Military Awards from the Collection of John Tamplin

A fine Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ R.R.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Matron A. L. Earle, Territorial Force Nursing Service

Royal Red Cross, R.R.C., 1st Class, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamels with gold centres; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Matron); Territorial Force War Medal (Sister, T.F.N.S.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Matron); Belgian Reine Elisabeth Medal, this named (Matron), mounted court style as worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Military Awards from the Collection of John Tamplin.

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R.R.C. (1st Class) London Gazette 26 August 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’

Bar to R.R.C. London Gazette 31 March 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 27 August 1918: Despatch of Lieutenant-General W. R. Marshall, Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.

Miss Annie Louisa Earle was appointed a Matron in the Territorial Force Nursing Service with seniority 24 February 1909, as recorded in the London Gazette of 9 December 1910. She was Matron of the 3rd Northern General Hospital, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), which was located at Sheffield. For her services during the Great War in Mesopotamia she was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Royal Red Cross and Bar, and for her subsequent services in the same area, the General Service Medal for Iraq. She resigned her appointment as Matron in the Territorial Army Nursing service on 1 July 1924. She died at Sheffield on 5 June 1952.