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Eastleigh Military Hospital    Eastleigh Military Hospital was situated in Chamberlayne School, Eastleigh. The hospital handled 72,000 wounded during the war. It was first called the Eastleigh Clearing Hospital, then the Eastleigh Military Hospital and then the Eastleigh Casualty Clearing Station. It opened in Spring 1915 as a Clearing Hospital taking men directly from the transports arriving at Southampton, who were sick or had minor wounds. Providing 1250 beds, the majority of patients had a short stay before being transferred to Auxiliary Hospitals or to Convalescent Camps. June 1915 Hospital Opens 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. Those known to have worked or been treated at Eastleigh Military Hospital during the Great War 1914-1918. Devlin George. Pte. Turner Victor G.. 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 Eastleigh Military 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? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Eastleigh Military Hospital? There are:1 items tagged Eastleigh Military 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. 261682 Pte. George Devlin 58th Battalion My grandfather, George Devlin, of Horsham, VIC, Australia, served in France with the 58th Battalion, 15th Brigade, 5th Division, AIF. On 1st of June 1917, he was transferred to Oakbank War Hospital from Eastleigh Military Hospital at his father Joseph Matthew Devlin’s request due to cousins living in Glasgow. His uncle Robert had passed in 1916, and the family branch in Glasgow were undertakers at the time at Glebe St. and later at 118 Castle Rd. L. Devlin Add to this record. 260852 Pte. Victor G. Turner Northamptonshire Regiment Victor G. Turner of the Northamptonshire Regiment joined up in May 1918, he was drafted to the Western Front on completing a term of training in the following September, and there saw much heavy fighting. After taking part in the Battles of Le Cateau and minor engagements, he was wounded early in November 1918, and admitted to hospital at Eastleigh. He was demobilised in February 1919, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals. Ron Johnson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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