Men remembered here

The linked biographies identify each man’s connection with this workplace. This is a partial list; the men may have served in different years.

Further men recorded with this hospital
  • Charles Herbert APPLEGATE — Sergeant · SE/14721 · died 17 November 1917 · CWGC
  • George William MOWLES — Private · SE/36179 · died 31 October 1918 · CWGC
  • William RATCLIFFE — Private · SE/30417 · died 25 September 1918 · CWGC
  • Thomas William ROLES — Private · SE/20544 · died 4 October 1918 · CWGC
  • James Herbert WATERS — Private · SE/7252 · died 4 October 1918 · CWGC

Read the wider context of veterinary work and treatment routes.

Brief history

No. 1 Veterinary Hospital mobilised at Aldershot and travelled through Southampton to France aboard SS Appam. It was based at Lachapelle-aux-Pots.

In November 1917 the hospital moved to Italy. Its bases there included Savona, Genoa, Voghera and Cremona, where its war diary continues into 1919.

Hospital chronology
  1. 13 August 1914

    Diary opens at Aldershot.

  2. August 1914

    Travels through Southampton and embarks in SS Appam.

  3. French service

    Operates at Lachapelle-aux-Pots.

  4. November 1917

    Moves to Italy; subsequent bases include Savona, Genoa, Voghera and Cremona.

  5. 30 May 1919

    Last diary entry identified by the author, at Cremona.

Sources and further reading

Graham Hodgkins’s hospital articles and war-diary research.

  • The National Archives, WO 95/4153/1–7; WO 95/4154/1–3; WO 95/4261.
  • Medal News, February 2026, pp. 18–19, Graham Hodgkins.

Individual Commonwealth War Graves Commission records are linked from the biographies or beside any further names above.