WW1/NU1

Report of the County Director to Bedfordshire Branch of the British Red Cross Society [ex WN 6]

Aug 1914 - Jun 1918

From: 1914 To: 1918

Includes: Map showing V A Hospitals opened in Bedfordshire from August 1914- July 1918 with figures indicating number of beds. Lists of offices and committee, commandants, dates on which detachments were registered by the War Office, number of members serving at home and abroad. Details of work in hospitals - Woburn Military Hospital, Kempston Military Hospital, Ampthill Road Schools VAD Hospital Bedford, Wardown VAD Hospital Luton, Town Hall Sandy VAD Hospital, Howbury Hall VAD Hospital, Ampthill VAD Hospital, Biggleswade VAD Hospital, Eaton Socon VAD Hospital, Houghton Regis VAD Hospital, Leighton Buzzard VAD Hospital, Ampthill Park Relief Hospital, Hinwick Hospital, Luton Hoo Officers' Hospital, Old Warden (Convalescent Hospital), Ampthill House Convalescent Hospital, Tingrith Manor Convalescent Hospital. Work on Ambulance Trains. Work of Other Detachments. Reports on out-break of fire at Wrest Park Hospital and Wardown Hospital. Air Raid Stations. Emergency Hospitals Red Cross Working Parties - Aspley Guise, Bedford, Luton, Slipper working party.

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British Red Cross Society, World War One, nursing, Voluntary Aid Detachment, hospitals, WOBURN, KEMPSTON, Bedford Ampthill Road, Luton Wardown Park, SANDY, Howbury Hall, AMPTHILL, BIGGLESWADE, EATON SOCON, HOUGHTON REGIS, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Ampthill Park, Hinwick House, Luton Hoo, Old Warden, Ampthill House, Tingrith Manor (house), FIRE