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Base Hospital Number 1 (WW1) Bench

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Details:

In the courtyard in the front entrance. Commemorative Object


A stone bench honoring the hall as the British No. 1 General Hospital and the American Presbyterian No. 2 Hospital.

In December 1914, No. 1 General Hospital was established in Etretat and it remained there until December 1918.  In July 1917, it was taken over by No. 2 (Presbyterian USA) Base Hospital Unit, but it continued to operate as a British hospital

Monument Text:

A Etretat
No 1 General
(Presbyterian U.S.A.)
Hosp. B.E.F
Souvenir
1917-1918

English Translation:
At Etretat
No 1 General
(Presbyterian U.S.A.)
Hosp. B.E.F.
In Memory 
1917-1918

Commemorates:

Units:

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Base Hospital 1

Wars:

WWI

WWII

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