Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Victoria wrote to Lord Panmure, the Secretary of State for War, who agreed that there should be improved general hospitals for the military, and a survey was initiated for a suitable site, and theRoyal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley was the result. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital dates from 1863 and was built at a time when there seemed to be almost continuous wars, or skirmishes across the world as the Victorian view of Empire tried to establish and maintain dominance. relatives free transport to meet their loved ones. The wooden pier, from seaward end. During the Crimean War, British casualties consisted of 2,755 killed in action, but a much higher number of 17,580 died of disease. From the bathtubs and the sinks, the water drained into a trough that went half way. The plumbing was atrocious. History and heritage | Hampshire County Council Pressure is now being put on Leeds' Coach firms to allow. He died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley on 26/09/1940, aged 22. 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. The War Office first received estimates for the repair of the Pier but they were so frighteningly large that they also called for estimates for its demolition. The cemetery contains 636 First World War burials but only 35 from the Second World War. Heritage Apprentices in a training session on the Researching The Historic Environment module and training in Architectural Photography. The history of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley has its roots in the Crimean War. Best Wishes She still has one of the Dance tickets as a memento but unfortunately it was too faint to. Royal Victoria Chapel, Netley - Tripadvisor: Over a billion reviews His wife received a printed official postcard signed by her husband to say that he was in the Royal Victoria. Herald 23/12/1950. After leaving the Army, he worked for 25 years in the police force. The hospital needed a large area to be available, and the space near the historic Netley Abbey provided room for the hospital, and additional land as the hospital grew. so as to alert gunners stationed across the UK. ROYAL VICTORIA MILITARY HOSPITAL, NETLEY 1862 - 1966 CHAPTER 4 - THE HOSPITAL IN WORLD WAR 2 + BEYOND 1939 - 1966 At the start of 1939, the Hospital was still managing the treatment and rehabilitation of the British Army forces who had been involved in the Palestine Uprising which began in 1936. He returned home to Netley Hospital on Dilwara. Hi, my husband was watching a programme about Netley Royal Victoria hospital on the Michael Portillo programme. PS: He is in the 1951 Photo above outside the Front Entrance to the Hospital. The Victoria Cross was slightly tarnished, but otherwise unmarked, said one of the officers who looked at it. He escaped with 7 broken ribs, a broken collar-bone and shoulder blade and a lung injury. In 1901 his parents lived at Upper Francis Street, Derby. ", He was in charge of physical training and rehabilitation at the hospital and of the remedial treatment of convalescents. "Unfortunately, the hospital was not in great condition. He served in France and Flanders in WWl. attached Excel file, please get in touch via I remember how busy we were and how they kept coming and coming and we had no place to put them. It took about 3 or 4 days after the invasion before we started receiving casualties. Welcome! Post D-Day, our Unit received a Citation for their hard work. It finally opened on 8 December 1864. ", Above - "Brigadier-General Charles Spruit of Washington hands a golden key to Lieutenant-General Hood of the British authorities, thus signifying that the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, Hants has passed back to our control. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 11 July 2017. A team of Master Mariners calling themselves "The Old Cachalot Club" have thrown down the. Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley in the Great War - The Wartime He is 34 years. came over to meet their UK relatives soon after the discovery. Whilst researching for this Page, I compiled a list of some of the US Servicemen who passed through Netley Hospital whilst it was occupied by both the US Army and Navy. This was his last military posting. The family lived at Highfield House, Manchester Road, Netley Abbey. 98 Nurse Corp Officers + 575 enlisted men on lockdown. He married in 1909 a Fiji lady and his two daughters were born in Fiji. Miss Mary Chainey worked in the NAAFI at Netley Hospital. A New Year's Eve Ball was held at the dance hall, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley Abbey on Saturday. She shared the following memories -, "I lived in Netley Abbey. She operated specialist Predictor computers monitoring enemy planes approaching Britain. Age 26, living at Calder Street, Alloa, Clacks. Archival items 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. At the start of 1939, the Hospital was still managing the treatment and rehabilitation of the British Army forces who had been involved in the Palestine Uprising which began in 1936. Prior to the outbreak of war, he had served six months with the 4th King's Own Scottish Rifles [Cameronians], and when hostilities began, he was recalled. Both agreed that "Everything seems so small"; their children thought double-decker buses were marvellous. The architect was her nephew, Sir Douglas Galton, and it became widely regarded as one of the finest hospitals in the Country. Lisa J. Pruitt. The site now belongs toHampshire County Council. Psychiatric Nurse on "D" Block was responsible for looking after Hess whilst he was at Netley. Service buildings stand in a yard adjacent to the north-east.Victoria House, the former military lunatic asylum (1866-70, listed grade II), was constructed by the Royal Engineers. He is now at the Royal Victoria Hospital Netley where other wounded soldiers, Even though he is a casualty, this handsome young Sapper means to have. If you do, please let me know so I can attribute it correctly. For any other issue or if you need help, please email: Our website works best with the latest version of the browsers below, unfortunately your browser is not supported. 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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. If i can help you with any copies of the photos i have of Netley Hospital/Married Quarters? However, we have been in touch with the American side of the family and some of them. as well as any leave to which they are entitled. around the room before it finally went into a pipe and out. Royal Field Artillery, is in Netley Hospital having been repatriated. Queen Victorias ship, with the hospital in the background: Queen Victoria laid the first stone of the new hospital in 1856. Historic England holds an extensive range of publications and historic collections in its public archive covering the historic environment. He brought news back about another Prisoner-of-War - Gunner Joseph Ronald Carrick - see right. Most Netley folk have memories which, like the solders, fade. both of which are housed in the hospital grounds. During 1956, the Convalescent Wing moved away to Chester, the General Hospital moved to the more modern E Block and the original "D Block" became the Psychiatric Hospital. All rights reserved. Close to the former north corner of the hospital building, 220m north of the chapel, stands the Empire Building (K J Lindy 1939-40, listed grade II). I was involved with the refurbishment of this building about 4 years ago. He was later presented with a silver bugle bearing an inscription that it was a gift from Her Majesty in recognition of his valour on the field of battle, to replace the original one which he had lost during the fray. This list entry identifies a Park and/or Garden which is registered because of its special historic interest. The mess overlooks lawns to the south-west which are enclosed by mature trees and flowering shrubs. He is the son of Charles Edward and Daisy Mary Stewart Beale. WebsitesWar Memorials Register, accessed 11 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/40445. The Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley was built during the Victorian era. We'd run across the wide green lawns where Sport Days were such fun. Lawns and an informal path system surround the house, with wooded grounds falling away to the south and east towards West Wood.PARK NP Unit, Surgery 5 + 6, Dental, GU, EENT, medical library and good operating suite. ", Patient at Netley Psychiatric Hospital January 1959, A Facebook contact, Jo Gregory, shared one of her Dad's memories of his band -. Unfortunately, James had passed away on 6 March 1999 before this happened. And then the casualties came. Read the Missing Pieces Project Terms and Conditions. This chapel was once part of the central block, with two long wings of wards stretching to either side. They converted those wood-burning fireplaces - actually wood was at a premium, so they burned a kind of coke [refined coal] - to gas and that kept us warmer.". Mr Chaldecott received a jaw fracture. [See below for more on Major Douglas Marsh - September 1944], She was at the time a Cook with the ATS and was admitted to Netley Hospital during. The c 90ha site occupies ground which rises to the north-east, being bounded by Southampton Water to the south-west, by Netley to the north-west, Hamble village to the south-east, and by agricultural land to the north-east beyond the railway line linking Fareham with Southampton. But if I lived for ever I could never know just why. Netley Military Hospital - Netley Abbey Matters - the Past Lives before sailing home on the "United States" from Southampton in September. It is approached via a spur drive from the main entrance to the north-west and stands in its own grounds, laid largely to lawn with mature trees screening it. had qualified as a Doctor. He was buried in Netley Military Cemetery on 10/02/1940, Grave Ref 2194. www.hants.gov.uk Blurb about Netley Hospital, He told his father, a clergyman at Petersfield, that he had been assaulted by a man called. The pier was demolished in the mid C20 but before this, two ornate shelters stood at its north-east end.Two further paths flank the axial path, c 130m to either side, allowing further access from the site of the hospital building and the top terrace to the water-side. Britain's Prince Harry speaks with Joanna Lumley after the Gurkha 200 pageant in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London on June 9, 2015.. Flo Nightingale, she made a fuss and said "t'would be a bother. 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 letter, below right, confirms their receipt at Millbank. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital is demolished! Required fields are marked *. During the war Mrs Greenwood devoted all her time to looking after the needs of the patients at Netley Military Hospital and she stocked an extensive library for their benefit. Illustrated London News, (12 November 1859), p 475 As a boy of 15 years old, the gallant little Bugler having been shot through his right arm and wounded in the chest by shell fire whilst sounding the advance for the epic battle of Colenso which resulted in the relief of Ladysmith, transferred the bugle to his left hand and though in terrible pain, continued to sound the advance and urged the troops forward. The wards were huge. A spur off the north drive extends north from a point 100m north-east of the officers mess, probably having formerly been the main entrance to the site before the hospital was constructed.The course of a former railway spur line which served the hospital enters the site close to the north entrance, curving south through a small cutting to arrive close to the site of the former main station, known as Piccadilly, 50m north-east of the chapel. Shame the whole story is not told when these historical documentaries are on TV. It was an amazing time for all concerned and the bond everyone formed will last a lifetime. Of the four panels of lawn thus formed, the south-east one is now (2002) given over to a sailing club and boats are parked on part of it, with a clubhouse at the water-side. prior permission to name them Donovan Pax Chaldecott and Flight-Lt Geoffrey Dennis Middleton, , formerly village constable at Denham who, at the beginning of the war, left to join his regiment, is an inmate of Netley Hospital suffering from six wounds, including a, If you have a connection with any articles or names mentioned in this website and either wish to learn more or have a story to share, please get in touch with me by clicking on, The information and articles displayed on this website are as a result of original research carried out by me and, as such are subject to this website's copyright, The information, photos and Army documents on. His funeral took place at Evercreech on Friday. The funeral will take place to-day at 2.30 pm from Rosefield Road to St Andrews Cemetery.". Ceremony at the Royal Victoria Hospital: '.the commanding Engineer presented to her Majesty [Queen Victoria] the plans of the building. The most recent major conflict being the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. Father of Harry and Robert. Every morning and every night, the US Flag was raised and then lowered whilst the Stars + Stripes played. sailed on 26/01/1944 on NY40 - HMS Aquitania to Gourock, landing 05/02/1944. Conditions for wounded soldiers in the first half of the 19th century were very basic. This weekend he and Mrs Lawrence, who live at 48 Bridgewater Gardens, Edgware, Middlesex, celebrated their Golden Wedding. Edited: February 2004 Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley - QARANC Or watch the fat red squirrels gather pine-cones, one-by-one. Conscription was re-introduced in April 1939. RM 2HGAWNF - Vintage late 19th century photograph: 1890's British Army Regiment: Surgeon major, Netley Hospital. The setting is partly rural, partly urban, and partly marine. Construction started in 1856 and upon competition it became the world's longest building. Being a war baby, David knew nothing of his father, only that he was an American serviceman, until one of his daughters took a DNA Test with an ancestry company and found a. There was a fireplace at either end. Flanigan had served in various parts of the world. The hospital was in extensive use during the Great War and was expanded to 2,500 beds, with hutted wards being built in the grounds behind the . Hospitals files 100128-30 (NMR, Swindon)Description written: January 2002 2nd edition published 1897 Sessions bound the books in the library and became a special friend of Mrs. Greenwood. Behind the scenes at the Royal Victoria military hospital and searching for the archive . "He was thrown thirty feet into the air when the "suicide squad" which he was driving in Palestine, struck a landmine. A large open area of parkland lies to the north-east of the site of the former hospital building, the site of the hutted wards during the World Wars. History of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley In early 1952, personnel from the newly formed Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corp (QAs) were admitted to the School to be the first Army girls to be trained as physiotherapists. The earliest records covered "Half Yearly Returns + Reports of Sick" from 25/09/1815 covering the South East Division. An axial path, aligned on the chapel and formerly on the main entrance to the hospital building, leads south-west from the centre of this projection, sloping down to the Water. A brief history of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital in Netley, Southampton. 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. A very different railway runs through the park today: The museum in the old chapel of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital shows just how a small museum can make use of a building, to display the history of the site, and the people who came into contact with the hospital. He is the son of Pat and Mary Eva Stanton. He had worked at the National Biscuit Company; Corporal Havennick from Pennsylvania. They were not seriously ill, a number of gastric cases on special diets, associated with the making of milk jellies and such like in the ward kitchen. Thanks for fascinating insight into another landmark that Im familiar with, having spent a lot of time messing about on Southampton Water. These were washed out and I was allowed home. Ex-prisoners returning from Korean Prisoner-of-War Camps on 16 September will arrive at Southampton Docks. This was also the period of National Service and many of the students only sat the Physiotherapy Case lll exams and then left the service. The Royal Victoria Military Hospital was designed by E O Mennie and the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria on 19 May 1856. File:Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley - Wikimedia Commons of the family should go to the hospital. The spur to the cemetery, which extends east and north-east from the site of the east corner of the former main hospital building, crosses a steep-sided wooded valley, West Wood, carried by a high causeway. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. The site was bought by Hampshire County Council in 1979 and opened as the Royal Victoria Country Park in 1980. Netley Military Cemetery | Cemetery Details | CWGC The number of patients at the hospital would reflect frequency and size of wars that Britain was involved with around the world, with ships continuing to bring patients into Southampton for transport along the short distance to the hospital. We didn't know what we were waiting for. Officer had grabbed him by the arm, he had kicked out automatically. Age 20 of Whitefalls Avenue, Maybole, Ayrshire. Understanding registered parks and gardens. lifetime of Netley Hospital, the dearth of news about its ultimate fate is surprising. Please Discover and use our high-quality applied research to support the protection and management of the historic environment. 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. What's on at Netley Hospital as reported in the RAMC Magazine issued in July 1955, Major Herbert Lonsdale Chatfield, MC, MBE, Late Borderers Regiment (1912), followed by 4th Bn Durham Light Infantry, He was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria on 26/06/1890. Following further damage sustained in the winter of 1963 when pipes froze and burst. His home address was 13 Felix Road, Gosport, Hampshire. The chapel forms todays museum, and has been restored to much the same appearance as when patients were attending services in the chapel. He was the only son of the late William Wilson. The Grand Ceremony to uncover the foundation stone was attended by VIPs and broadcast on television on. They wore brown uniforms with orange patches. The Chapel | Hampshire County Council The Seabees [US Navy construction battalion personnel] came over and remodelled the whole thing, to make it usable. The position facing onto Southampton Water was thought to provide benefits for both mental and physical health. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. Website contact Linda Callaway gave details of her Mum + Dad in October 2019, Old Medical Records held at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Between February and May 1951, there was correspondence between Netley Military Hospital and the Royal Medical College at Millbank concerning whether these records should stay at Netley or be held in the College Library or forwarded to the Corps Museum. I would need to have An operation was carried out on the field and then sent home to Netley Hospital. He received 84 days' detention as a defaulter. When Queen Victoria and Price Albert laid the original foundation stone, they also buried a time capsule, and when the hospital was demolished, there was much speculation as to the contents of the time capsule. The displays within the landscape of what is now a park, again show how a place that has disappeared can still be represented it has really been well done. 19323 edition Kitchen utensils and other stainless steel items were sent for scrap/recycling to Gosport. Source: Historic England Archive. Giorgina Barbara Piccoli and Gilberto Richiero. The site lies at the south-east tip of greater Southampton, south-east of the village of Netley. The doctors as well as the nurses and corpsmen were taking care of patients. Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley - A London Inheritance To the south-east of the C19 building lies a substantial late C20 extension, and beyond this stands the former asylum Medical Officer's Quarter, Hollyleigh. He passed away in January 1950 in the War Memorial Hospital at Waverley, Sydney, Australia. I hope you like my fb page about this wonderful place - Netley Military Cemetery and the Hospital. Laying the foundation stone of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital: Prince Albert would not see the hospital fully completed, he died in 1861, however Queen Victoria continued to take an interest in the hospital, and a visit to the hospital in July 1863 was one of her first public outings since Alberts death: Her Majesty the Queen recently visited the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, the foundation stone of which had been laid by the Prince Consort. He received gunshot wounds to his left wrist in the counter-attack in which US Planes fired on British soldiers during the fighting on Hill 406. In 1921, the house was sold again and became a Boys' School, Victoria College which closed in 1936. ", Interview recorded at the Park Offices in May 1986. He was buried on 30/05/1940 at Netley Military Cemetery, Grave Ref 2199, 4th King's Own Scottish Rifles [Cameronians]. Quartermaster, at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital from October 1957 until it closed. She was buried, aged 18, at Netley Military Cemetery on 20/04/1942, Grave Ref 2210. The wing of the hospital would have originally stretched all the way to the far tree line. She served in the Great War in France and Malta from 1914. They were both miracle drugs. BBC Four - World War I at Home, Royal Victoria Hospital, Behind the They were often housed in normal barrack buildings, with very poor sanitation and limited medical care. Leicester Daily Mercury Thursday 09/02/1939. Glass cases stuffed with many things stood all around the hall. A meeting between Nightingale and Victoria was an opportunity for Florence Nightingale to put before the Queen all the problems with the current system, and how badly wounded troops were treated. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. When ever they were at Osborne on the Isle of Wight, described as the holiday home of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, they would take the short journey across the Solent and down Southampton Water to the site of the hospital. He took part in the Normandy landings as CO of the 7th Field Dressing Station. I have no idea how many beds there were in a ward. I took a photo of her with Queen Victoria, aka our own Maureen Queen, Councillor of this Parish. for being placed in the locked and barred mental wing of Netley Military Hospital. The first casualties came into my operating room. The former hospital is quite poignant to me as my late Dad was billeted there in 1950s prior to embarking with the Household Cavalry to foreign shores (either Malta, Cyprus, Suez or Aden). Hektoen International, A Journal of Medical Humanities, Samuel K Parish, Mrs Helen Pavlovsky Ramsey comments on D-Day and Treating Casualties -. "Some members of the Netley Hospital Staff were transferred to the new Whalley Asylum which, providing for 1400 beds, was renamed the Queen Mary Military Hospital.".
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