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World War 1, Europe England Woolwich, Brook War Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service, 1917

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1917

Overview

View of ward at Brook War Hospital, Woolwich

Historical information

The Brook General Hospital (originally, 1896–1948, the Brook Fever Hospital) was the westernmost of three hospitals simultaneously situated on Shooter's Hill in southeast London in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (the others were the Royal Herbert Hospital and the Memorial Hospital, Woolwich). It closed in 1996, and most of its buildings were subsequently demolished.
During World War I, the hospital was requisitioned by the War Office for the treatment of military casualties, opening in September 1915 as the Brook War Hospital, with 1000 beds. MAB nurses were replaced by nurses from the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service, and the War Hospital was equipped with two new operating theatres and an X-ray room. It ceased to be a War Hospital on 5 November 1919, having provided treatment for 414 officers and 30,080 other ranks during the war.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-32-P1900.949

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Medicine & Health
War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

Year

1917

Geotag

51.469186974132, 0.065181501666096

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