PDF Royal Victoria Military Hospital A Short History - Hampshire James had one daughter, Barbara and then his son, David, who was born in Southampton in 1946. He received 7 injuries with one bullet in the arm and across his chest. Major E Richardson, History of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley The building stands at the north-east corner of the almost rectangular site, with lawns extending to the west and south-west and a car park to the north-west. A granite seating area occupies the south-west end of the path adjacent to the Water, being the remains of the point where formerly the pier at which patients were unloaded met dry land. The Army authorities never knew exactly what was in the box. He died at Netley Hospital on 07/10/1940, age 33. A lodge (now gone) formerly stood in its own garden halfway along the cemetery spur drive on the south side, c 500m east-south-east of the chapel, at the point where a footpath enters the site. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland, A Roman Wall in a Car Park and a Pottery Kiln in Kensington, https://www.netley-military-cemetery.co.uk/passing-through-convalescents/salmon-george-enos/george-enos-salmon-page-2/, Samaritans, Physicians, Cutlers, the YMCA and Freemasons, Wells, Somerset A Cathedral, Water and Swans, Paternoster Square Destruction and Development, Hook New Town A London County Council Plan, Shenfield Street, Hoxton at the Coronation, Lincolns Inn Fields and the Rye House Plot, Temple Bar A Historic Boundary to the City. She was further awarded the Defence Medal. This list entry identifies a Park and/or Garden which is registered because of its special historic interest. Her early training was done in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. - I don't know who wrote the above poem. The following map extract from 1907 shows the size of the hospital, the railway line dedicated to the hospital coming in from the top of the map, the Lunatic Hospital to the right and the Hospital Cemetery. The wing, 60 x 40 yards, was badly damaged. In her Will, published on Friday, He was badly injured in the chest during the Battle of Crete. Credit:Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley - Hektoen International "She treated us like her own sons. Doreen, from Abertillery, is the daughter of Mr + Mrs G Brown of 43 Portland Street. Psychiatric Nurse on "D" Block was responsible for looking after Hess whilst he was at Netley. Her husband was a member of the psychiatric team headed up by Dr Henry Victor Dicks. It remained in the family until 1888 when it was sold to William Laverton. Research done by current resident at Highfield House, Aircraftsman Derek Randle, 19, who was charged with absenting himself on January 28. while at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, was remanded in custody to await an escort. Historic England holds an extensive range of publications and historic collections in its public archive covering the historic environment. He was awarded the MBE for "meritorious conduct in the Home Guard whilst in an 'invalid chair'". 98 Nurse Corp Officers + 575 enlisted men on lockdown. Queen Victoria put articles in the box before she laid the foundation stone of the military hospital on a sunny May afternoon in 1856. Thank you Jeff snr. They were married at Netley and their daughter Penelope was born before the, In August 1952, the family returned to visit Thelma's family in London and Peterborough. I believe the army left in 1978 when the services developed the tri service medical model by that time I was a nursing officer at the Naval Hospital Haslar working on the psychiatric unit . He is 34 years. My first three months were spent on a medical ward. lifetime of Netley Hospital, the dearth of news about its ultimate fate is surprising. of the family should go to the hospital. to have 8 teeth removed and my "antrims" were painfully washed out. On his way back from getting food, he had been spotted. She was buried in Netley Military Cemetery on 27/08/1945, Grave Ref CE2215. Flanigan had served in various parts of the world. Shared Hospital Stories. Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley Netley Hospital Information photographs and history about Netley Royal Victoria Military Hospital the Cemetery and Country Park : After the Crimean war Queen Victoria ordered a military hospital to be built in the UK. He lost his pension rights but received a gratuity. The size of the hospital can be clearly seen from the air. Shared Hospital Stories have been supplied by the families specifically to me to display on my website. they removed the congestion behind his eye! Winchester Records Office Online Catalogue, donated by his son, Eric Sylvester of Brixham, Devon in 1997, Korean War Injured treated at Netley Hospital, Lt Anne Skinner and other QAs congregate at Netley Hospital awaiting their departure date, Below - best I could get, sorry - trust the Daily Mirror to put a byline in the. In 1913, he went to Dublin and then returned to Fiji in time to take up arms again when war broke out. RM2R4DHC0 - Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 1856. I am trying to confirm if my grandfather Charles Alfred Peckham was working there as a driver in 1919. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley was not only England's biggest building, but also its "largest palace of pain", according to a 1900 report. been agreed by the Admiralty following High Court writs taken out by Mr Mars in May. On 30 June 1942, at the tender age of 18, he was drafted into the US Army in the middle of WW2. Hoping you can help me please? The patients were mainly from the British Expeditionary Force which had been in France for some months. Royal Victoria Hospital | The Canadian Encyclopedia The most recent major conflict being the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. Northampton Chronicle + Echo 16/12/1950. Lisa J. Pruitt. In her Will, Mr Sessions is described as "My faithful servant". An area of playing fields largely enclosed by a line of trees divides the main entrance from the former site of the hospital building. Before sharing any of it, please check with me by clicking on Royal Victoria Military Hospital Photos and Premium High Res Pictures Royal Victoria County Park the Story of a Great Military Hospital and Royal Victoria Country Park, guidebook, (Hampshire County Council nd, 1990s) There was a fireplace at either end. Another Excerpt from US Navy Medical Department at War Volume 2 on Netley Hospital: 22 - "Neuropsychiatric cases are not included among the war casualties"; 23 - "Statistics relating to admissions subsequent to 1 June" - see below for further details.]. The Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley was built during the Victorian era. He was admitted into hospital in Germany suffering with polyneuritis in 1940. He had another brother called Tom and a sister Joan. Giorgina Barbara Piccoli and Gilberto Richiero. Thanks for yet another excellent piece of British history. It was organised by QM Sergeant McDermott with Sergeant-Major Finlayson as the MC. The pleasure grounds include the formal terraced lawns to the south-west of the chapel and site of the former main building, the grounds of the officers mess, and the grounds of the former lunatic asylum.South-west of the chapel lies a lawn which runs north-west to south-east along the entire length of the former front of the hospital. She was the first ATS girl to be killed during the war and the second employee of. She was buried, aged 18, at Netley Military Cemetery on 20/04/1942, Grave Ref 2210. Sessions first met her in 1940 when, as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery, he was a patient at the hospital. Build up of military equipment and troops as Suez Crisis beckons. The Port of Southampton would have been the arrival place for the majority of patients heading to the hospital. Thanks for this. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. The School was located at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley until 1941 when it relocated to Sherford Camps, Taunton. He was buried in Netley Military Cemetery on 10/02/1940, Grave Ref 2194. Feeling hungry, he decided to go into Netley Village so had broken out of the barracks, on 17/04/1952 as a defaulter. I shared a room with nine other VADs. If i can help you with any copies of the photos i have of Netley Hospital/Married Quarters? During its time at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital -8 months and 11 days - the US Navy treated over 9000 patients, between 30 - 35% of whom received penicillin and worked its way through the following -, 389,500 cubic cms of intravenous solutions, Source SNAG 56, a book by Henry W Hudson, MC - V (S) USNR. He was born on 17 September 1923 in Irvine, Estill Kentucky. To the north-east of the axial corridor/ward wing were service courts and buildings.The officers mess (c 1860, listed grade II) stands 350m north-north-west of the chapel; this was converted into flats c 1990. Ceremony at the Royal Victoria Hospital: '.the commanding Engineer presented to her Majesty [Queen Victoria] the plans of the building. View the Official List Entry tab for a location map. ", Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service is to change its title to, Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps, This was announced in the House of Commons recently when the Secretary of State for War (Mr, E. Shinwell) said the King had intimated that as soon as the Army and Air Force (Womens Service) Act has been brought into operation he will be pleased to constitute the existing Army Nursing Services, namely the Queen Alexandra s Imperial Military Nursing Service, and its Reserve, and the Territorial Army Nursing Service, a Corps, the Army under the title Queen Alexandras Royal Nursing Corps., Torbay Express and South Devon Echo 06/01/1949. Hess attempted to commit suicide whilst there by throwing himself over a bannister. The hospital is part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a designated academic health science centre . Queen Victorias ship, with the hospital in the background: Queen Victoria laid the first stone of the new hospital in 1856. By mid-January 1944, it was transferred to the US Army to establish the 28th US General Hospital at Netley which would become the US Army 110th Station Hospital, occupying a single storey building on the northern side of the property. He was commissioned into the RAMC in 1939 and went to France with the BEF as Medical Officer to HQ Royal Engineers 1st Division. He lived at 14 St Georges Walk, Douglas. We lived on sandwiches and coffee for a long time. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20420. As the casualty load lightened, things got back to a decent pace. BBC Four - World War I at Home, Royal Victoria Hospital, Behind the He was injured during the accidental bombing by US planes during the counter attack on Hill 406. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from Florence Nightingale. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital, or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire. The information, photos and Army documents on Patient in Netley Hospital in November 1945. Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, near Southampton - Flickr "Unfortunately, the hospital was not in great condition. Browse 143 royal victoria military hospital photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Chelsea News + General Advertiser 29/06/1956. Royal Field Artillery, is in Netley Hospital having been repatriated. Shipping in Southampton is visible from the top of the tower. The main hospital was demolished in the 1960s. His funeral took place at Evercreech on Friday. The Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. They contained a mixture of penicillin and, I'm sure, sulfathiazole, and we would just use them like salt shakers and sprinkle it into the wounds. Royal Army Medical Corps - Wikipedia Discover and use our high-quality applied research to support the protection and management of the historic environment. Netley Military Hospital Names' database - Netley Abbey Matters - the It took about 3 or 4 days after the invasion before we started receiving casualties. Sometimes we liked to visit the deserted railway track. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. On 25 June 1963, a fire swept through the 70ft high four-storey front wing of the unoccupied main. He passed away in January 1950 in the War Memorial Hospital at Waverley, Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining the Nursing Corps, she was a member of the Abertillery Girl Guides and later. The central Chapel was preserved intact as an historic museum and visitor centre on the property. I was an operating room supervisor. An operation was carried out on the field and then sent home to Netley Hospital. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. Interesting to see this featured in the latest Who do you think you are episode about Jodie Whittaker on TV last night. The earliest records covered "Half Yearly Returns + Reports of Sick" from 25/09/1815 covering the South East Division. Torbay Express + South Devon Echo 18/06/1949, He passed away in January 1950 in Sydney, Australia. The site lies at the south-east tip of greater Southampton, south-east of the village of Netley. The MO's Quarter is connected to the terrace to the south-west of the former main building by a drive running south-east lined with an avenue of trees.The c 6ha former military asylum grounds lie towards the east corner of the site, surrounded almost entirely by a high brick wall to prevent patients from escaping. Conscription was re-introduced in April 1939. History information Netley Military Cemetery is a permanent military cemetery, the property of the Ministry of Defence. The causeway may have been constructed to assist the building works in the 1850s and was reused for access to the cemetery. 4th Company RAMC, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley was charged with breaking into the office of Newington Bricks Ltd on 06/04/1953 and stealing postage stamps and a propelling pencil together valued at 2s 2.5d and with having in his possession at the time of apprehension a firearm. Understanding registered parks and gardens. A branch railway was constructed into the hospital grounds so that train loads of wounded troops could be efficiently moved from the docks directly to the hospital. Any men who are not well when the ship get into port will go straight to the, Yorkshire Post + Leeds Intelligencer 03/09/1953, Damages for the war-time submarine ace ex-Lieutenant-Commander Alastair Mars have. She was made an Associate of the Royal Red Cross in the 1954 Birthday Honours List and received her award from the Queen at the Investiture at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 13/07/1954. The lawn slopes down to the Water, with a formal grass terrace at its upper, north-east end which projects to the south-west at the centre, reflecting the outline of the projecting central block of the former hospital building. 'Twere all a bit moth-eaten like, but us kids didn't care. He died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley on 26/09/1940, aged 22. Contact me if you recognise any of the names shown on this new page and can add further information or you are happy to share your relative's story on However, we have been in touch with the American side of the family and some of them. The Daily Mirror on Thursday 8th December, 1966 reported: SECRET OF THE QUEENS BOX the secret of Queen Victorias little copper box, buried 110 years ago, was revealed yesterday at a ceremony attended by eleven generals and an admiral. Sixty miles northeast of Netley, the normally tranquil Bushey Park was being transformed into a military camp. Our house had a garden going down to the water between the Recreation Ground and the Hospital. and the tables and chairs up in the Tennis Courts as instructed. History and heritage | Hampshire County Council The chapel of the former Royal Victoria Military Hospital (E O Mennie 18568, listed grade II*) stands towards the southern tip of the site and is all that survives of the main hospital. Her experience and research had led her to believe that the best design for a hospital was for separate areas for different types of patient need, general medical, those undergoing surgery, and for those convalescing. He came down to the main building from the Psychiatric Hospital every other day. However, Hampshire County Council documents held at the Winchester Records Office, advise -, "the main building of the Royal Victoria Hospital closed its doors to patients in 1958 and the building, stood empty for several years. and then transferred back on ship on 20/03/1945 once medical treatment completed. She joined QARANC last October and after three months at the depot at Hindhead, she joined the Staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. His brother and another of the family travelled there. They were both miracle drugs. Our food was brought to us in surgery. I took a photo of her with Queen Victoria, aka our own Maureen Queen, Councillor of this Parish. Flo Nightingale, she made a fuss and said "t'would be a bother. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital was commissioned by Queen Victoria, who laid the foundation stone in a ceremony at Netley in May 1856. attached Excel file, please get in touch via Negotiations, conducted through the Red Cross, over the repatriation of seriously wounded men, had begun in late 1940. Now the hospital is being pulled down, and, at yesterdays ceremony the contents were revealed: The first Victoria Cross ever made and never awarded; a Crimea War medal: coins of the realm and the plans of the hospital. Edited: February 2004 On the outbreak of World War ll, she was mobilised, travelling to Netley Hospital. Some more information from Beatrice's Memoirs giving us an insight to daily life at the Hospital. Both agreed that "Everything seems so small"; their children thought double-decker buses were marvellous. © Crown Copyright and database right 2023. When I say theater, I mean several rooms, each room with its own surgeon and nurse, and corpsman [enlisted Navy medical personnel]. Hi, my husband was watching a programme about Netley Royal Victoria hospital on the Michael Portillo programme. Major F R Costigan Hektoen International, A Journal of Medical Humanities, Samuel K Parish, Mrs Helen Pavlovsky Ramsey comments on D-Day and Treating Casualties -. ambulances to and from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley. This copy shows the entry on 28-Jun-2023 at 14:17:44. There were large numbers of shellshocked soldiers and rapid surgical interventions for the wounded, with removal of bullets and shrapnel, debridement of large wounds, the first use of penicillin and sulfa and then transfer to other military hospitals for definitive care. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. "The Inquiry has been held in private and a report is on its way to the War Office. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. Soldiers from Netley Hospital, wounded in Korea, were among the spectators at the miniature "Royal Tournament" staged by the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force at Brockhurst recreation Ground, Gosport on Saturday. Barry Pless. The mess overlooks lawns to the south-west which are enclosed by mature trees and flowering shrubs. Lawns and an informal path system surround the house, with wooded grounds falling away to the south and east towards West Wood.PARK and 2 testimonials from fellow employees. TheRoyal Victoria Military Hospital continued to grow over the coming decades, with additional facilities being built on the landward side of the hospital, including a psychiatric hospital which would attempt treatments for those suffering from the impact of war on their mental health, shell shock, and what is now recognised as post-traumatic stress disorder. Usually you were just assigned to one room and then you would help out someplace else if you weren't busy. around the room before it finally went into a pipe and out. All the operating equipment had been removed to the Royal Woolwich Hospital before he arrived. Views extend from the south-west third of the site over Southampton Water towards Fawley Oil Refinery and Hythe, and south-east along the Water towards the Isle of Wight.ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES Prior, 1857, after E. Duncan. About a quarter of a mile away inside the grounds, at the nearby Psychiatric Centre for the Army + Navy. Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley. It overlooks the chapel and former site of the hospital building to the south.The former officers' mess is set in its own 3.5ha grounds, with a terrace running along the south-west front of the building carrying the approach drive from the main entrance which enters the grounds at the west corner of the building. When we had a minute, we would grab a bite. He was involved in the taking of Hill 406 in the Naktong River area of South Korea on 23/09/1950. Here is a link to a page which has photos from 1932 taken from a patient who was living in the married quarters at the time. . Aled Green The eastern of these two paths is reached via a spur off the main path from the south-west corner. The station was built in the late C19 and stood adjacent to the north-east side of the main building.A further entrance, now (2002) disused, lies at the southern tip of the site, 300m south-east of the chapel, providing direct access from Hamble.PRINCIPAL BUILDING in charge of the demolition had concerns about destroying a Church of God and so had opted to leave it standing. "I was admitted to Netley Hospital for treatment by Major Ross, the ENT Specialist. He died at Netley Hospital on 25/05/1940. May not have improved the air quality for the patients ! From there, General Dwight Eisenhower directed Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied forces assault on German-occupied north-east Europe. Patients were encouraged to participate in services, and the chapel considered of rows of benches at ground level, with a surrounding gallery with tiered benches. from the Tavistock Clinic who accompanied Hess when he was transferred to Camp Z, Ashvale, Aldershot. 145 ROYAL VICTORIA MILITARY HOSPITAL Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, Hampshire: from the harbour. Some Sundays, and Remembrance Day, we'd watch the Church Parade. Netley Abbey Matters - the Past Lives I was a QARNNS nurse on secondment from the navy. He lived at Pardess Westminster Drive, Douglas. The Quiz takes place at the Hospital on Monday evening. The Deputy of Adolf Hitler was brought to Netley Hospital after landing near Eaglesham, One of the Oral Interviewees of the 1980s, Mrs Dawkins, told us that her husband who was a. After leaving the Army, he worked for 25 years in the police force. He is the son of Pat and Mary Eva Stanton. The paths are linked at their south-west ends by an extension of the main drive which continues south-east along the water-side to the southern tip of the site. Amongst the distinguished guests was Mr H F Longmore, the son of Surgeon General Sir Thomas Longmore, Professor of Military Surgery at the Army Medical School for over 30 years. Those soldiers who had suffered amputation whilst in the care of the German doctors were now able to be fitted with prosthetics at Netley Hospital. Passed away at his home at Southwell. He was repatriated and is currently at Netley Hospital awaiting arrival of his Army papers. where he recovered consciousness, and was later discharged, disabled. A quarter-mile they said it was from one end to the other. The Geneva Convention makes provision for the repatriation of all Prisoners of War, even during hostilities. He was sent for trial to the East Kent Quarter Sessions. Most Netley folk have memories which, like the solders, fade. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Staff Member at Netley Hospital in July 1959. We didn't know what we were waiting for. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2023. On 17/04/1942, she was operating a range-finder on an anti-aircraft site. We knew the invasion was beginning. the main corridor and then around into the room. was interviewed in 1985. He died at Netley Hospital on 20/02/1941, aged 53, of heart failure and carcinoma of the left lung. "We were only there as a receiving hospital. from Southampton Water. I remember the St Patrick's Night Balls, children's parties, New Year Eve "dos", the cinema and Shows used to come to the Garrison Theatre - Gracie + Sid Fields, Nellie Wallace.