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A Great War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E., Order of St John group of four awarded to Doctor R. H. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, Newton Abbot Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; breast star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with gold retaining pin, unmarked; Coronation 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade (Ch. Surg. R. H. Grimbly.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, ring suspension (Chief Surg. Richard H. Grimbly. M.R.C.S. July 1911) minor enamel damage to St. John neck badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500
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O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918.
Order of St. John Knight of Grace London Gazette 3 April 1914.
Richard Henry Grimbly was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1852. He qualified as General Practitioner and Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, London on 14 December 1876. By 1881 he had established his Medical Practice in Newton Abbot and he founded the Newton Corps of the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. A Joint Founder of the Freemasonry Lodge of The Three Pillars No 2806 in Torquay, consecrated on 8 May 1900, he was awarded the St John Ambulance Coronation Medal in 1911 and the Order of St John Service Medal in July 1911. Advanced from Honorary Associate to Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem on 2 April 1914, he as appointed Medical Officer in Charge Newton Abbot VAD Hospital in November 1914. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order of St John, visited Newton Abbot VAD Hospital with Dr. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, in attendance on 30 October 1917.
Grimbly was appointed an Officer of The Order of the British Empire in recognition of his war service on 1 January 1918 and was due to be commissioned temporary Major in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps on 29 January 1918 (although in the end all appointments in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps were cancelled owing to the unit not being raised). Sir Arthur Stanley M.P., Chairman Joint War Committee BRCS & OStJ, paid an official visit to Newton Abbot VAD Hospital on 24 March 1918 and drew special notice to the work of Dr Grimbly.
During his lifetime Grimbly held many local voluntary appointments and when a 50 bed additional ward was created at the Newton Abbot VAD Hospital it was named the Grimbly Ward in recognition of his work. He died suddenly at Newton Abbot on 4 April 1918, aged 65, and is buried in Islington, Devon Churchyard. A well attended Memorial Service was held at Wolborough Church on 8 April 1918 at which it was recorded that Dr Grimbly’s incessant labours for the welfare of the wounded led to his fatal illness.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; breast star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with gold retaining pin, unmarked; Coronation 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade (Ch. Surg. R. H. Grimbly.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, ring suspension (Chief Surg. Richard H. Grimbly. M.R.C.S. July 1911) minor enamel damage to St. John neck badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500
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O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918.
Order of St. John Knight of Grace London Gazette 3 April 1914.
Richard Henry Grimbly was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1852. He qualified as General Practitioner and Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, London on 14 December 1876. By 1881 he had established his Medical Practice in Newton Abbot and he founded the Newton Corps of the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. A Joint Founder of the Freemasonry Lodge of The Three Pillars No 2806 in Torquay, consecrated on 8 May 1900, he was awarded the St John Ambulance Coronation Medal in 1911 and the Order of St John Service Medal in July 1911. Advanced from Honorary Associate to Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem on 2 April 1914, he as appointed Medical Officer in Charge Newton Abbot VAD Hospital in November 1914. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order of St John, visited Newton Abbot VAD Hospital with Dr. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, in attendance on 30 October 1917.
Grimbly was appointed an Officer of The Order of the British Empire in recognition of his war service on 1 January 1918 and was due to be commissioned temporary Major in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps on 29 January 1918 (although in the end all appointments in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps were cancelled owing to the unit not being raised). Sir Arthur Stanley M.P., Chairman Joint War Committee BRCS & OStJ, paid an official visit to Newton Abbot VAD Hospital on 24 March 1918 and drew special notice to the work of Dr Grimbly.
During his lifetime Grimbly held many local voluntary appointments and when a 50 bed additional ward was created at the Newton Abbot VAD Hospital it was named the Grimbly Ward in recognition of his work. He died suddenly at Newton Abbot on 4 April 1918, aged 65, and is buried in Islington, Devon Churchyard. A well attended Memorial Service was held at Wolborough Church on 8 April 1918 at which it was recorded that Dr Grimbly’s incessant labours for the welfare of the wounded led to his fatal illness.
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A Great War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E., Order of St John group of four awarded to Doctor R. H. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, Newton Abbot Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; breast star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with gold retaining pin, unmarked; Coronation 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade (Ch. Surg. R. H. Grimbly.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, ring suspension (Chief Surg. Richard H. Grimbly. M.R.C.S. July 1911) minor enamel damage to St. John neck badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500
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O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918.
Order of St. John Knight of Grace London Gazette 3 April 1914.
Richard Henry Grimbly was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1852. He qualified as General Practitioner and Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, London on 14 December 1876. By 1881 he had established his Medical Practice in Newton Abbot and he founded the Newton Corps of the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. A Joint Founder of the Freemasonry Lodge of The Three Pillars No 2806 in Torquay, consecrated on 8 May 1900, he was awarded the St John Ambulance Coronation Medal in 1911 and the Order of St John Service Medal in July 1911. Advanced from Honorary Associate to Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem on 2 April 1914, he as appointed Medical Officer in Charge Newton Abbot VAD Hospital in November 1914. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order of St John, visited Newton Abbot VAD Hospital with Dr. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, in attendance on 30 October 1917.
Grimbly was appointed an Officer of The Order of the British Empire in recognition of his war service on 1 January 1918 and was due to be commissioned temporary Major in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps on 29 January 1918 (although in the end all appointments in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps were cancelled owing to the unit not being raised). Sir Arthur Stanley M.P., Chairman Joint War Committee BRCS & OStJ, paid an official visit to Newton Abbot VAD Hospital on 24 March 1918 and drew special notice to the work of Dr Grimbly.
During his lifetime Grimbly held many local voluntary appointments and when a 50 bed additional ward was created at the Newton Abbot VAD Hospital it was named the Grimbly Ward in recognition of his work. He died suddenly at Newton Abbot on 4 April 1918, aged 65, and is buried in Islington, Devon Churchyard. A well attended Memorial Service was held at Wolborough Church on 8 April 1918 at which it was recorded that Dr Grimbly’s incessant labours for the welfare of the wounded led to his fatal illness.
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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; breast star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with gold retaining pin, unmarked; Coronation 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade (Ch. Surg. R. H. Grimbly.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, ring suspension (Chief Surg. Richard H. Grimbly. M.R.C.S. July 1911) minor enamel damage to St. John neck badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500
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O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918.
Order of St. John Knight of Grace London Gazette 3 April 1914.
Richard Henry Grimbly was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1852. He qualified as General Practitioner and Surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, London on 14 December 1876. By 1881 he had established his Medical Practice in Newton Abbot and he founded the Newton Corps of the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. A Joint Founder of the Freemasonry Lodge of The Three Pillars No 2806 in Torquay, consecrated on 8 May 1900, he was awarded the St John Ambulance Coronation Medal in 1911 and the Order of St John Service Medal in July 1911. Advanced from Honorary Associate to Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem on 2 April 1914, he as appointed Medical Officer in Charge Newton Abbot VAD Hospital in November 1914. H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order of St John, visited Newton Abbot VAD Hospital with Dr. Grimbly, Medical Officer in Charge, in attendance on 30 October 1917.
Grimbly was appointed an Officer of The Order of the British Empire in recognition of his war service on 1 January 1918 and was due to be commissioned temporary Major in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps on 29 January 1918 (although in the end all appointments in the Devonshire Medical Volunteer Corps were cancelled owing to the unit not being raised). Sir Arthur Stanley M.P., Chairman Joint War Committee BRCS & OStJ, paid an official visit to Newton Abbot VAD Hospital on 24 March 1918 and drew special notice to the work of Dr Grimbly.
During his lifetime Grimbly held many local voluntary appointments and when a 50 bed additional ward was created at the Newton Abbot VAD Hospital it was named the Grimbly Ward in recognition of his work. He died suddenly at Newton Abbot on 4 April 1918, aged 65, and is buried in Islington, Devon Churchyard. A well attended Memorial Service was held at Wolborough Church on 8 April 1918 at which it was recorded that Dr Grimbly’s incessant labours for the welfare of the wounded led to his fatal illness.
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