In September 1915, the St John Ambulance Brigade opened a hospital in Étaples to help serve the front line in the First World War. For the large donation of £2,500 per year, the donor was recognised with the naming of a ward. The Duke of Connaught was Grand Prior of the Order of St John between 1910 and 1939.
War: First World War (28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918)
Inscriptions
obverse: The Duke of Connaught Ward
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 106 x 559 x 3mm
Materials and technique
Brass, engraved and painted
Physical description
Brass horizontal rectangle with holes at either side, red border with black circle with eight pointed cross inside at each corner, black text inside border reading "The Duke of Connaught Ward".