Two 'Sole Entitlement' British War Medals to Brigadier Allison Japp and Major Mary Japp, Salvation Army (A.Japp.; M.Japp.), both medals extremely fine and extremely rare, with biographical details from 'The War Cry' (2)

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Two 'Sole Entitlement' British War Medals to Brigadier Allison Japp and Major Mary Japp, Salvation Army (A.Japp.; M.Japp.), both medals extremely fine and extremely rare, with biographical details from 'The War Cry' (2)

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INDENTBrigadier Allison Japp, born 1865, educated at the Board School Kirkcaldy, he became associated with recruits at Cardiff in the early days of the Great War and also assisted with the reception of Belgian refugees; he worked in Le Havre, Trouville and the Rouen areas from the spring of 1917 to October 1919 (M.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1920); after a well Remembered Ministry, Brigadier Japp died in 1947.

Major Mary Japp, born 1865, married Allison Japp when she was Captain and Adjutant of Glasgow III District of the Salvation Army, 1891; she served with her husband in France and Flanders until she was "Promoted to Glory" in Folkstone May 1917 (See article and roll in O.M.R.S. Journal, Summer 1991)

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