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VAD Hospital, Naunton Park Council School, Naunton Lane, Cheltenham |
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| Location: Naunton Lane, Cheltenham | Grid Reference: SO 951205 |
| Opened: 12th June 1915 | Closed: 29th December 1918 |
| Beds: 170 | Average Resident Patients in 1918: 150 |
| Total Casualties Treated: 2751 | UKNIWM Ref: In due course |
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| Inscriptions on the Memorial: This building was used as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers during the Great War. It was manned by Gloucestershire Voluntary Aid Detachment No 106 and was open from 12 June 1915 to 29 Dec 1918 during which period 2751 cases were treated. | |
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The hospital was staffed by No 106 Gloucestershire Voluntary Aid Detachment and its officers were: Commandant: Miss MB Holland Assistant Commandant: Mrs McLeod Medical Officers: Dr E J Tatham, Dr A G Foljambe Forster, Dr S T Pruen, Dr R Kirkland Lady Superintendent: Miss K Pearce Jackson, ARRC Quartermaster: Miss Leighton, MBE Assistant Quartermaster: Miss Weir Hon Secretary: Mr G Blathwayt Hon Treasurer: Mr W F Newman Masseuses: Miss Morgan, Miss Rose |
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Notes by the Commandant
(on closure
in 1918)
Naunton Park Schools were placed at the disposal of the Red Cross by the Cheltenham Education Authorities. All the local detachments were already at work when the new hospital was opened, but a few members were taken from each and formed into a detachment under Miss Geddes as Commandant, together with a number of members from all parts of the country. A special message centre was established and the hospital also specialised in Carrel Dakin treatment and pathological and bacteriological work. The hospital was inspected on various occasions by the Commander-In-Chief, Southern Command, and also by Lord French. Miss Geddes was obliged for private reasons to resign her appointment as Commandant in February 1918, and was succeeded by Miss Holland, who continued till the end. |
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Naunton Park School VAD Hospital Sports Day 12th June 1918. In the top picture are the competitors ready to take part in the wheelchair race watched by, in the lower picture, patients in their beds brought out to watch the sports. (Photo by kind permission of Mr David Hanks to whom we are most grateful). |
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| Photos by kind permission of Mr David Hanks to whom we are most grateful. | |
| The building is still in use as a school today. | |
