Ten-Minute Talk: Renee Warburton and the Dolphin Square First Aid Post

Discover more about the Order of St John, St John Ambulance and the history of Clerkenwell at our free Ten-Minute Talk and Tea events which take place on the second Thursday of every month. Tea and biscuits provided.

Earlier this year, the Museum of the Order of St John acquired a portrait of a woman wearing the uniform of St John Ambulance. Its subject has been identified as Renée Warburton, a resident of London, and it was painted in the first years of the Second World War. As well as discussing the painting itself, this talk will explore Mrs. Warburton‘s life and her service in both St John Ambulance and the British Red Cross. It will place her in the contexts both of the Pimlico First Aid Post, where she served when the portrait was painted, and of the wider experience of women in St John Ambulance in time of war.

This is a free event. Drop-ins are welcome, or you can pre-register through Eventbrite. The event will take place in the Museum Galleries which are on ground level with step-free access throughout.

Host or Publisher Museum of the Order of St John