VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT
Posted: Wed Jan 1, 2020 6:06pm
I AM RESEARCHING MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT WHO RESIDED IN THE NEWTON STEWART AREA.AND WORKED AT GALLOWAY AUXILLARY HOSPITAL AS MY LATE MOTHER DID. ONE V.A.D. WAS JESSIE HAVETSON (A.K.A. PADDY) WHO MARRIED PETER SIMPSON OF CULSCADDEN FARM AND IS THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF MRS MARGARET J. W. SIMPSON (NEE ?). i BELIEVE JESSIES SCHOOL FRIEND NANCY MCAIG (NEE BROWN) WAS ALSO A V.A.D. BUT i HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHO THEY ARE. ALSO WORKING THERE AS A V.A.D OR NURSE WAS A MRS ALLAN WHO RAN A FLOWER SHOP IN NEWTON STEWART.I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF ANYONE CAN HELP OR WITH OTHER NAMES WHO ALSO WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL. OTHER NAMES I HAVE ARE KAY FITZPATRICK, MRS SHAW (A CONTRACTORS WIFE), SISTER JOHNSTONE, MARY HUNTER, JENNY EDGAR.,