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Honourable Discharge certificate for Vernon St.John, 1918

The Honourable Discharge certificate for Vernon St.John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke records that he had served during the Great War in the Training Reserve and had been disabled. It is dated November 6th 1918.

Vernon had been suffering from shell shock and received treatment at the Canadian General Kitchener Hospital in Brighton.

Prior to its being returned to Lydiard Park by his lordship's companion, Miss McLean, the certificate hung in a frame at their home at Crow Hill, near Ringwood in Hampshire..

Year
1918
Type
Certificate
Location
Lydiard House
Owner
Swindon Borough Council
Reference
LYD 2005/107
Copyright
Lydiard House
Last updated on
Tuesday 24th December 2024
LYD2005-147 Honourable Discharge.jpg
LYD2005-147 Honourable Discharge.jpg

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