Military Hospital at Weybridge, England, operating during World War One. Opened by the British Red Cross Society on 1 October 1914 in the St George's Hill Golf Club building which had opened the year before. Closed 15 March 1919 and returned to the golf club. The Hospital was staffed by three Medical Officers, a Matron, two Sisters, three trained nurses and 18 members of the local Voluntary Aid Detachment under the command of Mrs Ethel Locke-King.
St. George's Hill Military Hospital (Weybridge, England)
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Beeton, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980: Photographs of the New Zealand hospital, St Geo...
Date: 1914-1918
By: Levick, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980
Reference: PAColl-5609
Description: A personal record of family, friends, holidays, nurses, hospitals and soldiers. The New Zealand content is just part of the record of Audrey Beeton's life between 1914 and 1924. Overall the albums give a view of the well off middle class life of a woman whose father was a knight and whose husband was a Royal Navy surgeon and an antarctic explorer. If Audrey Beeton was a nurse at the St George's Hill auxiliary hospital, it is likely that she volunteered as part of the war effort. There are no photos of her in nurses uniform. The impression is much more that of a daughter of the local gentry taking a patriotic and practical interest in the health, welfare and comfort of the troops, but with plenty of time to take part in week end house parties and lawn tennis. Arrangement: Albums at PA1-o-853 to PA1-o-856 Audrey Beeton, creator of the collection, was in some way associated with the brick house through family or friends. Her home was probably 'Duneevan', the other house that features throughout the albums. Quantity: 4 album(s). Provenance: Albums compiled by Audrey Beeton, who appears to have been one of the nurses. Audrey Beeton was a daughter of Sir Mayson Beeton and married the naval surgeon and antarctic explorer, Murray Levick. Processing information: St George's Hill Hospital previously described as being located in Weymouth (Dorset), corrected to Weybridge (Surrey) on advice of researcher. 10 January 2017
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Family and friends at leasure, mostly at "Duneevan", England
Date: ca1915
From: Beeton, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980: Photographs of the New Zealand hospital, St George's Hill, Weybridge, England, 1914-1918
Reference: PA1-o-855
Description: Mainly family, friends, groups of people, many of them taken at "Duneevan". People playing tennis, golf and cricket, and boating on the "Broadwater" at "Duneevan". There are three photographs of men in bed. These probably relate to the St George's Hill Hospital, Weybridge as the windows of the rooms depicted have the many paned leaded windows shown in other albums where parts of the hospital buildings can be seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Photographs of a house called "Duneevan," its grounds, gardens, and family, and soldier...
Date: 1914-1916
From: Beeton, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980: Photographs of the New Zealand hospital, St George's Hill, Weybridge, England, 1914-1918
Reference: PA1-o-853
Description: Most of the album shows life and leisure persuits at Duneevan and soldiers and nurses at the St George's Hill Military Hospital at Weybridge. There is some connection between the house and the hospital as there are photographs of soldiers boating on the lake or "Broadwater" in the garden at Duneevan. There are four pictures of British troops on their way to Bisley in August 1914 and one of a group of Belgians (presumably refugees). There is no indication that all the soldiers depicted are New Zealanders, and there is only one page specifically headed "New Zealanders". It is possible that Duneevan was the home of the creator of the album, Audrey Beeton who also may have worked as a nurse at the St George's Hill Hospital. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).