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The Countess is introduced to Queen Victoria and a First World War patient
She then went on to meet members of the project team and staff of the country park. After climbing the tower, The Countess rang the chapel bell.
Readers are urged to go and visit Royal Victoria Country Park and the chapel in Netley and read about the splendour of what was our largest military hospital for 100 years.
For more information about the park and how to find it, visit www.hants.gov. uk/rvcp.
Pete Starling
Photographs courtesy of Ross Young
The Countess unveils a plaque which will eventually be placed on the Foundation Stone
Remembering World War 1:
The 1st Southern General Hospital
In November 2018 personnel from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) attended an event at the University of Birmingham to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. The event itself consisted of contemporary and classical music, poetry readings and reflections from personnel who served at 1st Southern General Hospital, which was based at the University during World War 1. After the event, artefacts and photographs
from the University’s Research and Cultural Collections and the Cadbury Research Library were on display.
On 12 August 1914 the University of Birmingham opened its doors as the 1st Southern General Hospital, having modified buildings, including The Great Hall, into operating theatres and wards. Working mainly as a clearing hospital, it received its first convoy of patients from Moor Street Station on 1 September 1914. By the end of the first year of the War,
Commemorative Stone in the Foyer of the Great Hall, University of Birmingham
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