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Size: 12" x 8" - 305mm x 203mm

Copyright: © Copyright Adrian S Pye and licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Photograph Notes: Towards the end if 1914 it was announced the wounded soldiers were to be cared for at West Bilney Manor, at the time in the ownership of a Mrs. Tallent. Although it is probable that it did not open its doors until March 1915. Mrs. Critchley Martin was appointed superintendent. In the spring of 1916 however numbers increased and the casualties were moved to the more spacious Narborough Hall which made 40 beds available. By the following July it was reported that it was full to capacity. In 1916 184 men were admitted for varying lengths of time. The grand ballroom was made into a hospital ward. Financial funds were forthcoming from the War Office grant, private donations, subscriptions and church offerings. Fetes and various other means of entertainment also swelled the coffers. In 1917 a Bank Holiday fete attracted over a thousand people. The hall was for enlisted men only, no officers, and they were frequently seen hobbling around the village on crutches or being pushed in a wicker wheelchair by blue suited attendants. In all nearly 600 men passed through Narborough Hall. The hospital closed in the Summer of 1918 and in recognition the inmates presented two framed religious prints to the church as a permanent reminder of the Great War. The information related here was taken from a rare copy of the VAD hospitals of Norfolk and additional material by David E. Turner. Photographed with the kind permission of the owner.

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