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Entrance to Endell Street Military Hospital, c. 1915 The concept of the Women's Hospital Corps was created and instituted in 1914. Previously met with hostility by officials, Doctors Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson decided to bypass the British government by going directly to the French Embassy with their offer to run a military hospital in Wimereux, France.
The № 1 New Zealand General Hospital (1NZGH) was a World War I military hospital in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. The hospital was established in June 1916, after moving from Abasseyeh in Egypt. [1] It was operated by the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. It had been the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers. [2] [3] When ...
The No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital was a World War I military hospital established in Codford, Wiltshire, England on the western rim of Salisbury Plain, taking over from a Royal Army Medical Corps hospital. [1] It stood opposite the New Zealand Command Depôt, known as Codford Camp, and was a few miles from Sling Camp. [2]
The Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) was established by Richard Haldane (Secretary of State for War) as part of the Army Medical Service of the newly established Territorial Force, created by his reform of auxiliary forces in the United Kingdom (UK) [1] The service was inaugurated in July 1908, and its first Matron-in-Chief was Sidney Browne, who had previously held this position in ...
Women volunteered to serve in the military in special women-only corps; by the end of the war, over 80,000 had enlisted. [27] [28] Many served as nurses in the following: The Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) The Territorial Force Nursing Service.
The offer was accepted and by November 1914, 50 women had been placed in military hospitals. [1] At this time the demand for physiotherapy (or Massage and Electrical Treatment as it was known) increased and the Pagets were asked to open a day centre in London to relieve pressure on the military hospitals in London. [1]
In the 1820s-50s it was the only General (as opposed to regimental) Military Hospital in England, [2] and, until the opening of Netley Hospital in 1863, it was considered the de facto Headquarters of the Army Medical Department. [3] Fort Pitt Hospital closed in the 1920s, since when the surviving buildings have housed a girls' grammar school. [4]
Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot (South Camp) (opened 1879, closed 1996) Colchester Military Hospital - Colchester Garrison (opened 1898, closed 1977) Connaught Military Hospital - Aldershot (North Camp) [13] (opened 1897, closed 1946) Duchess of Kent's Military Hospital - Catterick Garrison (opened 1976, closed 1999) [14]