Auction Catalogue

29 June 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1078

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£950

A Great War Royal Red Cross group of three to Nursing Sister M. Goodhue, Matron of the City of London Red Cross Hospital at Finsbury Square, late Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve and Police Ambulance Service

Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, mounted on bow ribbon; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. Goodhue); Coronation 1911, Police Ambulance Service (Maud Goodhue); together with dress miniatures of the first and second, extremely fine (5) £600-800

R.R.C. London Gazette 21 June 1918. ‘... in recognition of their valuable services in connection with the War’ ‘Miss Maude Charles Goodhue, Matron and Admins., Finsbury Sq. Hospl., London.

A.R.R.C.
London Gazette 23 February 1917. ‘... in recognition of their valuable services in connection with the War’ ‘Miss M. C. Goodhue, Secretary, County of Lond. Branch, British Red Cross Society, and Matron i/c City of Lond. Red Cross Hospl., Finsbury Sq, N.’

During the Boer War Miss Goodhue was serving with Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve and was variously based at Cape Town and Pretoria.