Garnett-Botfield, Helen Stella Alexandrina, 1887-1962
Title:
Alexandrina Garnett-Botfield album of the Aston Hall Auxiliary Military Hospital.
Published / Created:
Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, 1918.
Physical Description:
1 volume : 70 photographs ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
During the First World War, Aston Hall (in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire) served as a "class A" military hospital of 33 beds, treating less serious injuries. It was attached to the 3rd Northern Military Hospital at Sheffield. Dr. S.B. Gay of Shardlow attended to the medical requirements of the soldiers, assisted by the village nurse and local members of the Red Cross Society. Professional nurses were also in attendance, primarily from the Voluntary Aid Detachment. The first convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers and Belgian refugees was made available in Aston Lodge in January 1915 by its occupant Mr. Reginald Boden J.P. Shortly afterwards, Col. William Dickson Winterbottom and his wife opened an Auxiliary Hospital in the west wing of Aston Hall. The first matron was Annie Buxton. By 1918 the stewardship had passed to Alexandrina Garnett-Botfield (1887-1962), who ran the hospital until 1919. The hospital was returned to civilian use after the war and sold, in 1930, to the Derbyshire County Council, who operated the premises as a psychiatric hospital until 1974. Alexandrina Garnett-Botfield married Frederick Fielden Corbett in early 1919, with whom she had one daughter.
Subject Terms:
Garnett-Botfield, Helen Stella Alexandrina, 1887–1962. | Attwell, Mabel Lucie, 1879–1964. | Aston Hall (Aston-on-Trent, England) | British Red Cross Society. | Voluntary Aid Detachment (Great Britain) | World War, 1914–1918 -- Medical care -- Great Britain. | World War, 1914–1918 -- Hospitals -- Great Britain. | Military nursing -- Great Britain. | Nurses -- Great Britain.