Military Hospital Tipperary

[dickydoremouse]

Sue,
Thanks very much indeed for that information. I did see a number of pages of my grandad's serrvice record but when it came to his discharge pages, they had mixed him up with another soldier of the same surname and the same initial whose regiment was in Yorkshire. As I'd paid to view this, I wasn't too chuffed! I'm new to all this (unfortunately) but I'm going to write to the appropriate department to see if they can rectify this and let me have a copy of the missing pages. I can but hope!
Your research looks fascinating. Thank you for the leads.
All the best - and Season's Greetings!

There was indeed a 'Tipperary Military Hospital' which was a 100-bedded unit for other ranks.  There are virtually no surviving records for military hospitals, administrative, or for patients.  Some admission and discharge records survive for a few military units and for hospitals which were civil hospitals pre-war and carried on in that capacity post-war.  For the vast majority of soldiers, the only record of medical care will be included in their service record if that survives.  For the exceptions to the rule I have some brief notes on soldiers' medical records here:

http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/125.html

and all hospitals in Irish Command here (and other places on other pages)

http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/169.html

Sue

[NNR]

The gentleman with bandaged head could possibly be Martin as there are facial similarities, but the quality of the photo makes it hard to tell for sure. The bandage going over his eye is a little odd as I don't believe he'd received any eye damage when he received his injury (from a sandbag being blown into the side of his head IIRC).

Regards,