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Title: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Tuesday 02 September 14 20:12 BST (UK)

I have a great uncle who died in this hospital in 1915 and wondered if there would be hospital records kept anywhere?

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Loogie14 on Wednesday 18 February 15 23:55 GMT (UK)

did you try the military archives website??  heres a pic of the hospital it burned down on 12 august 1922

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: km1971 on Thursday 19 February 15 09:13 GMT (UK)

Medical records were kept with the soldier's service record. So it is Ancestry for 1915. Few separate hospital records have survived. The local town/county record office will know. You should also enquire about Coroner records, as there may have been an inquest.

As a 'home' death you can always apply for a death certificate. If he had died on or near a battlefield the death certificate would have been a waste of money; as they just record 'Killed in Action' etc.

Ken

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Friday 20 February 15 18:28 GMT (UK)

Thanks folks, I managed to get hold of his death certificate but didn't think that there might be a coroners report somewhere. That is something I can follow up.

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: km1971 on Saturday 21 February 15 12:48 GMT (UK)

The death certificate will be issued by the Coroner if there was an inquest. So it was only another avenue to research. So I would not spend too much time on it.

Ken

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Saturday 21 February 15 16:37 GMT (UK)

Thanks Ken

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Sinann on Sunday 22 February 15 00:45 GMT (UK)

There is a Military Cemetery in Fermoy, with WWI graves and a memorial to those buried in the cemetary.
 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cork/photos/tombstones/cork-fermoy-military/

Title: Re: Fermoy Military Hospital
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Tuesday 24 February 15 20:30 GMT (UK)

He's on that Sinann, William Bradley, died exactly 100 years ago this month