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Family Group: Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Gettliffe, Railways and Harbours Brigade,...
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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Gettliffe, Railways and Harbours Brigade, Active Citizen Force
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. R. B. Gettliffe. Imp: Mil: Rly:); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine
An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Mrs. Constance M. Gettliffe, Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) small shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (3591 C.M. Gettliffe S.A.R. & H. Dis. S. Africa S.J.A.B.O. 1941) mounted as worn and housed in an Order of St. John embossed case, minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (5) £200-£240
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Rupert Bernard Gettliffe was born in Leek, Staffordshire, in 1869 and having emigrated to South Africa served as Assistant General Manager, South African Railways and Harbours, and as a Lieutenant-Colonel, Railways and Harbours Brigade, in the Active Citizen Force. He died in 1958
Constance Maud Gettliffe, wife of the above, was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1878. She served as Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade. She was admitted to the Order of St. John as a Serving Sister in 1937, and was advanced to Officer (Sister) in 1963. She died in 1965.
Sold with a copy of Mrs. Gettliffe’s obituary as featured in ‘The Call’, which includes a photograph of her.
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Gettliffe, Railways and Harbours Brigade, Active Citizen Force
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. R. B. Gettliffe. Imp: Mil: Rly:); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine
An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Mrs. Constance M. Gettliffe, Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) small shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (3591 C.M. Gettliffe S.A.R. & H. Dis. S. Africa S.J.A.B.O. 1941) mounted as worn and housed in an Order of St. John embossed case, minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (5) £200-£240
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Rupert Bernard Gettliffe was born in Leek, Staffordshire, in 1869 and having emigrated to South Africa served as Assistant General Manager, South African Railways and Harbours, and as a Lieutenant-Colonel, Railways and Harbours Brigade, in the Active Citizen Force. He died in 1958
Constance Maud Gettliffe, wife of the above, was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1878. She served as Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade. She was admitted to the Order of St. John as a Serving Sister in 1937, and was advanced to Officer (Sister) in 1963. She died in 1965.
Sold with a copy of Mrs. Gettliffe’s obituary as featured in ‘The Call’, which includes a photograph of her.
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