Memorial

65th General Hospital Redgrave

65th US Army Hospital Redgrave Park

Source: Copyright Phil McGahan

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Current Location

Located at entrance to park., Redgrave Park, Hall Lane, Redgrave, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP22 1RR, England

TM 08596 77493

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 92679
Description: Large stone tablet explaining and commemorating the location of the hospital.
Inscription: REDGRAVE PARK/65TH GENERAL HOSPITAL/US ARMY/DURING WORLD WAR II THE 65th GENERAL HOSPITAL, A RESERVE UNIT OF DUKE UNIVERSITY/DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA USA WAS LOCATED HERE ON THE GROUNDS OF REDGRAVE PARK./ OF NISSEN HUT CONSTRUCTION, SUPPLEMENTED BY WARD TENTS, THE HOSPITAL HAD 1400 BEDS/ AND SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 15TH 1944 TO AUGUST 20 1945 AS THE MAJOR HOSPITAL CENTRE FOR/THE SURROUNDING US 8TH AIR FORCE. IN ADDITION, AFTER D DAY, JUNE 6TH 1944 IT TREATED/THOUSANDS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS MOVED HERE FROM THE WAR ON THE CONTINENT./ DEDICATED 26TH JUNE 1992/AS A SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good