MEMORIAL BED

Evening Post, Issue 47, 23 August 1935, Page 11

MEMORIAL BED

IN GREENWICH HOSPITAL

THE LATE MR. HOLDSWORTH

The seven-year-old son of the late Mr. Godfrey Holdsworth recently un"vejied the tablet over the bed endow,ed in his . father's memory in the Dreadnought Hospital, : Greenwich. This bed has been endowed by Sir Charles and Lady Holdsworth in memory, of their son who was London manager and a director of the New Zea-' land Shipping Company. The dedication, of the bed, which was a private ceremony, was performed by the Rev. ;f. J. Cutts, M.A., senior chaplain to the Missions to Seamen of the Port of London.

,;,-The tablet over the bed is carriedout ifi'rriosaic and green Irish marble, and .bears in colour the Hbldsworth crest, ■And the house flag of the New Zealand .'Shipping' Company. It will be remembered that the late.Mr. Godfrey Holdsworth's special interest was the welfare of the cadets serving the line with which he was associated," and therefore; this memorial to him has. been placed-in the cubicle ward where junior .officers of the Mercantile Marine are looked after.

The Dreadnought Hospital at Greenwich is "the parent institution of the Seamen's Hospital Society, This honourable marine charity was founded in the year 1821, arid its work is the care and treatment of the officers and men of any merchant vessel corning to the ports of the United Kingdom. It is supported by voluntary, contributions and'receives no State aid; it has three hospitals in the Port of London, a sanatorium for the treatment of seafarers suffering from tubercle, and:. a convalescent home where- patients are restored to health and strength required by their arduous calling. It also administers the hospital for tropical, diseases, the only hospital in London where' specialised treatment is given for those attacked by maladies peculiar to the Tropics.

During 1934 over 31,000 patients received treatment ' in the society's hospitals at a! cost of over £90,000, and help is sent from all parts of the Empire:, from'friends who recognise; the part which the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine play in the commercial prosperity of the British Commonwealth. Their Majesties the King and Queen are the society's patron and patroness,' H.JfcH. the Prince of Wales is Vice-patrorii and the King's second son, H.R.H. the Duke of York,1 its president. The chairman, of the committee of management is the Rt.- Hon. Lord Lloyd of >Dolobran.