Hospitals
Postcard of the week (13.11.2016)
The Great Eastern Railway Military (V.A.D) Hospital, Harwich Quay 1915.
At the start of World War One V.A.D ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) Hospitals sprung up throughout Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries to troops following fighting on the Western Front (Belgium and France). The Great Eastern Hotel, was one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital staffed by Essex VAD, with Mr. Etherden as the Commandant. The Hospital provided beds for 110 other ranks, particularly between May - October 1915.
We will remember them.
The Great Eastern Railway Military (V.A.D) Hospital, Harwich Quay 1915.
At the start of World War One V.A.D ( Voluntary Aid Detachment) Hospitals sprung up throughout Essex to provide support for the Territorial Army training and for injuries to troops following fighting on the Western Front (Belgium and France). The Great Eastern Hotel, was one of the many buildings in the Harwich area requisitioned by the Government in 1915, it was described as a Military Hospital staffed by Essex VAD, with Mr. Etherden as the Commandant. The Hospital provided beds for 110 other ranks, particularly between May - October 1915.
We will remember them.
Dovercourt Cottage Hospital
A wing at Dovercourt Cottage Hospital which is now known as the Captain Fryatt Memorial Hospital, was named in Captain Fryatt's honour, click here for more information.
A wing at Dovercourt Cottage Hospital which is now known as the Captain Fryatt Memorial Hospital, was named in Captain Fryatt's honour, click here for more information.
The above images were kindly supplied by Ken Slator
Harwich & Dovercourt Isolation hospital
Main Road (near the football ground car park)
The Hospital opened in 1880 and was operated for the treatment of more infectious diseases such as Diphtheria & Scarlett Fever. During the World War One (1914-18), the Isolation Hospital was also used to care for soldiers and sailors with infectious diseases, as well as overspill from the general hospitals.
However with major advances in health care, education and improved sanitation, infectious diseases began to decline in the 1920’s & 1930’s,The hospital also lacked up-to-date equipment, so was finally closed on the 30th June 1938.
The hospital was demolished in 1989.
Main Road (near the football ground car park)
The Hospital opened in 1880 and was operated for the treatment of more infectious diseases such as Diphtheria & Scarlett Fever. During the World War One (1914-18), the Isolation Hospital was also used to care for soldiers and sailors with infectious diseases, as well as overspill from the general hospitals.
However with major advances in health care, education and improved sanitation, infectious diseases began to decline in the 1920’s & 1930’s,The hospital also lacked up-to-date equipment, so was finally closed on the 30th June 1938.
The hospital was demolished in 1989.