Sir John Furley

In 1877, John Furley, along with Sir Edmund Lechmere and Colonel Francis Duncan, co-founded the St John Ambulance Association. Furley was appointed the Association’s Director of Stores, and it was in this role that he developed the original first aid kit (the ambulance hamper) in 1879, and stretchers for transporting injured persons.

Object type

Film and Photographic Material

Date

Production: c. 1880

Subject(s)

Ambulance
St John Ambulance Association (1877 - 1968)

Associated person

Subject: Sir John Furley (1836 - 1919)

Associated organisation

Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999 - present)
St John Ambulance Association (1877 - 1968)

Materials and technique

Photograph on paper

Catalogue number

PHA371