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.
Albert William EDGINTON
Occupation recorded: Farm Labourer
Read his storyGeorge Thomas ELTON
Occupation recorded: Farm Assistant
Read his storyFurther men recorded with this hospital
Read the wider context of veterinary work and treatment routes.
Brief history
No. 12 Veterinary Hospital travelled from Bulford to France in June 1915 and was based at Neufchâtel-Hardelot. It received mange cases from No. 13 in February 1916 and animals with ulcerative cellulitis from No. 3 in September 1918.
Hospital chronology
- 27 June 1915
Leaves Bulford for France, according to the earlier unit chronology.
- February 1916
Receives mange cases from No. 13.
- September 1918
Receives ulcerative cellulitis cases from No. 3.
Sources and further reading
Graham Hodgkins’s hospital articles and war-diary research.
Individual Commonwealth War Graves Commission records are linked from the biographies or beside any further names above.