Military hospitals in the British Isles 1914-1918

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.

Types of hospital

Existing Military Hospitals

Several military hospitals existed before the Great War, some even pre-dating the Boer War and going back to the Crimea.

The Territorial Force General Hospitals

A number of hospitals had been identified before the war for use and operation by the Territorial Force. They were generally based at existing hospitals and other large facilities. For example, the 1st Southern General Hospital was based on the Great Hall at the University of Birmingham. They did not exist as such prior to the war other than for training purposes, but were mobilised in August 1914. All were expanded during war time, not only on the primary sites but with the addition of Auxiliary Hospitals and annexes. They were staffed by a mixture of TF Nursing Service personnel and volunteers from many different organisations.

The War Hospitals

As the demand for hospital beds increased, one of the actions taken to provide more capacity was to turn over existing pre-war asylums for military use.

War Hospital

Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol

Military hospitals established at hutted army camps

Land either on existing army bases or acquired nearby for the purpose was converted into major hospitals.

Red Cross, St John’s Ambulance, auxiliary and private hospitals

Large numbers of public and private buildings (often large houses) were turned over for use as small hospitals, most of which operated as annexes to nearby larger hospitals. These are not listed below.

Specialist hospitals

Some hospitals were devloped as, or became, specialist units. Categories of specialism included mental hospitals, units for limbless men, neurological units, orthopaedic units, cardiac units, typhoid units and venereal disease.

Convalescent hospitals

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. See also the Command Depots

Hospitals by country/county/region

Please note that the list here, although long, is very far from complete. I add to it whenever I come across a new name mentioned in a soldier’s service record.

London Command District

1 Hyde Park Place, London, W.	Imperial Order Of The Daughters Of The Empire Hospital
10 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London	Mrs Campbell’s Hospital
10 Carlton House Terrace, London, W.	Lady Ridley’s Hospital
10 Palace Green, London	Palace Green Hospital
106 Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, London, SE	Princess Club Hospital
11 Palace Green, London	Palace Green Hospital
12 Belgrave Square, London, SW	Bathurst House Hospital
13 Grosvenor Crescent, Chelsea	13 Grosvenor Crescent VAD Hospital
14 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW	Lady Northcliffe’s Hospital
16 Arlington Street, London, W.	Rutland Hospital
16 Bruton Street, London, W.	Lady Evelyn Mason’s Hospital
16 Derby Road, Bournemouth	Post Office Hospital Annexe
16 Paddington Street, London, W.	Swedish Hospital
16 The Avenue, Brondesbury	Beech House Military Hospital
17 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, W.	Mrs Thal’s Hospital
172 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC	The French Hospital
18 Cadogan Gardens, London, SW	Lady Mountgarret Hospital
184 Queen’s Gate, London, SW	Michie Hospital
19 Hyde Park Gardens,	19 Hyde Park Gardens
20 Kensington Palace Gardens, Kensington, W.	Post Office Hospital
234 Great Portland Street, London, W.	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
26 Eccleston Square, London, SW	Eccleston Hospital
27 Grosvenor Square, London, W.	Fleming’s Hospital
3 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill	Streatham Red Cross Hospital
32 Albert Road, London, NW	Acheson Hospital
32 Queen’s Gate, London, SW	Morris Hospital (Mrs Morris)
338-340 King Street, Hammersmith, W.	Hammersmith Auxiliary Hospital
34 Grosvenor Street, London, W.	Beckett Hospital (Hon. Mrs. Beckett)
35 Chesham Place, London, SW	De Goldsmid Hospital (Baroness De Goldsmid)
37 Bryanston Square, London, W.	Royal Flying Corps Hospital
37 Charles Street, London, W.	Lytton Hospital
37 Porchester Terrace, London, W.	Paddington V.A.D. Hospital
4 Lyndhurst Gardens, Hampstead, NW	Hampstead V.A.D. Hospital
40 Grove End Road, London, NW	St. John And St. Elizabeth Hospital
40 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, W.	Brassey Hospital (Lady Violet Brassey)
40 Weymouth Street, London, W.	Marylebone Auxiliary Hospital
45 Devonshire Street, London, W.	Portman Hospital
46 Queen’s Gate Terrace, London, W.	Mckinnon Hospital
47 Roland Gardens, London, SW	Arnoldi Hospital (Mrs. Arnoldi)
48 Bryanston Square, London, W.	Carnarvon Hospital (Lady Carnarvon)
5 Grosvenor Square, London, SW	Coulter Hospital
50 Weymouth Street, London, W.	Pollock Hospital (Miss Pollock)
51 Welbeck Street, London, W.	Mccaul Hospital (Miss Mccaul)
53 Mount Street, London, W.	Theodore Hospital
55 Porchester Terrace, London, W.	Westbourne Hospital
58 Grosvenor Street, London, W.	Samuelson Hospital (Mrs. Samuelson)
58 Queen Anne Street, London, W.	Darell Hospital
6 Grosvenor Place, London, W.	Princess Christian Hospital
7 Mandeville Place, London, W.	Birkett Hospital (Miss Birkett)
7 Seamore Place, London, W.	Inchcape Hospital (Lady Inchcape)
73 Welbeck Street, London, W	West End Hospital
78 Brook Street, London, W.	Jaw Hospital
78 Onslow Gardens, London, SW	Hospital For Belgian Soldiers
8 Heathview Gardens, Putney	Perkins Bull Hospital
8 Lennox Gardens, London, SW	Meynell Hospital
8 South Audley Street, London, W.	Russian Hospital
82 Eaton Square, London, SW	Royal Flying Corps Hospital
87 Eaton Square, London, SW	Dundonald Hospital (Countess Of Dundonald)
9 Cedars Road, Clapham	Clapham Auxiliary Military Hospital
9 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW	King Edward Vii Hospital
98-99 Lancaster Gate, London, W.	American Women’s Hospital
Agar Street, Strand, London	Charing Cross Hospital
Aubrey Walk, Campden Hill, London, W.	Aubrey House Hospital
Balham, London, SW	St. James’ Infirmary
Bancroft Road, London, E.1	Mile End Military Hospital
Basildon Park, Pangbourne	Guards Hospital
Beecbeechcroft Road, Upper Tooting, SW	Springfield War Hospital
Belmont, Sutton	Belmont Prisoners Of War Hospital
Benfleet Hall, Sutton	Sutton Red Cross Auxiliary Hosital
Berners Street, London, W.	Middlesex Hospital
Bletchingley	The Castle Relief Hospital
Bloomsbury, London	National Hospital For Paralysis
Brentford	Zion House Red Cross Hospital
Broad Sanctuary, London, SW	Westminster Hospital
Broadlands Road, Highgate, N.	Byculla Auxiliary Hospital
Brockley Hill, Stanmore	Wardell Auxiliary Hospital
Byfleet	Bleakdown Auxiliary Hospital
Caen Wood Towers, Hampstead Lane, London, N.	American Hospital For English Soldiers
Camberwell, London	1st London General Hospital TF
Cambridge Heath, London, E.2	Bethnal Green Military Hospital
Campden Hill, London, W.	Moray Lodge Hospital
Caterham	Caterham Military Hospital
Cavendish Square, London, W.	Harcourt House Hospital
Caversham, Reading	Cliff House Auxiliary Hospital
Chelsea, London, SW	2nd London General Hospital TF
Chertsey	Ottershaw Park Hospital
Chertsey	The Grange Military Hospital
City Road, London, EC	Royal Hospital For Diseases Of The Chest
City Road, London, EC	Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital
Clacton-On-Sea	Reckitts Convalescent Home
Combermere Barracks, Windsor	Cavalry Hospital
Coombe Lane, Croydon	Wallacefield Auxiliary Hospital
Copse Hill, Wimbledon, SW	Atkinson Morley Hospital
Cricklewood, NW	Dollis Hill House Auxiliary Hospital
Crouch Hill	Holly Park Auxiliary Hospital
Denmark Hill, London, SE	Maudsley Hospital
Dollis Hill, London, N.	St. Andrew’s Hospital
Dorchester House, Park Lane, London, W.	Astley Hospital
Downes Park Road, London, E.	Stormont House V.A.D. Hospital
Du Cane Road, Shepherd’s Bush, London, W12	Military Orthopaedic Hospital
Earl’s Court Road, London	Kensington And Fulham General Hospital
East Dulwich Grove, London, SE22	Southwark Military Hospital
East India Dock Road, London, E.	Poplar Hospital
Endell Street, London, WC2	Endell Street Military Hospital
Endsleigh Gardens, London, NW	Endsleigh Palace Hospital
Esher	Lammas Auxiliary Hospital
Feltham	County Of Middlesex Red Cross Hospital
Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, SW	Freemasons’ War Hospital
Golden Square, London, W	Throat Hospital
Gower Street, London, WC	University College Hospital
Grange Road, Ealing, W.	Garth House Auxiliary Hospital
Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC	Royal Free Hospital
Grove Lane, London, SE	Grove Lane Schools
Grove Road, Balham, London, SW	Weir Hospital
Ham Common	Latchmere House Hospital
Hammersmith, London, W.	West London Hospital
Hammersmith, London, W6	Fulham Military Hospital
Hampstead	Rosslyn Lodge Auxiliary Hospital
Hampstead Heath, London, NW	Cedar Lawn Hospital
Hampstead Road, NW, London	London Temperance Hospital
Hampstead, London, NW	Kenwood
Hampstead, London, NW3	Hampstead Military Hospital
Harrow	Harrow Cottage Hospital
Harrow	Holmleigh Hospital
Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London	Haverstock Hill General Hospital
Heath Street, Hampstead, London, NW	New End Section
Holloway Road, London, N.	Great Northern Central Hospital
Homedale, 44 The Avenue, Upper Norwood, SE	SE Lambeth Auxiliary Hospital
Honor Oak Road, Forest Hill, SE	Fairlawn Auxiliary Hospital
Hyde Park Corner, London, SW	St. George’s Hospital
Ingatestone	Huskard’s Auxiliary Hospital
Ingatestone	The Hyde Auxiliary Hospital
Jerviston House, Streatham	Nielka Hospital
Kensington, London, SW	27 Ovington Square
Kensington, W8	Pembroke Lodge Hospital
Kew Foot Road, Richmond	Royal Hospital
King William Street, London WC	Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital
King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5	4th London General Hospital TF
Kingsland Road, London, N.E.	Metropolitan Hospital
Kingston	Kenry House Hospital
Knaphill	Princess Christian Hospital
Ladywell Road, London, SE13	Bermondsey Military Hospital
Lewisham, London, SE13	Lewisham Military Hospital
Leyton	Livingstone College Relief Hospital
Limpsfield	Furzedown Hospital
London	17 Park Lane
London	19 Park Lane
London	24 Park Lane
London	25 Portland Place
London	26 Park Lane
London	27 Berkeley Square
London	53 Cadogan Square
London	83 Portland Place
London	City Of London Red Cross Hospital
London	Osnabruck House
London	Platanes (House)
London, EC	Tower Of London Military Hospital
London, W.	7 Charles Street
Lower Clapton, London, E5	City Of London Military Hospital
Maida Vale, London, W.	Hospital For Epilepsy And Paralysis
Marylebone Road, London, NW	Prince Of Wales’s Hospital For Officers
Millbank, London, SW1	Queen Alexandra Military Hospital
Millfield Lane, Highate, N.	Queen Alexandra Hospital For Officers
Mitcham	Catherine Gladstone Relief Hospital
Mitcham	Holborn Military Hospital
Montpelier Road, Ealing, W.	Montpelier House Auxiliary Hospital
Mordon Road, Mitcham	Mordon Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London, W.	The Garland Home
Nose And Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London	Central London Throat
2 Fitzroy Square, London, W.	Metropolitan Ear Nose And Throat Hospital
Ottershaw	Ottermead Auxiliary Hospital
Oxted	Binefields Hospital
Paddington, London, W.	St. Mary’s Hospital
Percy House Schools, Isleworth	Percy House Auxiliary Hospital
Princes Road, Kennington Cross	Maxillo-Facial Hospital
Queen Square, London, WC	Italian Hospital
Regent’s Park, London, NW	Life Guards Hospital
Regent’s Park, London, NW	Royal Horse Guards Hospital
Reigate	The Beeches Auxiliary Hospital
Richmond	Richmond Military Hospital
Richmond Park, Richmond	South African Military Hospital
Rochester Row, London, SW1	Rochester Row Military Hospital
Roehampton	Dover House
Roehampton	Gifford House Auxiliary Hospital
Roehampton	Queen Mary’s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospital
Roehampton, SW	Templeton House Hospital
Brondesbury	Brondesbury Park Hospital
Ruskin Park, London, SE	Ruskin Park Extension
Ruskin Park, London, SE	Ruskin Park Marquees
Rye Lane, Peckham	Hanover Park Hospital
St. George’s Circus, SE, London, SE	Royal Eye Hospital
St. John’s Lodge, Regents Park, London	Sir John Ellerman Hospital
St. Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth, London, SE	5th London General Hospital TF
St. Thomas’ Street, London, SE	Guy’s Hospital
Stamford Street, London, SE1	The King George Hospital
Streatham	Streatham Relief Hospital
Surbiton	Oakenshaw Auxiliary Hospital
Surbiton and District Red Cross Hospital, New Malden, Kingston	Kingston
Sussex Lodge, Regent’s Park, London	Hall Walker Hospital (Mrs Hall-Walker)
Sutton	Stanwell House Auxiliary Hospital
Swanley	Kettlewell Convalescent Home
The Butts, London Road, Harrow	St. John’s Relief Hospital
The Clock House, Chelsea Embankment, SW	Mitchison Hospital (Mrs Mitchison)
The Green, Richmond	Richmond Red Cross Hospital
Tooting Grove, London, SW17	The Grove Military Hospital
Tooting, London, SW17	Tooting Military Hospital
Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW	All Saints’ Hospital
Venetian Road, London	Venetian Road Schools
Victoria Barracks, Windsor	Foot Guards Hospital
Vincent Square, SW	Empire Hospital
Walton-On-Thames	Golf View Military Hospital
Wandsworth Common, SW	Bolingbroke Hospital
Wandsworth, SW	3rd London General Hospital TF
West Byfleet	Blytheswood Auxiliary Hospital
West Smithfield, London, EC	St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Weybridge	Barham Lodge Auxiliary Hospital
Weybridge	Brackley Lodge Auxiliary Hospital
Weybridge	Brooklands Military Hospital
Weybridge	Caenshill Military Hospital
Weybridge	Erin Lodge Red Cross Hospital
Weybridge	Llandaff House
Weybridge	St. George’s Hill Hospital
Whinclose, Croham Manor Rd, Croydon	St. Dorothy’s Auxiliary Hospital
Whitechapel, London, E.	London Hospital
Whitehall, South Norwood Hill, London	Princess Christian’s Auxiliary Hospital
Willifield Way, Golders Green, NW	Garden Suburb Auxiliary Hospital
Wood Lane, London, W.	White City Camp
Woodstock Road, Golders Green, NW	Military Convalescent Home

London notes

2nd London General. Beds for 66 officers and 995 other ranks.
3rd London General. 806 officers and 224 other ranks.
4th London General. 300 officers and 1625 other ranks.
– Neurological section established by early 1915, acting as clearing hospital for these cases. Formerly the Maudsley Memorial Hospital at Denmark Hill. By June 18 known as Maudsley Neurological Clearing Hospital.
5th London General. At St Thomas’s Hospital. 94 officers and 568 other ranks.
King George Hospital. An emergency wartime facility created in Stamford Street, Waterloo, in what is now the Franklin-Wilkins building of King’s College London. Over 70000 military personnel were treated there between 1915 and 1919, including innovative plastic surgery cases.
Springfield War Hospital. Formerly the Middlesex County Asylum, Wandsworth.
– a detached block was also used as a neurological unit. From April 16 used for severe or protracted cases.
Charterhouse Military Hospital, London. A 226 bed specialist hospital for limbless men.
Paddington Military Hospital. A 300 bed specialist hospital for limbless men.
Queen Mary’s Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton. A 900 bed specialist hospital for limbless men.
National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen’s Square WC. An existing civilian neurological institution treating some military cases by November 1914. From April 1916 used for cases requiring special but not prolonged treatment.
The Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, Maida Vale, W. As Queen’s Square.
West End Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Welbeck St, London W. As Queen’s Square.
Special Neurological Hospital for Officers, 10 Palace Green, Kensington. Opened January 1915 for officers suffering from functional neurosis, traumatic neurasthenia and the milder psychoses. By June 1918 had extended into 11 Palace Green.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 234 Great Portland St, London W. A military unit treated cases from London District and Eastern Command from March 1915 onward.
Military Orthopaedic Hospital, Shepherds Bush. Opened March 1916. Responsibility passed to the Minister of Pensions in July 1919.
University College Hospital, London, included a 20-bed specialist military cardiac unit from late 1914.
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road,Hackney.
National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, Westmorland Street, London W, opened a military specialist military cardiac unit in late 1915.
Hampstead Military Hospital, Hillingdon , opened in March 1915 at what had been the Mount Vernon Hospital for Consumption. Grew to 232 beds and became a cardiac specilaist hospital. In December 1917 was converted to hospital for cases from the Royal Flying Corps and heart cases were sent to Sobroan Barracks Military Hospital in Colchester.
Rochester Row Military Hospital, London SW. A specialist venereal disease hospital for 301 men.
Tooting Grove Military Hospital, London SW. A specialist venereal disease hospital for 144 officers and 100 men.
Endell Street Military Hospital. Founded in 1915 by two former suffragettes, Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson and Dr Flora Murray, the hospital was staffed entirely by women.
Brook War Hospital, Woolwich. The former Brook General Hospital, turned over to military use in September 1915. Expanded to 1000 beds, it treated 414 officers and 30,0080 men before being returned to civil use on 5 November 1919.
The Michie Hospital, 184 Queen’s Gate, an auxiliary unit to Queen Alexandra’s on Millbank.

Berkshire

Taplow (15th Canadian General) Hospital, developed at Cliveden House.
Duke of Connaught’s Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow (same hospital?) Link

Cambridgeshire

1st Eastern General. A TF General Hospital in Cambridge. 151 officers and 1191 other ranks.
Cherry Hinton Hospital, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 802 men.
Barnwell Hospital, a specialist venereal disease hospital.

Cheshire

Brinnington Neurological Section, Stockport (see 2nd Western General Hospital, Lancashire).
Birtles Hospital, Chelford, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 50 officers. Opened December 1917.

Cumberland

Fusehill War Hospital, Carlisle.

Devonshire

4th Southern General. A TF General Hospital in Plymouth. 193 officers and 1029 other ranks.
– included a specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918
American Women’s War Relief Hospital, Paignton
Seale Haye Neurological Hospital, Newton Abbot. Specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918.
Eggbuckland Hospital, Devonport, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 30 officers and 180 men.
The Hon. Mrs Burns’ Hospital for Officers, Stoodley Knowle, Toquay.

Dorset

Blandford Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 204 beds.
Swanage Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 119 beds.
Wareham Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 45 beds.
Wool (Bovington) Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 288 beds.

Durham

Gateshead War Hospital. Formerly the Gateshead County Borough Asylum at Stannington.
– included a specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918.

Essex

Sobraon Barracks Military Hospital. One of the many barracks at Colchester, the main buildings at Sobraon were constructed in 1900. A cardiac hospital was opened when here Hampstead Military Hospital at Hillingdon (London) was turned over to the Royal Flying Corps. It grew to 672 beds before closing in August 1919.
– an associated convalescent hospital of 200 beds operated at Summerdown Camp near Eastbourne (Sussex) from October 1918.

Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Racecourse Red Cross Hospital. Arrival of a number of wounded Belgian soldiers was reported in the newspapers in November 1914, saying that this now filled the 103 beds provided at this hospital.

Hampshire

Cambridge Military Hospital. An existing pre-war military hospital at Aldershot.
– A Special Military Surgical Section for orthopaedic cases was also established here.
Tylney Hall annex to Cambridge Military Hospital had 45 beds for officers.
Colchester Military Hospital. An existing pre-war military hospital at Aldershot.
Royal Naval Hospital. An existing pre-war military hospital at Haslar (Gosport).
Royal Victoria Hospital. An existing pre-war military hospital at Netley.
– D Block was used as a specialist military mental hospital with capacity for 3 officers and 121 other ranks.
– Netley also had a 30 bed unit for limbless men domiciled in Hampshire.
– Neurological section also established by early 1915, acting as a clearing hospital for these cases.
– Special Military Surgical Section for orthopaedic cases was also established at Netley.
5th Southern General. A TF General Hospital in Portsmouth. 48 officers and 989 other ranks.
Haseley Down Camp (Winchester). A hospital established at an army base. 105 beds.
Magdalen Camp (Winchester). A hospital established at an army base. 252 beds.
Hilsea Camp. A hospital established at an army base.
– A specialist venereal disease hospital for 47 officers and 430 men was also established at Hilsea.
Connaught Hospital. A specialist venereal disease hospital for 300 men.
Park Prewett (4th Canadian General) Hospital, formerly the Hampshire 2nd County Asylum.
Bramshott (12th Canadian General) Hospital, developed at Bramshott Camp.

Hertfordshire

Gadebridge Hospital, Hemel Hempstead, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 800 men. A former artillery training camp, taken over in July 1917. Converted to a350 bed officers’ hospital after the war.
Shafford Camp included huts for a 106-bed specialist venereal disease unit.

Ireland

Belfast War Hospital. Formerly the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum at Belfast. 8 officers and 342 other ranks.
– used as a specialist mental hospital from July 1917.
Richmond War Hospital. Formerly the Richmond District Asylum at Richmond, Dublin.
– partly used for mental patients (32 ORs) from 16 June 1916 to December 1919.
Duke of Connaught’s Auxiliary Hospital (formerly located in Princess Patricia Hospital, Bray), Bray, Wicklow. A limbless unit for 50 men from all of Ireland except Ulster.
Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital, Belfast. A limbless unit for 50 men from Ulster.
King George V Hospital, Dublin. A specialist neurological unit for cases identified in other hospitals in Ireland (rather than having been processed through the clearing system).
Portobello Military Hospital, Dublin. A 187-bed specialist venereal disease hospital opened in May 1916.
Holywood Military Convalescent Hospital, Belfast. Under orders of Irish Command, for men whose homes were in Ireland or who belonged to Irish regiments from any command.
Central Military Hospital, Victoria Barracks, Cork.

Kent

Orchard Hospital, Dartford. A military convalescent hospital. Under orders of London Command, opened on 24 May 1915. An infectious diseases hospital taken over from the Metropolitan Asylum Board.
Yarrow Military Hospital, Broadstairs
Nethercroft VAD Hospital, Ramsgate
Grange Hospital, Deal

Lancashire

1st Western General. A TF General Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool. 153 officers and 4204 other ranks.
– Netherfield Road 7-bed specialist cardiac section opened August 1918.ds. Closing in May 1919, the unit transferred to Toxteth Park Military Hospital, then in August moved again to Queen Mary’s Hospital, Whalley.
2nd Western General. A TF General Hospital in Manchester. Aapparently based at Whitworth Street in the city,but also located at more than 20 other sites in Manchester and Stockport, most being school buildings. A total bed capacity or more than 16000.
– included a specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918 at Brinnington, Stockport.
Lord Derby War Hospital. Formerly the Lancashire County Asylum at Winwick. 3313 other ranks.
– partly used for mental patients (1000 beds) from June 1916.
Toxteth Park Military Hospital.
Red Cross Military Hospital, Moss Side. Formerly the Moss Side State Institution at Maghull.
– included a specialist neurological unit. First case admitted 21 December 1914. Initially 300 beds, later 500 and a section of 35 beds for officers at Quarry Brook House nearby. From April 1916 used for severe or protracted cases only.
Queen Mary’s Military Hospital. Formerly the Whalley Asylum at Whalley.
Whittingham Military Hospital. Formerly the Lancashire County Asylum at Whittingham near Preston.
Alder Hey Hospital Orthopaedic Hospital. A military unit treated cases not sent to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (London) from March 1915 onward.
– in addition a special 200 bedunit for limbless men domiciled in Cheshire and Lancashire, excluding Manchester, was established at Alder Hey. An additional 100 bed limbless section was at Blackmore.
Lancaster House Auxiliary Hospital (affiliated to 2nd Western General Hospital), Manchester. 150 beds for limbless men domiciled in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Manchester.
King’s Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital, Blackpool, specialist neurological section for officers, operating by June 1918.
A neurological section of Nell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury, opened in 1918.
New Bridge Street Hospital, Manchester, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 530 men. An old workhouse and boys school taken over some time in 1916.
Spike Island Hospital, Widnes, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 50 officers and 450 men.
King’s Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital, Clifton Park, Blackpool. Under orders of Western Command, for men whose homes were in Lancashire or who belonged to Lancashire regiments from any command.

Leicestershire

5th Northern General. A TF General Hospital in Leicester. 111 officers and 2487 other ranks.

Lincolnshire

4th Northern General. A TF General Hospital in Lincoln. 41 officers and 1126 other ranks.
Grantham Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 670 beds.

Middlesex

County of Middlesex War Hospital. Formerly the Middlesex County Asylum at Napsbury (near St Albans). Total of 1600 beds.
– included a specialist military mental hospital with capacity for 250 men. Opened September 1915, closed 1 August 1919.
Special Military Surgical Hospital (and Strand Extension), Edmonton, for orthopaedic cases.

Napsbury

Napsbury War Hospital

Norfolk

Norfolk War Hospital. Formerly the Norfolk County Asylum at Thorpe.
Fernhill Isolation Hospital, Norwich.
Thetford Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 120 beds.

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire War Hospital. Formerly the Northamptonshire County Asylum at Northampton.

Northumberland

1st Northern General. A TF General Hospital in Newcastle. 104 officers and 1420 other ranks.
Northumberland War Hospital. Formerly the Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Asylum at Gosforth.
Brighton Grove Hospital, Newcastle, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 48 officers and 552 men.
Alnwick Military Convalescent Hospital. For men from units in Northern and Scottish Commands, men whose homes were in Scotland or who belonged to Scottish regiments from any command.

Nottinghamshire

Notts County War Hospital. Formerly the Nottingham County Asylum at Radcliffe-on-Trent. 540 beds. Used for mental patients from 25 July 1918 to 30 August 1919.
Trent Bridge Military Hospital. This was the pavilion of the cricket ground, taken over for temporary military use.
West Bridgford Military Hospital. (This may be the same place as Trent Bridge Military Hospital).
Clipstone Camp near Mansfield. A hospital established at an army base. 356 beds.
Bagthorpe Infirmary, Hucknall Road, Nottingham.

Oxfordshire

3rd Southern General. A TF General Hospital in Oxford. 336 officers and 1210 other ranks.
Ashurst War Hospital, Littlemoor. Formerly the Oxford County Asylum.
– included a 580 bed specialist neurological section, opened in 1918

Ireland: full list

I believe that this is a complete list of hospitals used for military purposes in Ireland:

Armagh	County Infirmary
Athlone	Military Hospital
Ballincollig	Military Hospital
Ballymena	Waveney Hospital
Ballywalter	Red Cross Hospital
Bangor	Bangor Hospital
Belfast	Hilden Red Cross Convalescent Hospital
Belfast	Mater Infirmorum Hospital
Belfast	Military Hospital
Belfast	Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast	UVF Hospital
Belfast	UVF Limbless Hospital
Belfast	UVF Military Orthopaedic Hospital
Belfast	War Hospital
Bere Island	Military Hospital
Birr	Military Hospital
Blackrock	Linden Auxiliary Hospital
Blackrock	Military Orthopaedic Hospital
Blackrock	Temple Hill Hospital
Bray	Duke Of Connaught Hospital
Bray	Princess Patricia Red Cross Hospital
Buttevant	Military Hospital
Cahir	Military Hospital
Castleknock	Glenmaroon Auxiliary Hospital
Clonmel	Military Hospital
Cork	Central Military Hospital
Cork	Eye And Ear Hospital
Cork	Mercy Hospital
Cork	North Cork Infirmary
Cork	South Cork Infirmary
Cork	St. Ann’s Hill Hydro
Cork	Victoria Hospital
Curragh	Curragh Military Hospital
Cushendall	Cottage Hospital
Downpatrick	County Infirmary
Drogheda	Cottage Hospital
Dublin	Adelaide Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Dr. Steven’s Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Drumcondra Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital
Dublin	Fitzwilliam Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Irish Counties War Hospital
Dublin	Jervis Street Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	King George V Hospital
Dublin	Mater Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Meath Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Mercer’s Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Mountjoy Square Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	National Children’s Hospital
Dublin	Portobello Military Hospital
Dublin	Red Cross Hospital
Dublin	Richmond Children’s Hospital
Dublin	Richmond War Hospital
Dublin	Royal City Of Dublin Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Royal Military Infirmary
Dublin	Royal Victoria Eye And Ear Auxiliary Hospital
Dublin	Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital
Dublin	St. Vincent’s Auxiliary Hospital
Enniskillen	County Infirmary
Fermoy	Military Hospital
Galway	Military Hospital
Gilford	Bannvale UVF Hospital
Gilford	Dumbarton House Hospital
Holywood	Holywood Military Convalescent Hospital
Holywood	Military Hospital
Kells	Balrathbury House Hospital
Kildare	Military Hospital
Kilkenny	Lady Desart’s War Hospital
Kilkenny	Military Hospital
Kingstown	Corrig Castle Hospital
Kingstown	St. Michael’s Auxiliary Hospital
Kinsale	Military Hospital
Limerick	Military Hospital
Lisburn	County Infirmary
Londonderry	County Infirmary
Londonderry	Londonderry Military Hospital
Longford	Military Hospital
Lucan	The Hermitage Hospital
Monkstown House	Monkstown House Auxiliary Hospital
Mullingar	Bloomfield Auxiliary Hospital
Mullingar	Military Hospital
Naas	Military Hospital
Newbridge	Military Hospital
Newry	Newry General Hospital
Newtownards	Mountstewart House Red Cross Hospital
Omagh	County Infirmary
Queenstown	Military Hospital
Randalstown	Military Convalescent Hospital
Rathfarnham	Fetherstonhaugh Auxiliary Hospital
Stillorgan	Auxiliary Hospital
Strabane	Red Cross Hospital
Templemore	Military Hospital
Tipperary	Military Hospital
Tralee	Military Hospital
Waterford	Military Hospital
Whitehead	Railway Hospital
Whitehead	Red Cross Convalescent Hospital

Scotland: full list

I believe that this is a complete list of hospitals used for military purposes in Scotland:

Aberdalgie	Aberdalgie Auxiliary Hospital
Aberdeen	1st Scottish General Hospital TF
Aberdeen	Aberdeen Military Hospital
Aberdeen	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen	Morningfield Hospital
Aberdeen	Fae-me-well Auxiliary Hospital
Aberdircher	Rose Innes Auxiliary Hospital
Aberfeldy	Aberfeldy Auxiliary Hospital
Aberlour	Fleming Hospital
Aberlour	Orphanage Hospital
Aboyne	Aboyne Castle Auxiliary Hospital
Alford	Breda House Auxiliary Hospital
Annan	Kinmount Auxiliary Hospital
Arbroath	Alexandra Palace Auxiliary Hospital
Arbroath	Arbroath Infirmary
Ardrossan	Ardrossan Auxiliary Hospital
Auchterader	Cloan Auxiliary Hospital
Ayr	Carrick House Auxiliary Hospital
Ayr	Ayr County Hospital
Ayr	Ayr Military Hospital
Balgavies	Lawson Sanatorium
Ballantrae	Laggan Auxiliary Hospital
Ballater	Victoria Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Banavie	Officers Auxiliary Hospital
Banff	Chalmers Auxiliary Hospital
Bangour	Edinburgh War Hospital
Bearsden	Shaw Home Hospital
Berwick on Tweed	Berwick Military Hospital
Bishopbriggs	Cawder House Auxiliary Hospital
Blair Atholl	Blair Castle Auxiliary Hospital
Blairgowrie	Buchanan House Auxiliary Hospital
Boness	Carriden Auxiliary Hospital
Bothwell	Hillpark Auxiliary Hospital
Brechin	Brechin Infirmary
Bridge of Allan	Hyndwood Auxiliary Hospital
Broughty Ferry	The Lodge Auxiliary Hospital
Buckie	Portessie Auxiliary Hospital
Callander	Inverleny Auxiliary Hospital
Cambuslang	Auxiliary Hospital
Cambuslang	War Hospital
Carnoustie	Auxiliary Hospital
Castle Douglas	Auxiliary Hospital
Castle Kennedy	Lochinch Auxiliary Hospital
Coatbridge	Drumpelier Auxiliary Hospital
Coldingham	Manderstone Auxiliary Hospital
Coldstream	Lennel Auxiliary Hospital
Coldstream	Eccles Auxiliary Hospital
Cramond	Cramond House Auxiliary Hospital
Crieff	Ochtertyre Auxiliary Hospital
Crieff	Ruberslaw Auxiliary Hospital
Cromarty	Cromarty Military Hospital
Cullen	Hall Red Cross Hospital
Cupar	Ceres Auxiliary Hospital
Cupar	Edenfield Auxiliary Hospital
Dalguise	Dalguise Auxiliary Hospital
Dalmellington	Calmarg Reception Hospital
Denny	Denny Auxiliary Hospital
Dess	Dess House Auxiliary Hospital
Dess	Parkhill House Auxiliary Hospital
Dingwall	Seaforth Auxiliary Hospital
Douglas	Douglas Auxiliary Hospital
Dufftown	Mount Stephen Auxiliary Hospital
Dumfries	Broomlands Auxiliary Hospital
Dumfries	Dunbar Terrace Auxiliary Hospital
Dumfries	Maxwelltown Auxiliary Hospital
Dunbar	Battery Auxiliary Hospital
Dunbar	Dunbar Military Hospital
Dunbarton	Dunbarton Military Hospital
Dunblane	Keir House Auxiliary Hospital
Dundee	Dundee War Hospital
Dundee	Caird Rest Hospital
Dundee	Kings Cross Infectious Diseases Hospital
Dundee	Lochee School Hospital
Dundee	Dundee Royal Infirmary
Dunfermline	Dunfermline Auxiliary Hospital
Dunkeld	Dalpowie Auxiliary Hospital
Dunlop	Dunlop Auxiliary Hospital
Duns	Southfield Auxiliary Hospital [Book review]
Durris	Kirton Hall Auxiliary Red Cross Hospital
Edinburgh	2nd Scottish General Hospital TF
Edinburgh	Edinburgh Military Hospital
Edinburgh	Deaconess Hospital
Edinburgh	Magdala Hospital
Edinburgh	March Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Edinburgh	Mayfield Auxiliary Hospital
Edinburgh	Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh	Royal Victoria Hospital
Edinburgh	8 Moray Place
Edinburgh	St. George’s Auxiliary Hospital
Edinburgh	St. Leonard’s Road Red Cross Hospital
Elgin	Gray’s Hospital
Elgin	Braemoriston Auxiliary Hospital
Elgin	Dalchroy Auxiliary Hospital
Elie	Craigforth Auxiliary Hospital
Erskine Bishopton	Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless
Falkirk	Arnothill Auxiliary Hospital
Falkirk	Falkirk Infirmary Auxiliary Hospital
Falkirk	Walside Auxiliary Hospital
Fochabers	Gordon Castle Hospital
Forfar	Briars Cottage Auxiliary Hospital
Forres	Leancoil Auxiliary Hospital
Forres	Forres Hall Red Cross Hospital
Fort Augustus	St. Benedict’s Abbey Auxiliary Hospital
Fort George	Fort George Military Hospital
Fraserburgh	Walker’s Auxiliary Hospital
Fyvie	Fyvie Club Auxiliary Hospital
Fyvie	Fyvie Cottage Hospital
Gailes	Gailes Military Hospital
Galashiels	Wilder House Auxiliary Hospital
Glamis	Glamis Castle Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow	Hillhead House Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow	Oakbank War Hospital
Glasgow	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow	Western Infirmary
Glasgow	Yorkhill War Hospital
Glasgow Bellahouston	Scottish National Red Cross Hospital
Glasgow Cathcart	Aitkenhead Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow Govan	Merryflats War Hospital
Glasgow Maryhill	Maryhill Military Hospital
Glasgow Maryhill	Garscube Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow Pollokshaws	Pollock House Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow Pollokshaws	Matheran Auxiliary Hospital
Glasgow Spingburn	Woodside Red Cross Hospital
Glasgow Stobhill	3rd Scottish General Hospital TF
Glasgow Stobhill	4th Scottish General Hospital TF
Glencorse	Glencorse Military Hospital
Greenock	Smithston War Hospital
Greenock	Lindores Reception Hospital
Gullane	The Gables Auxiliary Hospital
Hamilton	Hamilton Military Hospital
Hartwood	Hartwoodhill Auxiliary Hospital
Hawick	War Hospital
Hawick	Wells Auxililary Hospital
Helensburgh	Hermitage House Auxiliary Hospital
Huntly	Huntly Cottage Hospital
Huntly	Invermarkie Lodge Hospital
Inchkeith	Inchkeith Reception Hospital
Insch	Drumrossie Red Cross Hospital
Invergordon	Invergordon Reception Hospital
Inverkip	Ardgowan Auxiliary Hospital
Inverness	Inverness Military Hospital
Inverness	Hedgefield Auxiliary Hospital
Inverness	Leys Castle Auxiliary Hospital
Irvine	Bogside Auxiliary Hospital
Irvine	Irvine Auxiliary Hospital
Johnstone	Johnstone & District Auxiliary Hospital
Keith	Earlsmount Red Cross Hospital
Kelso	Newton Don Auxiliary Hospital
Kelso	Edenhall Hostel
Kennethmont	Leith Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Kilcreggan	Woodland Auxiliary Hospital
Kilmarnock	Dick Institute Auxiliary Hospital
Kilwinning	Montgrennan Auxiliary Hospital
Kinghorn	Kinghorn Auxiliary Hospital
Kirkcowan	Glendarroch Auxiliary Hospital
Kirkintilloch	Gartshore Auxiliary Hospital
Kirriemuir	St. Andrew’s Auxiliary Hospital
Lamlash	Arran Auxiliary Hospital
Lanark	Lady Hozier Home
Lanark	Lockhart Auxiliary Hospital
Lanark	St. Mary’s Auxiliary Hospital
Langholm	Langholm Auxiliary Hospital
Largs	Barra House Auxiliary Hospital
Lauder	Thirlestane Castle Hospital
Leith	Leith Hospital
Leith	War Hospital
Lennoxtown	Lennox Castle Auxiliary Hospital
Lesmahagow	Auchtyfardle Auxiliary Hospital
Leven	Braeside Auxiliary Hospital
Lockerbie	Castlemilk Auxiliary Hospital
Lockerbie	Dryfeholm Auxiliary Hospital
Lockerbie	Lockerbie Auxiliary Hospital
Meigle	Ruthven Auxiliary Hospital
Milnathort	Tillyrie Auxiliary Hospital
Milngavie	Craigmaddie Auxiliary Hospital
Moffat	Moffat Auxiliary Hospital
Monifieth	Monifieth Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Montrose	Montrose Infirmary
Montrose	Montrose Hall Auxiliary Hospital
Montrose	Montrose Hospital No.2
Montrose	Montrose Military Hospital
Motherwell	Dalziell Auxiliary Hospital
Muir Of Ord	Fairburn Auxiliary Hospital
Murthly	Murthly War Hospital
Murtle	Murtle House Auxiliary Hospital
Nairn	Ivybank Auxiliary Hospital
Neilston	Cowdenhall Auxiliary Hospital
Nitshill	Crookston War Hospital
North Berwick	Eddington Cottage Hospital
Novar	Novar House Auxiliary Hospital
Oban	Dungallon Auxiliary Hospital
Paisley	Dykebar War Hospital
Paisley	Barshaw Auxiliary Hospital
Paisley	Gallowhill Auxiliary Hospital
Paisley	Paisley War Hospital
Paisley	Ralston Auxiliary Hospital
Paisley	Royal Alexandra Infirmary
Peebles	Moreland Auxiliary Hospital
Peebles	Venlaw Auxiliary Hospital
Peebles	Peebles War Hospital
Perth	Perth War Hospital
Perth	Perth Military Hospital
Perth	Perth Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital
Perth	Rosebank Auxiliary Hospital
Perth	Perth Royal Infirmary
Peterhead	The Hall Red Cross Hospital
Pitlochry	Fonab Auxiliary Hospital
Queensferry	Fernbank Hospital North
Queensferry	Sealscraig Hospital North
Rosewell	Whitehill Auxiliary Hospital
Rothienorman	Kinbroon Auxiliary Hospital
Sanquhar	Eliock Auxiliary Hospital
Selkirk	Bowhill Auxiliary Hospital
Slateford	Craiglockhart War Hospital
Slateford	Kingsknowe Auxiliary Hospital
South Queensferry	Hopetoun Auxiliary Hospital
South Queensferry	Dalmeny Auxiliary Hospital
St. Andrews	Castlecliffe Auxiliary Hospital
Stirling	Stirling Military Hospital
Stirling	Stirling Royal Infirmary
Stirling	Southwood Auxiliary Hospital
Stonehaven	St. Leonard’s Auxiliary Hospital
Strachur	Letters Lodge Auxiliary Hospital
Strathpeffer	The Spa Hospital
Strathpeffer	Nicholson Red Cross Hospital
Tarves	Haddo House Auxiliary Hospital
Thornhill	Drumlanrig Auxiliary Hospital
Troon	Craigronach Auxiliary Hospital
Turnberry	Turnberry Reception Hospital
Turriff	Turriff Hall Red Cross Hospital
Wemyss	Wemyss Castle Auxiliary Hospital
West Linton	Lynehurst Auxiliary Hospital
Whitburn	Polkemmet Auxiliary Hospital
Whithorn	Physgill Auxiliary Hospital

Scotland: further notes

1st Scottish General. A TF General Hospital in Aberdeen. 62 officers and 1297 other ranks.
2nd Scottish General. A TF General Hospital in Craigleith, Edinburgh. 28 officers and 1129 other ranks.
3rd Scottish General. A TF General Hospital in Glasgow. 70 officers and 1629 other ranks.
4th Scottish General. A TF General Hospital in Stobill. 1334 other ranks.
Cromarty Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 226 beds.
Dykebar War Hospital. Formerly the Renfrew District Asylum at Paisley. 500 beds.
– used as a specialist mental hospital from February 1916.
Edinburgh War Hospital. Formerly the Edinburgh District Asylum at Bangour.
– A Special Military Surgical Section for orthopaedic cases was also established at Bangour.
Murthly War Hospital. Formerly the Perth District Asylum at Perth. 350 beds.
– used as a specialist mental hospital from 27 January 1917.
Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, Erskine House, Glasgow. 400 beds for men from the West of Scotland, Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland and Durham.
Edenhall East of Scotland Limbless Hospital, Musselburgh. 100 beds for men from East of Scotland.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh. A specialist neurological unit for cases identified in other hospitals in Scotland (rather than having been processed through the clearing system).
Craiglockhart War Hospital, Edinburgh. Specialist neurological section for officers, operating by June 1918.
Glen Lomond War Hospital, Fife. Specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918.
Dunblane War Hospital, Perthshire. As Glen Lomond.
Robroyston War Hospital, a specialist venereal disease hospital for 50 officers and 500 men.
Stobs Hospital. A specialist venereal disease hospital opened after the Armistice.
Stirling Detention Barracks had a small specialist venereal disease unit.
Merryflats War Hospital, Glasgow. 500 beds.
Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Cardonald, Glasgow.
Royal Alexandra Infirmary, Paisley.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Bellahouston Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow, huts for 700 patients.

Shropshire

Oswestry Camp. A hospital established at an army base.866 beds.
Prees Heath Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 609 beds.
Berrington War Hospital, Shrewsbury.
Lady Forester’s Hospital, Broseley.

Somerset

2nd Southern General. A TF General Hospital in Bristol. 200 officers and 1350 other ranks.
Beaufort War Hospital. Formerly Bristol County and City Asylum at Fishponds.
VAD Hospital, Chard. a 46 bed limbless unit for men domiciled in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase Camp (Rugeley and Penkridge). A hospital established at an army base. 594 beds.
Central Hospital, Lichfield.
Whittington Barracks, Lichfield. A specialist venereal disease hospital for 50 officers and 754 men was established in a hutted section of the barracks.
Stafford Detention Barracks had a small specialist venereal disease unit.

Suffolk

Ampton Hall, a private property taken over for use by the Red Cross on on 16 October 1914, it continued in this role until 31 January 1919. In all, 6568 sick or wounded soldiers were treated there, of whom 40 died.

Surrey

1st London General. A TF General Hospital in Camberwell. 88 officers and 852 other ranks.
Horton (County of London) War Hospital. Formerly the London County Asylum, Horton, Epsom.
Manor (County of London) War Hospital. Formerly the London County Asylum, Manor, Epsom.
South African Military Hospital, Richmond Park.
Ewell (County of London) War Hospital, Epsom. Formerly the The Ewell Colony.
– included a specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918.
Special Hospital for Officers, a mental hospital with 51 beds established by Lord Knutsford’s Red Cross Committee in a private house (“Latchmere”) at Ham Common in November 1915. By October 1919 it had treated circa 430 officers.
Addington Park War Hospital, Croydon, opened as a typhoid specialist at Addington Palace in early 1915. Initially 300 beds, it was expanded by addition of huts to 650. In July 15 it was decided to establish a Command Depot exclusively for enteric cases in a hutted camp of 1000 beds erected ‘in the vicinity of Addington Park’.
Shirley Enteric Depot, near Addington Park, opened in March 1917.
Warlingham Enteric Depot. Opened in 1916.
– a specialist venereal disease hospital with 750 beds was also opened here.
Woldingham Enteric Depot. As Warlingham.
Woking Detention Barracks had a small specialist venereal disease unit.
Woodcote Park Military Convalescent Hospital, Epsom. Under orders of Southen Command, opened 24 June 1915.

Hospital

Addington Palace War Hospital, Croydon

Sussex

2nd Eastern General. A TF General Hospital in Brighton. 98 officers and 1190 other ranks.
Graylingwell War Hospital. Formerly the West Sussex County Asylum at Chichester.
East Preston Military Hospital, Worthing. A specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918
Summerdown Camp Military Convalescent Hospital. Opened 8 April 1915.
– Associated with Sobraon Barracks Military Hospital at Colchester (Essex), a specilaist 200-bed cardiac unit operated from October 1918.
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.
Kitchener Indian General Hospital, Brighton (former workhouse in Elm Grove).
Royal Pavilion, Corn Exchange and Dome Indian Hospitals, Brighton.
Brighton Hove & Sussex VI Form College, Dyke Road, Brighton. 520 beds.
Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton.

Wales

3rd Western General. A TF General Hospital in Cardiff. 38 officers and 2626 other ranks.
Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital. Formerly the Cardiff City Asylum at Whitchurch. 61 officers and 839 other ranks.
– partly used for mental patients (14 officers and 416 ORs) from September 1917 to December 1919.
Kinmel Park Camp (Rhyl). A hospital established at an army base. 890 beds.
– a specialist venereal disease unit opened here after the Armistice
Prince of Wales Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers, Cardiff. 66 beds for men from Wales, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire.
Officers’ neurological hospital, Nannau, Dolgelly. Established by June 1918.
St John’s Auxiliary Hospital, Stebonheath, Llanelli

Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, otherwise a pre-existing civilian hospital, had a soldier’s ward.

Western Command

Location	Type	Unit	Beds (at 17 Jan 1919)
Liverpool	General Hospital (TF)	1st Western General	9500
Manchester	General Hospital (TF)	2nd Western General	5230
Cardiff	General Hospital (TF)	3rd Western General	7795
Ashton-under-Lyne	Military Hospital		25
Bangor (Wales)	Military Hospital		200
Barrow in Firness	Military Hospital		115
Bettisfield	Military Hospital		50
Birkenhead	Military Hospital		36
Brecon	Military Hospital		47
Bury	Military Hospital		30
Cardiff	Military Hospital		58
Chepstow	Military Hospital		200
Fleetwood	Military Hospital		35
Kirkham	Military Hospital		101
Lancaster	Military Hospital		26
Maghull	Military Hospital		500
Nell Lane Didsbury	Military Hospital	British	1280
Nell Lane Didsbury	Military Hospital	German	1724
Oswestry	Military Hospital		550
Pembroke Dock	Military Hospital		356
Prees Heath	Military Hospital		389
Preston	Military Hospital		314
Seaforth	Military Hospital		399
Shrewsbury	Military Hospital		57
Southport	Military Hospital		85
Warrington	Military Hospital		55
Whalley	Military Hospital	Queen Mary's	2101
Whittingham	Military Hospital		679
Wrexham	Military Hospital		30
Berrington	War Hospital		420
Chester	War Hospital		620
Fusehill	War Hospital		996
Warrington	War Hospital	Lord Derby	2327
Whitchurch	War Hospital		901
Alder Hey (Liverpool)	Orthopaedic Hospital		722
Eaton Hall (Chester)	Officers Hospital		250
Dawpool	Officers Hospital		60
Llangammarch Wells	Officers Hospital		40
Ashton-in-Makerfield	Convalescent Hospital		1053
Blackpool	Convalescent Hospital	Kings Lancashire	3458

Source: “The history of 19th Company RAMC during the war”, compiled by Major S.T. Beggs.

Wiltshire

Tidworth Military Hospital. An existing pre-war military hospital at the cavalry barracks at Tidworth.
Codford Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 100 beds.
Fargo Camp (Larkhill). A hospital established at an army base. 1037 beds.
Fovant Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 449 beds.
Sutton Veny Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 938 beds.
Bulford Camp. A hospital established at an army base.
– a specialist venereal disease hospital was established here. It was handed over to Australians (‘owing to large demand’) in November 1916 and known as 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital.
Chiseldon Camp. A hospital established at an army base.
– A specialist venereal disease hospital of 400 beds was created from about half of the existing hutted camp to make up for accommodation at Bulford being transferred to the Australians in late 1916. Beds for 100 more serious VD cases were also made available in Chiseldon Military Hospital. at that time.
Devizes Detention Barracks had a small specialist venereal disease unit.

Worcestershire

1st Southern General. A TF General Hospital in Selly Oak (Birmingham). 130 officers and 2357 other ranks.
– included Monyhull Hall, a specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918
2/1st Southern General. A TF General Hospital on Dudley Road (Birmingham).
– Uffculme Auxiliary Hospital, affiliated, was a 150 bed limbless unit for men domiciled in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire.
1st Birmingham War Hospital. Formerly the Birmingham City Asylum at Rubery Hill.
2nd Birmingham War Hospital. Formerly the Birmingham City Asylum at Hollymoor.

Yorkshire

2nd Northern General. A TF General Hospital in Leeds. 60 officers and 2039 other ranks.
– included a 126 bed unit for limbless men domiciled in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
3rd Northern General. A TF General Hospital in Sheffield. 57 officers and 1360 other ranks.
East Leeds War Hospital. Formerly the Leeds Union Infirmary.
– incorporated the 572-bed Killingbeck Military Hospital.
Wharncliffe War Hospital. Formerly the West Riding of Yorkshire Asylum at Wadsley in Sheffield.
Catterick Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 750 beds.
Ripon Camp. A hospital established at an army base. 670 beds.
Paull Point Military Hospital, Hull.
Abram Peel Hospital, Bradford. Specialist neurological section for other ranks, operating by June 1918.
Oulton Hall Hospital for Officers, Leeds. 71 bed specialist neurological section, opened in 1918.
Leeds General Hospital. A specialist 50-bed military cardiac unit operated from November 18 From August 1919 it was affiliated with the Special Military Surgical Hospital, Leeds. An associated convalescent unit opened at Killingbeck Military Hospital.
Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate.
Grand Duchess George of Russia’s Hospital, Harrogate.
St Luke’s War Hospital, Halifax.
Ranmore Military Hospital, Sheffield.

Who operated and manned these hospitals?

These military hospitals were manned and operated by the Royal Army Medical Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, supplemented by voluntary workers from a number of organisations including the Voluntary Aid Detachments, Red Cross, St John’s Ambulance and YMCA.

Links

The casualty evacuation chain

Transfers to Military Convalescent Hospitals

The Royal Army Medical Corps