Memorial

Hythe And Dibden Memorial Hospital

WW2 board

Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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Current Location

Temporarily in the Outpatient Reception Area, Hythe and Dibden War Memorial Hospital, Beaulieu Road, Hythe, New Forest, Hampshire, SO45 5WX, England

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Type of Memorial: Hospital / Clinic
WMR Reference Number: 21486
Description: The memorial is the Hospital itself. Mounted in the hospital are two plaques, WW1 with carved names and WW2 with painted names. A large new stone tablet has been built into the front of the building to reaffirm that the whole building is the War Memorial.
Inscription: (On Memorial Tablet): (Names) (On wooden board): THIS HOSPITAL IS IN HONOUR OF THOSE / OF THE PARISH OF DIBDEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (Names) / 'THEIR LIVES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE' (On wooden board): THIS PLAQUE IS IN MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THE PARISH OF DIBDEN / WHO FELL IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD / AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM / (Names)

Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: 1922 Public subscription. 1940 Sale of old building and pubic donations
Maintenance History: 1940S: TABLETS WITH NAMES MOVED WHEN HOSPITAL CHANGED SITE AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. 2003: THE HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED FOR INTERNAL REFURBISHMENT FOR SIX MONTHS IN ORDER TO CREATE A 'MILLENNIUM SUITE' FOR SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. FUNDING PROVIDED BY LEAGUE OF FRIENDS. 2020: Neither of the boards has been renovated, restored or refurbished. Both are currently (temporarily) installed in the Outpatients building as the main hospital is soon to be demolished and a new building erected on the same site. The new building will become the Hythe and Dibden War Memorial Hospital. The wooden boards will be mounted inside the hospital but a new memorial will be placed outside but within contact of the new building. The local community are very conscious of the fact that it is the Hospital itself that is the war memorial carrying on the tradition of the first two buildings which were financed, in part by public subscriptions and donations.