10333: VADs at Catterick Camp Military Hospital

<p dir="ltr">These photos belonged to my grandmother Batchie Griffiths (VAD General Services clerk) who was at Catterick Camp Military Hospital during the period February 1918 to February 1919. The names are as given in the captions in her photo album. Some of them can be identified with certainty: Superintendent Mrs Henderson was Sousa Marie Henderson, Phyllis was Phyllis Jenkins (later Mrs Parker), Minnie was Williamina Melville (later Mrs Scales). Maude was probably Maude Hoare. Bell may have been Evelyn Bell Taylor, who started at Catterick in February 1918 and whose Red Cross record identifies her as a lab. assistant. Theo was probably Theodora Gray, at Catterick from October 1915. Biggsie was probably Florence Hilda Lily Biggs who was a clerk at Catterick from January 1918 to Feb 1919. Tuckie might have been Dorothy Margaretta Tuckett, who was at Catterick Military Hospital from August 1918. I have not been able to identify Bobby, Pat, May/Mae, G or Peggy. </p><p dir="ltr">All names are given going from left to right. <br>1. Group photo of VADs, nurses and patients. I cannot identify any of the people on this photo, which was probably taken during the winter of 1917-18. <br>2. The staff at the Quarter Master's stores, Catterick 24 March 1918. Batchie Griffiths is sitting on the right. <br>3. Bobby?, Peggy?, Mrs Henderson, G, Pat? <br>4. Bobby, Pat and Phyllis <br>5. Bell in the lab <br>6. Bell and Peggy <br>7. Bell <br>8. Biggsie, Batchie, Minnie <br>9. Phyllis, Mrs Henderson, G <br>10. Mrs Henderson, Maude, Minnie (at the back), Pat (front), Bobby, Biggsie <br>11. Mrs Henderson <br>12. Tuckie on the Swale <br>13. Bobby <br>14. Minnie and Maude <br>15. (Standing) Bobby, Batchie, Mae, Pat; (sitting) Minnie <br>16. Batchie and Peggy <br>17. Maude <br>18. Maude <br>19. Phyllis <br>20. Phyllis, Batchie (?) <br>21. Mrs Henderson <br>22. Pat and Mae <br>23. ? <br>24. G and Phyllis <br>25. Bobby <br>26. "A happy group" <br>27. "Picnic down Colburn". In the centre of the back row: Maude. Far right: Minnie. Others unknown. <br>28. Standing: Batchie <br>29. "After Catterick - identification uncertain. <br>30. Photo album cover <br>31. Photo album dedication, October 1918 <br>32. "Life is funny, don't you think?" Poem dated 8 September 1918 33. Batchie Griffiths' Discharge Certificate With thanks to Ann Green, volunteer with the Imperial War Museum project Lives of the First World War, for her help in identifying some of those shown in the photos.</p>