No. 21 Canadian General Hospital
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:24 pm
Anyone happen to have any details on the No. 21 Canadian General Hospital for 1944? One of the comments on a No. 22 Canadian General Hospital page says Bramshott, but I wonder if that's a typo. I'm researching a soldier who was transferred from Horton Emergency Hospital, Epsom Surrey to No. 21 Canadian General Hospital on July 3rd, 1944, but I've found scant information on No. 21 CGH. After two weeks, on July 14th, he was transferred to Roman Way Convalescent Hospital, Colchester, Essex.
Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945
Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939-1945
For the first three weeks (to D plus 23) of operations in Normandy total casualties in the British-Canadian sector were approximately 21,016 of whom 2968 were Canadians. Up to 30 June 19,748 had been evacuated to the United Kingdom, most of the Canadians finding their way eventually to Canadian general hospitals. By 28 July a total of 46,300 casualties (including sick) had been evacuated to the United Kingdom by sea and air.
http://22canadiangeneralhospitalww2.blo ... t-and.html21 General Hospital (1200 beds)
My name is Lloyd Jackson. My number was K46896 and during the latter part of WW II our unit operated the 22 Canadian General Hospital at Bramshott. I eventually became the Sgt. in charge of the Admission and Discharge Department. On “D” Day (June 6, 1944) we were aboard the hospital ship “Aba” in mid-Atlantic. 21 Canadian General Hospital was at Bramshott and we took over from them when they went to Normandy. As I remember it, we were a 1412 bed Hospital with several hundred staff (see picture four referred to later.) We commandeered a fleet of around 40 ambulances that made the circuit to Haslemere when trainloads of about 300 wounded arrived from Normandy. We were a distribution hospital and sent patients to specialty units such as Horsham etc. No matter what time of day or night a trainload, arrived every clerk and his typewriter reported to the Admission and Discharge Dept. and documented the admissions. After the war we became a General Hospital and ran around 900 patients.