The Stationary Hospital was a unit of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
The following information is from “War Establishments of the New Armies”, a War Office publication of 1915. It relates to hospital equipped with 400 beds.
Establishment
- 1 Lieutenant-Colonel in charge
- 2 Majors
- 9 Captains, Lieutenants or Second-Lieutenants (who may be replaced by civil surgeons specially engaged)
- 1 Quartermaster (officers)
- 1 Warrant Officer (employed as ward master)
- 12 Sergeants (employed 4 on nursing duties, 1 steward, 1 dispenser (who may be specially enlisted), 1 cook, 1 pack storekeeper, 1 clerk, and 3 on general duties)
- 1 Bugler
- 7 Corporals (employed as 1 dispenser (who may be specially enlisted), 1 cook, 1 clerk and pay administrator, 4 on general duties)
- 98 Privates (employed 1 stewards stores, 3 cooks (of which, 1 for female nursing staff), 1 on pack stores, 1 clerk, 60 on ward duties (36 on nursing section and 24 on general duty section), 2 washermen, 16 batmen (of which, 3 for female nursing staff), 14 on general duties)
Note: of the total rank and file, 1 would be trained in use of carpentry tools, 1 would be attendant in skiagraphy and electrotherapy, 1 would be operating room attendant. Up to 20 could be specially enlisted men.
Plus, of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service:
- 1 Matron
- 10 Sisters
- 16 Staff Nurses
Plus, attached:
- 3 Chaplains (1 each Church of England, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic if the hospital was isolated from others; there was always be 1 Church of England Chaplain for a Stationary Hospital, but not more than 1 each Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Chaplains would be allotted to a group of three General and Stationary Hospitals if they were located within a short distance.)
- 3 batmen for Chaplains