DULWICH HOSPITAL WW1

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Reference WMO/111132

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Dulwich Community Hospital

East Dulwich Grove

London

SE22 8PT

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: During WW1, following the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the number of casualties had risen alarmingly and the existing number of hospital beds was insufficient. The War Office approached the Local Government Board for permission to use some Poor Law Infirmaries temporarily. Both Southwark and Lambeth Unions were asked to participate in the scheme. The Southwark Union Infirmary was the first such institution in London to be evacuated. Within two weeks, 166 of its patients had been transferred to the Newington workhouse infirmary in Walworth, 134 to the Lambeth Infirmary in Renfrew Street, and a further 39 adults and 98 children to the Christchurch workhouse infirmary in Lambeth. The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) took over the Infirmary on 11th November, 1915, and it was renamed the Southwark Military Hospital at the insistence of the Guardians. The existing staff was retained and augmented with nurses from the V.A.D. As well as 55 RAMC personnel, there were 15 Sisters, 28 Staff Nurses, 59 probationers, 40 orderlies and ancillary staff. The number of beds was increased to 820, with tents erected in the grounds as sleeping accommodation for those patients who could be ambulant during the day. The Hospital received a large proportion of Empire troops - Australians, South Africans and Canadians. By 1918 wounded American were also being admitted. The Hospital was returned to the Guardians in April 1919. Of the 12,522 soldiers treated at the Hospital, only 119 had died - less than 1%. A War Memorial was erected in front of the Hospital to commemorate the 119 troops who died there. During the 1950s it was dismantled while the entrance road was being redeveloped and stored at Grove Park Hospital. The cross and shaft were subsequently lost but the base remains and the War Memorial was re-dedicated after restoration in 2009.
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Grade II (England)

1449922

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