Location
The plaques were originally sited in the Children's Ward and the Nurses Home and are now (2008) in the entrance way to the Sainsbury Supermarket which was built on the site of the Royal Portsmouth Hospital.
 

The Children's Ward Plaque
Childrens Ward Plaque
 
The Nurses Home Plaque
Nurses Home Plaque
 
Inscription - Children's Ward Plaque
CHILDREN'S WARDS
OPENED BY
H.H.PRINCESS VICTORIA
OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
FEBRUARY 3RD 1909

 
Inscription - Nurses Home Plaque
THIS HOME FOR NURSES
HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS
OF PORTSMOUTH AND DISTRICT
IN MEMORY OF
HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII
PATRON OF THIS HOSPITAL
1910


 
Further Information
 
The two Children's Wards, named 'Young' and 'Edward and Mary', were opened by Princess Helena Victoria in 1909. In the Young Ward there were also a set of murals made of Doulton tiles which now hang in the City Museum.

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