Memorial

Ongar and District War Memorial Hospital (Lost)

Ongar And District War Memorial Hospital

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Type of Memorial: Hospital / Clinic
WMR Reference Number: 2234
Description: Memorial hospital, built of brick and two storeys in height. There is a stone tablet incorporate into the brickwork above the entrance and a metal plaque mounted on the front of the building. Inside the hospital, Lady Gwendoline Colvin unveiled a tablet containing the names of the Fallen.
Inscription: Stone Tablet: ONGAR & DISTRICT/ WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Metal Plaque: ONGAR & DISTRICT/ WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL/ THIS LIVING MEMORIAL WAS BUILT/ FROM DONATIONS BY RESIDENTS OF/ ONGAR & THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES/ TO COMMEMORATE THE FALLEN OF/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ LEST WE FORGET/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Costs: £3,760
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2011: Hospital demolished. New building under construction. 2009: The hospital is to be demolished and replaced by a new building, the Ongar War Memorial Medical Centre, on the same site. The building will incorporate the town's two surgeries, a dentist and various clinics. A new war memorial is also proposed as part of the development. 1990s: Reports on the proposed closure the hospital.

Opened

7th August 1933

Brigadier General R B Colvin CB MP, H.M. Lieutenant for Essex

Opened

2003

LORD LIEUTENANT OF ESSEX

Dedicated

2003

LORD LIEUTENANT OF ESSEX

Hospital

Made from: Brick

Condition: Lost