Ockbrook WW1 Auxiliary Hospital

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Reference WMO/259667

Address:

Moravian Lecture Hall

3 The Settlement

Ockbrook

DE72 3RJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Metal Iron
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A cast iron plaque on the external wall of the building and a brass plaque inside. The external plaque has the emblem of the International Red Cross at top left and a raised inscription in upright capital decorative lettering painted black on a white ground. The internal plaque is oblong and has an incised inscription at the head and names in four columns below, all infilled in black with selected rubricated initials. The inscription is in uncial capitals and the names are in upright capital block lettering.
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External plaque: THIS BUILDING WAS USED/ AS AN AUXILIARY HOSPITAL/ DURING THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1919.; Internal plaque: THIS TABLET WAS GIVEN BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE OCKBROOK AND/ BORROWASH RED CROSS SOCIETY IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES OF/ MRS E KING, AND THE OFFICERS & STAFF OF THE V.A.D. HOSPITAL HELD IN/ THIS HALL WHICH WAS LENT BY THE MORAVIANS TO THE COMMITTEE TO BE/ USED BY THEM AND TO BE UNDER THEIR CONTROL FOR THE BENEFIT/ OF WOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIERS DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS & STAFF/(Names)

J. A. HUNT ESQ, MEDICAL OFFICER, MISS NELSON COMMANDANT, MRS.. PARRY ASST. /COMMANDANT & HON. SEC./ SUCCESSIVE QUARTERMASTERS/ MRS.. JACKSON, MISS ELLIOTT, MISS SHAW, MISS HODGKINSON ASST. QUARTERMASTER./ Column 1- NURSE ADDERTON/  "  ARMIN/  "  ASHTON (&COOK)/  "  BAILEY/  "  BAND/  "  BENNETT/  "  BIRKINSHAW/  "  BODDINGTON/  "  BUTLER (& WARD MAID)/  "  CAVEN/  "  M. CLOSE; Column 2- NURSE I. CLOSE/  "  E. CLOSE/  "  COXON/  "  ELLIS/  "  B. EVANS/  "  M. EVANS/  "  GILBERT/  "  GOODALL/  "  B. HARDY/  "  D. HARDY/  "  HARRISON; Column 3- NURSE HASSÉ/  "  HILL (& COOK)/  "  HODGKINSON/  "  KING/  "  A. LANE/  "  L. LANE/  "  LAWRENCE/  "  LOW/  "  MARTIN/  "  PICKERING/  "  SHAWE; Column 4- NURSE SLACK/  "  SMART/  "  TITTERINGTON/  "  E. WARD/  "  U. WARD/  "  E. WARREN/  "  N. WARREN/  "  WHEATLEY/  "  WHITTAKER/  "  WRIGHT/ FOR THE COMMITTEE- J. BIRKINSHAW CHAIRMAN./ S. PARRY HON. TREASURER.

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