Post
Office Home Hospital
20 Kensington Palace
Gardens, W8 4QQ
Medical
dates:
Medical
character:
Convalescent (military)
The Post Office Home Hospital
opened
in 1916 in part of a house lent by Major and the Hon. Mrs Edward Marten
Dunne. It
had 30 beds for servicemen and was affiliated to the Fourth London General Hospital. (Major
Dunne remained in residence throughout the war).
An annexe with 9 beds was established at 16 Derby Road, Bournemouth.
The Hospital presumably closed in 1919.
Present status (June 2010)
The Grade II listed property is currently owned by the Sultan of Brunei.
An annexe with 9 beds was established at 16 Derby Road, Bournemouth.
The Hospital presumably closed in 1919.
Present status (June 2010)
The Grade II listed property is currently owned by the Sultan of Brunei.
No. 20, Kensington Palace Gardens.
READERS' COMMENTS
The Post Office Hospital in 1916.
My grandmother Helen Griffith worked here as a nurse. Her scrap album of items - drawings, photographs and entertainment flyers, etc. can be found at this site:
https://goo.gl/photos/9Wvx8BtwbTTcMSWp7
The Post Office Hospital in 1916.
My grandmother Helen Griffith worked here as a nurse. Her scrap album of items - drawings, photographs and entertainment flyers, etc. can be found at this site:
https://goo.gl/photos/9Wvx8BtwbTTcMSWp7
(Photograph courtesy of Julian Taylor)
(Author unstated) 1917 List of the various hospitals treating military cases in the United Kingdom. London, H.M.S.O.
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