Wartime Memories Project - The Great War
No. 7 Canadian General Hospital

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The Wartime Memories Project - The Great War - No. 7 Canadian General Hospital (Queen's) No. 7 Canadian General Hospital was origionally formed as No. 5 Stationary Hospital. It was first established as a project of Queen’s Faculty of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, The staff of the hospital consisted of ten men – eight medical officers, a Dental Surgeon and a Quarter-Master. Six of these officers were members of Queen’s Faculty of Medicine. Ninety-four men and thirty-five nursing sisters, was recruited in just over two weeks to man a 200 bed hospital. The Unit left Montreal by sea on the 6th of May 1915 and ten days later debarked at Plymouth Harbour, England to establish a 400 bed hospital at St. Martin’s Plain in England. In July the unit, along with Forty-five additional staff who had volunteered from Kingston, was ordered to establish a 400 bed hospital at Cairo. In January 1916, the unit became No. 7 Canadian General Hospital with an increase to 1,040 beds. Between 26th August1915 and 23rd March 1916, 4,140 patients were treated with only 28 deaths occuring. After the end of the Gallipoli campaign, having treated some 10,000 patients at the Cairo hospital, on the 10th of April 1916, the unit set sail for Etaples, France to set up a tent hospital. The tented hospital proved inadequate during the harsh winter and in November 1916, moved to a more permanent site with 35 wooden huts. By March 1917 the number of beds had increased to 2,290, a number which was maintained until the end of hostilities. The Queen's students who worked at the hospital gained a vast amount of valuable practical experience, as were able to continue academic study under some of the professors who were with the hospital. Oct 2009 - Please note we currently have a large backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. List of those who served at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital during The Great War. Lt. Col. Dr. Edward William Kidd No. 3 AMC Depot Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Read their Story. List of those who were treated at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital during The Great War. Lt. Col. Dr. Edward William Kidd No. 3 AMC Depot Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Dr. Edward William Kidd was a 60 year old physician, who was working in Trenton, Ontario up until July 15, 1915 when he decided to help out overseas during WW1. Edward graduated from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Although he was quite old to be volunteering for war activity, he joined the No. 7 Canadian Hospital Queens. His military records indicate that he had served in the Canadian Militia 25 years as as Medical Officer of the 16th Regiment and the 4th, although there is no other reference to this in our family history. (He was the Mayor of Trenton for several years). Our family has an original photo of The No. 7 Canadian General Hospital Queens - the same one as on your website. Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MM - All Rights Reserved