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Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe    The Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe was situated in Shelly Road, Bournemouth. During the Great War the hospital was expanded by the addition of tented wards in the grounds for the treatment of wounded soldiers. It built as Boscombe Hospital in 1876, a tuberculosis sanatorium. In 1911 it merged with the Royal Victoria Hospital in Poole Road, Westbourne and both sites were together known as the Royal Victoria & West Hants Hospital. The buildings were mostly demolished in 1993 but some of the decorative tile panels depicting fairy tales were incorporated into the buildings of the new hospital at Littledown. 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 Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe during the Great War 1914-1918. Bainton Joseph. Pte. Shields William. 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 Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe 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? 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There are:0 items tagged Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 240028 Pte. William Shields 11th Battalion William Shields, (a sleeper cutter in the forests of SW Western Australia), enlisted from Blackboy Hill, Western Australia at the outbreak of World War 1 on the 23rd September 1914. As a member of the Australian Imperial Force 11th Battalion, Bill, after training in Egypt, landed on the beaches of Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. After much sickness and injuries he was admitted to Heliopolis on the 28th November 1915, to the 1st Australian General Hospital in Egypt, whereupon a telegram is sent to William's mother Mary in Tasmania informing her that her son is dangerously ill and series of correspondence issue hence forth. On the 19th December 1915 Bill is reported to be out of danger, and is invalided to Australia embarking on HMS Commonwealth at Suez, to return to Australia for 3 months change. Bill disembarked at Fremantle on the 22nd February, 1916 and was discharged on 9th June 1916 after serving 298 days. He re-enlisted at Blackboy Hill on the 10th September 1917, Regimental No 8042 (previously 983) with the rank of Private in the 11th Battalion, 27th Reinforcements. His age was recorded as 26 years 8 months, and marital status single. William endured the battles and life on the Western Front in Belgium and France until once again injured wounded in action on the 26th August 1918 with a bayonet wound to the left thigh and was invalided to the United Kingdom on the same day, admitted to Boscombe Hospital, Hants. William Shields embarked for Australia per Morvada on 4th January 1919, after Armistice had been signed and he had repatriated in an English hospital. William Shields or Bill as he was known to his mates was awarded 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Memorial plaque Denise Moore Add to this record. 4 Pte. Joseph Bainton 1st btn Lincolnshire Regt My father served in the Great war with the Lincolnshire Regt. He was Pte J. Bainton 9540 1/Lincs.He was wounded in his arm and leg.The wounds got him home where he recovered in Royal Victoria Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth.He liked Bournemouth so much that after the war Mum & Dad moved here from Scunthorpe. We have a photo of Dad in a basket wheel chair near the beach at Boscombe. The whole family would like to know which battle Dad was wounded.He never spoke of the war at all. Joseph Bainton Jun. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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