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        • Female staff list - 3rd LGH Wandsworth during Oct 1915-Sept 1916 >
          • A letter from Eleanor C. Barton Principal Matron >
            • Medical Staff at time of Mobilization
      • 5th London General Hospital TF. (St Thomas's Hospital) Lambeth. London SE
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      • Queen Victoria Hospital. East Grinstead. West Sussesx.
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        • Nursing Staff Colchester Military Hospital
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        • Nursing Staff Queen Mary's Sidcup
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        • Nursing Staff - Reading War Hospital
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        • Nursing Staff - CMH Aldershot
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        • Nursing Staff - Connaught Hospital
      • The Royal Victoria Military Hospital. NETLEY. Southampton. Hampshire >
        • Nursing Staff R V Hospital Netley
        • Recent visit to Netley
    • Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol >
      • Nursing Staff Beaufort War Hospital
    • Bath War Hospital Combe Park, Somerset.
    • 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge >
      • Nursing Staff List - 1st Eastern General Cambridge
    • WEST MIDLANDS War Hospitals >
      • 1st Southern General Hospital. Selly Oak. Birmingham. (University of Birmingham) ​& 2/1st General Hospital. Dudley Road. Birmingham. (annex to the 1st Southern) >
        • Nursing Staff List - West Midlands
      • Moor Green House Military Hospital. (4th Auxiliary) ​Moseley. (Attached to the 1st Southern General, Birmingham)
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      • Nursing Staff - 5th Northern Hospital
    • Stepping Hill Military Hospital. Stockport >
      • Nursing Staff Stepping Military Hospital
    • Ist Durham General Hospital. Newcastle
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      • No 3 British General Hospital. Le Treport
      • No8 General Hospital. 147 Avenue de Marechal. Bois-Guillaume ROUEN. France.
      • The British Women's Hospital, Paris. Dr Garrett-Anderson & Dr Flora Murray
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I have a passion for nursing history, particularly relating to The First World War.  
I have a military nursing background and a fascination about the origins of reconstructive surgery. I also have a keen interest in hospital architecture and design. 

I had the privilege of working at the Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot, which became the first Plastics Unit in the British empire. This was a wonderful place, with its Nightingale wards, long central corridor and the ghost of the Grey lady who fleeted along the upper corridor to Ward Nine. This hospital is steeped in history and is where my interest began.
Sadly, the Cambridge is now derelict. However, I am very pleased to say this listed building has been preserved and is currently under going re development under the Aldershot Urban Regeneration Project.

Over the years, I have acquired a number of photographs and documents relating to the many war hospitals, the wounded and their carers. It is a privilege to have these photographs and be able to study the faces of the courageous wounded and their dedicated nurses.

This site is work in progress and my aim is to to encourage visitors to the site to offer any information they may have about the photos. It would be wonderful to be able to put a name to a face or identify a location.












Please feel free to contact me at helen@greyandscarlet.com