Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Miss Margaret E. Waring, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Miss. M. E. Waring.); British War and Victory Medals (M. E. Waring. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) scratch to observe of QSA, generally very fine and better (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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M.B.E. London Gazette 2 November 1920:
‘Miss Margaret Elizabeth Waring. A devoted worker in British hospitals in Boulogne.’

Margaret Elizabeth Waring is recorded on the QSA medal roll as a Staff Worker at the Camp Soldier’s Homes, one of just four ladies listed. The Army Medal roll shows that she served in France from September 1918 to 29 April 1919.