Voluntary Aid Detachment hospitals were set up during WW1 to cater for the huge number of wounded soldiers returning from the Front – far more than established hospitals could cope with.
There were three in the Stroud area: Standish House, Chestnut Hill House in Nailsworth, and the Trinity Rooms in Stroud.
The last of these opened just after the conflict began and treated over 1000 injured soldiers until January 1919.
An image from Stroud photographer George Stone shows the inside of the Rooms, with both patients and nurses.
Another shows the generous number of volunteers and staff.
Now there is plaque on the wall of the Rooms, recording the contribution the hospital made in treating the wounded.
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