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The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, was a civilian hospital and a centre for research into rheumatism in children until its closure in 1985.
Jan 20, 2017 · Published on January 20, 2017. by cdotb. A fine hospital: The Astor family and the Canadian Red Cross. What do Lady Astor, war hospitals and cut-glass containers have in common? They all intersected in England during the First World War.
After the war, the hospital was donated to Britain’s National Health Service, and saw many decades of peacetime civilian service as the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital. Although also known as Taplow or Cliveden, the First World War hospital (as this plaque shows) was officially named the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital.
Dec 12, 2018 · The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, was a civilian hospital and a centre for research into rheumatism in children. The hospital was closed in 1985 and lay...
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The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, was a civilian hospital and a centre for research into rheumatism in children until its closure in 1985.
On the site of today’s Village, the HRH Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital came into existence in 1915 and continued to operate till 1919, when it changed its name to Number 15 Canadian General Hospital, still run by the Canadian Red Cross.
Summary. Red Cross hospital whose first complex of buildings was demolished at the end of the First World War. The site was reused during the Second World War, finally decommissioned in 1985...
