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Granville Canadian Special Hospital    Granville Special Hospital opened in Ramsgate, Kent. The hospital was situated in a requisitioned Victorian Spa hotel on the cliff top overlooking the sea. It specialised in treating shell shock, nerve, joint and bone injuries and accommodated 800 patients. It later moved to Derbyshire to escape air raids on the Kent coast. 30th Dec 1916 Newsletter 18th May 1918 Newsletter If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. We are currently building a database of patients treated in this hospital, if you know of anyone who was treated here, please enter their details via this form Patient Reports. (This section is under construction) No information has been added for this hospital, please check back later. Want to know more about Granville Canadian Special Hospital? There are:3 items tagged Granville Canadian Special Hospital available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have worked or been treated at Granville Canadian Special Hospital during the Great War 1914-1918. Havelin William Leon. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of Granville Canadian Special Hospital from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 265255 Pte. William Leon Havelin 14th Battalion Born 13 March 1890, William Havelin was the eldest son of Joseph Wellie Havelin and of the deceased Esilde Havelin, of Saint Vincent de Paul, of the Isle of Jesus. His Occupation in 1914 was Blacksmith. Distinguishing features on enlistment are recorded as Tattoo on left-forearm of horseshoe around horses neck and Good Luck maple leaf. Address during WW1: 181 Rue Joliette, Saint-Charles-Borromée, QC J6E 7Y8 Canada. William attested 25th of September 1914 (after medical examination on 28 August 1914) at Rue de Valcartier, Montréal, QC, Canada with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, aged 24years, 5 months. He was posted to 14th Battalion, 3rd Brigade. His Unit Sailed 3rd/4th of October 1914 on SS Audavia for England. William was wounded at Ypres 23rd of April 1915 leaving a small scar on front of left leg. He was wounded and gassed on 26th of May 1916 with grenade wound to the hand, shrapnel wound to left forearm and left leg and had 2 operations to remove metal foreign objects. On 1st of June 1916 he was taken to Boulogne Stationary Hospital. Then admitted 15th of July 1916 to Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bearwood, Wokingham. He was transferred to Granville Canadian Special Hospital at Ramsgate on 27th of July 1916 and discharged 16th September 1916. William was admitted from 2nd Eastern (front) to General Hospital Brighton with Debility on 5th of September 1917 and transferred to Canadian General Hospital in Basingstoke on 31st of October 1917 with TB then transferred to Canadian Special Hospital at Lenham, Kent on 19th of March 1918. Invalided to Canada on 28th of March 1918 per H.S. Llandovery Castle from Liverpool and admitted to Drummondville Hospital Montreal on 25th of April 1918 with TB Lung and discharged on 27th of May 1918. He was discharged from the CEF on 14th of May 1918 in Montreal, Quebec. William died in 1959 in Danbury, Essex, England. Aaron Havelin Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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