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PRN | 9340 | ||||
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Site or location name | Salisbury Road Schools | ||||
Summary | 4th Southern General Hospital | ||||
Description | Large three storey stone built institutional blocks with red stone facings to windows now used as a primary school. The Territorial Force unit was mobilised on Declaration of War and the 520 bed hospital opened on 20th August equipped with an operating theatre and X-ray equipment. The first 102 casualties arrived on the 21st August followed by a further 132 on 25th September including 14 Germans. By October the hospital had over 400 patients. | ||||
Monument Type | MILITARY HOSPITAL;HOSPITAL;MILITARY HOSPITAL | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | STONE | ||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | |||||
Site Location | Salisbury Road Schools | ||||
Postcode | PL4 8QZ | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: SX4907054968 (249070, 54968) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (06-01-2017) | ||||
Source | |||||
(2014) Day scenes Plymouth WW1 Hospital. Plymouth Herald http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/day-scenes-plymouth-wwi-hospital/detail/story.html | |||||
Queens Nursing Institute (2016) World War 1: Accounts of district nurses during the Great War. QNIHeritage. https://qniheritage.org.uk/history/world-war-i/ | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (09-10-2008) | ||||
Copiled On | 06-01-2017 | ||||
Last Updated | 09-01-2017 |
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4th Southern General Hospital, now Salisbury Road Schools, Salisbury Road/Seymour Avenue, St Jude's, Plymouth, Devon). The Territorial Force unit was mobilised on declaration of war and the hospital opened on 20th August 1914. (File name: 9340_978.jpg) |
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