Memorial Details
Memorial
Hospital wing Stobart 1915 Etherley VA Hospital
Reference
H127.03
Place
HIGH ETHERLEY
Map ref
NZ
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 16th October 1915 by the Bishop of Durham.
Memorial Description
New wing extension to Etherley V.A. Hospital.
The dedication programme is on card 6 inches (154mm) high x 4 inches (102mm) wide with a gold edge.
The dedication programme is on card 6 inches (154mm) high x 4 inches (102mm) wide with a gold edge.
Materials used
Paper Document Sixmo.
Inscription
(Dedicated to Lieut. John Geoffrey Stobart, killed in action March 16th 1915.)
Names
Notes
1. Voluntary Aid Hospitals were operated by the Red Cross and St Johns Ambulance Brigade combining together before the outbreak of WW1.
2. See Lieutenant John Geoffrey Stobart Every Name A Story entry.
3. The leaflet (see below) gives no further detail other than it is dated 16th October 1915 and the place is the 17th Durham Voluntary Aid Hospital Etherley. The hymn is One body and one spirit, one Lord one faith and the two prayers are for "all who wear the white eight-pointed cross." (St John Ambulance).
4. Newcastle Journal 18/10/1915 reads:-
Bishop of Durham and Hospital Work
The Bishop of Durham on Saturday dedicated the new wing which has lately been added to the Etherley V.A. Hospital and which is a memorial to the late Lieut. John Geoffrey Stobart who was killed in action on March 16th.
After the dedication ceremony the Bishop who spoke briefly said there was no work more distinctly Christian than that connected with a hospital. Hospital work and organisation had wonderfully advanced even in the memory of the oldest of those present, until there was practically no illness of the body which could not be satisfactorily dealt with.
The new building was not only a hospital: it was a memorial hospital and was erected in memory of one most dear to some present and honoured by all. Much better than useless sorrowing after the beloved dead was the continuation of the work such as would have been the ideal of the loved one who had passed away.
2. See Lieutenant John Geoffrey Stobart Every Name A Story entry.
3. The leaflet (see below) gives no further detail other than it is dated 16th October 1915 and the place is the 17th Durham Voluntary Aid Hospital Etherley. The hymn is One body and one spirit, one Lord one faith and the two prayers are for "all who wear the white eight-pointed cross." (St John Ambulance).
4. Newcastle Journal 18/10/1915 reads:-
Bishop of Durham and Hospital Work
The Bishop of Durham on Saturday dedicated the new wing which has lately been added to the Etherley V.A. Hospital and which is a memorial to the late Lieut. John Geoffrey Stobart who was killed in action on March 16th.
After the dedication ceremony the Bishop who spoke briefly said there was no work more distinctly Christian than that connected with a hospital. Hospital work and organisation had wonderfully advanced even in the memory of the oldest of those present, until there was practically no illness of the body which could not be satisfactorily dealt with.
The new building was not only a hospital: it was a memorial hospital and was erected in memory of one most dear to some present and honoured by all. Much better than useless sorrowing after the beloved dead was the continuation of the work such as would have been the ideal of the loved one who had passed away.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Journal 18/10/1915 reports dedication.
External web link
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Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; George Nairn
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Every Name A Story
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