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The Story of a Hospital

By Wilfrid Edgecombe, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.

The history of the Harrogate and District General Hospital

 

LIST OF COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES AT THE HARROGATE AND DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL.

WARD 1. Double Side Ward.

In memory of
CHARLES STANLEY HASLAM.
Captain, Yorkshire Hussars, of
Heaton House. Boroughbridge.
Killed in action, France,
November 10th, 1917.

Main Ward

(plaques over individual beds)

In memory of
CHARLES STANLEY HASLAM,
Captain, Yorkshire Hussars, of
Heaton House, Boroughbridge.
Killed in action, France,
November 10th, 1917.

The King Edward VII Memorial Bed.
May 6th, 1910.

In Memory of
JOHN GODFREY LONG.

Endowed by Mrs. E. OLIVER.

In memory of her late husband,
WILLIAM TOWNSLEY OLIVER
and her sister
LOUISA LODDER,
March, 1926.

In memory of CHARLES LONG.

Endowed by
Sir THOMAS H. FLEMING, J.P.,
MAYOR OF HARROGATE.
1915-16: 1916-17: 1918-19.

WARD 2. Main Ward

(plaques over individual beds).

This bed has been endowed in
memory of the late
MRS. SOPHIA HOLDING
of Redcar and Harrogate, 1929.

JOHN COLLINS BED, 1944.

This bed is endowed by
OLIVE F BECKWORTH
in memory of her parents
H C E - G A E
February, 1942.

This bed was endowed by
Miss GERTRUDE MACKENZIE
in memory of her brother
JAMES MACKENZIE
1940.

This bed is endowed in loving
memory of
EDITH MARIANNE DARWIN
Wife of
FRANCES ALVEY DARWIN, ESQ,
March, 1929.

WARD 3. Main Ward

(plaques over individual beds).

THE GREENWOOD BED - 1922

J. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1870-74

F. B. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1883-86

C. S. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1887-1941

THE JOHN MORRELL BED
1934.

Endowed by
MR and MRS W L KIRBY,
July, 1925.

THE GREENWOOD BED - 1922

J. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1870-74

F. B. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1883-86

C. S. GREENWOOD - PRESIDENT 1887-1941

ANTHONY BROWN -
KNARESBOROUGH - BED

ANTHONY BROWN -
KNARESBOROUGH - BED

In loving memory of
Captain G M DARWIN
7th (Leeds Rifles)
Prince of Wales' Own West
Yorkshire Regiment who served
with honour and was disabled in
the Great War - Died 30th June,
1924, aged 29 years. This bed is
dedicated by his sorrowing
parents.

WARD 4. Main Ward

(plaques over individual beds).

This bed is endowed by
MAJOR and MRS A M AYKROYD
to commemorate the safe return
of their son from the war and their
daughter's work as a member of
the nursing staff of the hospital.

Endowed by

MISS EMILY M FLEMING
Mayoress of Harrogate

1915-1916. 1916-1917. 1917-1918.

In memory of the late
MRS. SARAH ANNE RAPER
April, 1938.

THE BECKWITH BED
Endowed A.D. 1927 by
MRS A E RICHARDSON
Daughter of

JOSHUA COLLETT WRIGHT
In memory of her ancestors, the
Wright family of Beckwith House,
interred in the Chancel of Pannal
Church, 1717 - 1853.
Blessed are the merciful.

The Hospital Ball bed
supported by

THE
HOSPITAL BALL COMMITTEE
Chairman: Mrs C M Whitworth.

THE HARRIET KYLE BED
in memory
26th December, 1911.

In Memory of

BETSY LUM CROWTHER
MACKENZIE
and also her youngest daughter

NORA MACKENZIE
CRAWFORD WATSON
7th March, 1935.

Endowed by
Mr and Mrs W L KIRBY
July, 1925.

WARD 5.

(Plaques over individual beds).

This bed is endowed by

MISS MARY NAYLOR

in memory of her father

HENRY NAYLOR

and her mother

MARY ANN NAYLOR

In memory of
MRS.
MARTHA SIMPSON ROGERS

In memory of
JANE THOMPSON LONG

THE JEAN RUTH BLACK
Bed.

In memory of
MISS EMILY ALCOCK
of
Bournemouth and Harrogate.

WARD 6.

(Plaques over individual beds).

28th September, 1924.
to commemorate the Golden
Wedding of their parents
Mr and Mrs
W H WAITE, HARROGATE
From:
Charles, Marion, Gertrude and
Harry.

MURIEL SCRIVEN COT
This cot was endowed by a gift of £500
From:
Mrs Muriel Scriven and Her
Dancing Pupils
in December. 1935.

This cot was endowed by:
ALDERMAN DAVID SIMPSON,
JP.

(four times Mayor of Harrogate)
and MRS SIMPSON
in memory of their sons
LIEUTENANT
JAMES M SIMPSON, RE,
and
SECOND LIEUTENANT
GEORGE SIMPSON, AIF,
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.

" BABES IN THE WOOD" 1943.

This Cot is Endowed by the
HARROGATE MEDICAL
SOCIETY.

This cot is supported by
MR and MRS LOUIS COPE
of Parliament Street, Harrogate.

W T HAMLYN
Vice-Chairman of Hospital

1926-1943.
The JAMES AITKEN MYRTLE
In Memorium Cot
This cot was endowed by
t h e TOWNSPEOPLE OF
HARROGATE as a memorial
to James Aitken Myrtle,
MB, JP, who died whilst
filling the office of Mayor of
Harrogate, 1901.

"BABES IN THE WOOD"
1942.

JOHN COLLINS COT
1944.

This cot is endowed in loving
memory of
JOHN CARRICK

This cot is endowed in loving
memory of
SARAH ANN HICK
by her devoted sister M E Hick
February, 1930.

THE ROBERT AND SARAH
JANE PULLAN COT.

"UNCLE JOE'S BED"
January, 1941.

Supported by the
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE CO. LTD.

This cot is endowed by The
Women of Beckwithshaw.
1932.

This cot is maintained by
MRS MURIEL SCRIVEN AND
HER PUPILS.

WARD 7.

(Corridor of Ward 7.) (outside Room 1).

The furniture in this Ward was
generously provided by the
SOROPTIMISTS
CLUB OF HARROGATE.
September. 1938.

Inside Room 1.

This bed has been endowed by the
Harrogate Branch of

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
WOMEN

in addition to a gift of £5.020
towards the cost of

THE MATERNITY BLOCK.

Corridor of Ward 7 (outside Room 2).

THE PRINCESS ROYAL WARD

Named in Commemoration of the
opening of

THE MATERNITY WARD

by HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
24th September. 1938.

OUTSIDE OPERATING THEATRE.

A contribution of £200 towards
the cost of the Equipment of this
operating theatre was received
from Ripley Pageant, 1930
through

SIR WILLIAM INGILBY, BART.

MAIN ENTRANCE HALL.

HARROGATE AND DISTRICT
GENERAL HOSPITAL.

This tablet is erected to the
memory of the late

ROBERT PEACH ESQ, Solicitor of Harrogate who bequeathed to the Hospital the sum of £8,000 which was provided for the building of the Ante-Natal Clinic and the Premature Babies' Unit formally opened on 31.1.56 by

HRH The Princess Royal.

THE " GREAT WAR "
MEMORIAL PLAQUE.

OUTSIDE MAIN ENTRANCE HALL.

(Foundation Stone)

This Foundation Stone was laid by
HRH. PRINCESS MARY
VISCOUNTESS LASCELLES
3rd September, 1926.

 

 

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