Earls Colne VAD Hospital
The Red Cross Hospital at Earls Colne was sited in the Village Hall.
In the records it was referred to as the Red Cross Hospital or the Auxiliary Hospital or sometimes as Colne Priory Hospital.
It was opened at the start of the war and closed in February 1919.
During the war the hospital treated 1,228 patients from Britain, Belgium, Canada and Australia.
There were no patient deaths at the hospital during the war.
The Commandant was Mrs T H Heyworth of Colne Priory, Earls Colne whose only son was killed at the front in 1915.
Support was given by Halstead VAD led by their Vice President Mrs Deacon of Sloe House, Halstead and Mrs Wren from Earls Colne.
VAD members working in Earls Colne Red Cross Hospital
Miss F S Archer
Miss E Rutherford
Trained Nurses working in Earls Colne Red Cross Hospital
Miss J M De Buy
Miss F M Robertson
Miss A Wright
Miss Emile Lincoln
Miss E K Good
Miss E Law
Miss E F Fews
Miss F Claydon
Miss F Clayton
Miss G Newberry
Miss D Gear
Miss G Arnold
Miss C C Wray
Miss M E B Weatherup
Mrs A K Bell
Miss R E Hooper
Miss D L Cartwright
Miss A Sydal
