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No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital
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The No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital was a World War I military hospital in Walton-on-Thames, England. The hospital opened in 1915 by requisitioning the essentially 15th century Mount Felix estate, a grand house with gardens, and closed in 1920.[1][2][3][4]
No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital | |
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New Zealand Medical Corps | |
![]() The Mount Felix Tapestry which focuses on this hospital, on show at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin. | |
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Geography | |
Location | Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England / United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.3866°N 0.4256°W / 51.3866; -0.4256 |
Organisation | |
Type | Military hospital |
Affiliated university | New Zealand Army Medical Service |
History | |
Opened | 1915 |
Closed | 1920 |
Demolished | 1967 |
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 the next year.[6][7][8]
The buildings were demolished in 1967 to leave the clock tower and stable block – grade II listed buildings – which is by far the most abundant category of statutory protection and recognition.[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'.