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Norton Hall Red Cross Hospital

During World War I there was an urgent need for more hospitals to care for injured soldiers. The Red Cross set up a large number of convalescent hospitals across the UK, many of these based in large houses loaned to the Red Cross by their owners. Cash and trained medical staff were in short supply so the hospitals were run by Voluntary Aid Detachments (V.A.D.s), mostly unpaid local women.

  • Norton Hall Red Cross Hospital in WWI

    Norton Hall Red Cross Hospital in WWI

    Hospital Blues and slippers
  • Norton Hall Hospital - Soldiers' Stories

    Norton Hall Hospital - Soldiers' Stories

    The men at Norton Hall came from all over the country and it is difficult to trace their stories. Some ...
  • Mary Dee

    Mary Dee

    Served as a VAD at Norton Hall
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