Medicine
Hospitals, medical pioneers and the nursing contribution
Scotland, Laurieston: Margaret Cowie Crowe
Edi Stark talks to Janey Smith about the adventures of her great aunt Meg.
Scotland, Edinburgh: Elsie Inglis, Scottish Women’s Hospital
Dr Elsie Inglis - founding the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Home and Foreign Service.
Dublin: Saint Ultan’s Hospital
Dr Kathleen Lynn set up St Ultan’s Hospital for infants
Tipperary: Command Depot of Convalescing Soldiers
Tipperary Military Barracks was designated a Military Hospital and Command Depot in 1916
Knockrose, Co. Dublin: A Country Club for Wounded Soldiers
How a Co. Dublin farm became a country retreat for wounded soldiers.
Standard Hill, Nottingham: The General Hospital
Coping with the increasing number of wounded soldiers
Court Lodge, Lamberhurst: The Manor House Hospital
The Lord and Lady who opened their home for wounded soldiers
Travelodge, Middlesbrough: Recovering After a Serious Plane Crash
Where a Canadian ace pilot recovered from serious injuries after crashing
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa: Recovering in Luxury
Soldiers came from far and wide to be treated for at these lavish convalescence centre
Glasgow, Scotland: Pollok House Auxiliary Hospital
G43 1AT - The Stirling Maxwell family left home so that it could be used as a hospital.
Dartford, Kent: Hospital for German Prisoners of War
The newly discovered diaries of the woman who nursed German POW
Aberdeen, Scotland: Surgery Transformed – Sir Henry Gray
The story Sir Henry Gray and how advances he made helped save hundreds of lives.
Weddington, Nuneaton: Voluntary Aided Hospital
The estate that was once a Red Cross war hospital
Cambridge University, Cambridge: Shell Shock
How a Cambridge psychologist helped suffering soldiers
Park Inn Palace Hotel, Essex: Where Queen Mary Was Guest of Honour
How the Palace Hotel became the Queen Mary’s Royal Naval Hospital
Reading, Berkshire: Boosting the Spirits of War Wounded
Volunteers provide care and comforts for the wounded in Reading’s War Hospitals
St Dunstan’s Lodge, Regent’s Park: The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee
Helping visually impaired war veterans live an independent life
Bicester, Oxfordshire: Hospital Magazine
A magazine for the patients and former patients of Bicester Red Cross Hospital
Erskine, Scotland: Erskine Hospital
PA7 5NW - The story of Erskine Hospital which pioneered the use of artificial limbs.
Seale Hayne, Devon: Soldiers, Shell Shock and Secrecy
How soldiers with shell shock were treated
23 West Street, Newport: Annie's War
Annie Brewer - Wales' Florence Nightingale
Tyn Llan Farm, Bodedern, Holyhead: The Anglesey Bone Setters and the Thomas Splint
Thousands survived WW1 battlefields thanks to the son of a bone setter from Anglesey.
Spalding, Lincolnshire: Art Therapy Rehab
A new therapy for wounded soldiers and the founding of Spalding Arts and Crafts Society
Abbey Manor, Evesham: Where Every Injured Survived
The makeshift war hospital successfully treated all 3,600 injured soldiers
