Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sister Olive K. Holmes, Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society

1914-15 Star (O. K. Holmes. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (O. R. C. [sic] Holmes. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) good very fine (3) £180-£220

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.

Olive Kathleen Holmes served with the British Red Cross Society during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1915, and for her services during the Great War was Mentioned in Despatches.

Note: Two Medal Index Cards exist for this recipient; the first for the 1914-15 Star only under the name Olive Kathleen Holmes; and the second for the British War and Victory Medals (and M.I.D. emblems) under the name Olive R. C. Holmes. They are undoubtedly the same person.