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3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow    3rd Scottish General Hospital was located at Stobhill Hospital,Glasgow, which was requisitioned in 1914 for use as the 3rd and 4th Scottish General Hospitals under RAMC Territorials. Wounded troops, brought from the continent by train, arrived at a temporary platform on a railway siding which ran into the grounds of the hospital. The 3rd Scottish General Hospital provided 70 Officer Beds and 1629 Other Ranks beds. The military staff left in 1919 and the hospital reverted to civilian use in 1920. 17th October 1914 Red Cross Work If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. We are currently building a database of patients treated in this hospital, if you know of anyone who was treated here, please enter their details via this form Patient Reports. (This section is under construction)   13th October 1914 Those known to have worked or been treated at 3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow during the Great War 1914-1918. Bollands Walter. Pte. Caldwell James. Pte. Geddes Robert Fyfe. Guardsman McKellar Alexander Bunten. Pte. Turnbull Elizabeth Munro. Nurse. Turner Angus. L/Cpl. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow? There are:1 items tagged 3rd Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 263705 Pte. James Caldwell Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders My great great grandfather, James Caldwell fought during World War One, enlisting on 12th of December 1914 with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, then transferred to the Labour Corps on 26th of November 1917. He was invalided to the 3rd Scottish Hospital, at Stobhill, Glasgow on 14th of August 1916 before being discharged on 31st of August 1916. He was later discharged from the forces on 8th of June 1918 due to being physically unfit. Add to this record. 263671 Pte. Alexander Bunten McKellar Machine Gun Corps Alexander McKellar enlisted on 27th March 1917 at the age of 18 years 1 month. Initially, he was in the 55th battalion reservists, then the 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and then the Machine Gun Corps. He was wounded by a gun shot in the right shoulder which penetrated the chest on 1st of October 1918 in Ypres. He was transferred to the field hospital where he was for 35 days until he was transferred to the 3rd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow for 333 days before being discharged on 23rd October 1919. He married after the war and had 2 children but he was unable to use his right arm. He underwent an operation at Hairmyres Hospital in 1946 to try and reverse some of the damage done but, unfortunately, he died on the operating table. He was 46 and left a widow and 2 small children aged 4 and 6 months old. Catriona McKellar Add to this record. 259388 Nurse. Elizabeth Munro Turnbull 3rd Scottish General Hospital Elizabeth Turnbull signed up with the Territorial Force Nursing Service on the 10th November 1915. She was stationed at Yorkhill War Hospital, part of the 3rd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow. Unfortunately, she was permanently invalided from service by a medical board on 17th July 1918 (paid until 25th July), and was awarded the Silver War Badge. She had been a witness at a court-martial at Edinburgh Castle in September 1917, where she got a severe wetting and chill, and developed acute cystitis. Julie Robert Add to this record. 223374 Guardsman Robert Fyfe Geddes Scots Guards Robert Fyfe Geddes was born 30 March 1891 in the civil parish of Auchenblae, Kincardineshire. His mother was Jessie Geddes and his father is not known. On 17 May 1915, at age 24, Robert Fyfe Geddes enlisted in the Scots Regiment of Foot Guards (Scots Guards). Up to the time of enlistment, he had been employed at Glengall Asylum in Ayrshire as an attendant. His WWI pension file shows that he was admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound in his left arm on 13 October 1916, and was discharged back to active duty. He was gassed on 14 September 1918 and admitted to hospital in Boulogne, France for treatment. He was evacuated to the UK in November 1918 and spent time in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, which had originally been a workhouse. Robert’s Medal Index Card and the UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 show his rank of Guardsman with the Scots Guards and that he was entitled to the Victory Medal and British Medal. After calling of the banns, Robert Fyfe Geddes married Annie Young on 05 February 1918 in Berryhill Toll, Civil Parish of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. The marriage registration shows that Annie Young was born c. 1888, the daughter of Archibald Young, road surfaceman, and Annie Walker. Annie Young’s occupation on the marriage registration was “nurse”. Robert Fyfe Geddes and Annie Young had one daughter, Lily Young Geddes, born c. 1922. Robert Fyfe Geddes died in 1971 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. Patsy Javor Add to this record. 212827 Pte. Walter Bollands 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Walter Bollands of Middlesbrough, enlisted on 14/09/1915, age 16 years & 9 months. He was posted to the 3/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment was a Depot/training units formed in Northallerton and Scarborough, April and March 1915, transferred 08/02/1916 to 5th Yorkshire regiment. He went to France, Embarking from Southampton with 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment to Rouen. On the 1st of Aug 1916 Aged 17, he saw action on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette with the 5th Bat Yorkshire Reg. Between the 7th and 17th August 1916 the 5th Battalion moved from Kemmel to Millencourt, a village just West of Albert in the Somme. On the 11 Aug 1916, Walter joined 150th Machine Gun Corps Frances 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 150th (York & Durham) Brigade and was in action on the 16th Sep 1916 on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th-22nd September) The following day, 17 Sep 1916 he recievd a Gun shot wound to the back, and was sent to Le Treport on the French coast which was the site for some significant hospital provision. In the 1 Oct 1916 issue of the Green Howard Gazette, Walter is amongst those listed in Sept - Oct 1916. On the 5th Oct 1916 he was admitted to the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Cardonald, Glasgow. But on the 6 Oct 1916 there is a AFW 3016 Army form authorising a wounded man to return to duty and he was posted to 87 Territorial Forces Depot. On the 16th of Nov 1916 He joined the Highland Light Infantry 2/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion who were at Danbury, going on to the Curragh in January 1917, Dublin in August, and back to the Curragh in November 1917. On the 20th of Feb 1918 Walter was posted to 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (120th Brigade 40th Division) (202902) in France. On the 1st of Mar 1918 The battalion moved into the front line at Fleurbaix relieving 2/10th K.O.L.R. On the 9th of Apr 1918, then aged 19, Walter;s Service record shows him as reported missing. Walter Bollands was taken Prisoner of War after the Battle of the Lys, when the Portugeuse line collapsed and was taken to a German POW camp April 1918. Paul Bollands Add to this record. 211149 L/Cpl. Angus Turner 4th Battalion, D Coy Seaforth Highlanders My Grandfather, Angus Turner served with the 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders during WW1. On the 22nd Sept 1914 he Attested (enlisted) in Glasgow and was posted to D Company, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Territorial Reserve). His Regimental number was 2294. 28 September 1914 – While training at Dingwall, Scotland he signed a document agreeing to serve outside the UK During October 1914 he was transferred to Bedford, UK to continue training with the Battalion which had been located at Bedford since 15 August 1914, as had the Cameron Brigade (Highland Division). On Thurs 5 November 1914, the Battalion departed Bedford between 11.30am and 12.30pm on two trains for Southampton. 8.30pm 5 Nov 1914 Embarked for Havre, France on the SS City of Dunkirk, arriving in Havre midday 6 Nov 1914. However due to a cipher radio message error they did not disembark until 8.30am 7 Nov 1914. The Battalion was involved in actions at Givenchy, Aubers Ridge & the Somme before he was wounded and sent home. Wayne Turner Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links Suggest a link

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