THE COUNTESS OF LYTTONS
HOSPTAL FUND
GIFT......
A little known ,
Christmas gift for our service men in ww1,
everyone knows about the " princess mary tin on the right .
but this is slightly different , in as much as it was given to the patients ,...
at countess Lytton's hospital in London,
details below
Lytton Hospital
Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, Mayfair, W1J 5ED
Medical dates:
1914 - 1918
In 1914 Dartmouth House, the family home of Lord Dartmouth (the 6th Earl of Dartmouth), became a Red Cross military hospital for officers, affiliated to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank.
The Hospital, under the supervision of Lady Lytton, had 45 beds, later increased to 75. The walnut panelling of the walls and the marble fireplaces were boarded up for protection for the duration of the war.
The Hospital closed in 1918.
countess Lytton had a chequered life by all accounts
https://en.wikipedia...e_Bulwer-Lytton
this is one of the rarer known gifts, and is very personal ,
as the subsequent recipient put his name in it ,
A/402 H. Penbeithy a/b Hawke Batt Royal Naval Division dated 25 December 1917 from the Countess Of Lytton's Hospital 1917,
its so special to me, to be able to bring another name from the past,
into recognition in the 21st century..........................
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THERE IS A P.S
pictures 4 and 5 shows an aerial view of "long ashton near Bristol"
where harry was born on the 26th of December 1894,
the next 4 photos show Harrys service docs ,
which being R N D are hard to find
THE. NEXT TO JOIN & BE REMEMBERED IS FREDERICK ALDERMAN WHO SEEMS TO HAVE HAD SEVERAL CHANGES IN HIS CAREER,
HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN C COMPANY 3RD BATTALION HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,SPECIAL RESERVE,
HE THEN JOINED THE RN AS A STOKER ? IN 1909 OR THERE ABOUTS
AND AS WAR BROKE OUT HE JOINED THE RANKS OF SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AS A LOT DID,
IN SEPTEMBER 1914 HE WAS DRAFTED TO DRAKE BATTALION ,
AND TOOK PART IN THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP , HENCE THE MONS STAR EVENTUALY HE WENT BACK TO THE RN AND WITH HIS TIME IN THE ROYAL FLEET RESERVES HE GOT THE LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
BELOW ARE HIS MEDALS
IT IS WITH A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE &
GRATITUDE THAT I CAN ADD
THE MEDALS OF ACTING P.O C.1/2654 EDWARD VEITCH TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY OF HEROES .
WELCOME EDWARD YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
THIS POST IS THE START OF A FEW NEW MEMBERS AND THEIR MEDALS SO IT IS WITH PRIDE THAT I CAN ADD THE FIRST THAT BEING ......
THOMAS HENRY HANSON TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY , NOW THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS AS THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE RND ,THAT DIDNT MAKE IT TO INTERNMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS OR BACK TO BLIGHTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HIS CARD ON THE RIGHT, HE WAS A POW IN GERMANY !! AND THE GERMAN POW CAMPS WERE WORSE THAN OTHERS .
COUNTESS,
LYTTONS HOSPITAL FUND GIFT.
BUT PICTURED BELOW,
IS A RELATIVLY UNKNOWN GIFT,
THIS ONE GIVEN TO ,
R/402 H. PENBERTHY,
HAWKE BATTALION
ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION
25/12/17
EVERY ONE HAS HEARD OF THE "PRINCESS MARY,
CHRISTMAS TIN ,
ON THE LEFT,
PPS
the street in the photo on the right was where harry lived in and is marked with an X at each end of the street
ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT ONE WITH 2 Xs MARKING,
THE EDGE OF THE STREET,
SHOW WHERE RHODA PENBERTY LIVED AT,
UPPER EARLAND ROAD MILTON ,
HAMPSHIRE,
BELOW IS A SLIDE SHOW SHOWING ,
HIS SERVICE DETAILS
37 Charles Street, London,
as it is today
on the right .
on the right is a photo of
BROADWICK STREET
London 1916,
a typical London street scene.
