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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

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Eastleigh Military Hospital

during the Great War 1914-1918.

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Pte. George Devlin 58th Battalion

George Devlin gravestone

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.

George Devlin transfer from Oakbank War Hospital to Harefield House Hospital

George Devlin admission to Oakbank War Hospital

L. Devlin




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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






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