WW1 Hospital/Rehabilitation Centre

[SmallTownGirl]

I have this photo of a group of men in "hospital blues", nurses etc posted in front of the entrance to an ivy-clad building.  Would anyone know how to identify which hospital/rehab unit this was, please?  Or point me in the direction of someone/somewhere that could help?

Many thanks
STG

[Viktoria]

Many large private houses were fitted out as hospitals in WW1 ,and also as recuperation
hospitals.
The owners of the houses did get them back later .
 Nothing much to go on but try Googling something like “ list ofhouses used as hospitals in WW1 “
Hope you have some luck
Viktoria.

[SmallTownGirl]

Still no clues as to where it is, but I am going to keep on looking.

Thanks
STG

[arthurk]

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

[KN]

Nothing via a reverse image search.

Do you know any of the staff?  If so, you could look them up on the Red Cross website - their record cards would give you the name of the hospital.

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/

Good luck!

KN

[SmallTownGirl]

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

Thanks, but no luck so far 

[SmallTownGirl]

Nothing via a reverse image search.

Do you know any of the staff?  If so, you could look them up on the Red Cross website - their record cards would give you the name of the hospital.

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/

Good luck!

KN

I only have the name of one of the soldiers, but as his WW1 records haven't survived, I'm stumped finding out more about where/when he was hospitalised. 

[arthurk]

I got the impression that some VAD hospitals specialised in a particular kind of injury - do you know anything about his? Some also seemed to be specifically for eg Australian or NZ soldiers, so I wonder if members of UK regiments might have gone to particular hospitals. Do you know his regiment?

Another thought - if he was permanently unfit for service, are there any clues in his Silver War Badge or pension records?

[SmallTownGirl]

I got the impression that some VAD hospitals specialised in a particular kind of injury - do you know anything about his? Some also seemed to be specifically for eg Australian or NZ soldiers, so I wonder if members of UK regiments might have gone to particular hospitals. Do you know his regiment?

Another thought - if he was permanently unfit for service, are there any clues in his Silver War Badge or pension records?

I research the Leicestershire Regiment and have seen hospital records for all sorts of UK places, from Hampshire to Aberdeen , and from Cardiff to Cambridge and lots of places in-between.  This man's family only know he was injured because there are photos of him in "hospital blues". I would just like to help them by identifying the hospital. His SWB listing is unhelpful, I'm afraid 😟