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Wern Military Hospital, Porthmadog
Wern Military Hospital, Porthmadog, Carnarvonshire, Wales. The manor was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers during the First World War. The first patients arrived on 13th December 1915. 25 beds were initially intended, but by July 1917 there were 41 patients. The house was lent, rent free, by Mr and Mrs Greaves, who also provided water, electricity, heating, and food such as vegetables and rabbits. Contributions of money, equipment and food were requested from the public. All the staff were volunteers with the exception of the Sister-in-Charge, who, according to Red Cross rules had to be a paid professional. The cook was also paid for by the Greaves, who were still living in the house and paid the hospital for their own board. Mrs Greaves was also the matron of the hospital, for which work she was given an MBE in 1918. Mrs Greaves did make an appeal to the public for funds to cover “smokes”, rail fares, prizes and treats. Patients visited Pwllheli on Wednesdays and made use of a rest room there. Local people made a collection to enable them to supply tea to the patients. Teas were also provided for patients visiting Porthmadog. David Lloyd George’s daughter Olwen spent part of her Christmas holiday nursing at the hospital. In spring 1918 the hospital was renovated and the patients were moved to Aberartro Hospital, Llanbedr The hospital closed in December 1918 and it was proposed that the equipment be reused in a new cottage hospital in Porthmadog.If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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