91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Plaque

Military Hospital

Erection date: 7/11/2008

Inscription

Site of Endell Street Military Hospital, 1915 - 1919. Established in former workhouse buildings during the First World War under the command of Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, this 573-bed hospital is the only British army hospital to have been staffed entirely by women. More than 24,000 soldiers were treated here.
{The graphic to the left incorporates the suffragettes' motto:}
Deeds not words
{and their colours of purple, white and green.}

Site: Military Hospital (1 memorial)

WC2, Endell Street, Dudley Court

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Military Hospital

Subjects commemorated i

Endell Street Military Hospital

Established in the disused St Giles workhouse buildings during WW1 under the ...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson

Born Aldeburgh, Suffolk. CBE MD. Daughter of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and n...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Dr. Flora Murray

Born near Dumfries, Scotland. The picture source explains that the bag was em...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam

W1, Wimpole Street, 67

LCC Henry Hallam, 1777 - 1859, historian, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
County Hall - London government

County Hall - London government

SE1, Belvedere Road, County Hall

Designed as offices for London government, the building was opened in 1922 by King George V. We think it very likely that these plaques,...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Robert Hollond

Robert Hollond

HA7, Uxbridge Road, 1, Church Lodge (or Churchyard Lodge)

The Listing says "The original purpose of this lodge is unclear: it is thought to have housed the parish clerk. Listed as a fine example ...

3 subjects commemorated
The Strongest Link

The Strongest Link

TN16, Main Street

The Strongest Link. The Royal Air Force Station motto commemorates all service and civilian personnel based here during World War II who ...

4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens

An unusually decorative and high quality plaque for such a mundane event. We don't know whether it refers to a restoration of just the me...

1 creator