. John Ambulance at the 4th South General Hospital. She served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment throughout the Second World War, and for her services was awarded the Royal Red Cross, Second Class.

Miss Reynolds joined Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service on 12 January 1946 and completed an intensive nursing course at the Ministry of Health Training Centre at Ryton-on-Tyne during 1946-47, qualifying as a registered nurse on 28 November 1947. Appointed Sister on 10 February 1948, she was advanced Captain in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps on 15 January 1954, and saw further service in Malaya. Promoted Major on 16 January 1962, she retired on 13 October 1964, and died in Cheltenham on 27 June 1994.

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