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First World War hospital for wounded Indian soldiers
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===First World War hospital for wounded Indian soldiers===
[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page185-volume54-6thmarch1915.pdf The Lady Hardinge Hospital at Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, [England<nowiki>]</nowiki> for wounded Indian soldiers] The sisters at the hospital , who performed mainly supervisory duties, all spoke Hindustani.<ref> [http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page185-volume54-6thmarch1915.pdf ''The British Journal of Nursing'' March 6, 1915 Volume 54, page 187].</ref> The newly constructed hospital, consisting of a series of huts, opened 20 January 1915<ref>[http://archive.org/stream/orderofhospitalo00finciala#page/36/mode/2up page 36] ''The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and its Grand priory of England'' by H.W. Fincham 1916 Archive.org</ref>, although it appears there had been other hospital facilities from about September 1914<ref>World War 1 document by Hampshire Record Office, page 18 [http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww1.pdf pdf]</ref>, possibly when Balmer Lawns and Forest Park Hotels had been commandeered and fitted out as a medical facility, with temporary structures in hotelsthe grounds providing additional accommodation.<ref> [http://wwwLater Morant Hall became Meerut Indian General Hospital to provide additional accomodation.newforestmilitaryarchive.org.uk/Site/Brockenhurst/Brockenhurst.html Brockenhurst War Memorial]</ref> The Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers was used from the outbreak of war until the end of 1915, when the Indian Army Corps which it supported, was transferred to Egypt. The Indian hospital was then transferred to Brighton and the Brockenhurst site became No 1 New Zealand General Hospital. At the same time Morant Hall became Morant War Hospital. For more about Brighton, see [[Western Front]].
[httphttps://www.newforestheritagenfknowledge.org/contributions/brockenhurst-a-first-world-war-hospital-village-1914/ #map=10/-1.57/50.81/0/24:0:0.6|39:1:1|40:1:1 Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1914]by Gareth Owen. newforestheritagenfknowledge.org.<br>[http://www.lymington.org/This article contains further links and there are a number of photographs/lymingtonphoto353.html Photograph of the huts] lymington.org. <br>Names of some of the nurses from BJN 21 November 1914-23 October 1915:[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME053-1914/page402-volume53-21stnovember1914.pdf 1]
[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page026-volume54-9thjanuary1915.pdf 2]
[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page152-volume54-20thfebruary1915.pdf 3]
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