South Yorkshire Times April 26, 1947
Promotions for Three Denaby S.J.A.B. Officers.
Promotions for three officers of Denaby Main St. John Ambulance Brigade Corps are announced this week.
Corps Supt. Norman Hulley, deputy area general manager of the North-Eastern Coal Board’s No. 1 Area, is now County Officer;
CorpsSecretary C.A J. Pickett, for nearly 20 years undermanager of Denaby Main Colliery’s Parkgate Seam, has been promoted Corps Supt. At Denaby in succession to County Officer Hulley,
and Ambulance Officer G. Williams, overman of the Parkgate Seam, becomes Corps Officer and succeeds Mr. Pickett as Corps Secretary.
Denaby Main Corps, which numbers 600-700 ambulance men and women, comprises Denaby, Cadeby, Conisbrough, Mexborough and Rossington Ambulance Divisions, Denaby, Conisbrough, Mexborough and Rossington Nursing Division, Denaby Headquarters Cadet Division, Denaby Headquarters Girl Cadets and Rossington Girl Cadets.
Count Officer Hulley, who until recently lived at The Terrace, Conisbrough, joined Conisbrough Ambulance Division as Ambulance Officer in 1925, was transferred to Maltby Division in 1931 and 15 months later was transferred to Denaby Division.
In March, 1935, he succeeded Mr. R. Young (Maltby) as Corps Superintendent and obtained his long service medal in 1939. In 1945 he was made an Honorary Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and during the war commanded ‘A’ Company, 43rd West Riding Battalion, Home Guard, with the rank of major.
Corps. Supt. Pickett, ‘The Poplars,’ Station Street, Denaby, was also made an Honorary Serving Brother of the Order in 1945.
He joined Conisbrough Division as Ambulance Officer in 1920, was appointed Corps Officer in 1924 and for 23 years has served as Corps Secretary. In 1930 he organised the Civil Defence First Aid Posts and was second in command, as captain, of Mr. Hulley’s company of the Home Guard. He served with the same rank in the 1914-18 was and gained the Military Cross. He hods the St. John Ambulance long service medal with two bars.
Corps Officer G. Williams, Elm House, Wheatley Street, Denaby, has been a member of the St. John Ambulance movement for 27 years.
He joined Denaby Division as a private in 1920 and between 1924-30 competed with Denaby Colliery ambulance team. Since 1931 he has been the competition teams’ instructor and has obtained three Wood Shield and three Lane Fox Shield final medals as team instructor. Since 1936 he has been a County Council ambulance class instructor and in 1939 assisted in organising first aid posts.
He was officer in charge of first aid party from 1939 to 1942 and officer in charge of Home Guard stretcher bearers from 1942 until the stand-down. He was appointed Ambulance Officer in December, 1944, and held that rank until his new promotion.