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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:05 pm Post subject: Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer-WW1 Use as a Military Hospital |
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WMR 80834-
Inside the Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer there is a framed scroll which reads-
DURING / THE GREAT WAR / OF 1914-1919 THIS BUILDING WAS / ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED / AS A HOSPITAL FOR BRITISH / SICK AND WOUNDED : THE ARMY / COUNCIL IN THE NAME OF THE / NATION THANK THOSE WHO HAVE / RENDERED TO IT THIS VALUABLE / AND PATRIOTIC ASSISTANCE IN / THE HOUR OF ITS EMERGENCY / AND THEY DESIRE ALSO TO EXPRESS / THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE / WHOLE-HEARTED ATTENTION / WHICH THE STAFF OF THIS HOSPITAL / GAVE TO THE PATIENTS WHO WERE / UNDER THEIR CARE : THE WAR HAS / ONCE AGAIN CALLED UPON THE / DEVOTION AND SELF-SACRIFICE / OF BRITISH MEN AND WOMEN / AND THE NATION WILL REMEMBER / WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE / THEIR WILLING AND / INESTIMABLE SERVICE |
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