Saturday 15 November - 2.00pm
Ann Wall and Eileen Brereton of the Red Cross will be speaking on the work of the Great War Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals in the North Riding. They will discuss the community effort providing comforts for the soldiers both at home and away as well as attending to their diet and medical treatment along with a display of Red Cross artefacts.
The talk will describe the activities of the thirty two hospitals in the North Riding which included village halls, stately homes, a workhouse and County Hall in Northallerton. The work of the voluntary aid detachments (VADs) will be explained using local women’s experiences gleaned from personal diaries written at the time as well as the Red Cross war reports.
Cost £3, plus museum admission charges. To book, call 03000-266-590. also available in advance from the DLI shop .
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