Woodside, Darlington DT(55.09)B Durham County Ordnance Survey, Durham County Record Office
Woodside, Darlington DT(55.09)B Durham County Ordnance Survey, Durham County Record Office
Photograph of Woodside, Darlington, c.1900 With many thanks to The Centre for Local Studies at Darlington Library
Photograph of Woodside, Darlington, c.1900 With many thanks to The Centre for Local Studies at Darlington Library
Woodside, Blackwell Lane, Darlington
6th Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
Type: Hospital
Woodside was used during the First World War as the 6th Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital.
This hospital (50 beds) was originally established on 16 November 1914 in the Friends’ Meeting House in Skinnergate, Darlington. It transferred to Woodside (75 beds) on 15 September 1915. The hospital closed on 31 July 1919.
VAD Hospitals in Northumberland and Durham 1914-1918
http://www.donmouth.co.uk/local_history/VAD/VAD_hospitals.html
The Northern Echo – 10 April 2014
http://www.thenortheastatwar.co.uk/in_your_town/darlington/a-soldier-his-spoon-and-his-spouse
Civil Parish: Darlington
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
