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