Volume 2

Reminiscences in the life of Surgeon-Major George A. Hutton / With an introduction by R. Lawton Roberts.

  • Hutton, George A. (George Allan), 1830-1919.
Date:
1907-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Reminiscences in the life of Surgeon-Major George A. Hutton / With an introduction by R. Lawton Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    secretary, and the brother of your Mayor*; and I may also mention the name of Mr. Marshall, and of Surgeon- Major Hutton, who examines you, and of whom I have heard previously. It is a great pleasure to me to see you, and I hope you will continue to do your work well, and increase in numbers.” ‘ Three enthusiastic cheers for the Prince and Princess closed the inspection.’ In August, 1905, there was a large gathering of ambulance certificate holders at Marske-by-the-Sea, in the grounds of the Marquis of Zetland, the President of the Middlesbrough and Cleveland Centre. His Lordship, in addressing the gathering at the close of the drill, saidf: ‘ He well remembered their Majesties the King and Queen coming to Middlesbrough in 1889, then as the Prince and Princess of Wales, for the purpose of opening the Middlesbrough Town Hall. They took that opportunity of inspecting the St. John Ambulance Corps, and His Royal Highness concluded an eloquent speech by hoping they would continue their work well and increase in numbers. At that time the classes numbered no, with some 3,000 members. He was sure it would afford His Majesty the utmost satisfaction to know, as it did himself and others, that last year they had no less than 300 classes, with a membership of 9,000 in the Middlesbrough and Cleveland district alone. He had watched with the greatest interest and satisfaction their drill that afternoon, and he admired the efficiency and rapidity with which it had been carried out.’ The first Annual Report of the Middlesbrough Centre, issued in 1883, said : ‘ As to practical demon- * The late Sir Raylton Dixon. f See Appendix, p. 157.