'Vernaid' triangular printed bandage : Leading Sickberth Attendant M Williams, Royal Navy

Triangular cream cotton bandage entitled 'The Vernaid Bandage, Registered. Made in England. Design No 710438 / Approved by Sir James Cantilie K.B.E., F.R.C.S.' along the base and titled 'V & Co Ltd' within a cross at the apex. Illustrated with eighteen depictions of recommended bandage and splint treatment of injuries and fractures which can be performed using the bandage.

Related to the service of Michael Williams, a resident of Plymouth, UK, who served as a sick berth attendant with the Royal Navy from New Year 1947. He saw service with HM ships Swiftsure, Newcastle, Keppel and Bicester.

Williams received his initial medical training at the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham. While serving aboard HMS Swiftsure, he jumped rank early to Leading Sick Berth Attendant when his superior hit the ship's captain and was subsequently jailed in Singapore.

Williams saw service in the Korean War in 1952 - 53 when he transferred to the cruiser HMS Newcastle as a replacement attendant. He recalls that when not on duty he was asked to act as spotter, reporting on the fall of fire of the Newcastle's 6 inch guns. Williams retired soon after the war, taking up vocational training as a motor mechanic and emigrating to Australia with his family.