WW1 Hospital/Rehabilitation Centre

[arthurk]

OK. Long shot now: did he happen to marry soon after the war, and if so, was his wife from somewhere totally unexpected - in other words, someone he might have met while recuperating?

Otherwise, I think I'm out of ideas. It's a pity we can't see more of the house, as the photo doesn't show anything very distinctive.

[SmallTownGirl]

Someone has suggested that this might be the place.  What do you think?

[youngtug]

Look's like it.
https://www.hobyanddistricthistory.co.uk/wicklow-lodge/

[SmallTownGirl]

The man (the one identified) lived in the Melton Mowbray area and the family has a photo of him in his hospital blues with other relatives taken in the back yard of their house, so I was thinking that he wouldn't have been recouperating too far away.

So, I think this is a winner 

[arthurk]

Whoever suggested it may possibly be a genius - what can be seen of the subtle decorative bits of brickwork on our photo looks to be a pretty good match.

More about it here:

https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=15100

There's also a book - "A Moment in Time" - as well as this link, there were some expired listings on eBay:

https://www.reprintuk.com/books/a_moment_in_time

[ALAMO2008]

Great Research to possible match.
By Coincidence just before Christmas I was asked to Research a Soldier Biography in WW1
I found his Marriage pre WW1
Then found his Brown Medal Index Card showing he was Discharged in 1916 with a Disability Pension Award and Silver War Badge
The Fold 3 Disability Pension gave me his Home Address to where he lived and Pension paid to.
With Free 1921 Census in the Library where I live  - I searched for his Home address in Liverpool
I discovered he was not listed on 19 June 1921 at Home in Liverpool only his Wife and Kids
So I searched the Census for Him
And found him as " Patient"
Looking into the front page on that Census
He was in a Military Convalescent Hospital in Blackpool some 5 years after his Discharge here"-

https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=18084

[shanreagh]

I've been revisiting one of the longstanding mystery houses on the photo recognition board - yes, the notorious Where Am I No.12. I've long wondered if it might be some kind of convalescent home, so this led me to a variety of houses, town halls etc which had been used in this way during WW1, which in turn reminded me of this thread.

Anyway, doing an image search for "auxiliary hospital" or "VAD hospital" brought up dozens of pictures, and you might be lucky and spot one that matches the one here. There's an overview of these hospitals on the Red Cross website - apparently there were over 3000 of them! So it might be a long search....

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/medical-care-during-ww1/auxiliary-hospitals-during-the-first-world-war

Arthuk, Isn't that funny I have been thinking of that WAI 12 over the last couple of days to the extent that I thought I would get out my Uncle's records to see if I could find the name/s of the places he recuperated.  He was a NZer who ran away to Australia in 1915 to join the AIF having been told he was too young at 15 to join in NZ.  He put his age up to 18 in Australia.  Wounded twice and killed in April 1918. 

[arthurk]

I've been revisiting one of the longstanding mystery houses on the photo recognition board - yes, the notorious Where Am I No.12....

Arthuk, Isn't that funny I have been thinking of that WAI 12 over the last couple of days....

I suspect we're not alone - just the only ones daft enough to admit it 

I've a feeling someone mentioned WAI 12 a few days ago in another thread - it might even have been you - so that probably fed into my searches: WAI 234 (recent posts) > country houses, surviving and demolished > saw pics of VAD hospitals > what about this one here > ah yes, WAI 12: could that have been one too?

Do you think if we can plant the thought in enough people's subconscious, we might eventually get a result?