He was such a wonderful, caring person and will not be forgotten. "Royal Victoria Military Hospital - the Hampshire hospital built to house nation's war wounded", "Chapel in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1322694)", "Officers' Mess in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1204595)", Hampshire County Council: Royal Victoria Country Park site history, Paintings and photos of Netley Hospital during World War One, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netley_Hospital&oldid=1159594660, This page was last edited on 11 June 2023, at 09:40. She has gone now to eternal rest but by none will she be more deeply and sincerely missed than by the 'Soldiers of the Queen'. Since then she has lived at Chester, spending much of her spare time knitting comforts. I wasn't going to be put off with that, though. King's Own Scottish Borderers (d.6th Sep 1915). accessible free of charge to the general public. He was one of Lord Robert's bodyguards at Pretoria and was invalided home, As reported in the 'Hampshire Independent' on 26th January 1901. Whilst it was under the command of the US Naval Reserve, it was designated as both. In May 1917 he was transferred to the Labour Corps where he was a Quarter Master Sergeant but by August 1918 he was already being treated for shell shock and was formerly discharged as being unfit for service on 11 Sept 1918 ('melancholia due to AS'). "B" Company, 2nd Battalion 24th Foot, Warwickshire Regiment, A Patient at Netley Hospital from ca February 1879. A lady has just written offering marriage and a comfortable home for the rest of his life. Numbers of spectators lined the way. Burying the fallen of the Great War in the country where they died was the idea of Sir Fabian Ware, Founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The family farm had to give up their horses to the war effort, a sacrifice from which Guy never recovered. He had numerous operations on his leg at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital, Loughlinstown Military Hospital and Leopardstown Military Hospital. I am, therefore, happy to announce that He passed away when he was 57. [26], At the rear of the site, D Block (Victoria House) and E Block (Albert House) formed the psychiatric hospital. of January 1918 he absented himself. Her bridesmaids were nineteen nurses, all in uniform. Carl E Dorak, Service No 7002-535; Rank Sea 1c; USCGR. Here, well ahead of the troops on either flank, and reduced to a mere handful, they came to a standstill. Queen Victoria commanded that he proceed to Osborne to see him and get his autograph. "The Royal Victoria Hospital is the Depot and forms the head-quarters of the Medical Department of the Army; the Army Medical School, an establishment for the instruction of medical officers, preparatory to joining the military service, in special military sanitary subjects, is likewise. He will be the first inmate of the four wards which have been recently erected for the use of sick and wounded officers. This record is held by Hampshire Archives and. Percy Albert Meek 1st Btn. New Years Day 1917. In 1941 she was bombed out of her home at Glasgow. 3/10/1916 Camp at Memetz Wood resting. Several bullets entered both knees and his left arm. James Alban Charles White died in 1926, ten years after he was wounded, from septicemia caused by his wounds. D Block was opened in 1870 as the army's first purpose-built military asylum. Royal West Kent Regiment. An Army Reservist, he worked for Great Western Railway, Dock Street, Newport. The British Medical Journal via Hampshire Advertiser 23/05/1874. He was at that time rated as being 50% disabled.It would have being a travesty to have convicted him. Atkinson was wounded while attacking with a Lewis gun a German machine-gun nest at a 40 yards range in no mans land. 17/9/1916 Moved to the Montauban line then Bercondal for attack training. We have their full name, usually where/when they enlisted, their "rank", service no, the month they arrived at and/or left Netley Hospital and sometimes which vessel code they were on and. Patient in surgical ward, Netley Hospital. He was cremated on 03/02/1950 attended by some half-dozen Boer War heroes, Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal 17/02/1900; Isle of Man Examiner Friday 10/02/1950, Some casualties of the South African War invalided back to the Royal Victoria. in the same Regiment, they were both patients at Netley Hospital in the same year! Commandant at the Royal Victoria Hospital 1878 - 1880. Under the new system, the vessels arriving from abroad with troops will lie at Southampton Water, near Netley, where the time-expired men and invalids will be landed, when those not requiring medical or surgical treatment will be at once sent inland to their Depots or forwarded to their homes, while the sick and wounded only will be detained in the hospital, the plan of keeping up what is termed an Invalid Depot, as at Chatham, being discontinued. 5/3/1917 Took over from East Surreys.. Alfred was eventually admitted to the Lunatic Hospital at Netley suffering with Dementia. Arrived 18/10/1916.. Battalion strength 1068. Once again Netley was the principal reception hospital and once again from Southampton Docks to Netley Hospital, ambulance trains brought in patients in their hundreds. On arriving in the country he was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley. them. Contact Me -, Private H Bartholomew, West Yorkshire Regiment, Private J W Clement, Northumberland Fusiliers, Patients at Netley Hospital - Railway Workers, North Eastern Railway - Brampton Junction, Died at Netley Hospital on 15/08/1919, 27, suffering with Cellulitis of the mouth, Buried at Netley Military Cemetery CE 2016, Crane Lad at Hull Docks, North Eastern Railway, Buried at Holy Trinity, Hessle Road Cemetery, Hull, Labourer with Chief Civil Engineer's Department, Great Eastern Railway, Died at Netley Hospital on 27/09/1916 of wounds, On Memorial at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Barkingside, Cleaner for the North Eastern Railway Darlington. His headstone reads: The beloved husband of Kate Davies of Towyn, Merioneth. Florence Nightingale's Influence on Hospital Design, Hospitalism matters got so unpleasant that I had to leave. The Queen has presented six birch lounge chairs provided with shifting backs and soft crimson-covered cushions to Netley Hospital for the use of invalids of that establishment. Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, and Suicides - Great War Forum The Officer on duty arranged for an escort, Pte Gascoigne, to take the two men back to Woolston Police Station to report the accident. the wounded would be checked, registered and "labelled" according to the type of injury or wound and to which, often specialised, hospital they should be sent. Please check your requests before visiting. when he was the Assistant Surgeon to the 19th Foot. My father is in the Imperial War Museum photograph far left at the back. But finally found work on the docks. Pte. wounded (Northern Echo report on 26/3/1917. Julie's website - www.netley-military-cemetery.co.uk - has a lot more about the demolition of the Monument. and other Regiments and Departmental Corps. By this time the ship was stopped and she was rolling from side to side. As soon as the new arrangements are complete, Chatham will cease to be the station to which troops will be forwarded from all parts of the world for the purpose of being discharged. , a son of the late Mr Thomas Jenkins, Brickyard, Merthyr Tydfil. Having survived his serious War Wounds in January 1915, it was Cancer of the Stomach and Lungs which was the cause of his Death. having been seriously wounded in the upper 3rd of his right leg by a round bullet (which he kept as a souvenir) at the Battle of Ginghilova on 02/04/1879. James White was one of those wounded, and left some notes and a map of the action. The Executors of the Will had placed the sum in an Irish Bank. Netley Military Cemetery - research about the people who are laid to They were the only North-country battalion in the 41st Division with a high proportion of miners and it became well known for its digging abilities. Supporting infrastructure was also built, including a reservoir at Hound Grove[4] and a gasworks[8][12] A cast iron pier was extended into Southampton Water in 1865,[13] restricted to 560ft (170m) in length and not reaching deep water. George A. Phillips Army Service Corps (d.10th Oct 1914). Robert Woodthorpe was employed as a Cook at the Hospital. "The facade of the Hospital will have a magnificent appearance from Southampton Water. Recognising his former officer, Mr. Atkinson left the court and had a happy chat with Mr. Jennings. On the 31st July 1915 he sailed to France with the 10th Battalion N.L.R, he was wounded on the 29th of June 1916 by a gunshot to right leg he was evacuated to the Royal Victoria (Netley) Hospital on the 4th July 1916 but succumbed to his wound on the 19th July 1916. On the 23rd. Visit our office in person. He served throughout the South African War and the Zulu War, after which he came over to this country for a holiday. to inaugurate a new nursing scheme at Netley Military Hospital. ", Hampshire Chronicle and General Advertiser for the South and West of England - Saturday, 23/04/1904. He was a bomber trying to take enemy trenches at Lump Lane (Somme). ", Pte. He disembarked from the White Star liner "Majestic" at Southampton Docks and went by special train to Netley. These injuries resulted in him spending many months in hospital before being discharged from the army 28 July 1917. He is still in Netley in May 1874 but doing well.". Information passed down through the family suggests that after obtaining this severe wound to his thigh, he was forced to crawl for over a mile before he could find help. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from Florence Nightingale. Royal Victoria Hospital to Leighton House, Westbury, Wiltshire during that time. One of Ted's sisters, Beatrice, served as a nurse with the Red Cross during the war, and his oldest sister, Marge, lost her fiance as well as two brothers in the war she never married, and later became a schoolteacher in the local town, Bodmin. Private Jack Brownlow 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 27/9/1916 Much reconnaiscence into No Mans Land. He was born on 6 February 1873 at Wambrook, near Chard, Somerset. Sentenced to undergo detention for one year and to be put on stoppage of pay until he has made good the value of the articles valued at 2/6/9. In Psychiatry terms, a fear of drinking fluids especially that of a person with rabies because of painful spasms when trying to swallow. That day her name appeared in the New Years Honours List - the award of the. His home was in Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. relevant documents to you using the free "We Transfer" email system. adding that she would see that they were. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, He suffered from Haemorrhoids first contracted at Karachi in 1877. Nursing Sisters were founded as an aid to the British Army. Alongside him was a Prussian Guard who, seeing the marksman badge on Dads sleeve (he was a sniper), Dad related he The little map to the right shows where the Gas Works with its "gasometers" were within the Hospital Grounds. I was moved out of the frontal area, and was sent to hospital. Kind regards, Glen. However the Battalion War Diary records that the German barrage was very heavy and many messengers were killed or wounded trying to get messages to or from Battalion HQ to the men in Flers. To obtain copies of your medical records, please choose one of the following options: Submit an online request. Irish Guards. His father is listed as the informant, William Hodge, Father, Present at the death, Trevidgoe, Withiel. The loss was bad enough, but what was worse was an idea some people had that I had, I have never stopped hunting for a clue as to the whereabouts of my own cross. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st Mar 1915). Welcome. Later she became Matron of Dundee Infirmary and had two spells as Matron of Glasgow Royal Infirmary, retiring in 1907. But after visiting different hospitals and appeal boards he was finally awarded a final pension assessment of 30% for life on the 25th. Atkinson back to the British lines and dressed his wound. Dear All, My Great-Grandfather was in Netley Military Hospital, at the time of the 1911 census. 17/10/1916 Left Somme and entrained at Dernancourt to Oismont (via He told me that with only one hand he would never get work and so he used to bathe his arm in salt water which he said saved the arm although he could not use his hand for the remainder of his life. [17] In 1903, an electricity generating station was built. 3/11/1916 Back to trenches skirmishes. tough if he had lived in the Outer Hebrides! [19], Early patients arriving from campaigns taking place all over the world during the expansion of the British Empire had an uncomfortable journey to the hospital, either having to be transferred to a shallow-draft boat[13] if landing at the pier, or transported from Netley station to the hospital if arriving by rail. To make matters short, the ship was torpedoed out of the sight of land. as now. Netley Military Hospital Names' database currently holds ca 11700 separate entries. Please note that although we often share our research, Julie (Green) and I are, independent researchers, not connected to any of the Local History Societies. Cause of death was returned as death by strangulation. To those I would say, think of the sick soldiers at Netley and send them your abundance old papers. London Gazette Issue No 27828; Page 5695; "The wife of His entrance into the hospital was not previously reported to this unit. whilst in Montreal. Hillsdale College Health Services is available to help students address these concerns before they have a negative impact. Dr Maclean on the subject of whether the Army uniform plays a part in heart disease. John Ryng, deceased. It became the 28th US General Hospital during the invasion of mainland Europe in the Second World War. Royal Warwickshire Regt (d.28th Sep 1916), Dvr. May I add that there is an orphanage connected with the hospital for those children whose mothers. Netley Auxiliary Hospital in the Great War - The Wartime Memories Project Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from Florence Nightingale. Pte. Ventilation in general was poor, with unpleasant smells lingering around the vast building. Ernest Evenden 9th Btn. As it's free, it will give you results for other sites as well as this one, sorry! He had served for 7 years + 10 months. Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. His brother, Private John Oliver Toulmin, was killed in action on 3rd of May 1917 at the Battle of Amiens. Fighting dimishes but still casulaties. Strength 19 officers (-10) and 463 (-365) men. One can only imagine why! Blood-Red Crickets Invade Nevada Town, Residents Fight Back With Brooms They are on our database too, often with additional information. for the Hallam Division of Sheffield since 1939. Mr. Jennings, chartered accountant, was M.P. and also expressed the opinion that more suitable pillows should be provided for the patients. He again re-enlisted in 1914 in the 6th Dorset Regiment and served in France and in. He was born at the Smelt at Port St Mary, his Mother being a Manx woman; his Father was Irish. "Each Summer, forty Chelsea Pensioners, twenty to each coach with two coaches came from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea to spend a fortnight holiday by the sea at the Royal Victoria Hospital. On 12/10/1867, he was confined to barracks for 8 days by Major Rawlins after having been found. On the occasion of the Queens visit to the wounded of the Ashantee campaign at Netley Hospital, a Sergeant-Major of the 42nd Highlanders who was wounded at the. Mrs Deeble , Superintendent of Nurses, Netley Hospital. database once I'm pushing up those daisies! After spending about an hour at the hospital, the Royal Party proceeded to Colonel Pearsons Residence at Netley Cliff for lunch. If you recognise a name mentioned within any of the above articles and would like to know more. The funeral will take place at Netley Hospital on Saturday 14/04/1906., He died at Netley on 21/05/1906 and is buried in Netley Military Cemetery. Postscript by Lewis Atkinson, Johns son: He was sent home and admitted to Netley for treatment. He received gun shot wounds to his chest, upper left arm and his two feet. William George Davies Army Service Corps. for the Hallam Division of Sheffield since 1939. Augustus Delaval Toulmin 4th Field Ambulance, Section A Australian Army Medical Corps (d.9th July 1915). A major advance (in WW1 terms) was achieved and the village of Flers was captured by 122nd Brigade with the support of the tanks. Cause of death was "morbid balcord ascites", [abnormal build up of fluid in the abdomen], Wellcome Library Postmortems courtesy of Julie Green, He was last admitted to Netley on 02/10/1863 suffering from Pulmonary Phisisis, contracted. Arriving at Marsailles in December 1915. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Durham Light Infantry. [11] It was a quarter of a mile (435 m) long, had 138 wards and approximately 1,000 beds, and was Britain's largest military hospital. He was the author of The Great Lone Land, the story of the famous Red River expedition under Sir Garnet Wolseley. RAMC Muniment Collection. It was now getting dark, and I, for one, thought I was a goner. He is 42 years old. He never talked much about his experiences on the Somme, other than to relate the time when he was in the ambulance from the front to field hospital. There are records of infestations dating to the 1930s, according to entomologist Knight. Battalion football competition church in Reninghelst. 20/10/1916 Train from Pont Remy to Godeswaersvelde (Dickebusch Not only were they both. Shared stories of the Military Hospitals at Netley. - Netley Abbey Matters Want to find out more about your relative's service? "In the matter of the goods of Memories are precious and too many folk are in danger of losing theirs due to dementia. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a wounded comrade during the attack on the Dargai Heights and also for action in the Waran Valley in November 1897 when he was wounded and invalided back to Netley. After a comparatively short illness most bravely borne, the If we are already holding information on your relative, then it may be that we have already shared the details on this website or are intending to do so at some future point. He at once jumped in and rescued the man who, it appears, was in a fit. There I was given command of the Company of Signallers. Nevada town is using brooms, snow plows, and leaf blowers to wage war against blood-red crickets that are 'almost like a biblical plague'. He commenced to be ill in South Africa, and was invalided home. Netley on the shore of Southampton Water was first suggested as a site for the new hospital by Sir Andrew Smith, and was settled on after the rejection of co-location with the Naval Hospital at Haslar. Captain + Adjutant William Henry Hirst , Quarter Master of the Invalid Department, Army Medical Service.
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