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.
Richard JONES
Occupation recorded: Farmer
Read his storySamuel LONDON
Occupation recorded: Farm Yardman
Read his storyRichard Reginald William RUSSELL
Occupation recorded: Pig Breeder
Read his storyFurther men recorded with this hospital
Read the wider context of veterinary work and treatment routes.
Brief history
No. 14 Veterinary Hospital was at Abbeville in March 1918. On 20 March, No. 7 learned that a horse previously sent to No. 14 had developed epizootic lymphangitis. Staff traced its movements and identified another animal from the same draft.
Hospital chronology
- 29 September 1915
Earlier diary research records departure from Southampton.
- 20 March 1918
An infection alert leads No. 7 staff to trace a horse sent to No. 14.
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.