Cleve Hill VA hospital Downend |
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| Not to be confused with Cleeve Hill just outside Cheltenham, Cleve Hill was a large private house near Fishponds to the east of Bristol, built in the early 1700s. It has since been demolished. | Gloucestershire Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1919 |
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CLEVE HILL V.A. HOSPITAL GLOS. 74. 22. 98. final report from The Red Cross in Gloucestershire 1914-19 |
Date of opening—October 27th 1914 No. of beds Admissions since opening to February 28th 1919 Deaths
Average number of days each patient was resident |
100 1343 2 1915 66 |
1916 60 |
1917 59 |
1918 61 |
OFFICERS Commandant: Mrs Cave, O.B.E. Assistant Commandant: Mrs Tanner Medical Officers: Dr F. W. Crossman, Dr M. Barber Lady Superintendent: Miss Clarke Quartermaster: Mr C. H. Cave Lent for the period of the War by Sir Charles Cave. |
NOTE BY THE COMMANDANT Cleve Hill made an ideal place for a Hospital, standing high in its own grounds, and the house, though an old one and as described by an inspecting General "with tricky stairs", adapted itself well for use as a hospital. Being near Bristol, the men did not find it dull, and were able to go easily to the various entertainments organised by the Inquiry Bureau, and a weekly visit to the Hippodrome by those patients who were well enough was much appreciated. The men looked upon the hospital as a second home. The staff worked well and harmoniously together, and during the 4 and a half years the hospital was open very few changes took place. |
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A ward at Cleve Hill VA hospital, photographed in 1915. |
