Description:Staff at the Red Cross Hospital in Burton Town Hall. Seated in the middle of the front row is Miss Mary Thompson who was the Commandant of Burton Red Cross. Standing at the back to the right is her brother Dr Charles Thompson who was the Medical Officer.
Burton Red Cross Hospital was opened on 11 August 1914 and had 55 beds for soldiers wounded on the Western Front during the First World War. Another 25 bed ward was opened at nearby St. Paul's Institute on 9 December 1914.