March 24, 2022
John Edward Hewitt, known as Jack, was born on the 24th of November 1899, to parents Robert and Mary Ann Hewitt in Castleford
March 24, 2022
John Edward Hewitt, known as Jack, was born on the 24th of November 1899, to parents Robert and Mary Ann Hewitt in Castleford
May 10, 2016
Voluntary aid Detachments, VADs, or even Very Adorable Darlings as they were sometimes called, were generally young women with very little work experience. They were trained in First Aid and what was called Home Care, and were often from upper class families
May 10, 2016
William Blunt was born in Wilby Northampton on the 12th June 1895. He was the fourth of the six children of William and Eliza Blunt.
May 9, 2016
Sadly there are no lists or hospital archives from The Beaufort War Hospital. Military hospital records were destroyed in the 1920s, viewed by the War Office as of little interest as they concerned the Home Front
April 28, 2016
The story of Charles Francis Hutchings was brought to us by a museum visitor, Michael Hutchings, who worked at The Glenside Hospital as a carpenter. Michael discovered that his grandfather had died at Beaufort in 1919.
March 1, 2016
Sergeant Harry Cator was born in Drayton, Norfolk to a railway worker. He joined the British Army in September 1914 and arrived on the Western Front in June 1915 as a Sergeant in The East Surrey Regiment
March 1, 2016
Albert Proud was born and lived his entire life in Benwell. He joined the North East Sea Service in 1915, and was wounded in the hand in 1916
March 1, 2016
At the beginning of our project, while assessing the Beaufort Archive at The Glenside Hospital Museum, we found a copy of John Mulholland’s Medical Report. He was at Beaufort in 1917. We have matched this report with his Service Record.
March 1, 2016
James Gaskell was born in Chorley, Lancashire. He enlisted in The East Lancashire Regiment (The Chorley Pals) on the 15th September 1914, giving his age as 19 years 8 months, and his occupation as weaver.
