Book resources: "The Crusades and the Holy Land" - Georges Tate (Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1996) "Knight Hospitaller (1) 1100-1306" - David Nicolle (Osprey, 2001) "Knights of Jerusalem - The Crusading Order of Hospitallers 1100-1565" - David Nicolle (Osprey, 2008) "The Order of St. John (A Short History)" - E. D. Renwick, revised I. M. Williams (St John's Gate, 5th ed. rev. 1969) "An Illustrated History of the Knights Hospitaller" - Stephen Dafoe (Ian Allan Publishing, 2010) "Rhodes Besieged - A New History" - Robert Douglas Smith & Kelly DeVries (The History Press, 2011) "The Great Siege - Malta 1565" - Ernle Bradford (World Books, 1961) "Malta 1565 - Last Battle of the Crusades" - Tim Pickles (Osprey, 1998) "The Knights of Malta" - H. J. A. Sire (Yale University Press, 1994) "A Good Uniform - The St John Story" - Joan Clifford (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1967) "St John in New Zealand 1885-1985" - ed. Dr Rex Wright-St Clair (Millwood Press, 1985) "First to Care - 125 Years of the Order of St John in New Zealand 1885-2010" - Graeme Hunt (Libro International, 2009)
"The Crusades and the Holy Land" - Georges Tate (Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1996)
"Knight Hospitaller (1) 1100-1306" - David Nicolle (Osprey, 2001)
"Knights of Jerusalem - The Crusading Order of Hospitallers 1100-1565" - David Nicolle (Osprey, 2008)
"The Order of St. John (A Short History)" - E. D. Renwick, revised I. M. Williams (St John's Gate, 5th ed. rev. 1969)
"An Illustrated History of the Knights Hospitaller" - Stephen Dafoe (Ian Allan Publishing, 2010)
"Rhodes Besieged - A New History" - Robert Douglas Smith & Kelly DeVries (The History Press, 2011)
"The Great Siege - Malta 1565" - Ernle Bradford (World Books, 1961)
"Malta 1565 - Last Battle of the Crusades" - Tim Pickles (Osprey, 1998)
"The Knights of Malta" - H. J. A. Sire (Yale University Press, 1994)
"A Good Uniform - The St John Story" - Joan Clifford (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1967)
"St John in New Zealand 1885-1985" - ed. Dr Rex Wright-St Clair (Millwood Press, 1985)
"First to Care - 125 Years of the Order of St John in New Zealand 1885-2010" - Graeme Hunt (Libro International, 2009)
Internet Resources:
There are so many Wikipedia sites that I researched for all things St John that I cannot list them all. Here are some of the main pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Merciful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Gerard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_du_Puy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_hospitaller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_%281480%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_%281522%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_%281565%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alliance_of_the_Orders_of_St._John_of_Jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John
Other pages used in my research are as follows:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3945 About St John the Almoner.
http://blessed-gerard.org/index.htm A home page for the early years of St John
http://blessed-gerard.org/bgt_1_3.htm Blessed Gerard and the Papal Bull of 15 February 1113
http://www.360cities.net/image/syria-krak-des-chevaliers-crusader-castle#353.30,1.50,76.8 An interactive walk-through of Krak des Chevaliers.
http://nobility.org/2013/02/28/the-dragon-slayer-knight-of-rhodes/
http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/gozon.html
http://warfare.atspace.eu/Renaissance/Caoursin-ORUD.htm Art from 1496 of the Siege of Rhodes.
http://www.stjohneyehospital.org/
http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/about-us/our-history/125-voices.aspx British St John Ambulance history 1877-2012
http://www.orderofmalta.int/the-order-and-its-institutions/64948/900-years-since-the-recognition-by-pope-paschal-ii/?lang=en The 900th anniversary celebrations of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
http://www.orderofstjohn.org/st-john-worldwide
http://www.caringonthehomefront.org.uk/stories/air-raids/betty-popkiss/ There are many other stories of St John in World War II here.
http://www.stjohn.org.nz/
The St John Hub had many important documents detailing the Order in New Zealand. Get access to this if you can.