V.A.D. Hospital Mitton Manor

"Inter Arma Caritas

This building was used as
the Headquarters of
a Hospital for sick and
wounded soldiers during
The Great War. It was
manned by Gloucester
Voluntary Aid Detachment
No 12 and was open
from 13 Nov 1914 to 2 Jan 1919
during which period 1188
cases were treated"

The Tewkesbury Voluntary Aid Detachment was originally set up in Watson Hall in the main town on November 13th with 35 beds. Watson Hall soon proved to be of limited size, so when Lord Coventry offered Mitton Farm, a detached 17th century house on the outskirts of Tewkesbury, the Hospital moved to this location in May 1915. The hospital expanded to 70 beds and remained in operation for the remainder of the war convalescing wounded soldiers.

After the war, plaques commemorating the use of the buildings as VAD hospital were erected, however Mitton Manor fell into disrepair and the plaque was removed. In 2016 it was located in Tewkesbury Museum storeroom and returned to the owners of the now refurbished Manor house , where it hangs in pride of place in the entrance porch.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward