Shown standing outside the main, front entrance of Norton Hall.
The distinctive headstone marks the last resting place of Victor-Joseph De Martelaere, a Belgian soldier who was seriously wounded following Germany's invasion of Belgium in 1914. He, along with other wounded Belgian soldiers, was evacuated to England, first to a hospital in Birmingham and then to the newly established V.A.D Hospital at Norton Hall, Mickleton. ...
The inscription reads: DE MARTELAEREVICTOR-JSOLDAT2nd REGT DE CARABINIERSNE A MASSEMENNE 18 JUILLET 1882MORT POUR LA BELGIQUELE 4 DECEMBRE 1914See website for more information.
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Norton Hall was used as a VAD Hospital during WW1 with Miss Bruce, the owner's daughter as Commandant.
Photograph taken between 1914-1918.
The horses' names were Captain and Jerry. Jerry was a war horse. Wally and his horses worked at Cherry Orchard and Long Hill Farm.
The stone war memorial commemorating those who fell in the First World War on the wall of the south chapel.
Conscripts from this area assembled in Chipping Campden in 1914.