Nurses and Members of VAD

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 17 March 1920
Attended by: Lady Hillingdon

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

11112

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Current location

Harrow Cottage Hospital
Roxeth Hill
Roxeth
Harrow
Greater London
HA2 0JX
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 150 860
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Bronze plaque with relief of nurse at left. At top a scroll bearing the badges of the St John Ambulance Brigade, the British Red Cross Society and the cypher V.A.D..

Inscription

THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THE/ SELF-DENIAL AND DEVOTION OF/ THE NURSES AND MEMBERS OF THE/ VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT/ WHO MINISTERED TO OUR/ WOUNDED IN THE BUTTS AND/ IN THIS HOSPITAL DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: depth 5mm, height 381mm, width 603mm
Materials: Bronze

Listing information

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Condition

Women War Workers VAD (missing)
WMO ID: 248475
Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-10-2016]
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History

HOSPITAL POSSIBLY AT RISK FROM CLOSURE

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

HARROW HEALTH AUTHORITY

Reference

"WOMEN WAR WORKERS RECOGNITION. HARROW'S BRONZE TABLET." Harrow Observer, 19 March 1920.
"Hospital site being sold for housing development" Harrow Times (Times Group Newspapers), 3 June 1999.
"HARROW NURSES. THEIR WAR WORK RECOGNISED. UNVEILING OF TABLET AT COTTAGE HOSPITAL." Harrow Gazette, 26 March 1920.
"HARROW WOMEN'S WAR WORK. COTTAGE HOSPITAL CEREMONY." Harrow Gazette, 19 March 1920.

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