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 Hindhead, Military Hospital 1916 (ref: 67886) |
Year: 1950
9 months of my life spent here
I was a boy sargeant soldier at Arborfield AAS when I came down with a serious illness and rushed into Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot and when I defied the odds and lived , it was discovered that I had pulmonary TB of the right lung. I was transferred to Connaught Military Sanatorium at Hindhead ,Surrey which I believe is the hospital featured in the photo ref.67886 although I do not recognise the angle it is taken from. I got to know many of the patients and staff and although the hospital by this time was already condemned I received very good and kind treatment and the male orderlies competence and kindness motivated me into becoming a male qualified nurse. I am now 76yrs.old and am still working as an RGN in old folks homes in Lincolnshire, but I shall never forget those 9 mths months in Connaught Military Hospital ,Hindhead where I was restored to health from near death. Thanks to any of the staff who may still be alive and who cared for me and who should read this. I remember Frank Tapp -orderly - RAMC. John Drew -orderly - RAMC . `Taffy Maddox` - patient- Royal Pioneer Corp. Cpl Roy Neal - patient (Next bed to me.)- (Who sadly died) `Copper `Corporal Longden (Patient) RCMP McKinley - patient- Airborne. Major Edwards RAMC Commanding Officer. Later becam Senior Chest Physician for Leeds. Clifford Charlesworth Ex - A/Sgt. Army Apprentice School. Arborfield. Posted: 28/11/2007 07:21 by Clifford Charlesworth |
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