Badminton VA hospital |
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| Opened in 1914 at Portcullis House, next door to Badminton GWR Station. The house was part of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, in the village made famous by its annual horse trials. The photo dates from around 1915. | Gloucestershire Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1919 |
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BADMINTON V.A. HOSPITAL GLOS. 4 final report from The Red Cross in Gloucestershire 1914-19 |
Date of opening—November 9th 1914 No. of beds Admissions since opening to Dec 28th 1918 Deaths
Average number of days each patient was resident |
37 510 0 1915 42 |
1916 64 |
1917 62 |
1918 55 |
OFFICERS Commandant: Mrs Gordon Medical Officer: Dr J. S. Mellish Lady Superintendent: Miss Green Quartermaster: Mrs C. Kidd Hon. Treasurer: R. H. Chichester Secretary: Miss A. L. Cole |
This hospital, lent by the Duke of Beaufort, opened with 35 beds under Mrs H. Butler. On her death in May 1917, Mrs Gordon became Commandant, and continued to the end. In May 1917 the small hospital at Hawkesbury (12 beds), which had done such excellent work as an annexe to Horton Auxiliary Hospital, was transferred on the closing of Horton to Badminton; owing to the illness of its Commandant, Mrs W. Harford, Hawkesbury finally closed in September 1917. The Badminton Hospital was used from August 10th 1915 to December 15th 1915 as an annexe to Roehampton, limbless patients being admitted while awaiting the time for admission to Roehampton.
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