Wynford Rose Baroness Tollemache, wife of Bentley Lyonel John Baron Tollemache and who lived at Peckforton Castle, was a woman who was well known in local communities during the Great War (1914-1918); most notably in Peckforton and Beeston on the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge.
Peckforton Castle, a prominent landmark on the Ridge, was transformed into an Auxiliary Hospital during the war years.
Wynford Tollemache was appointed as 'Commandant'.
Local men and women undertook a variety of jobs, not least as VADs (Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurses).
In fact, Wynford Tollemache wrote an individual comment on each VAD Record Card, creating a unique social history of the period.
Wynford Tollemache died (aged 47) following an operation and she is buried in Bunbury Churchyard on the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge. Her husband, Bentley Lyonel John Baron Tollemache, subsequently remarried.
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