Hospital staff
The hospitals were staffed by Army Medical Service personnel as well as local people some of whom were trained by the combined Red Cross and St Johns Ambulance known as Volunteer Aid Detachment or VADs.
British staff
| Rank | Name | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff nurse | Blackburn, N.C. (?Dalmner) | Fovant Hospital | Mentioned in dispatches August 1918 |
| Blake, Mabel | 8th Nursing Auxillary | Came from Horton-cum-Studley. Staff photo from Bill Radford. | |
| Rep of ‘this area’ | Cave | Red Cross | Mentioned in HHD |
| Dr. | Clay, Richard Challoner Cobb | Doctor in Fovant 1917 – 1970. Was in charge of 120 medical beds during WW I | |
| VAD nurse | Doggeral, S. | Tisbury Hospital | Mentioned in dispatches August 1918 |
| Goodfellow, George | Villager | Was an orderly until old enough to serve in the Royal Navy. | |
| Miss | Jones, J.M | QAIMNSR | Mentioned in dispatches August 1918 |
| Mrs. | King, Dorothy | Villager | On the staff |
| Miss | Lever, Bessie | Villager | Photo by Mervyn Mullins married a patient, Wilfred Lord. |
| Miss | Lever, Molly | Villager | Bessie’s sister. Brian Burton’s aunt but not in the photo. |
| Mr. | Mikkleson | Organised films and entertainment. | |
| Miss | Mullens, Mervyn | Broadchalke villager | Broadchalke villager. Nursing staff, Di Crockett’s aunt |
| Mrs. | Shaw-Stewart | Tisbury Hospital | In charge of the VAD section |
| Dr. | Stocks | ||
| Rep at Hurdcott | Stone | Red Cross | Mentioned in HHD |
Australian staff
| Rank | Name | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maj. | Bennett, D. | Medical CO. August 1917 | |
| Cpl. | Birt | AAMS | Identified in AWM photo |
| Blemis ?, J.M. | AAMS | Signed Med. Diary Hurdcott AWM | |
| Cannell, J. | RAMC/RAMAC | Signature on Church lead. Could be British or Australian | |
| Crombie, J. | AAMS | Signed Med Diary Hurdcott, AWM | |
| Lt | Graham, ?E?F | Aust. Army Medical Corps | Signed death cert. Percy Knowles |
| Sister | Howsen | ANS | Identified in AWM Internet photo |
| King (?Wing), H. | AAMS | Often signed Med Diary for Capt McKenzie, Hurdcott AWM. | |
| Lamphee | AAMC | Identified in AWM internet photo | |
| Capt. | Langan, A.M. | AAMS | Signed Med Diary, Hurdcott, AWM |
| Lewis, Jas. B. | AAMS | CO. Hurdcott | |
| Pte. | Martin | AAMC | Identified in AWM internet photo |
| Capt. | McKenna, Maurice | Australian AMS | In charge at Hurdcott. |
| McKenzie, J.K. | AAMS | SMO Hurdcott Feb-Sept 1918. | |
| Capt. | McLennan, S. | AAMS | In charge at Hurdcott ( Internet photo) |
| Pte. | Morone, P. | AAMS | Identified in AWM photo |
| Capt. | Nicholson, J.C. | AAMS | Signed Med Diary Hurdcott. |
| Capt. | Rosenthal, C.P. | AAMS | Signed Med Diary, Hurdcott AWM |
| Pte. | Shearing, Tom E. | AIF Medical 10th Bn. Aust Infantry | *The dearly beloved son of Mr & Mrs Shearing of Bagdad Tasmania.* Died 26th Nov 1919, buried in Fovant. Family still live in Bagdad Tasmania. |
| Pte. | Smith | AAMS | Identified in AWM internet photo |
| Capt. | Storman, Michael Oswald | Identified in AWM internet photo. Signed Med.Diary, Hurdcott AWM. | |
| 2Lt | Thomson, T. | Aust. Army Medical Corps | OC isolation, received a request from J.Jensen OC 10th Co. for Beds for his scrofula patients. (? Joke) |
| Sister | Tyson, Fanny Isobel Catherine | AANS. | Identified in AWM internet photo. Died 20.4.19 of CVA. Buried at Sutton Veny. |
| Pte. | Watt, A. | AAMS | Identified in AWM photo. |
| Capt. | Wilton, ? C. | AAMS | Signed Med Diary, Hurdcott |
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January 2008
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