A feast of information! Thanks Philip Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK On 7 February 2013 22:22, Philip Marsh <philip.marsh2@btinternet.com> wrote: > Celia > > A brief description of VADs is as follows: > > > Voluntary Aid Detachments or VADs was the name used to describe a > unit of British Red Cross members. > > In 1909 the War Office issued the 'Scheme for the Organization of > Voluntary Aid'. Under this Scheme, the British Red Cross Society was given > the role of providing supplementary aid to the Territorial Forces Medical > Service in the event of war. In order to provide trained personnel for this > task, county branches of the Red Cross organised units called Voluntary Aid > Detachments. Voluntary Aid Detachment members also came to be known > simply as VADs. > > > These VADS were often temporary with larger houses being loaned for the > purpose. My grandfather came from Chesterfield but was sent to the VAD at > Glossop. As you can see from the notes below they weren't necessarily that > big: > > > The hospitals at Partington Home and Moorfield, Glossop fell under > the Western Command and County of Cheshire during the First World War. The > hospitals were affiliated to the 2nd Western Hospital, Manchester. > Partington Home, Glossop had accommodation for 40 beds and opened on 31 > October 1914. It closed on 28 Fenruary 1919 after treating 618 patients. > The > Home belonged to the Corporation of Glossop. > The Red Cross Hospital, Moorfield, Glossop had accommodation for > 102 > beds and opened on 18 March 1915. It closed on 24 February 1919 after > treating 1554 patients. The house was lent by Major Hill-Wood, M.P. (Sir > Samuel [Sam] Hill Wood) and administered by the Glossop Red Cross Division. > (Sam Hill Wood was a descendant of a local cotton manufacturer and > sometime officer in the local N Company -Glossop Det. 6th Volunteer Bn[4th > Bn before 1908]Cheshire Regt. ) > > Peter - You can make enquiries via the Red Cross (see contact details > below) or search the websites listed. > > British Red Cross Museum and Archives > 44 Moorfields > London > EC2Y 9AL > tel: 020 7877 7058 > fax: 020 7562 2000 > email: enquiry@redcross.org.uk > www.redcross.org.uk/museumandarchives > www.medicalmuseums.org > www.caringonthehomefront.org.uk > > There seems to be very little recorded of their activities or medical > records but good luck. If you find any other repositories anywhere please > let me know. > > Regards > > Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Celia Renshaw > Sent: 07 February 2013 19:52 > To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DBY] Derbyshire VAD hospitals WWI > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >