The Lord Derby War Hospital

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Reference WMO/187615

Address:

Education Centre, Hollins Park House

5 Borough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Hollins Lane

Warrington

WA2 8WA

England

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Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Timber Timber (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two identical nowy headed bronze plaques each mounted onto an oak backboard. The top heading is the Arms of the County Palatine of Lancaster. The plaques have been relocated to the Education Centre in the old Winwick Hospital buildings.
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Top Header of both plaques around the Arms COUNTY PALATINE/ OF LANCASTER Plaque 1 (left) Main Inscription: THIS INSTITUTION/ DURING THE GREAT/ WAR WAR CONVERTED/ INTO/ A WAR HOSPITAL/ FOR THE TREATMENT/ OF SICK AND/ WOUNDED SOLDIERS/ AND WAS DESIGNATED/ 'THE LORD DERBY/ WAR HOSPITAL/ DURING WHICH TIME/ 56,500 PATIENTS/ WERE TREATED/ 1914-1919 The Lower Plaque: 1939-1945/ TOGETHER WITH2,000/ MENTAL HOSPITAL BEDS/ AN E.M.S. HOSPITAL OF/ 800 BEDS WAS PROVIDED / IN WHICH OVER 19,500 PATIENTS WERE TREATED Plaque 2 (Right): IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEMBERS OF/ THE STAFF OF THIS/ INSTITUTION WHO/ DIED ON BEHALF/ THEIR COUNTRY IN/THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names) Lower Plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Plaque 1: No Names Plaque 2: HENRY ATKINSON, OLIVER BOOTH, JOHN D. BUCHANAN, THOMAS CLARE, DAVID CLULOW, GEORGE CRABTREE, ANDREW DUGDALE, JAMES ECCLES, FRANK HORTON, JAMES HEATON, JOB JONES, HARRY MASSEY, WILLIAM MYDDLETON, JAMES MITCHELL, THOMAS H. STORR, WILLIAM R. WALKER Lower Plaque: LEONARD C. ADAMSON, JOHN S. BARNES, ALBERT E GOULDING, JAMES HALLIWELL, LESLIE B. JACKSON,NORRIS P. NORCROSS, CYRIL SLEGG

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