No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital

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No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital
New Zealand Medical Corps
Mount Felex Tapestry.jpg
The Mount Felix Tapestry which focuses on the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, on show at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.
Geography
LocationWalton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates51°23′12″N 0°25′32″W / 51.3866°N 0.4256°W / 51.3866; -0.4256Coordinates: 51°23′12″N 0°25′32″W / 51.3866°N 0.4256°W / 51.3866; -0.4256
Organisation
TypeMilitary hospital
History
Opened1915
Closed1920
Demolished1967
Links
ListsHospitals in England

The No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital was a World War I military hospital in Walton-on-Thames, England. The hospital opened in 1915 in the requisitioned 15th century Mount Felix estate, and closed in 1920.[1][2][3][4]

It was the first hospital in the United Kingdom used specifically for soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In 1916 a new hospital was built in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, as the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, and Mount Felix was renamed as the number two hospital.[3] Approximately 27,000 New Zealand soldiers were treated at the hospital during the war.[3][5] The hospital was memorialised by the Mount Felix Tapestry which toured New Zealand in 2018 and 2019.[6][7][8]

The main building was demolished in 1967 except for the clock tower and stable block that still stand and are grade II listed buildings.[9][10]

The first matron of the hospital was Mabel Thurston who later became matron-in-chief of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.[11]

'2 General Hospital' was a unit of the New Zealand Medical Corps. The unit was re-raised in World War II and served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, the Western Desert, Tunisia, and Italy.[12] The unit is now called '2 (General Hospital) Field Hospital'.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Walton-on-Thames Hospital booklet" (PDF). nzhistory.govt.nz. 2019.
  2. ^ "New Zealand and World War One – General Hospitals – 1916 – 1919". www.sooty.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Crummy, Andrew (2017). The Mount Felix Tapestry. Impress Print Services. ISBN 978-1-912031-49-8.
  4. ^ "Lost_Hospitals_of_London". ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019. and "The Mount Felix Tapestry: Kiwi soldiers in Walton-on-Thames". Radio New Zealand. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Walton-on-Thames NZ General Hospital Roll of Honour | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Mount Felix Tapestry Tour of New Zealand WW100 New Zealand". ww100.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Mt Felix Tapestry tells stories of love and prosperity". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mt Felix Tapestry". Riverhouse Bark Arts Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Clock Tower, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Clock tower and stable block to the former Mount Felix". Historic England. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  11. ^ Rodgers, Jan (1996). "Thurston, Mabel". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ J.B. McKinney (1952). Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch.

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