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St John Ambulance Kenfig Hill Division - started c.1909


St John Ambulance Kenfig Hill Division c.1920
St John Ambulance Kenfig Hill Division c.1920
The Ambulance Hall Kenfig Hill c.1937
The Ambulance Hall Kenfig Hill c.1937

The St John Ambulance Movement

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The movement in Kenfig Hill started c.1909 when the first class was held at Kenfig Hill School for the purpose of rendering First Aid to the injured. After 2 years a committee was formed which met at the home of Dr Cooper. First Aid grew to such an extent that classes were held at the Talbot Institute from 23 March 1912 - the Kenfig Hill Division was officially formed in this year with the Cefn Cribbwr Division being formed in 1913.
Prize draws & concerts were organised to raise funds to purchase uniforms with equipment & stretchers kindly donated. There were an average of 120 injuries treated each year by the Kenfig Hill Division.

The Ambulance Hall

This was built in 1914 at a cost of £190. It was located to the north of Mynydd Cynffig Junior School on the site presently occupied by the Air Training Corps Headquaters (2117 (Kenfig Hill) Squadron - Air Training Corps). When the division celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1937 it consisted of 23 Ambulance men, a nursing division of 14 & a cadet force of 25. The division had a fine team which won many cups & shields at the National Eisteddfod Ambulance Competitions.
In 1924 the St John Priory of Wales stationed an Ambulance Car at Kenfig Hill which was initially housed near the Ambulance Hall but was moved to a garage on Pisgah Street opposite Pyle Welfare (Pyle Life Centre) when the ambulance hall was taken down. The Ambulance Hall was demolished in the late 1970's and the division was wound up for practicable purposes in 1984.





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3rd party copyright © Mike Mansley (Porthcawl at War 1939-1945)

Home Guard (Porthcawl); Royal Observer Corps (Porthcawl); Royal Dutch Troops (Porthcawl); 15th Battalion The Welch Regiment (Porthcawl); 49th West Riding Reconnaisance Regiment; 5th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment; 4th Monmouthshire Battalion; RAF Air Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (Porthcawl); Auxillary AFS & National Fire Services; Glamorgan Constabulary; Search Light & Anti Aircraft Batteries; Air Raid Precautions (ARP); The Red Cross (Joint War Organisation); St John Ambulance (Joint War Organisation); RAF Stormy Down; Porthcawl at War.
Information & photos originally researched by Mike Mansley (Porthcawl at War 1939-1945) and part re-published online strictly for educational purposes only - 3rd party copyright © Mike Mansley (Porthcawl at War 1939-1945) - (First Printed 1994 - ISBN 0 9523152 0 3)
Information edited & sub-edited for online purposes || Rob Bowen - Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2009-2011

3rd party copyright © JDV Ludlow (Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgend - A brief history 1936-1946)

Information & photos originally researched by JDV Ludlow (The Royal Ordnance Factory - A brief history 1936-1946) and part re-published online strictly for educational purposes only - 3rd party copyright © JDV Ludlow 2004.
Information edited & sub-edited for online purposes || Rob Bowen - Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2009-2011

3rd party copyright © Brett Exton & Shawn Bohannon (Island Farm POW Camp, Bridgend)

Information & photos originally researched by Brett Exton & Shawn Bohannon (Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp: 198/Special Camp: XI, Bridgend, South Wales - 1944-48) and part re-published online strictly for educational purposes only - 3rd party copyright © Brett Exton & Shawn Bohannon.
Information edited & sub-edited for online purposes || Rob Bowen - Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2009-2011


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Further Info

Acknowledgements


Bibliography

  • Bridgend County Borough Council Library & Information Services
  • 3rd party copyright © Mike Mansley (Porthcawl at War 1939-1945)
  • 3rd party copyright © JDV Ludlow (Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgend)
  • 3rd party copyright © Brett Exton & Shawn Bohannon (Island Farm POW Camp, Bridgend)
  • Porthcawl Museum & History Society
  • Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Library Services
  • West Glamorgan Archive Services, County Hall, Swansea
  • South Wales Police
  • South Wales Fire & Rescue Service
  • Ray Cottrell; Semper Alacer (History of a Training Aerodrome 1934-47)
  • Rob Bowen - Kenfig.org Local Community Group

Webpage Author

  • Rob Bowen - Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2011



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