Lady Mountgarret's Hospital
for Officers
for Officers
18 Cadogan Gardens, Sloane Square, SW3 2RP
Medical dates:
Medical character:
Convalescent (military)
Lady Mountgarret's Hospital for
Officers opened in November 1914, one of the first such hospitals for
officers to open. It was affiliated to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital in Millbank.
The King and Queen visited the Hospital on 14th November, 1914.
The house had been lent by Robinia, Viscountess Mountgarret, who also provided £10 a week towards the running expenses and two servants to do the housework (but not the cooking).
The Hospital had 8 beds, which were later increased to 12. The two ground floor sitting rooms had been made into wards and there were seven bedrooms for the nursing and domestic staff. The Hospital was run by the London/88, a St John Voluntary Aid Detachment, while fully trained nurses took charge of the nursing.
By 1917 the Hospital had 14 beds.
It closed in 1917.
Present status (April 2010)
The building is now the offices of the property company Cadogan Estates, and the registered office of Cadogan Hall.
The King and Queen visited the Hospital on 14th November, 1914.
The house had been lent by Robinia, Viscountess Mountgarret, who also provided £10 a week towards the running expenses and two servants to do the housework (but not the cooking).
The Hospital had 8 beds, which were later increased to 12. The two ground floor sitting rooms had been made into wards and there were seven bedrooms for the nursing and domestic staff. The Hospital was run by the London/88, a St John Voluntary Aid Detachment, while fully trained nurses took charge of the nursing.
By 1917 the Hospital had 14 beds.
It closed in 1917.
Present status (April 2010)
The building is now the offices of the property company Cadogan Estates, and the registered office of Cadogan Hall.
No. 18 Cadogan Gardens (above and below).
The main entrance.
(Author unstated) 1914 The Order of St. John of Jerusalem. British Journal of Nursing, 14th November, 385.
(Author unstated) 1917 List of the various hospitals treating military cases in the United Kingdom. London, H.M.S.O.
Bowser T 1917 The Story of the British V.A.D. in the Great War. London, Andrew Melrose. (Published in the United States as Britain's Civilian Volunteers by Moffat, Yard & Co., New York).
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