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.
Alfred CHIMPKIN
Occupation recorded: Horse Keeper
Read his storyAubrey GREGORY
Occupation recorded: Coal Merchant
Read his storyGeorge Liston MELROSE
Read his storyHerbert Kemble NUNN
Occupation recorded: Carpenter
Read his storyHarry Dennis PENNICARD
Occupation recorded: Gardner
Read his storyJohn James THOMAS
Occupation recorded: Collier Boy
Read his storyFurther men recorded with this hospital
Read the wider context of veterinary work and treatment routes.
Brief history
No. 9 Veterinary Hospital served at Dieppe and later at Abbeville. A photograph of the Dieppe establishment shows brick sheds used as stabling.
In March 1918 No. 7 Veterinary Hospital sent two drafts totalling 552 animals to No. 9.
Hospital chronology
- March 1918
Two drafts from No. 7 contain 552 horses and mules in total.
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.