SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL
A TRIBUTE FROM ARMY NURSES. TIIO following letter has ben forwarded by Colonel B. Heaton Rhodes, N.Z. Red Cross Commissioner, London, to the hoii. secretary of the New Zealand branch of the British Red Cross, written 'by the Matron of tho King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London. It runs as follows:— "As tho hospital is now closing and a good many men.from New Zealand have bean patients here, and there have been deaths among them, I thought you might be interested to know that the nursing staff have erected a memorial to the patients who have died in this hospital, in tho churchyard of St. John's Church, in Waterloo Road. The memorial is not quite completed, and owing to the immediate closure oi tho hospital I re- ! gret that we shall not see it with the permanent figure, 'but Ii am writing to yo-i hoping that you will be able to insert a notice and possibly an illustration oi this memorial in some of the New Zealand papers, in order that the relatives and friends of those who have died here may know that the memorial has been erected.. It takes the form of a stono base with a large upright "crucifix; the inscription 011 tho stone base states | that it was 'Erected by the Nursing Staff of the King George Hosital, His Majesty's Stationery lOffice, which was used as a military hospital during tho war,' in honour of the patients who died there. The texts, 'Grout unto them, 0 Lord, eternal rest and let light perpetual shine upon them,' and 'Greater -love hath jio man than this, that a man lay down his life for 'his friends,' are carved at the foot of tho crucifix. "This memorial, though not completed, w-js unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Alexandra in December, 1917. What I would wish specially to inform tho relatives and friends, of all overseass men is the fact that amongst the church records at St; John's Church, Waterloo Road, is a parchment roll containing tho names, regiments,, and.-dates of the men who have died in this hospital. This parchment roll is signed by Her :Majesfy ' Queen Alexandra, and is to remain at St. John's Church for reference by anyone who wishes to verify or see the record of death. "Owing to the war and the scarcity of copper, it- has been impossible to obtain till iiow the metal required for the permanent figure. I had hoped that this would have been erected bfore the hop-
pital closed, and was waiting till that was dono to ask you what I am now doing, namely, to let it be known that thore is such a record of the men who have died in the King George Hospital from ilay 26, 1015, to June C, 1938."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 288, 1 September 1919, Page 3
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466SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 288, 1 September 1919, Page 3
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