I was born in 1933, the only child of Margaret and Thomas Boynton. My father worked as a boiler-smith at the steam locomotive sheds in Selby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Voluntary S...view moreI was born in 1933, the only child of Margaret and Thomas Boynton. My father worked as a boiler-smith at the steam locomotive sheds in Selby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Voluntary Service, "unpaid," in the St. John Ambulance first as a patient then a cadet, adult member, cadet officer, area staff officer. "Officially" thirty-eight years. Actually nearer forty-seven.
Full-time service "salaried" started as an ambulance man, station officer, training officer, senior paramedic training superintendent. Thirty-two years in service from 1960 to 1992.view less