part 23 - Driessen archive - 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth [England]
source: Driessen archive - digital
archivist: Andreas Driessen op ten Bulten
cannot show the archive images, however photo's of them are available, for a small fee [$/euro 2.50 each, payment via paypal]
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3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth [England]
brief history:
Originally it was an asylum for orphaned girls from soldiers as result of the Crimean War since 1859.
In 1914 it was renamed into Royal Patriotic School and was made into the 3rd London General Hospital for wounded from WW1.
It had over 1000 beds with 80% for officers.
It has its own newspaper, the Gazette.
In 1919 it was converted back to a Patriotic building and nowadays serve as housing.
Driessen archive:
1) 3rd London Territorial General Hospital Wandsworh - by Johns 9431 - photo postcard. [23-00217]
2) 3rd London General Hospital - [Patriotic school] - photo postcard by D. & M. 62 - postmarked July 1915. [23-00204a/b]
3) balloon view of the 3rd London general hospital Wandsworth - b/w postcard 1916 [mentioned in November en December 1916 gazette, it
was drawn by sergeant Fullwood RAMC, sold at 1d each, with proceeds for Benevolent Fund]. [23-00210a/b]
4) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - January 1916 - vol. I nr. 4. [23-00208-01/32]
5) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - March 1916 - vol. I nr. 6. [23-00220-01/32]
5) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - December 1916 - vol. II nr. 3. [23-00207-01/32]
6) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - May 1917 - vol. II nr. 8. [23-00213-01/32]
7) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - June 1917 - vol. II nr. 9. [23-00218-01/32]
8) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - July 1917 - vol. II nr. 10. [23-00214-01/32]
9) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - September 1917 - vol. II nr. 12. [23-00206-01/32]
10) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - October 1917 - vol. III nr. 1. [23-00202-01/32]
11) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - November 1917 - vol. III nr. 2. [23-00215-01/32]
12) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - January 1918 - vol. III nr. 4. [23-00201-01/32]
13) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - February 1918 - vol. III nr. 5. [23-00205-01/32]
14) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - May 1918 - vol. III nr. 8. [23-00219-01/32]
15) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - July 1918 - vol. III nr. 10. [23-00211-01/32]
16) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - October 1918 - vol. IV nr. 1. [23-00209-01/32]
17) The Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth - November 1918 - vol. IV nr. 2. [23-00212-01/32]
18) A souvenir of London & the 3rd London - album with pictures of London and the Hospital presented to nurse A. Gray. [23-00203-01/78]
19) Photo postcard - inside view of a hut/ward with number of named soldiers: Panton, Packett, Newson, Harrison, Scotton, Sedge, Tuttle,
Kellicker, Harris, Churchill, Finnert, Smith, Sowe with their bataillons/regiments and Gibson as night nurse. [23-00216a/b]
20) 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth postcard unused. [23-00221a/b]