Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An Order of St. John group of eight awarded to Corporal J. C. Taplin, Royal Army Medical Corps

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 5th type (1984-91), silver, heraldic beasts in angles; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with 4 gilt Additional Award Bars (Cpl. J. C. Taplin. Herts. S.J.A.B. 1951.) good very fine (8) £120-£160

Order of St. John, Service Brother, London Gazette 23 December 1988.

Joseph Charles Taplin was born at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on 29 April 1919, and joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in 1937. He served during the Second World War with the Royal Army Medical Corps in North Africa and Sicily, and following the cessation of hostilities resumed his service with the Brigade. He took an active part in the Stevenage Northern Command Division, and was appointed a Serving Brother of the Order after 50 years’ service. He died in March 2001.

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