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Description: | In 1941 an appeal was made for funds to meet the costs of an ambulance, fully equipped, for use during the Second World War. The target of £550 was achieved in early in 1942.
On 25th March 1942, at a ceremony at Market Place, Worksop, the Mayor (Councillor W.H. Curr) formally handed over the ambulance to Captain B.C Slinn, representing the British Volunteer Ambulance Corps. In his address the Mayor stated "we all hope the ambulance will do good service and that it will have luck. We hope too, that those conveyed in it will bless Worksop through the benefits receive. We pray that God's Blessing will be on the ambulance throughout its existence".
It subsequently became known, via a soldier serving in the 6th MAC, RASC, in the Middle East, where the ambulance was in use, that it was destroyed by German aircraft, and that the driver was awarded the Military Medal. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Brown, Cecil | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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