John Moulin with his wife Simone and the St John Ambulance award

A FORMER chief officer of Jersey’s Ambulance Service has been honoured for his dedicated service to St John Ambulance.

John Moulin, who held the post of chief officer for 16 years, was invested by the Order of St John as an Officer Brother at a special ceremony last week.

He was presented with the Order’s insignia by the Prior of the Priory of England and the Islands, Sir Brian Jenkins, who said that Mr Moulin had made ‘an outstanding contribution to St John Ambulance and to his community in Jersey’.

Mr Moulin has been a member of the St John Ambulance Council for 16 years and was instrumental in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the States of Jersey Ambulance Service which formalised the close links between the two organisations.

He said that receiving the accolade had been ‘overwhelming’ and that he had had no idea he had even been nominated at first. He said: ‘I am so pleased and proud to be invested by the Order. I never expected to receive such an honour, but to have this recognition of my service is a great privilege.

‘The St John Ambulance is a fantastic organisation and Jersey would be much poorer if it wasn’t here.’

About 100 people are chosen three times a year to be invested to the Order and only those who have shown exceptional service to its key foundations – one of which is St John’s Ambulance – are honoured with membership.

It is a Royal Order of Chivalry and each investiture is approved by the Queen, its sovereign head.