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The memorial bears these words: During World War II. this site was home to the 77th Station Hospital. This Memorial is dedicated to the Hospital staff and the personnel of the USAAF 2nd Air Division and other service personnel who were treated here during that time. The motto of the hospital was 'The patient comes first.' It can be told that 60% of the injuries treated here were as a result of flak; 15% from cannon shell fragments and the rest from crashes and other accidents. The general age of the patients ranged from 18 to 30. As the college has pupils in residence it is advisable to make an appointment to view the memorial.(01953 605566)

The memorial reads "During World War II. this site was home to the 77th Station Hospital. This Memorial is dedicated to the Hospital staff and the personnel of the USAAF 2nd Air Division and other service personnel who were treated here during that time. The motto of the hospital was 'The patient comes first."

Elizabeth Fry Hall was completed in 1959. Elizabeth Fry (1780 – 1845) was an English prison reformer, social reformer and a Christian philanthropist. She was the major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane. Since 2002, a portrait of her can be seen on the Bank of England £5 note. Wymondham College > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610973 is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610999.

Wymondham College > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610973 is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610999.

Wymondham College is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610999.

It says "Welcome" but don't believe it if you want to take a photograph of the only remaining Hospital Nissen hut.

Wymondham College > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610973 is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610999.

Wymondham College is a state boarding and day school famous for its Nissen hut classroom for a long time! It is built on an old golf course.

Lincoln Hall - named after Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), the 16th President of the United States, who successfully led his country through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Lincoln Hall was greatly extended in 2008 to provide accommodation for all Year 12 and Year 13 students. Wymondham College > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610973 is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall.

Lincoln Hall - named after Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865), the 16th President of the United States, who successfully led his country through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Lincoln Hall was greatly extended in 2008 to provide accommodation for all Year 12 and Year 13 students. Wymondham College > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610973 is described as being a unique state day and boarding school offering an educational experience unlike any other. The site has a long history of occupation, beginning in Roman times. In the early 20th century its use changed from parkland belonging to neighbouring Morley Hall to a golf links but with the outbreak of WWII food production became a priority, and the golf course was taken over by a local farmer who cultivated the land and managed to achieve one season's crop. Then the site was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works. In September 1943 a military hospital, comprised mainly of Nissen huts and other temporary buildings > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610888 was opened here. The patients, injured airmen returning from bombing raids over occupied Europe, were brought by ambulance train to Spooner Row station > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1412130 and by fleets of ambulances to the hospital from there. The hospital closed in 1945 but the site remained the property of the War Ministry and became a transit camp for troops of the Royal Norfolk Regiment embarking overseas. Because of the great demand for teachers after the war, the Ministry of Works in 1946 started to convert the vacant hospital buildings into two training colleges which were officially opened in 1947. After approximately 1500 teachers having been trained here, the colleges closed in 1950. Wymondham College was opened in 1951 - the temporary buildings that were left by the army serving as dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, common rooms and staff accommodation until the 1990s - with the Modern Languages block, the water tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610921 and the chapel (housed in the last remaining Nissen hut) serving as reminders of the men and women who worked at the hospital and who died there. The current boarding houses were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s along with the Sports Centre, the Music Block and Lincoln Hall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1610999.