Celia Sorry should have said Voluntary Aid Detachment I think they then became Red Cross, the records sort of merge Peter Sent from my iPhone On 7 Feb 2013, at 19:51, Celia Renshaw <celiarenshaw@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, remind me what VAD stood for? > > Celia Renshaw > in Chesterfield UK > > On 7 February 2013 17:43, Peter Patilla <ppatilla@mac.com> wrote: > >> Evening all >> As part of my Crich Parish WWI memorial I have become interested in the >> local VAD hospitals set up during WW1 >> In particular I have some information on: >> The South Wingfield VAD at Mill House (thanks to the S.Wingfield LHS) >> The Belper VAD at Green Hall >> The Cromford VAD at Willersley Castle >> The Darley Dale VAD at the Whitworth Institute (scene of my first illicit >> cigarette at the Friday "Dances" in 1956; I broke the habit in 1985) >> If anyone has info on any of these I would be delighted >> >> However, my main query is regarding what is recorded at the Matlock >> Auxiliary VAD Hospital at Darley Dale (this is not Whitworth Institute). >> Maybe the Whitworth Hospital on the A6 (scene of many of my stitches after >> childhood accidents) . Can anyone confirm/refute that Whitworth Hospital >> and Matlock Auxiliary Hospital at Darley Dale are one and the same . >> >> All the info I have on the fascinating VADs will be on the >> www.crichparish.co.uk site very shortly. >> >> Regards >> Peter >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message