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

Phil Thank you for the links Very interesting and informative. Another chore-free afternoon beckons! Peter On 7 Feb 2013, at 22:22, Philip Marsh 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