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.
George John ALEXANDER
Occupation recorded: Farm Labourer
Read his storyWilliam Henry CLARKE
Occupation recorded: Groom
Read his storyCharles HODKINSON
Occupation recorded: Milk Distributor
Read his storyRead the wider context of veterinary work and treatment routes.
Brief history
No. 13 Veterinary Hospital went to France in June 1915 and was first based at St-Léonard near Boulogne. It moved to Neufchâtel-Hardelot in November 1915.
Its February 1916 records show animals being sent for further care: debility cases to a convalescent depot, mange cases to No. 12, and lame or wounded animals to No. 3.
Hospital chronology
- 20 November 1915
Moves to Neufchâtel-Hardelot in the earlier diary chronology.
- February 1916
Transfers different classes of animal to other hospitals and a convalescent depot.
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.