A British 'Memsahib's' India service Order of St. John decoration and long service medal pair: Mrs. Dorothy Kate Grindal, St. John Ambulance Brigade, India

Portrait Photograph of Recipient: At the time of her award of the St. John's 'Serving Sister' insignia in India in 1941, Dorothy's photograph in uniform of the SJAB India, and wearing her recently presented insignia was published in 'The Civil and Military Gazette' issue of 10 March 1940- see image illustrated in the website listing

- The Order of St. John of Jerusalem: Serving Sister’s shoulder badge. 2nd type (1932-39). Silver & enamel. Mounted on a female 'Bow' riband
- Service Medal of the Order of St John. Silver issue (2895 D. Grindal. 12 Dis. India. S.J.A.B.O. 1939.) 

Sold together with:

- Original plush lined hinged leatherette case of issue for the Serving Sisters insignia. With SJABO logo on lid

Award Verification: Order of St. John. Serving Sister was published in the London Gazette issue of 2 January 1940

Dorothy Kate Grindal (née Jennings) was born in India in 190, the daughter of the Press Superintendent of the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, and married Alan Douglas Grindal, a finance official in the Punjab Government Service, at Rawalpindi on 27 December 1915. She was awarded her St. John Service Medal in 1939, and was created a Serving Sister of the Order the following year. Leaving India in 1947, she died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Beckenham, Kent, on 21 January 1964, just two days after the death of her husband

Sold with some hardcopy research

The enamel is all intact on the Serving Sister insignia

Condition: Edge bruising on 'Serving Sister' insignia. The pair GVF

Code: 25991