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History
In 1986, Anthony
The Marquis Buttigieg De Piro KStJ GCLJ (J) KMLJ FInstD MIM, was
asked by the late Commander St John Ambulance Malta GC Edwin H W
Borg KStJ to raise a Corps of rescue volunteers, which would be
part of St John Ambulance, but separate from the St John
Ambulance Brigade (First Aid and Nursing).
Commander Borg’s
request to raise a Rescue Corps under the banner of St John was
in order to meet the need in Malta of a support civil defence
unit consisting of adult volunteers fully trained in rescue and
first aid.
The first rescue
courses organised for the new volunteer recruits of the
newly-formed St John Rescue Corps – Malta GC, were carried out
by the Corps Commander Marquis Buttigieg De Piro who was ably
assisted by rescue instructors of the Armed Forces of Malta who
were loaned to him by the Commander of the Armed Forces at the
time, Brigadier Claude M Gaffiero KStJ, without whose clear
thinking and support the Rescue Corps might have never taken
off.
After five
months, the Rescue Corps officers and their subordinate leaders
were running the rescue courses very professionally and
efficiently, to their own divisions and new recruits.
Without exception, all the Commanders of the Armed Forces of
Malta always co-operated with, supported and helped the St John
Rescue Corps, whenever they could.
Together
with the St John Ambulance Association’s Training Branch and the
Ambulance Brigade (First Aid and Nursing), the Rescue Corps
forms part of the St John Ambulance Malta GC and operates under
the auspices of the Order of St John, of which Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II is Sovereign Head. The official web-site of
the Order of St John can be found at
www.orderofstjohn.org.
Further information on St John
Ambulance Malta GC can be found at
www.stjohnambulancemalta.com.
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