Photograph and biographical information kindly supplied by Susan Moss Ethel May Beech was born on 7th April 1899 and lived at 1, Waymills, Whitchurch. She worked one day a week from 1917 to 1919 at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, … 
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This page from the Rectory Visitors Book is dated 23rd March 1915. It records the names, ranks and regiments of soldiers who were patients at Broughall Cottage VAD Hospital. …
Miss Winifred RoeOf The Laurels, Whitchurch, SalopCook at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/01/1915 to 00/12/1917
Miss Robina NeavesOf Station Road, Whitchurch, SalopWard Maid at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/03/1915 to 03/03/1919
Miss Annie Jane PurcellOf 3 Fox’s Lane, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopWashed up at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/11/1917 to 00/11/1918
Mrs Rose BeckettOf The Bungalow, Whitchurch, SalopCook at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 00/01/1916
Miss Daisey BaileyOf Ash, Whitchurch, SalopWashed up once a week at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/03/1915 to 00/03/1919
Miss Mary ArrowsmithOf Ash, Whitchurch, SalopWashed up once a week at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/07/1917 to 00/03/1919
Miss Winsome LambertOf Ash Grove, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Mrs Edith Knightc/o Mrs Shorey, Watergate, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 00/11/1916
Miss Emily PearsonOf Dodington, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/08/1917 to 03/03/1919
Miss Agnes PearsonOf Dodington, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Miss Ada PearsonOf Edgeley Road, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Miss Mary LewisOf Tushingham, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/04/1918 to 03/03/1919
Miss Mabel ManleyOf Richmond Terrace, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/02/1917 to 03/03/1919
Miss Alice KempOf Richmond Terrace, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 00/02/1917
According to TC Duggan’s History of Whitchurch, Shropshire published in 1935 ‘During the period of the Great War, no less than 335 soldiers passed through the hospital.’
County branches of the Red Cross had their own groups of male and female volunteers called Voluntary Aid Detachments. At the beginning of WW1 the V.A.Ds carried out a range of voluntary positions including nursing, transport duties, working …
Patients arriving at Broughall Cottage This article appeared in the Whitchurch Herald …
James AllmarkOf Whixall Moss, Whitchurch, SalopServed as collector of sphagnum moss for Mr Stapleton Cotton’s depot in WemFrom 0/00/1914 to 00/00/1919
Leonard Richard HouseOf 26 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, SalopServed in Friends Ambulance Unit (F.A.U.)From 23/10/1917 to 13/02/1919
V.A.D. Orderly John Richard Heatley Of 6 Oddfellows Terrace, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919 …
Henry GriffithsOf Brownlow Street, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Miss Alice GriffithOf Nursing Institution, Stoke-upon-Trent, StaffsServed at Whitchurch Cottage Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 03/09/1916 to 16/03/1919
Mrs Sybil Annie HallOf 16 Main Road, Handsworth, Sheffield, YorksServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 12/01/1917 to 21/06/1917
Miss Mary HitchcockOf 24 Cecil Road, Wealdstone, Harrow, MiddlesexServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 03/01/1917 to 22/10/1917
Mrs Sarah FrancisOf Catteralls Lane, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Miss Nellie CluleyOf 3 Park Road, Coventry, WarwickshireServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 25/05/1918 to 27/06/1919
Miss Winifed Adie BramptonOf Redcot, Biddenham, BedsServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 23/07/1918 to 02/06/1919
Miss May Yvonne BeamanOf 150 Canteen, 4 Camp, Prees Heath, Whitchurch, SalopServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/03/1916 to 00/08/1918
Miss Elizabeth Jane AshtonOf Broad Street, MontgomeryServed at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 22/03/1917 to 14/03/1919
Miss Daisy GriffithsOf Hanmer, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/04/1918 to 03/03/1919
Miss Mary CunliffeOf Woodhatch, Reigate, SurreyServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 00/01/1915 to 00/08/1915
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Ethel Eddison Of Worksop, Notts Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 01/02/1917 to 01/03/1917 …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Grace Broadhead Of South Promenade, St Anne’s on Sea, Lancs Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 01/03/1916 to 00/05/1916 …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Elizabeth Barnett Of Bishops Burton, Beverley, E. Yorks Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 21/11/1916 to 22/09/1917 …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Dorothy M Barnard Of Cecil Lodge, Stoke Bishop, Bristol Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 06/12/1918 to 17/12/1918 (Possible clerical error on card and was actually 06/12/1917 to 17/12/1918) …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Betty Tong Hughes Of 37 Chambers Road, Southport, Lancs Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 01/02/1918 to 01/09/1918 …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Annie Johnson Of Fern Lea, New Moston, Manchester, Lancs Served at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch, Salop From 16/02/1916 to 27/03/1917 …
V.A.D. Nurse Miss Dorothy Ethelston Of Hinton Manor, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 00/11/1918 …
Miss Susan DickenOf Bonehills, Mickleover, DerbyServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom approximately 02/04/1917 to 03/03/1919
Miss Gladys GoodwinOf Oakleigh, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 05/04/1917 to 03/03/1919
Of Iscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 26/12/1915
Of Iscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
Of Ash, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 03/1917 to 03/03/1919
Miss Rhoda ClarkeOf Ash Corner, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 01/1918
Miss Muriel Bulkeley Of Oak Cottage, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919 Further Information Muriel was the sister of Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley and Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley, both of …
Lady Ilona CambridgeOf 4 Devonshire Place, LondonServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 06/1917 to 01/1919
Of Prees Hall, Whitchurch, Salop Served at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, Salop From 26/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
In 1915 the V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachment) Hospital was opened under General Buston and Mrs Lambert in the house of Mr H.L. Storey at Broughall Cottage. They had beds for 20 patients and two trained nurses to …
King’s (Liverpool Regt.) Nicholson 50053. T. (Whitchurch, Shropshire)
The V.A.D. Hospital at Broughall continues to do very useful work, and there are at present a large number of patients, including Canadians and Anzacs. Chester Chronicle 17th November 1917 …
Liverpool Daily Post – Friday 11 May 1917 …
Nursing sisters that had been deputed for duty in Home Hospitals by The Joint War Committee were listed in the British Journal of Nursing. The above entry for Miss F. Jones was found British Journal of Nursing 23rd September 1916
Nursing sisters that had been deputed for duty in Home Hospitals by The Joint War Committee were listed in the British Journal of Nursing. The above entry for Miss E.M Blease was found British Journal of Nursing 16th October 1915 …
Nursing sisters that had been deputed for duty in Home Hospitals by The Joint War Committee were listed in the British Journal of Nursing. The above entry for Miss A.E. Colburn was found British Journal of Nursing 29th May 1915
Nurses that had been deputed for duty in Home Hospitals by The Joint War Committee were listed in the British Journal of Nursing. The above entry for Miss L. Dicks was found British Journal of Nursing 6th March 1915