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Medical orderly’s tablet tin, 1914-1918 (c). Box was brought back from World War One by Dr Ralph Franklin Eminson, DSO, Royal Army Medical Corps. Set was made by Burroughs Wellcome and Company of London. Marked with the manufacturers’ name and a broad arrow on the underside. Inside a black painted metal box are a series, not complete, of small glass jars with cork stoppers and a small pill box. The jars are all numbered or labelled or both. On the underside of the lid are a list of the original contents. Some labels are original, others handwritten later. The original labels bear the maker’s name. Tin was used by medical orderlies on parade to issue tablets for sick soldiers. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Dr Eminson served in the Royal Army Medical Corps as Temporary Captain from later 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in September 1918 for rescuing under fire a number of wounded men after the unit to which he was attached had to retreat.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)