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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 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WxKWaSc_PCYJ:www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww1.pdf+Brockenhurst+Hospital+Indian&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgFWkDLf9DL-5bTbc_6u74NDEx7jkSAhviCa12kF-Xr-stem1EvhtjsnlhyTO-dJWiG6lioQ-fWQHXf3I2lp7U1et0s8fwWfxYysAYst3niU3iFKH4K7Suzv_3luBmsgeIl5ZGe&sig=AHIEtbSAksQdcR43IUI6-utQ9DIJeqqyxw html version], [http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww1.pdf pdf]</ref>, possibly in hotels.<ref> [http://www.newforestmilitaryarchive.org.uk/Site/Brockenhurst/Brockenhurst.html Brockenhurst War Memorial]</ref> In The Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers was used from the summer outbreak of 1916 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 at Brockenhurst became a No 1 New Zealand military General Hospital. For more about Brighton, see [[Western Front]]. [http://www.newforestheritage.org/brockenhurst-a-first-world-war-hospital-village-1914/ Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1914]. newforestheritage.org.<br>[http://www.lymington.org/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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