Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private F. W. Green, St John Ambulance Brigade, who served aboard the American hospital ship Maine during the Boer war and the Boxer rebellion

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (132 Ordly. F. W. Green, St John Amb. Bde.); China 1900, no clasp 1482 Pte. F. W. Green, St John Amb. Bde.); together with S.S. Maine American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund 1899, white metal medallion, the first two cleaned, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £800-1000

14 members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade received the China Medal, for services in the American hospital ship Maine.

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 the above medallion to help with their fund raising.