Researching my fathers wartime, it appears that he was admitted to the 5th General Hospital Chichester in 1941 and was discharged from 5th General Hospital Goodwood are these hospitals one and the same, would intimate so. Also does anyone know if that hospital is actually Goodwood House which served as a hospital during the war. Have visited Goodwood house but they nor the West Sussex records office know! Or any clues as to where the 5th Gen Hospital was in fact located. Any help appreciated
Hi dsms Looks like somebody else is looking for the same information .... unless it's you !! :becky: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=31210d3490b38ef5fc47160724d5053c&topic=322377.new I have a list of WW1 hospitals and a lot of those hospitals were used in WW2 also ! though the only one I could find in Chichester was Graylingwell War Hospital and I don't think thats the one ! you might try the National Archives in the meantime .... but I'll keep looking !! Military hospitals in the United Kingdom Annie
I wonder if an email here might be worth a shot ! ... they may be able to point you in the right direction ! NHS Trust - Royal West Sussex NHS Trust General Information Annie
thanks thanks for tips, have already tried them, national archive, RAMC Museum, West Sussex records office and Goodwood house , none have any info
dsms, you will need to write letters into the local papers of the areas, asking for help. Off the top of my head I can think of two hospitals within a 5mile radius that were part of the emergency medical scheme introduced in 1939. On top of that there was a further 6 'hospitals' that opened that i know of. These were in large houses, factories and others. The fact it was listed may not necessarily mean it was a hospital to begin with, but as Annie pointed out it may have been turned over to be used as one. Firstly I would suggest the letters tot he local papers asking for help from the readers, then contact all local museums AND historians. Very few people will recall where the hospitals were, but over the local population someone will know where each was and what it was probably called. Next contact the nursing association, there must be one, to ask for help. The RAMC was only responsible for military hospitals, they had next to nothing to do with the health service hospitals. Each hospital was just put onto alert ready to take in casualties in 1939. So each health service area got the circular, and passed it on. You will need to track down the records for the Sussex health service, but then again they may not have owned that hospital. The main one i know of was in Staffordshire, but during the war belonged to East Lancashire. I am afraid that before the NHS in 1948, tracking down who owned which hospital, where it was and where the records are is near impossible. Your only chance is local historians to the area and residents themselves. Good luck
