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Military hospitals in Birmingham WW1

Thanks for checking Colin, the one at Northfield I reckon was Rubery or Hollymoor.
The problem I have with the Womens Hospital is this, I have a postcard showing the Birmingham and Midland Womens Hospital which opened in 1871 card dated 1920. then I have another photo showing a different building in Sparkhill which states Miss Louisa Ann Ryland gave her house up to be used as a Womens Hospital card states its on the Stratford Rd.
Louisa Ryland was a great benfactor of the City and also gave us Cannon Hill Park
Now I have other info stating the Womens Hospital moved to Edgbaston Hospital in 1995 so its all a bit confusing...... but will sort it
 
Graham regarding the Womens Hospital the following taken from the Birmingham Womens Health Care Trust web site ,should answer your query

In 1871, Birmingham surgeon Robert Lawson Tait and four of his colleagues founded a new venture, the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women, which was to be a hospital devoted entirely to "the alleviation of diseases peculiar to women." It was only made possible after a public meeting with the support of prominent members of the community.
With only eight beds and overwhelming popularity, the first hospital's capacity proved totally inadequate. In 1878 the hospital moved to a converted farmhouse in Stratford Road, Sparkhill, boosting capacity to 21 beds. But with the demand for treatment ever increasing, in 1904 the Hospital President, Mr Arthur Chamberlain, laid the foundation stone of a new, purpose-built hospital in Showell Green Lane.
With the help of generous donations and subscriptions, the hospital continued to grow in capacity, diversity and expertise.
In 1907 Loveday Street Maternity Hospital was opened in the city centre, followed by Sorrento Maternity Hospital on Wake Green Road in 1929, further enriching the healthcare available to women. Both these hospitals gave first class services to women, until their respective closures in 1968 and 1993, transferring entirely to the Birmingham Maternity Hospital.The BMH was located at the QE ,now the Womens Hospital.

The only hospital in Northfield is the Woodlands,maybe it was attached to this.Rubery and Hollymoor seem to be too far away to be known as Northfield

Like the picture of MHH


Colin
 
Thanks for that Brummie Nick which confirms a few things, thanks also to John and Postie, now I can check Springfield Colledge out.Mazbeth remember the brown lino on the floor in the wards.
When I went to fetch my wife and son out they said they would not allow her to come out unless I took her home in a taxi. but they relented when I said I only live round the corner
 
Colin,here is a photo of Moseley Hall when it was a Convalescent Home for children some of the kids can be seen on the balcony
 
cromwell said:
I can check Springfield Colledge out.Mazbeth remember the brown lino on the floor
Click to expand...
vaguely...
I was put in a 4-bed end of ward slot (in spite of having a emergency Caesarean  with a general anasthetic) - which was VERY different to what was promised.
the auxillary nurses banged about in the next door kitchen through the night, shouting to each other,  :mad:, no care for the traumatised moms trying to grab some sleep...
one of them nearly killed my little son by refusing to go for a heated mattress when he went blue (as she resented the temporary sister)!!!  :knuppel2: :tickedoff: :tickedoff:
and I literally experienced ''sleeping with my eyes open'' during that time...
it broke my health, which I have never recovered from...
maybe those who research these things will understand how prolonged stress on the pituatry affects the thyroid output sometimes
(sorry to bring this in here...struggle with it all still as I used to be very different :()
 
Mazbeth I understand were you are coming from as a lot of things were not understood (still are not today)
but the Sorrento (which was named after William Adams favorite resort were he spent his honeymoon)
pioneered quite a lot of things, one being the special incubator cot which is widely used today and the premature baby unit as well as the milk bank they set up.
 
O0 On the subject of War Hospitals, could Northfield Hospital have been what was known when i was young as the Woodlands Childrens Hospital On Bristol Rd. South. I'm not sure when it was built but that is the only Hospital in Northfield, Rubery and Hollymoor hospitals are closer to the Lickey Hills and not far from Longbridge
 
Williams I have regarding war hospitals 3 postcards of Hollymoor 2nd B'ham War Hospital all with Northfied on, I have 2 of Rubery one says Northfield the other says Rednal.Same goes for the Uni hospital at Edgbaston that is sometimes refered to as Bournebrook.So place names change over the years
Got nothing refering to Woodland's but know it well and went quite a lot in the 60'-70's
But you have given me a clue with another on which I can check out Woodbrook which is by the Selly Oak Colledges.I have an old photo of the place and it is quite a large rambling house with a large lake but dont know its use or anything about it
 
I have decided to put my list on of all the War Hospitals I have and if anyone can put a picture to a name please do
Monyhull Colony which from 1916-19 treated over 5000 servicemen and I know a plaque has been put up there in their memory as a lot of them died and were buried in the grounds of Monyhull

Raddlebarn School which was annexed to 1st Southern General (Stirchley)

Colmore Road School Kings Heath which was an Annexe for !st Southern General University and housed 3000 wounded

The "Beeches" Selly Oak Bournville which treated facial injuries and known as Vad 22 Hospital

Stapylton House St.Peters Close Harborne

Harborne Hall which was owned by Walter Chamberlain

"Hillcrest" Richmond Hill Rd Edgbaston which was run by the St.Johns Ambulance Brigade

"Lordswood" Harbourne

"Faircroft" Handsworth

Fircroft Colledge, Bourneville

Hazelwell Hall Stirchley

"The Dingle" Moseley

The "Norlands" Erdington which was run by the Red Cross

Moor Green Hall Kings Heath owned by Arthur Chamberlain treated servicemen from 1914-17 then from 1917-19 treated officers

"Stoneleigh" Victoria Road Stetchford  known as Vad 78

"Ivy Cottage" Marston Green known as Vad 54

St. Gerards Coleshill known as Vad 17 annexe to 1st Southern Genaral

Hallougton Hall Coleshill known as Vad 18 annexe 1st Southern General

General Hospital (which is now the Children's) Steelhouse Lane was the outpatients for the wounded
 
Graham,do you know were the plaque was on the Monyhall Hospital site,most of the buildings on this site have been knocked down and it is now another housing estate,and before you ask ..yes I did know the site,most of the management training took place there,and the Business Development /Training Centre was one of the last buildings to go.We were attending training sessions in the middle of a muddy building site with machinery all around us,knocking the old buildings down,this would have been in 2002/3.
Was the list above supposed to be the definitive list as there appears to be many missing that we have already discussed.

Colin
 
Colin These are the ones not discussed, and which I do not have pictures or postcards of.
I remember a few years ago in the Mail that a chap campained for a memorial tablet to be placed outside were Monyhull  was, I don't know were exactly but I am sure someone will be able to find out.
I have quite a few more on my list but don't want to wander to far afield
 
Nice one Postie   O0
Here is the General Hospital in the 1900's which was used by the Servicemen as an outpatients for the whole of Birmingham
 
Graham,Woodbrook,Northfield appears to have been owned in the 1860's by George Richards Elkington,founder of Elkington & Co.silver platers ,also Governor of King Edward VI School

Colin
 
Colin thanks for that info which I will sort a bit later.
Here is a heartbreaking photo taken in Uffculme Hospital just after the war finished, the fitting of artificial limbs on the ex-servicemen which were made by Salt & Sons who had their business in Cherry Street in 1909. The firm could be traced back to 1715 making such things as locks,metalware, surgical instuments,cutlery and artificial limbs
 
Graham ,thats a great photo,I know where that photo was taken,the windows on the right hand side overlooked a small courtyard .When I was there a partition wall forming a corridor ran down the left hand side (where the parallel bars are),and the right hand side was six or seven small consulting rooms,but that floor tile pattern ran through all of these rooms,this has been altered again during its latest upgrading.
 
Graham,we visited friends in Bartley Green today and did a slight detour to check out one or two of the sites you listed earlier:-

Harborne Hall,still exists as a conference and training centre,it is surrounded by a high wall and locked gates so un-able to take photo,there is a very informative history section on their website www.harbornehall.co.uk which include reference to the time it was used as a hospital,and also a reference to the history of the R W Regt

Fircroft College still exists on the Bristol Road,although again surrounded by high wall and gates,not possible to take photo

Better result with Raddlebarn School able to take number of photos,although restricted by fencing.

Colmore Road School,I had taken a number of photos of this school in preperation for the Kings Heath website ,which is still work in progress.I know this school very well it was my Infant & Junior School.

Finally visited the old Monyhall Hospital site,a number of the old buildings still exist including the Chapel which is still used for Sunday services,although it was locked when we called.I am told there are a number of plaques in the Chapel,including one for two nurses that were killed in air raids.As this is local to me I will see when it opens ,could the plaque you mentioned be in there ?


Colin
 
Colin thank for doing that for use, regarding the plaque,I will find out from The Great War Forum as soon as I get the chance and let ya know, be intrested to find what is on the plaques in the church
 
Heres another one I found while looking for something else. O0
A Red Cross Van and trailer stuck in the snow on the way to Moor Green Hospital
 
Postie what a wonderful photo I note vehicle is towing St Johns Ambulance trailer as they all worked together as a team all the different units but each specialised in different areas of work.
The Trailer was designed by a local man Mr E. Tailby and could carry two stretcher bound cases
Photo of St Gerards Coleshill Open wards prior to the Great War
 
Postie thats great it sums up why we had to use schools, halls, houses etc. to get our wounded in before Winter set in, good on ya mate
 
Before the Great War their were loads of Advertisements which simply were not true but the product made a lot of money but most of this stopped in the years of the Great War because they could be tested and found to be Quack Remedies
 
HEY!  We got another one. O0
Primrose Hill was the Home of George Cadbury, which later became Fircroft College on the Bristol Road
 
Postie I think we have nearly got the lot, Well Done.
Pype Hayes Hall which was used as a Convalescent Home for disabled soldiers, after WW2 it became a Children's Residential Nursery
 
Colin finally cracked where Bournebrook Hospital was it was at University House Bournebrook called Bournbrook to avoid confusion with the University Hospital
 
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