Michael Posted 23 July , 2003 Share Posted 23 July , 2003 Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham. Originally started as a fort to protect Chatham in 1805 and converted to a military hospital in 1828. The school of medicine was established here by Florence Nightingale. The hospital was closed sometime after WW1 and is now marked by Fort Pitt Grammar School Michael (C18 fort anorak aswell) Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 26 July , 2003 Share Posted 26 July , 2003 No:73 Auxilliary Hospital, Woolwich Cooks supplied by Quewn Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps(QMAAC) formerly WAAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hussar Posted 27 July , 2003 Share Posted 27 July , 2003 This link will take you to a website all about No.1 New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst. It includes the Roll of Honour, personal diaries and photographs plus a link to a site about No.2 N.Z.G.H at Walton-on-Thames. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~v...ges/nzindex.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris basey Posted 28 July , 2003 Share Posted 28 July , 2003 Don't know if this one has been mentioned - from CWGC entry: ROCHDALE CEMETERY, on the Bury road, belongs to the Corporation. It was opened in 1855, and it covers nearly 33 acres. It contains 73 scattered War Graves, and a War Cross is erected near the Chapel, facing the main drive. The Dearnley (War) Hospital, with 800 beds, was established in the Rochdale Poor Law Hospital building. ROYTON URBAN DISTRICT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 Don't know if anybody has mentioned this one yet. St Dunstan's Hospital for Blind Ex-Servicemen. Founded in 1915 in London's Regent's Park. The website is : St Dunstan's. Apparently my mother-in-law's grandad was blinded in WW1 and was sent there for rehabilitation. Just starting to look into it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 Chris, for the list being prepared. EDINBURGH Craiglockhart Hospital ( now Napier University) of Sassoon and Owen fame. Also the following extracted from CWGC may be helpful. During the First World War, Edinburgh was headquarters to the 4th,5th,6th and 9th Battalions of the Royal Scots, with the 7th Battalion ( Gretna disaster )at Leith. The 2nd Scottish General Hospital (1,000 beds) occupied Craigleith Poorhouse, the Edinburgh War Hospital (2,600 beds) was in the Asylum buildings at Bangour and the Leith War Hospital (585 beds) in the infirmary at Leith. The port of Leith was used by hospital ships from north Russia and about 4,500 officers and men passed through it. (The Leith Hospital was closed down amid a lot of public anger and converted to high-cost flats.) Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellop Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 And Another. Darlington Workhouse. The first union workhouse (built 1804) was situated in Lead Yard, Darlington, but in 1871 a new building, to which records relate, was erected in Yarm Road, Darlington at a cost of £15,000. This was run by the Board of Guardians until 1930 and by the Public Assistance Committee of Darlington County Borough until 1948. The building was then renamed Easthaven Hostel and was used as a reception centre for the homeless and a geriatric unit until it closed in 1974. During the First World War the hospital was used as a military hospital, the first poor law institution in England to be used as such. Regards Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adethebeak Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 Hi As a new member of the group I thought I could add a little (possibly new) information to this discussion. Among the facilities in Kent are there that have unusual facets. Queen Mary's in Sidcup (also known as Queen's, Frognal) was a pioneering centre for facial plastic surgery and treated some 5000 service personnel between 1917 and 1925. The modern hospital has retained and cares for a substantial archive of this work. The Lower Southern Hospital in Dartford, later called the Dartford War Hospital, was taken over by the Government and used for the treatment of German prisoners. Those who died at the hospital are believed to have been buried in the grounds. Finally, Orchard Hospital, near the Joyce Green Aerodrome, was used solely for the treatment of Australian troops between 1915-1919. Regards Ade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 13 August , 2003 Share Posted 13 August , 2003 Addington Park Hospital near Croydon in Surrey cared for military fever cases, particularly enteric fever, which I think is commonly known as gaol/jail fever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bittles Posted 5 September , 2003 Share Posted 5 September , 2003 Full details and photographs of the Ulster Volunteer Force Hospitals which one is still operational as the Somme Nursing Home, can now be found at www.belfastsomme.com in the Remembrance section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterd Posted 8 September , 2003 Share Posted 8 September , 2003 Chris, Here are three for you: 1. St Marys' Hospital, Stannington, Northumberland. Newly built in 1914 as an asylum and taken over as a military hospital before even being used for that purpose. 2. Dunston Hill Hospital in Gateshead. I think "lent" by the Carr-Ellison family and developed as a hospital. This continued for many years (mid 1960s' I think) to treat war pensioners under the auspices of the Ministry of Pensions, not the NHS. Only becoming an NHS hospital after that time. 3. Sunderland General Hospital (former workhouse) had "temporary wards built for war casulaties. These were only demolished two years ago. Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted 12 September , 2003 Share Posted 12 September , 2003 I have a number of postcard that show some of the hospitals( and there complexes) in England during WW1. They are from my Great Aunt (Grace lilly) to her sister (Frances Lilly) and brother(Percy Lilly, who died 28.8.1917 aged 21:RFA 3rd South Midland BgBuried at Gwalia Cem). She origionated from Biringham but seemed to move around hospitals during the Great war. My Great Aunt, whom i do remember was a nurse as was her sister , I also have a photo of an Austrian POW Hosp where my Grandfather was imprisoned. I am interested in the hospital/medical side of the war through a line of nursing that has been in my family for many yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Woburn Abbey was also used as a hospital for NCOs and Other Ranks. There is a lovely memorial in Woburn (unfortunatly I don't have the picture on disc yet, I'll post it when I do) refering to the Hospital. The wording on the tablet is: In Memory of sixteen Non-Commissioned officers and Men who died in the WOBURN MILITARY HOSPITAL 1914-1920. This tablet is erected by Mary, wife of Herbrand, XI Duke of Bedford K.G. Private T. Watson Scottish Rifles 1915 Private J. Smith 5th Canadian Regiment 1915 Gunner P O'Donovan Royal Garrison Artillery 1915 Private H. Brown 5th Canadian Regiment 1916 Lance Corporal T. Turnbull 5th Canadian Regiment 1916 Private J. Green Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1916 Sergeant E. F. Peachy Suffolk Regiment 1916 Private W. Mellors Lincolnshire Regiment 1916 Private A. Prosser King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1916 Private T. Chaney East Lancashire Regiment 1916 Private J. Quirk Leinster Regiment 1916 Rifleman T. Bramall King's Royal Rifle Corps 1916 Private A. Wright Sherwood Foresters 1917 Private J. Gold Gordon Highlanders 1917 Private W. Whitehead West Yorkshire Regiment 1917 Private T. Flew Devonshire Regiment 1917 Also in the Memory of Johannes Zacherias Truter F. R. C. S. Edin: of Wellington, South Africa. Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital, who died at Woburn Abbey 15th December 1918. And to the Memory of Constance Annie Dean of Napier, New Zealand. A member of the Nursing Staff who died at Woburn Abbey 4th December 1918. Both in the discharge of their duties. And you to whom it was not given To die upon the foughten field. Yes, you full equally have striven For you your lives did yield As nobly as the blazing mouth of Hell. Not in the wild rush of the fight God saw it meet for you to die Yet he who keeps his armour bright His Lord doth magnify You answered equally the call And he who gives himself gives all. On the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, a Military Hospital containing 102 beds was equipped at Woburn Abbey by Mary, Duchess of Bedford, and maintained by her for six years. In 1917 the Hospital was appointed one of the Special Surgical Military Hospitals. Convoys of wounded were received direct from France, and 2453 Non-Commissioned Officers and Men passed through the Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 22 September , 2003 Share Posted 22 September , 2003 After spending some time at no 8 Gen Hosp, Rouen from March 1918, my great uncle was repatriated and was succesively at Manchester Hospital Worsely Hall Eaton Hall Hawarden Castle I think the latter 2 were described as 'officers convalescent homes' I also know that my grandfather ended up (in 1919) at a similar establishment at Banavie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bowler Posted 29 October , 2003 Share Posted 29 October , 2003 Chris An excellent idea to creaet a database of UK hospitals. Just one more for your list. Belton Park Military Hospital, Grantham, Lincs I don't know what kind of casualties it took. It may have taken sick from the Machine Gun Corps Depot, which was there. I know it took my great uncle, Lt Leslie Spinney RFC, who was a training instructor at nearby Harlaxton aerodrome in Nov 1918. He had influenza. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgsonp Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 Chris, Kettering Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hostpital in Northamptonshire is another one to add to the list. My great Uncle Luther Paxton (Green Howards) was wounded and nursed there in 1915. His brother 2917 Sgt. Thomas Paxton also served with the Green Howards. By the way, I have a collection of about 60 photographs of the hospital, soldiers, nurses etc. from the time Luther Paxton spent at Kettering VAD and a "Book of Efforts" containing drawings, paintings, poems etc. as well as some pages with detail names of nurses & orderlies as well as various wounded soldiers, units and where wounded etc. regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Bramley Posted 3 November , 2003 Share Posted 3 November , 2003 John Travers Cornwell, VC, aged 16, formerly of HMS Chester died of wounds received at the battle of Jutland in Grimsby Hospital on 2/6/1916. 'Boy' Cornwell was the youngest VC winner during the war, the youngest ever if I'm not mistaken. The Lady Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (formerly Grimsby general) still has a ward named after him with a commemoration plaque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgsonp Posted 4 November , 2003 Share Posted 4 November , 2003 Wounded arriving at Kettering VAD Hostpital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 4 November , 2003 Share Posted 4 November , 2003 I am not sure if any of these have been mentioned already: Park Howard Military Hospital - Llanelli Plas Trescawen, Anglesey. Whitecross Hospital, Warrington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.f Posted 5 November , 2003 Share Posted 5 November , 2003 i have a postcard of my grandfather and others outsice of a hospital only clue is that the postmark is TRURO. CHEERS JOHN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgsonp Posted 6 November , 2003 Share Posted 6 November , 2003 Picture of Kettering VAD Hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 21 November , 2003 Share Posted 21 November , 2003 (edited) I Have the following:-Military hospitals in the United Kingdom The flow of casualties from the various theatres of war soon overwhelmed the existing medical facilities in the United Kingdom, just as it did the recently established bases in France and Flanders. Many civilian hospitals and large buildings were turned over to military use. This listing is by no means complete, but it is probably the most comprehensive single list of the medical facilities of 1914-1918 available. Principal military hospitals established in hutted camps Territorial Force General Hospitals Asylums taken over as Military Hospitals Military Mental Hospitals Fitting Hospitals for limbless soldiers Military convalescent hospitals Neurological hospitals Orthopedic hospitals Cardiac hospitals Typhoid hospitals Venereal Disease hospitals Principal military hospitals established in hutted camps Location Capacity (Beds) Thetford 120 Blandford 204 Codford 100 Fargo 1037 Fovant 449 Sutton Veny 938 Swanage 119 Wareham 45 Haxely Down, Winchester 105 Magdalen Camp 252 Wool (Bovington) 288 Ripon 670 Grantham 620 Clipstone Camp 356 Catterick 750 Cannock Chase 594 Cromarty 226 Oswestry 866 Kinmel Park 890 Prees Heath 609 TF General Hospitals Note: an number of Auxiliary Hospitals were attached to these General Hospitals, which are not listed below. Command (or District in case of London) Name (all General Hospital after number and command) Location Capacity (Officer Beds) Capacity (Other Ranks Beds) Eastern 1st Eastern Cambridge 151 1191 Eastern 2nd Eastern Brighton 98 1190 London 1st London Camberwell 88 852 London 2nd London Chelsea 66 995 London 3rd London Wandsworth 806 224 London 4th London Denmark Hill 300 1625 London 5th London St Thomas's 94 568 Northern 1st Northern Newcastle 104 1420 Northern 2nd Northern Leeds 60 2039 Northern 3rd Northern Sheffield 57 1360 Northern 4th Northern Lincoln 41 1126 Northern 5th Northern Leicester 111 2487 Scottish 1st Scottish Aberdeen 62 1297 Scottish 2nd Scottish Edinburgh 28 1129 Scottish 3rd Scottish Glasgow 70 1629 Scottiah 4th Scottish Stobhill 1334 Southern 1st Southern Birmingham 130 2357 Southern 2nd Southern Bristol 200 1350 Southern 3rd Southern Oxford 336 1210 Southern 4th Southern Plymouth 193 1029 Southern 5th Southern Portsmouth 48 989 Southern 2/1st Southern Birmingham 1450 Western 1st Western Fazakerly 153 4204 or 4244 ? Western 2nd Western Manchester 546 5772 Western 3rd Western Cardiff 38 2626 Asylums taken over as military hospitals Location Peacetime Name Military Name Gosforth Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Asylum Northumberland War Hospital Leeds Leeds Union Infirmary East Leeds War Hospital Wadsley West Riding of Yorkshire Asylum Wharncliffe War Hospital Winwick Lancashire County Asylum Lord Derby War Hospital Rubery Hill Birmingham City Asylum 1st Birmingham War Hospital Hollymoor Birmingham City Asylum 2nd Birmingham War Hospital Thorpe Norfolk County Asylum Norfolk War Hospital Whitchurch Cardiff City Asylum Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital Chichester West Sussex County Asylum Graylingwell War Hospital Fishponds Bristol County and City Asylum Beaufort War Hospital Horton, Epsom London County Asylum, Horton Horton (County of London) War Hospital Manor, Epsom London County Asylum, Manor Manor (County of London) War Hospital Napsbury, St Albans Middlesex County Asylum, Napsbury Napsbury War Hsopital Wandsworth, near Tooting Middlesex County Asylum, Wandsworth Springfield War Hospital Denmark Hill Maudsley Memorial Hospital Maudsley Neurological Hospital Park Prewett Hampshire 2nd County Asylum 4th Canadian General Hospital Whalley Whalley Asylum Queen Mary's Military Hospital Whittingham, near Preston Lancashire County Asylum Whittingham Military Hospital Northampton Northamptonshire County Asylum Northamptonshire War Hospital Maghull, Liverpool Moss Side State Institution Red Cross Military Hospital, Moss Side Stannington Gateshead County Borough Asylum Gateshead War Hospital Radcliffe-on-Trent Nottingham County Asylum Notts County War Hospital Ewell, Surrey The Ewell Colony Ewell (County of London) War Hospital Littlemore Oxford County Asylum Ashurst War Hospital Edinburgh Edinburgh District Asylum Edinburgh War Hospital Perth Perth District Asylum Murthly War Hospital Paisley Renfrew District Asylum Dykebar War Hospital Belfast Belfast District Lunatic Asylum Belfast War Hospital Dublin Richmond District Asylum Richmond War Hospital Military Mental Hospitals Name Pre-war use Total Beds Total Beds for Mental Cases Date first used for Mental cases Date of Closure Off OR Off OR D Block, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley Military Mental Hospital 3 121 3 121 Co of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury Middlesex County Asylum 1600 350 Sep 15 1 Aug 19 Special Hospital for Officers, Latchmere, Ham Common Private House 51 51 Nov 15 Still open Notts County War Hospital, Radcliffe-on-Trent Notts County Asylum 540 540 25 Jul 18 30 Aug 19 Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital, Whitchurch, Glam Cardiff City Asylum 61 839 14 416 Sep 17 31 Dec 19 Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington Lancs County Asylum 3313 1000 Jun 16 Still Open Belfast War Hospital Civil Asylum 8 342 8 342 Jul 17 5 Dec 19 Richmond War Hospital, Dublin Section of Richmond Asylum 32 32 16 Jun 16 31 Dec 19 Dykebar War Hospital, Paisley Civil Asylum 500 500 Feb 16 15 Oct 19 Murthly War Hospital Civil Asylum 350 350 27 Jan 17 1 Mar 19 Fitting hospitals for limbless soldiers Soldiers domiciled in: Fitting Hospital to which Admitted No Of Beds West of Scotland, Cumberlans, Westmoreland, Northumberland & Durham Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, Erskine House, Glasgow 400 East Of Scotland Edenhall East of Scotland Limbless Hospital, Musselburgh 100 Ireland, except Ulster Duke of Connaught's Auxiliary Hospital (formerly located in Princess Patricia Hospital, Bray), Bray, Wicklow 50 Ulster Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital, Belfast 50 Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Notts and Rutlandshire 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds 126 Cheshire and the County Of Lancs, excluding Manchester Alder Hey Hospital Orthopedic Hospital 200 Section of above, Blackmore 100 Derbyshire, Staffs and Manchester Lancaster House Auxiliary Hospital (affiliated to 2nd Western General Hospital), Manchester 150 Warwickshire, Worcs, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire 2/1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham (Uffculme) 150 Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset VAD Hospital, Chard 46 Wales, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Salop Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, Cardiff 66 Hampshire RVH, Netley 30 London and all other areas Charterhouse Military Hospital, London 225 Queen Mary's Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton 900 Paddington Military Hospital 300 Military Convalescent Hospitals Note: these establishments did not have the usual civilian meaning of convalescence; they were formed from March 1915 onward to keep recovering soldiers under military control. Location Opened Remarks Allocation as at Apr 16 Easbourne Summerdown Camp 8 Apr 15 Hutted military camp Eastern and Aldershot Commands Dartford Orchard Hospital 24 May 15 Infectious diseases hospital taken over from Metropolitan Asylum Board London District Epsom Woodcote Park 24 Jun 15 Southern Command Blackpool Clifton Park King's Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital Western Command, men whose homes are in Lancashire or who belong to Lancashire regts from any command Belfast Holywood Irish Command, men whose homes are in Ireland or who belong to Irish regts from any command Alnwick Northern and Scottish Commands, men whose homes were in Scotland or who belonged to Scottish regts from any command Neurological Hospitals From May 1915 neurological sections were established in such TF General Hospitals as were considered suitable - from April 1916 they were used for cases requiring special but not prolonged treatment. Location Name/Wartime Name Remarks Queens Sq, WC National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic Prewar civilian institutions treating some military cases by Nov 14. From Apr 16 used for cases requiring special but not prolonged treatment. By Jun 18 section of the Maudley Clearing Hospital when for OR. Maida Vale, W The Hospital foe Epilepsy and Paralysis, Prewar civilian institutions treating some military cases by Nov 14. From Apr 16 used for cases requiring special but not prolonged treatment. By Jun 18 section of the Maudley Clearing Hospital when for OR. Welbeck St, W West End Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System Prewar civilian institutions treating some military cases by Nov 14. From Apr 16 used for cases requiring special but not prolonged treatment. By Jun 18 section of the Maudley Clearing Hospital when for OR. Moss Side State Institution Red Cross Military Hospital, Maghull First case admitted 21 Dec 14. Initially 300 beds, later 500 and a section of 35 beds for officers at Quarry Brook House nearby. From Apr 16 used for severe or protracted cases Kensington 10 Palace Green. Special Hospital for Officers Opened Jan 15. For officer suffering from functional neurosis, traumatic neurasthenia and the milder osychoses. By Jun 18 '10 and 11 Palace Green'. Netley Royal Victoria Hospital Neurological section established by early 15 - acted as clearing hospital for these cases. 4th London General Hospital later Maudsley Neurological Clearing Hospital Neurological section established by early 15 - acted as clearing hospital for these cases. By Jun 18 known as Maudsley Neurological Clearing Hospital. County of Middlesex Asylum, Wandsworth Springfield War Hospital Springfield was detached block of main asylum. From Apr 16 used for severe or protracted cases Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh Cases identified in other hospitals in Scotland (rather than having been processed through the clearing system) King George V Hospital, Dublin Cases identified in other hospitals in Ireland (rather than having been processed through the clearing system) Nannau, Dolgelly Officers' Hospital Operating by Jun 18 Blackpool Neurological Section, King's Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital Operating by Jun 18. For officers Edinburgh Craiglockhart War Hospital Operating by Jun 18. For officers Bradford Abram Peel Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Epsom Ewell (Co. of London) War Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Birmingham Monyhull Section, 1st Southern General Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Fife Glen Lomond War Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Perthshire Dunblane War Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Newton Abbot Seale Haye Neurological Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18.. Not clear whether this is prewar name or not Stannington, Newcastle Gateshead War Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Plymouth Neurological Section, 4th Southern General Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Stockport Brinnington Neurological Section, 2nd Western General Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Near Worthing East Preston Military Hospital For OR - operational by Jun 18. Oulton Hall Hospital for Officers Opened in 1918 - 71 beds Oxford Ashhurst War Hospital, Littlemore Opened in 1918 -580 beds Manchester Section of Nell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury Opened in 1918 Orthopaedic Hospitals Special arrangements for orthopedic cases were introduced from 1 March 1915. Location Name Remarks 234 Great Portland St Royal National Orthopedic Hospital From Mar 15 treated cases from London District and Eastern Command Liverpool Alder Hey Auxiliary Military Hospital From Mar 15 treated all cases not sent to Gt Portland St Shepherds Bush Military Orthopedic Hospital Opened Mar 16, responsibility passed to Min of Pensions Jul 19 Edmonton Special Military Surgical Hospital (and Strand Extension) Still in War Office hands in Jul 20 Netley Special Military Surgical Section (of RVH, Netley) Still in WO hands in Jul 20 Bangour Special Military Surgical Section, Edinburgh War Hospital Still in WO hands in Jul 20 Aldershot Special Military Surgical Section, Cambridge Hospital (Duke of Cambridge's Hospital?) Still in WO hands in Jul 20 Cardiac Hospitals Location Name Remarks London University College Hospital 20 beds reserved for military heart cases, probably from late '14. Westmoreland Street, W National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart Number of beds offered for military cases in Dec 15 Hampstead Military Hospital Opened Mar 16 - ultimately 232 patients. In Dec 17 converted to hospital for cases from RFC, and heart cases to Colchester Colchester Sobroan Barracks Military Hospital Opened when Hanpstead converted - ultimately 672 beds. Closed Aug 19. Under Eastern Command. Associated convalescent hospital - 200 beds at Summerdown from Oct 18 Leeds Leeds General Hospital (part) (Section of) East Leeds War Hospital Operational from Nov 18 with 50 beds. Closed Aug 19, cardiac centre then affiliated with Special Military Surgical Hospital, Leeds. Under Northern Command. Associated convalescent hospital - 572 beds at Killingbeck Military Hospital (another section of East Leeds War Hospital). Closed in Jun 19, cases to East Leeds War Hospital until that closed in Aug 20 Liverpool (Netherfield Road section of) 1st Western General Hospital Opened Aug 18 - 70 beds. Closed in May 18. Centre transferred to Toxteth Park Military Hospital, which closed in Aug 18, then to Queen Mary's Hospital, Whalley. Associated convalescent hospital - Military Hospital, Whittingham, Preston - 500 beds. Closed Apr 19, cases to King's Military Convalescent Hospital, Blackpool until Jun 19, then convalescent cases to Whalley Manchester 'special hospital functioning in Manchester for treating heart cases' - transferred to Liverpool Cardiac Centre Typhoid Hospitals Location Name Remarks Croydon Addington Park/Addington Park War Hospital Opened early 15 in Addington Palace. Initially 300 patients, expanded by huts to 650. In Jul 15 decided to establish a Command Depot exclusively for enteric cases, hutted camp of 1000 beds erected 'in vicinity of Addington Park'. Woldingham , Surrey Enteric Depot Opened sometime after Jan 16 Warlingham, Surrey Enteric Depot Opened sometime after Jan 16 Shirley 'near Addington Park' Enteric Depot Opened Mar 17 Venereal Disease Hospitals Location Officers ORs Remarks Robroyston War Hospital 50 500 Cherryhinton 802 Opened sometime in 1916 Shaffords 106 Hutted camp - used for VD cases from Aug 17. Hemel Hempsted (Gadebridge) 800 Former RFA training camp, taken over in Jul 17. Converted to 350 bed officers' hospital after Armistice Warlingham 750 New Bridge St, Manchester 530 An old workhouse and boys school, taken over sometime in 1916 Birtles, Chelford 50 Opened Dec 17 Spike Island 50 450 Devonport (Egg Buckland) 30 180 Chiseldon 50 800 Half of existing hutted camp converted to venereal hospital of some 400 beds to make up for accommodation at Bulford transferred to Australians i.e. sometime after Nov 16. Beds for 100 more serious cases in Chiseldon Military Hospital at that time Hilsea Military Hospital 47 430 Brighton Grove Hospital, Newcastle 48 552 Central Hospital, Lichfield 50 754 Hutted portion of Lichfield Barracks Rochester Row Military Hospital 301 Tooting Grove 144 100 Aldershot (Connaught Hospital) 300 Stobs Opened after Armistice (Stobs is in Scotland) Kinmel Park Venereal section opened after Armistice Silkstone, near Barnsley Hutted camp - in process of being converted to officers' VD hospital when Armistice signed - not completed Bulford Military Hospital Handed over to Australians ('owing to large demand') in Nov 16 and known as 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital. Barnwell, near Cambridge Large VD hospital opened sometime in 1916 - no further details Detention Barracks Those at Stafford, Woking, Stirling and Devizes used for soldiers undergoing detention or awaiting trial who required treatment for VD. Military Hospital, Portobello, Dublin 187 beds as at May 16 A brilliant piece of work, John...you've cut and pasted the web page on the Long, Long Trail that was started by this very thread! Edited 1 December , 2003 by Chris_Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 22 November , 2003 Share Posted 22 November , 2003 "Then and Now" postcards of the Palace Hotel, Buxton. During WW1 it was the "Granville Canadian Special Hospital". This hospital was also established in another hotel "Buxton Hydro", which has been demolished. Sheltered accommodation for the elderly has been built on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 22 November , 2003 Share Posted 22 November , 2003 "Buxton Hydro", which also housed "Granville Canadian Special Hospital". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 22 November , 2003 Share Posted 22 November , 2003 I think that the "Granville Canadian Special Hospital" was probably the "Canadian Special Orthopoedic Hospital" (1917-19) , Buxton, Derbyshire. mentioned by Stuart Brown earlier in this thread. From a "Google" search I see that the "Granville" had been located at Ramsgate, Kent, earlier in the war - "Granville Canadian Special Hospital (903 beds) ( 15 November 1915 – 18 October 1917 transferred to Buxton, Derbyshire)". This information comes from a working list entitled " Kent 1914 - 1919 - Hospitals (Military, VAD, Civil, Special and Private) and other buildings used to accommodate military patients, or proposed for use." This list can be found at: http://www.juroch.demon.co.uk/hospitals.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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