No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital

The No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital was a World War I military hospital in Walton-on-Thames, England. The hospital opened in 1915 in the requisitioned 15th century Mount Felix estate, and closed in 1920.[1][2][3][4]

No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital
New Zealand Medical Corps
The Mount Felix Tapestry which focuses on the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, on show at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.
Geography
LocationWalton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates51.3866°N 0.4256°W / 51.3866; -0.4256
Organisation
TypeMilitary hospital
History
Opened1915
Closed1920
Demolished1967
Links
ListsHospitals in England

It was the first hospital in the United Kingdom used specifically for soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In 1916 a new hospital was built in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, as the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, and Mount Felix was renamed as the number two hospital.[3] Approximately 27,000 New Zealand soldiers were treated at the hospital during the war.[3][5] The hospital was memorialised by the Mount Felix Tapestry which toured New Zealand in 2018 and 2019.[6][7][8]

The main building was demolished in 1967 except for the clock tower and stable block that still stand and are grade II listed buildings.[9][10]

'2 General Hospital' was a unit of the New Zealand Medical Corps. The unit was re-raised in World War II and served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, the Western Desert, Tunisia, and Italy.[11] The unit is now called '2 (General Hospital) Field Hospital'.

See also

References
  1. "Walton-on-Thames Hospital booklet" (PDF). nzhistory.govt.nz. 2019.
  2. "New Zealand and World War One – General Hospitals – 1916 – 1919". www.sooty.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. Crummy, Andrew (2017). The Mount Felix Tapestry. Impress Print Services. ISBN 978-1-912031-49-8.
  4. "Lost_Hospitals_of_London". ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2019. and "The Mount Felix Tapestry: Kiwi soldiers in Walton-on-Thames". Radio New Zealand. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. "Walton-on-Thames NZ General Hospital Roll of Honour | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. "Mount Felix Tapestry Tour of New Zealand WW100 New Zealand". ww100.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. "Mt Felix Tapestry tells stories of love and prosperity". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. "Mt Felix Tapestry". Riverhouse Bark Arts Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. "The Clock Tower, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. "Clock tower and stable block to the former Mount Felix". Historic England. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  11. J.B. McKinney (1952). Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch.
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