Hi all

Does anyone have any information on military hospitals in Colchester ? I've done a search on the forum and came up with Severalls and the General Military Hospital. Would there be any patient records of any sort kept locally or at the National Archives ?

My grandfather was wounded and sent back to the UK to convalesce. In his autograph book there are plenty of entries by RAMC guys who simply signed their names followed by the word 'Colchester'. I'm assuming this is where they were !

Cheers

John

The old Essex County Hospital on Lexden Road was also used during the Great War (if memory serves). Afraid I don't know of military-related WWI hospital records being at the NA apart from those in MH 106, which unfortunately doesn't include any from Colchester. See this link:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...st&id=25898

cheers

Steve

John

See:

http://www.1914-1918.net/hospitals_uk.htm

http://www.kentvad.org/pages/aux-uk.htm

Dave

There are some interesting photographs of the old Colchester Military Hospital during WW1

HERE

I remember the local efforts to prevent its closure. Sadly they failed.

Severalls was a psychiatric institution to my knowledge.

Yes, it was, but it was taken over by the military for the duration of the war. I've found a web site I vaguely remembered, but couldn't find earlier this evening. Firstly it was used as a camp and then as a hospital.

Severalls

Regards
CGM

Thanks everyone. Some intersting links for me to follow up !

Cheers

John

Thanks for that link to Severalls, CGM. My grandmother lived on the Hythe during WW1, and used to talk about that place with some fear!

CGM

When you refer to local efforts to prevent the closure of this hospital, do you mean closure as a military hospital as opposed to total closure of the hospital? I ask simply because the photo of the hospital at the link is definitely an early photo of what is now Essex County Hospital in Lexden Road.