Lady Edith Mary Havelock-Allan (1869-1935)
Honorary Commandant of the 6th Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital
As well as being involved with the Darlington VAD hospital Lady Havelock-Allan was Assistant County Director of the Red Cross for County Durham. For her services to the Red Cross she was awarded the OBE in 1920.
Voluntary Aid Detachment index cards from Red Cross archives:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War/Card?hosp=darlington&page=11&id=2248&forwards=true
Picture of Blackwell Grange:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=110604&mode=quick
Civil Parish: Darlington
Birth date: 1869
Death date: 1935-Jan-9
Armed force/civilian: Civilian
Residence: Blackwell Grange, Darlington
Organisation membership: Red Cross
Family: Husband: Sir Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-Allan, 2nd Baronet Havelock of Lucknow
married Nov 1903
Medal(s): Order of the British Empire
Memorial(s): St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington
Gender: Female
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
