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Netley Hospital

January 01, 1970

For other hospitals with similar names, see Victoria Hospital (disambiguation).

The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from Florence Nightingale. Often visited by Queen Victoria, the hospital was extensively used during the First World War. It became the 28th US General Hospital during the invasion of mainland Europe in the Second World War.[1] The main building – the world's longest building when it was completed – was entirely demolished in 1966,[1] except for the chapel and former YMCA building, which still survive. The extensive outbuildings, which once occupied a vast acreage of land to the rear of the main building, finally succumbed in 1978. The site of the hospital can be seen and explored in Royal Victoria Country Park.

Netley Hospital
Line engraving of Royal Victoria Military Hospital from Southampton Water produced by T. A. Prior in 1857
Shown in Hampshire
Geography
LocationNetley, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates50°51′59.73″N 1°20′30.29″W / 50.8665917°N 1.3417472°W / 50.8665917; -1.3417472
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypePublic
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1856
Closed1978
Links
ListsHospitals in England

The hospital was situated within the larger area of land bounded by the River Itchen and River Hamble, particularly around Sholing[1] that had become known locally as Spike Island. That term was subsequently used by wounded soldiers and prisoners of war to describe the location of the hospital.

History edit

Development edit

 
West Wing of the Royal Victoria Hospital

During the Crimean War (1854–1856), news of dreadful conditions in military hospitals in the Crimea caused political concern in England,[2] and contributed to the fall of the government in 1855[2] due to "Mismanagement of the War".[2] Encouraged by Queen Victoria[1] and aided by the friendship[2] between Florence Nightingale and the new Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, the fresh political climate allowed a large military hospital to be planned and constructed.[2]

Netley on the shore of Southampton Water was first suggested as a site for the new hospital by Sir Andrew Smith, and was settled on after the rejection of co-location with the Naval Hospital at Haslar. The board in charge of the project was appointed by Lord Panmure and chaired by Colonel T. O'Brien, the Deputy Quartermaster General, and was to keep closely in touch with Smith to ensure that the views of medical officers on the design were respected.[3] 109 acres (0.44 km2) of land was purchased from Thomas Chamberlayne's[4] Netley Grange Estate on 3 January 1856.[4] Later that year, developing plans meant that further land was required,[4] which was compulsorily purchased from Chamberlayne.[5] Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone on 19 May 1856,[5] concealing underneath a copy of the plans, the first Victoria Cross, a Crimea Medal and coins of the realm.[6] The inscription read:

This stone was laid on the 19th day of May in the year of our Lord 1856, by Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the foundation stone of the Victoria Military Hospital intended for the reception of the sick and invalid soldiers of her Army[6]

Some confusion was caused by the publication in The Builder of unrevised plans for the hospital.[3] Moreover, the influential Florence Nightingale, still busy in the Crimea, was not involved in the initial design.[7] On her return, she was able to highlight flaws in the design[7] and politicise them. In January 1857, Prime Minister Lord Palmerston wrote:

It seems to me that at Netley all consideration of what would best tend to the comfort and recovery of the patients has been sacrificed to the vanity of the architect, whose sole object has been to make a building which should cut a dash when looked at from Southampton River. Pray stop all work.[8]

But construction was well under way, and it was too late to change the design significantly.[8] Subsequent reports and enquiries concluded that the design and its location were indeed flawed,[9] though, under the influence of Dr John Sutherland, Nightingale eventually expressed approval for the plans.[10]

The hospital eventually opened for patients on 11 March 1863.[11] It was a quarter of a mile (435 m) long, had 138 wards and approximately 1,000 beds, and was Britain's largest military hospital. It cost £350,000 to build, and was late and over budget. Supporting infrastructure was also built, including a reservoir at Hound Grove[4] and a gasworks[8][12] In 1863 Nightingale's colleague Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart became the Supervisor of Nurses, but she was there for just five years before an investigation revealled her bullying and temper.[13] She was replaced by Jane Cecilia Deeble who was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her work "in Zululand". Deeble was in charge until 1889 when she was succeeded by Helen Campbell Norman.[14]

A cast iron pier was extended into Southampton Water in 1865,[15] restricted to 560 ft (170 m) in length and not reaching deep water.[15] A railway line connected Netley to Southampton Docks on 5 March 1866.[16] At the suggestion of Queen Victoria,[17][18] the line was extended into the grounds of the hospital on 18 April 1900.[19] In 1903, an electricity generating station was built.[20]

In 1864, a Portland stone memorial was erected, dedicated to the members of the Army Medical Department who died in the Crimean War.[15]

Early use edit

 
Recuperating Boer War soldiers photographed on the hospital pier (circa 1902)

The building was enormous, grand, and visually attractive, but was neither convenient nor practical. Corridors were on the sea-facing front of the building, leaving the wards facing the inner courtyard with little light and air. Ventilation in general was poor, with unpleasant smells lingering around the vast building. In 1867, journalist Matthew Wallingford paid a visit to the hospital to write a report for the local parish newsletter:

It was a ghastly display of deception to say the least. To the naked eye it is a triumph of modern architecture, but should you inherit the misfortune to be sectioned there, one would not think of the place as so. It is not so much as the greatest military hospital in the world as much as it is a rather impractical waste of government finance.[21]

Early patients arriving from campaigns taking place all over the world during the expansion of the British Empire had an uncomfortable journey to the hospital, either having to be transferred to a shallow-draft boat[15] if landing at the pier, or transported from Netley station to the hospital if arriving by rail.[22]

The hospital was particularly busy during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) which, when the project was further encouraged by Queen Victoria,[17] provided the impetus for extending the railway line. The extension terminated at a station behind the hospital but was awkward to operate, having gradients which were steep for the locomotives of the time.[23] Some trains needed a locomotive at each end to travel that ¾ of a mile.[24]

 
An ambulance train at Netley Hospital's station

The railway and pier were also used for Queen Victoria's frequent visits to the hospital; she often arrived at the pier having been conveyed in the Royal Yacht from her residence on the Isle of Wight, Osborne House. She awarded three Victoria Crosses to patients at the hospital.[25] The Pier's lack of access to deep water meant it ceased to be used for patient transfer after 1901.[26]

From its construction until 1902, Netley Hospital served as the home of the Army Medical School, training civilian doctors for service with the army. In A Study in Scarlet, Dr. Watson recounts his earlier life before meeting Sherlock Holmes; it is established that Watson received his medical degree from the University of London in 1878, and had gone on to train at Netley Hospital as a surgeon in the Army.[27] As many patients were suffering from tropical diseases, the hospital was also used for medical research. The first thing that confronted anyone entering the imposing central tower block was a large museum of natural history and anatomical specimens, reflecting the interests of many of the doctors.[25]

World Wars edit

 
The chapel is all that remains of original hospital structure.
 
Interior of the hospital chapel serving as a visitor centre

During the First World War, a large Red Cross hutted hospital was built at the rear of the site,[28] which expanded Netley Hospital to accommodate around 2,500 beds.[28] Many of the staff were Red Cross volunteers, as most of the regular staff were overseas. Some 50,000 patients were treated at Netley during the war.[25]

Similar usage was seen during the Second World War, when around 68,000 casualties were treated. In June 1940, French soldiers from Dunkirk were treated here. In 1944, US Forces took over the hospital prior to D-Day.[25]

A break was made in the pier during the Second World War to prevent its use in the event of a German invasion.[26]

Decline edit

After the war, the hospital continued to care for some casualties returning from overseas service. It also accommodated some Hungarian refugees in 1956, but due to its high cost of maintenance, it gradually fell into disuse, and the main site closed in 1958.[25] The pier was never repaired and had been demolished by 1955.[26]

In 1963, a large fire damaged much of the building, and it was demolished in 1966, with only the chapel retained.[25] Shortly before its demolition, Jonathan Miller filmed his 1966 version of Alice in Wonderland in the hospital. A ceremony uncovered Queen Victoria's time capsule beneath the foundation stone on 7 December 1966.[28]

At the rear of the site, D Block (Victoria House) and E Block (Albert House) formed the psychiatric hospital. D Block was opened in 1870 as the army's first purpose-built military asylum. These buildings were also used from the 1950s to 1978 to treat Army (and from 1960, Navy) personnel who suffered from sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol problems, and later the Joint Armed Services Psychiatric Unit. The unit moved to the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich in mid-1978.[25]

The site is now open to the public as the Royal Victoria Country Park. Of the main building, only the hospital chapel remains; it was scheduled for demolition but was saved at the last moment as a monument to the hospital. The chapel was designated as Grade II* listed in 1974.[29]

Some buildings at the rear of the site, including the former asylum, are used as the Hampshire Constabulary Police Training Headquarters. The Officers' Mess survives and is also a listed building.[30] The altar from the Catholic chapel is still in use at the Our Lady of Sorrows and St Philip Benizi church in Fordingbridge.[31]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Spike Island. Philip Hoare. ISBN 1-84115-294-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 7
  3. ^ a b A. E. W. Miles, The Accidental Birth of Military Medicine, Civic Books, London, 2009 ISBN 9781-904104-95-7, p. 149
  4. ^ a b c d Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 9
  5. ^ a b Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 11
  6. ^ a b Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 12
  7. ^ a b Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 13
  8. ^ a b c Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 15
  9. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 14
  10. ^ A. E. W. Miles, The Accidental Birth of Military Medicine, Civic Books, London, 2009 ISBN 9781-904104-95-7, p. 153
  11. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 16
  12. ^ Hampshire Independent. 1 December 1860
  13. ^ Wildman, Stuart (14 May 2020), "Stewart, Jane Catherine Shaw (1821–1905), nurse", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.107344, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 13 January 2024
  14. ^ Cohen, Susan L. (11 January 2024), "Deeble [née Egan], Jane Cecilia (1827–1913), nurse", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000382491, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 15 January 2024
  15. ^ a b c d Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 17
  16. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 30
  17. ^ a b Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 41
  18. ^ Southampton Times. 23 December 1899
  19. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 42
  20. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 21
  21. ^ "Royal Victoria Military Hospital - the Hampshire hospital built to house nation's war wounded". Southern Daily Echo. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  22. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 31
  23. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. Ch. 4
  24. ^ Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g "Netley Hospital". Quaranc. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  26. ^ a b c Easdown, Martin; Sage, Linda (2011). Piers Of Hampshire & The Isle Of Wight. Amberley. pp. 65–67. ISBN 9781445603551.
  27. ^ A Study in Scarlet/Part 1/Chapter 1 Wikisource. Retrieved on 23 August 2011.
  28. ^ a b c Netley Hospital and its Railways. J. R. Fairman. 1984. ISBN 0-946184-09-7. p. 20
  29. ^ Historic England. "Chapel in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1322694)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  30. ^ Historic England. "Officers' Mess in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1204595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  31. ^ O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 281–284. ISBN 9780300225037.

Further reading edit

External links edit

  • Hampshire County Council: Royal Victoria Country Park site history
  • QARANC: Netley Hospital and QARANC

January 01, 1970
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For other hospitals with similar names see Victoria Hospital disambiguation The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley near Southampton Hampshire England Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy chiefly from Florence Nightingale Often visited by Queen Victoria the hospital was extensively used during the First World War It became the 28th US General Hospital during the invasion of mainland Europe in the Second World War 1 The main building the world s longest building when it was completed was entirely demolished in 1966 1 except for the chapel and former YMCA building which still survive The extensive outbuildings which once occupied a vast acreage of land to the rear of the main building finally succumbed in 1978 The site of the hospital can be seen and explored in Royal Victoria Country Park Netley HospitalLine engraving of Royal Victoria Military Hospital from Southampton Water produced by T A Prior in 1857Shown in HampshireGeographyLocationNetley England United KingdomCoordinates50 51 59 73 N 1 20 30 29 W 50 8665917 N 1 3417472 W 50 8665917 1 3417472OrganisationCare systemPublic NHSTypePublicServicesEmergency departmentNo Accident amp EmergencyHistoryOpened1856Closed1978LinksListsHospitals in England The hospital was situated within the larger area of land bounded by the River Itchen and River Hamble particularly around Sholing 1 that had become known locally as Spike Island That term was subsequently used by wounded soldiers and prisoners of war to describe the location of the hospital Contents 1 History 1 1 Development 1 2 Early use 1 3 World Wars 1 4 Decline 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editDevelopment edit nbsp West Wing of the Royal Victoria HospitalDuring the Crimean War 1854 1856 news of dreadful conditions in military hospitals in the Crimea caused political concern in England 2 and contributed to the fall of the government in 1855 2 due to Mismanagement of the War 2 Encouraged by Queen Victoria 1 and aided by the friendship 2 between Florence Nightingale and the new Prime Minister Lord Palmerston the fresh political climate allowed a large military hospital to be planned and constructed 2 Netley on the shore of Southampton Water was first suggested as a site for the new hospital by Sir Andrew Smith and was settled on after the rejection of co location with the Naval Hospital at Haslar The board in charge of the project was appointed by Lord Panmure and chaired by Colonel T O Brien the Deputy Quartermaster General and was to keep closely in touch with Smith to ensure that the views of medical officers on the design were respected 3 109 acres 0 44 km2 of land was purchased from Thomas Chamberlayne s 4 Netley Grange Estate on 3 January 1856 4 Later that year developing plans meant that further land was required 4 which was compulsorily purchased from Chamberlayne 5 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone on 19 May 1856 5 concealing underneath a copy of the plans the first Victoria Cross a Crimea Medal and coins of the realm 6 The inscription read This stone was laid on the 19th day of May in the year of our Lord 1856 by Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the foundation stone of the Victoria Military Hospital intended for the reception of the sick and invalid soldiers of her Army 6 Some confusion was caused by the publication in The Builder of unrevised plans for the hospital 3 Moreover the influential Florence Nightingale still busy in the Crimea was not involved in the initial design 7 On her return she was able to highlight flaws in the design 7 and politicise them In January 1857 Prime Minister Lord Palmerston wrote It seems to me that at Netley all consideration of what would best tend to the comfort and recovery of the patients has been sacrificed to the vanity of the architect whose sole object has been to make a building which should cut a dash when looked at from Southampton River Pray stop all work 8 But construction was well under way and it was too late to change the design significantly 8 Subsequent reports and enquiries concluded that the design and its location were indeed flawed 9 though under the influence of Dr John Sutherland Nightingale eventually expressed approval for the plans 10 The hospital eventually opened for patients on 11 March 1863 11 It was a quarter of a mile 435 m long had 138 wards and approximately 1 000 beds and was Britain s largest military hospital It cost 350 000 to build and was late and over budget Supporting infrastructure was also built including a reservoir at Hound Grove 4 and a gasworks 8 12 In 1863 Nightingale s colleague Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart became the Supervisor of Nurses but she was there for just five years before an investigation revealled her bullying and temper 13 She was replaced by Jane Cecilia Deeble who was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her work in Zululand Deeble was in charge until 1889 when she was succeeded by Helen Campbell Norman 14 A cast iron pier was extended into Southampton Water in 1865 15 restricted to 560 ft 170 m in length and not reaching deep water 15 A railway line connected Netley to Southampton Docks on 5 March 1866 16 At the suggestion of Queen Victoria 17 18 the line was extended into the grounds of the hospital on 18 April 1900 19 In 1903 an electricity generating station was built 20 In 1864 a Portland stone memorial was erected dedicated to the members of the Army Medical Department who died in the Crimean War 15 Early use edit nbsp Recuperating Boer War soldiers photographed on the hospital pier circa 1902 The building was enormous grand and visually attractive but was neither convenient nor practical Corridors were on the sea facing front of the building leaving the wards facing the inner courtyard with little light and air Ventilation in general was poor with unpleasant smells lingering around the vast building In 1867 journalist Matthew Wallingford paid a visit to the hospital to write a report for the local parish newsletter It was a ghastly display of deception to say the least To the naked eye it is a triumph of modern architecture but should you inherit the misfortune to be sectioned there one would not think of the place as so It is not so much as the greatest military hospital in the world as much as it is a rather impractical waste of government finance 21 Early patients arriving from campaigns taking place all over the world during the expansion of the British Empire had an uncomfortable journey to the hospital either having to be transferred to a shallow draft boat 15 if landing at the pier or transported from Netley station to the hospital if arriving by rail 22 The hospital was particularly busy during the Second Boer War 1899 1902 which when the project was further encouraged by Queen Victoria 17 provided the impetus for extending the railway line The extension terminated at a station behind the hospital but was awkward to operate having gradients which were steep for the locomotives of the time 23 Some trains needed a locomotive at each end to travel that of a mile 24 nbsp An ambulance train at Netley Hospital s station The railway and pier were also used for Queen Victoria s frequent visits to the hospital she often arrived at the pier having been conveyed in the Royal Yacht from her residence on the Isle of Wight Osborne House She awarded three Victoria Crosses to patients at the hospital 25 The Pier s lack of access to deep water meant it ceased to be used for patient transfer after 1901 26 From its construction until 1902 Netley Hospital served as the home of the Army Medical School training civilian doctors for service with the army In A Study in Scarlet Dr Watson recounts his earlier life before meeting Sherlock Holmes it is established that Watson received his medical degree from the University of London in 1878 and had gone on to train at Netley Hospital as a surgeon in the Army 27 As many patients were suffering from tropical diseases the hospital was also used for medical research The first thing that confronted anyone entering the imposing central tower block was a large museum of natural history and anatomical specimens reflecting the interests of many of the doctors 25 World Wars edit nbsp The chapel is all that remains of original hospital structure nbsp Interior of the hospital chapel serving as a visitor centre During the First World War a large Red Cross hutted hospital was built at the rear of the site 28 which expanded Netley Hospital to accommodate around 2 500 beds 28 Many of the staff were Red Cross volunteers as most of the regular staff were overseas Some 50 000 patients were treated at Netley during the war 25 Similar usage was seen during the Second World War when around 68 000 casualties were treated In June 1940 French soldiers from Dunkirk were treated here In 1944 US Forces took over the hospital prior to D Day 25 A break was made in the pier during the Second World War to prevent its use in the event of a German invasion 26 Decline edit After the war the hospital continued to care for some casualties returning from overseas service It also accommodated some Hungarian refugees in 1956 but due to its high cost of maintenance it gradually fell into disuse and the main site closed in 1958 25 The pier was never repaired and had been demolished by 1955 26 In 1963 a large fire damaged much of the building and it was demolished in 1966 with only the chapel retained 25 Shortly before its demolition Jonathan Miller filmed his 1966 version of Alice in Wonderland in the hospital A ceremony uncovered Queen Victoria s time capsule beneath the foundation stone on 7 December 1966 28 At the rear of the site D Block Victoria House and E Block Albert House formed the psychiatric hospital D Block was opened in 1870 as the army s first purpose built military asylum These buildings were also used from the 1950s to 1978 to treat Army and from 1960 Navy personnel who suffered from sexually transmitted diseases drug and alcohol problems and later the Joint Armed Services Psychiatric Unit The unit moved to the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital Woolwich in mid 1978 25 The site is now open to the public as the Royal Victoria Country Park Of the main building only the hospital chapel remains it was scheduled for demolition but was saved at the last moment as a monument to the hospital The chapel was designated as Grade II listed in 1974 29 Some buildings at the rear of the site including the former asylum are used as the Hampshire Constabulary Police Training Headquarters The Officers Mess survives and is also a listed building 30 The altar from the Catholic chapel is still in use at the Our Lady of Sorrows and St Philip Benizi church in Fordingbridge 31 See also editList of hospitals in EnglandReferences edit a b c d Spike Island Philip Hoare ISBN 1 84115 294 3 a b c d e Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 7 a b A E W Miles The Accidental Birth of Military Medicine Civic Books London 2009 ISBN 9781 904104 95 7 p 149 a b c d Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 9 a b Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 11 a b Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 12 a b Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 13 a b c Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 15 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 14 A E W Miles The Accidental Birth of Military Medicine Civic Books London 2009 ISBN 9781 904104 95 7 p 153 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 16 Hampshire Independent 1 December 1860 Wildman Stuart 14 May 2020 Stewart Jane Catherine Shaw 1821 1905 nurse Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 odnb 9780198614128 013 107344 ISBN 978 0 19 861412 8 retrieved 13 January 2024 Cohen Susan L 11 January 2024 Deeble nee Egan Jane Cecilia 1827 1913 nurse Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 odnb 9780198614128 013 90000382491 ISBN 978 0 19 861412 8 retrieved 15 January 2024 a b c d Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 17 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 30 a b Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 41 Southampton Times 23 December 1899 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 42 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 21 Royal Victoria Military Hospital the Hampshire hospital built to house nation s war wounded Southern Daily Echo 4 August 2017 Retrieved 7 October 2018 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 31 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 Ch 4 Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 a b c d e f g Netley Hospital Quaranc Retrieved 7 October 2018 a b c Easdown Martin Sage Linda 2011 Piers Of Hampshire amp The Isle Of Wight Amberley pp 65 67 ISBN 9781445603551 A Study in Scarlet Part 1 Chapter 1 Wikisource Retrieved on 23 August 2011 a b c Netley Hospital and its Railways J R Fairman 1984 ISBN 0 946184 09 7 p 20 Historic England Chapel in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital 1322694 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 30 January 2017 Historic England Officers Mess in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital 1204595 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 30 January 2017 O Brien Charles Bailey Bruce Pevsner Nikolaus Lloyd David W 2018 The Buildings of England Hampshire South Yale University Press pp 281 284 ISBN 9780300225037 Further reading editFairman J R 1984 Netley Hospital and its Railways Kingfisher Railway Productions ISBN 0 946184 09 7 ISBN 978 0946184095 Hoare Philip nd Spike Island The Memory of a Military Hospital Fourth Estate ISBN 1 84115 294 3External links editHampshire County Council Royal Victoria Country Park site history QARANC Netley Hospital and QARANC Paintings and photos of Netley Hospital during World War One SNAG 56 Naval Base Hospital No 12 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Netley Hospital amp oldid 1213673689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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