Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Sister E. A. Crewes, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
1914 Star (Miss E. A. Crewes. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. A. Crewes.) very fine

Pair: Private H. J. Crewes, Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (11180 Pte. H. J. Crewes. H.A.C. -Inf.-) very fine (5) £260-£300

Miss Ethel Annie Crewes, later Mrs. Wilson, was born in Cornwall on 10 November 1882 and trained at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital from February 1904 to June 1908. She joined Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 27 July 1912, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 August 1914 as a Staff Nurse at No. 3 General Hospital. She was promoted Acting Sister at No. 10 General Hospital on 1 February 1915, before resigning on 8 August 1915 in order to get married. Her brother, Horace J. Crewes served during the Great War as a Private with the Honourable Artillery Company.