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| Long since disappeared under a housing estate, this hospital was set up at Mitton Manor and Farm on the edge of Tewkesbury. | Gloucestershire Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1919 |
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TEWKESBURY V.A. HOSPITAL GLOS. 12 final report from The Red Cross in Gloucestershire 1914-19 |
Date of opening—November 13th 1914 No. of beds Admissions since opening to Jan 2nd 1919 Deaths
Average number of days each patient was resident |
70 1188 3 1915 40 |
1916 39 |
1917 37 |
1918 44 |
OFFICERS Commandant: Mrs Devereaux, M.B.E. Medical Officers: Dr W. L. Liston, Dr M. Elder Lady Superintendent: Miss Hutton Quartermaster: Miss J. Steward Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr S. Yarnall |
This hospital opened on November 13th 1914, with 35 beds in the Watson Memorial Hall, and 15 beds in the Rural Hospital. The accommodation in the hall was rather limited even for this number and admitted of no expansion. We were therefore very grateful when Lord Coventry offered to lend us Mitton Farm, a charming house in a beautiful situation, where the hospital was transferred in May 1915. The accommodation was extended first to a total of 60 and later to 70 beds, including those at the Rural Hospital, which were generously put at our disposal during the whole period of the War.
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A ward at Tewkesbury V.A. hospital, 1915 |
| Gloucestershire Red Cross Hospitals 1914-1919 |
