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Memorial
Cot Withy 1916 Hartlepool Hospital
Reference
W111.080
Place
WEST HARTLEPOOL
Original Location
Hartlepools Hospital (Cameron Hospital). Demolished 1992.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Memorial Cot. There appears to have been a plaque explaining the dedication.
Inscription
The Basil Withy Cot.
This cot is endowed from the estate of and in memory of Lieut. Basil Withy 18th King’s Liverpool Regiment Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Withy of Brantford House, West Hartlepool who died in France July 2nd 1916 from wounds received in battle.
Names
See above
Who commissioned
His father Mr. Henry Withy, J.P.
Cost
£500
Notes
1. The cot was to bear the dedication as follows: “The gift of Lieut. Basil Withy, 18th King’s Liverpool Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Withy, Brantford, West Hartlepool, who died July 2nd, 1916, from wounds received in battle”.
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Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Liverpool Daily Post 20/07/1916 reports death Lt. Withy with information in Note 1 above.
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough 16/08/1916 and 09/11/1916 report endowment of a cot
Hartlepool Daily Mail 03/02/1925 contains Henry Withy Obituary and reports that he endowed a cot “in both hospitals”, the other being the Cameron Hospital.
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough 16/08/1916 and 09/11/1916 report endowment of a cot
Hartlepool Daily Mail 03/02/1925 contains Henry Withy Obituary and reports that he endowed a cot “in both hospitals”, the other being the Cameron Hospital.
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Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall
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