Blair Castle- WW1 VAD Hospital


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Reference WMO/278220

Address:

Blair Castle

Blair Atholl

PH18 5TL

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Metal Bronze
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Bronze and enamel plaque with red enamel cross at top centre. Plaque is in a glass display case. Above it there is a framed scroll with more detail. In the castle there are three oil paintings with scenes of hospital life in the castle.
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Plaque-TO RECORD THE USE/ OF THIS BUILDING AS AN/ AUXILIARY HOSPITAL/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ AND THE THANKS OF/ THE SCOTTISH BRANCH/ BRITISH RED CROSS/ SOCIETY TO/ THE GENEROUS DONOR/ APRIL 1919. Scroll- DURING/THE GREAT WAR/OF 1914-1919 THIS BUILDING WAS/ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED/AS A HOSPITAL FOR BRITISH/SICK AND WOUNDED: THE ARMY COUNCIL IN THE NAME OF THE/NATION THANK THOSE WHO HAVE/RENDERED TO IT THE VALUABLE/AND PATRIOTIC ASSISTANCE IN/THE HOUR OF ITS EMERGENCY/AND THEY DESIRE ALSO TO EXPRES/THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE/WHOLE-HEARTED ATTENTION/WHICH THE STAFF OF THIS HOSPITAL/GAVE TO THE PATIENTS WHO WERE/UNDER THEIR CARE: THE WAR HAS/ONCE AGAIN CALLED UPON THE/DEVOTION AND SELF-SACRIFICE/OF BRITISH MEN AND WOMEN/AND THE NATION WILL REMEMBER/WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE/THEIR WILLING AND/INESTIMABLE SERVICE

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