Ten: Acting Staff Sergeant W. H. Stone, Royal Army Medical Corps, late St. John Ambulance Brigade, who served aboard the American hospital ship Maine during the Boxer Rebellion

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (127 Ordly. W. H. Stone, St. John Amb. Bde.); China 1900, no clasp (1439 Pte. W. H. Stone, St. John Amb. Bde.); 1914-15 Star (26126 Sjt. W. H. Stone, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (26126 A.S. Sjt. W. H. Stone, R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade issue, bronze (Private W. H. Stone); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade issue, bronze (W. H. Stone, Cpl.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade issue (Cpl. W. H. Stone); St. John Service Medal (Corporal William H. Stone, July 1911), the fifth renamed, generally very fine or better and an exceptional combination of awards (10) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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William Henry Stone was one of about 15 members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade to be employed aboard the American hospital ship Maine during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Maine was originally the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Swansea, renamed in 1899 and lent to the British Government as a hospital ship for use in the Boer War and later off China during the Boxer Rebellion. Fitted out as a hospital ship in London by Messrs. Fletcher & Son and Fearnall Ltd., the costs were met by the American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund who struck a special medal to help with their fund raising.