Founder's plaque on the old Norfolk and Norwich hospital
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Founder's plaque on the old Norfolk and Norwich hospital
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 1 Feb 2018
The hospital was founded in 1771 by William Fellowes of Shotesham. This out-patients department was reconstructed and enlarged in 1927 by public conscription as a memorial to those of Norfolk and Norwich who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 ~ 1918. During the First World War the Norfolk and Norwich cared for 7,880 servicemen and in February 1915 a new ward, the Eastern Daily Press ward, was opened for 60 soldiers. It was demolished in 1930 to make way for a new Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat department. Being in the centre of the city, the Second World War saw the hospital bombed on a number of occasions, including in April 1942, during the German Baedeker raids. The site was severely damaged again on 26/27 June 1942; as a result 120 beds were put out of commission, 80 nurses and staff were made homeless and the main operating theatres were destroyed.
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