Auxiliary
Home Hospital
Langley
Wood, Barnfield Wood Road, Bromley, Kent BR3 6SS
Medical
dates:
Medical
character:
Convalescent (military)
In October 1914 Mr and Mrs
Herbert M. Rogers opened an auxiliary home hospital in their house, Langley Wood, as an annexe to the Masonic Hall V.A.D. Hospital.
The Hospital had 12 beds and the running costs of it were borne by the Rogers.
It closed in 1915 when the Elstree Auxiliary Hospital opened.
Present status (November 2010)
The Hospital had 12 beds and the running costs of it were borne by the Rogers.
It closed in 1915 when the Elstree Auxiliary Hospital opened.
Present status (November 2010)
The house still exists. It has been divided into two residences.
Langley Wood.
Creswick P, Pond GS, Ashton PH 1915 Kent's Care for the Wounded. London, Hodder & Stoughton.
Walker J 1979 The British Red Cross in the Bromley area 1910-1919. Bromley Local History 4, 17-23.
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