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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ribble Valley
- Town
- Whalley
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 62965
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Current location
Formerly Queen Mary's Military Hospital.
Calderstones Hospital
Mitton Road
Whalley
Ribble Valley
Lancashire
BB7 9PE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 72160 37162
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Plaque mounted on a stone backboard. Lettering painted in white with various red capitals.
- Inscription
- THIS INSTITUTION WAS HANDED/ OVER VOLUNTARILY TO THE WAR OFFICE/ BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WHOLE/ OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF LANCASHIRE FOR/ THE PURPOSES OF A MILITARY HOSPITAL/ IN DECEMBER 1914. FROM APRIL 14TH 1915/ TILL JUNE 30TH 1920 IT WAS BY GRACIOUS/ PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY DESIGNATED/ "QUEEN MARY'S MILITARY HOSPITAL"/ DURING WHICH PERIOD 56,800 DISABLED/ SOLDIERS WERE TREATED IN IT FOR/ WOUNDS AND SICKNESS
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 2012: Plaque and stone backboard are free-standing. During the First World War, the 2,000 bed Queen Mary's Military Hospital was housed in the County Asylum at Whalley, remaining there until June 1920.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Published:unpublished 2005 Copy held.
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