During the First and Second World Wars, Cheltenham in common with many towns converted buildings to VAD hospitals. VAD stands for Voluntary Aid Detachment, a civilian unit that provided nursing care for military personnel in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Cheltenham had eight VAD hospitals of which four are illustrated on the postcards below.

Do you have any postcards of our other VAD hospitals? Please let us know if you do. Context for the Cheltenham hospitals can be found here.