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War Memorial Hospital hosts fitting start to Armistice Day events

12th November 2018 by Richard Batson

North Walsham’s War Memorial Hospital was the fitting venue for the first of the town’s five services marking the centenary of Armistice Day.

North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice day 2018
Lowering of the standards. North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice Day 2018

Hospital Friends were joined by  the Royal British Legion, Army and Air Training Corps cadets, councillors including the mayor Barry Hester, hospital staff and supporters for a 9.30am service and wreath-laying led by the vicar the Rev Paul Cubitt.

North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice day 2018
Royal British Legion and Hospital Friends at North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice Day 2018

Paul Watts from the Cromer and Sheringham Band was the bugler.

North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice day 2018
Bugler Paul Watts. North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice Day 2018

The original hospital was built in 1924 in memory of the 99 men who lost their lives in the Great War.

North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice day 2018
Cadets on parade. North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice Day 2018

 

North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice day 2018
The Red Cross Hospital flag at North Walsham War Memorial Hospital Armistice Day 2018

Also on display was a replica Red Cross fIag as a reminder of the two auxiliary hospitals which were set up temporarily in the town to nurse injured soldiers from the 1914-18 conflict. Two flags have been recreated, to go on display at the hospital and church, through a joint initiative this year by the Friends and the vicar.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: armistice day, Barry Hester, North Walsham Hospital Friends, Rev Paul Cubitt, Royal British Legion

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