No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital Explained

No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital
Founded:	1916
Org/Group:	New Zealand Medical Corps
Region:	Brokenhurst
Country:	England
Type:	Military

The № 1 New Zealand General Hospital (1NZGH) was a World War I military hospital in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. The hospital was established in June 1916, after moving from Abasseyeh in Egypt.^[1] It was operated by the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. It had been the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers.^{[2] [3]}

Two large hotels in the parish: the Balmer Lawn Hotel and Forest Park Hotel were taken over and became a part of the new hospital, they could each hold 200 beds. 1NZGH became the orthopaedic centre for the New Zealand Medical Service in Britain.^[4]

On occasions during 1918 nearly 1,600 patients were accommodated at the hospital. Between 1916 and its closure 1919 the hospital cared for over 20,000 patients. Auckland Avenue and Auckland Place in Brockenhurst are named to commemorate the many New Zealanders who served at the Hospital during World War I.^[5]

Saint Nicholas Churchyard has 106 graves of those who died from the war including 93 New Zealanders, three Indian and three unidentified Belgian civilians.^[6]

See also

• No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, in Walton-on-Thames, England
• No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, in Codford, Wiltshire, England.

References

1. Web site: Pyke. Angela. 29 June 2016. Brockenhurst: The No.1 New Zealand General Hospital. 20 June 2020.
2. Web site: Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1916 – New Forest Knowledge. 2020-06-20. en-GB.
3. Web site: Brockenhurst Hospital NZETC. 2020-06-20. nzetc.victoria.ac.nz.
4. Web site: NZANS History - 1915-1922. 2021-04-07. www.nzans.org.
5. Web site: Brockenhurst: A World War One Hospital Village - Brockenhurst Parish Council. 2021-04-07. www.brockenhurst.gov.uk.
6. Web site: Brockenhurst (St. Nicholas) Churchyard. 2021-04-07. www.cwgc.org. en.

Further reading

• Book: Carbery, A. D. . The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914‐1918 . Auckland . Whitcombe & Tombs . 1924 . Hardback . . The official history of the medical service.
• Book: Kendall . Sherayl . Corbett . David . New Zealand Military Nursing: A History of the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, Boer War to Present Day . Auckland . Self-published . 1990. .
• Book: McNabb, Sherayl . 100 years New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps 1915–2015 . Hawke's Bay . Sherayl McNabb . 2015 . 978-0-473-31467-5.
• Book: Pengelly, Edna . Nursing in Peace and War . Wellington . Whitcomb & Tombs . 1956.
• Book: Rees, Peter . The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War, 1914‐1918 . Crows Nest, NSW . Allen & Unwin . 2008 . 978-1-741755-49-7. . Includes material relating to both Australian and New Zealand nurses.
• Book: Rogers, Anna . While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899‐1948 . Auckland . Auckland University Press . 2003 . 978-1-869403-01-0.
• Book: Tolerton, Jane . Make Her Praises Heard Afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One . Wellington . Booklovers Books . 2017 . Paperback . 978-0-473-39965-8.
• Book: Treanor, Ken . The Staff, the Serpent and the Sword: 100 years of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps . Christchurch . Willson Scott . 2008 . Hardback . 978-1-877427-19-0.

External links

• Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1916
• World War I Destinations Information on Brockenhurst in World War I.
• Pathe Gazette No. 541, Brockenhurst & Lymington. A Token of Appreciation (New Zealanders Present Flags Prior To Their Departure For Home). Historic film of the Commanding Office of the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, and his principal matron presenting a New Zealand flag to the mayor of Lymington before similar scenes at the church at Brockenhurst where a New Zealand flag is presented into the safekeeping of the church. The final scenes show the graves of the New Zealanders buried in the churchyard.
• New Zealand War Graves - St Nicholas – a list of the New Zealand war graves at Brockenhursh Parish Church
• NZEF in England 1916-19 map. A map showing the infrastructure of N.Z.E.F camps, hospitals, depots and offices in England.
• One Woman, One Ambulance, WWI. Article about the experiences of Deborah Pitts Taylor at Brockenhurst.
• Lady Hardinge & Tin Town – Brockenhurst’s Military Hospitals – Stories From The Great War Part 6
• Perry . F. F. . Report of the Lady Hardinge Hospital, Brockenhurst . The Indian Medical Gazette . October 1915 . 50 . 10 . 361–362 . 29007068 . 5150057 . This report written by F. F. Perry and published in the Indian Medical Gazette covers the period 20 January to 15 June 1915.