Soldier's life > Casualty evacuation chain > Hospitals in France and Flanders
Cap badge of the RAMCThe Stationary and General Hospitals were part of the casualty evacuation chain, on the lines of communication. Hospitals were located on or near railway lines to facilitate movement of casualties from the CCS's and on to the ports. Most of the hospitals moved rarely until the larger movements of the armies in 1918. Some hospitals moved into the Rhine bridgehead in Germany and many were operating in France well into 1919. Some hospitals were operated by a mix of RAMC and voluntary organisations, most notably the British Red Cross.
Listing by location | Listing by hospital | Paris hospitals under jurisdiction of BRCS | Operating Centres
Listing by Hospital; British hospitals; Western Front only
87 Hospitals are listed in this table
Hospital Great War history Remarks
No 1 British Red Cross Le Touquet Oct 14 - Jul 18 Known as Duchess of Westminster's Hospital
No 1 General Le Havre Aug 14 - Nov 14; Etretat Dec 14 - Jan 19  
No 1 Stationary Le Mans Sep 14 - Oct 14; Rouen Oct 14 -  
No 1 South African Abbeville  
No 2 British Red Cross Rouen Sep 14 - Dec 18?  
No 2 General Le Havre Aug 14 - May 19  
No 2 Stationary Nantes Sep 14 - Nov 14; Outreau Nov 14 - Sep 15; Abbeville Sep 15 - Jan 20  
No 3 British Red Cross Abbeville Oct 14 - Jan 16 Friends Ambulance Hospital
No 3 General Rouen Aug 14 - Sep 14; St Nazaire Sep 14 - Nov 14; Le Treport Nov 14 - Mar 19; Rouderbirken Mar 19 onward  
No 3 Stationary Rouen Feb 15 - Mar 19; Rotterdam Apr 19 onward  
No 4 British Red Cross Wimereux Nov 14 - Dec 15 Known as Sir Henry Norman's Hospital
No 4 General St Nazaire Sep 14; Versailles Sep 14 - Jan 16; Camiers Jan 16 - Apr 19; Dunkerque Apr 19 - Nov 19  
No 4 Stationary Arques May 18 - Nov 18; Longuenesse Dec 18 onward  
No 5 British Red Cross Wimereux Dec 14 - Jan 19 Known as Lady Hadfield's Hospital
No 5 British Red Cross A Section Dieppe Jan 15 - May 19 Known as 2nd Stationary Annexe
No 5 British Red Cross B Section Abbeville Jan 15 - May 19 Known as 2nd Stationary Annexe
No 5 General Rouen Aug 14 - Sep 14 and Feb 15 - Mar 19; Angiens Sep 14 - Feb 15  
No 5 Stationary Le Mans Sep 14 - Dec 14  
No 6 British Red Cross Paris-Plage Apr 15 - Jul 15; Etaples Jul 15 - Jun 18; Trouville Sep 18 - Dec 18 Known as Liverpool Merchants Hospital
No 6 General Rouen Nov 14 - Apr 19  
No 6 Stationary Le Havre Dec 14 - May 16; Frevent Jun 16 - Aug 18; Fillievres Sep 18 - Feb 19; Antwerp Apr 19 onward  
No 7 British Red Cross Boulogne Hotel Christol Oct 14 - Jan 15; Aug 15 - Nov 15; Known as Allied Forces Base Hospital
No 7 General Amiens Aug 14 - Sept 14; St Omer Jun 15 - May 18; Boulogne May 18 - Apr 19 Known as Malassises Hospital
No 7 Stationary Boulogne Oct 14 - Apr 19  
No 8 British Red Cross Calais Oct 14 - Jul 15; Paris-Plage Sep 15 - Dec 17; Boulogne Jan 18 onwards Known as the Baltic & Corn Exchange Hospital
No 8 General Rouen Aug 14 - May 19  
No 8 Stationary Wimereux Mar 15 - Mar 19  
No 9 British Red Cross Calais Jan 16 - Mar 18; Longuenesse Mar 18 - Sep 18; Hazebrouck Sep 18 - Oct 18; Roubaix Oct 18 - Nov 18 Known as the Duchess of Sutherlands Hospital
No 9 General Nantes Sep 14 - Nov 14; Rouen Nov 14 - Jun 17 Taken over by US Army Jun 17
No 9 Stationary St Nazaire Sep 14 - Oct 14; Le Havre Oct 14 - ; Rouen Nov 14 - Jun 17  
No 10 British Red Cross Le Treport Jun 16 - Dec 18 Known as the Lady Murray's Hospital
No 10 General St Nazaire Sep 14 - Oct 14; Rouen Oct 14 - May 19  
No 10 Stationary Le Mans Sep 14 - Oct 14; Orleans briefly in Oct 14; St Omer Oct 14 - May 18; Clerques June 18 - Oct 18; Arneke Oct 18; Tourcoing Nov 18 - Feb 19; Remy Siding Feb 19 onward  
No 11 General Boulogne Oct 14 - Apr 16; Camiers Apr 16 - May 17 Taken over by US Army May 17
No 11 Stationary Rouen Oct 14 - Mar 19; Duren Mar 19 onward  
No 12 General Rouen Sep 14 - Jun 17 Taken over by US Army Jun 17
No 12 Stationary Rouen Feb 15 - May 16; St Pol Jun 16 - Jun 19  
No 13 General Boulogne Oct 14 - Feb 19  
No 13 Stationary Boulogne Oct 14 - Jun 16  
No 14 General Wimereux Oct 14 - Apr 19 Chateau-Mauricien attached from Jun 16
No 14 Stationary Wimereux Oct 14 - Jun 19; Boulogne Jun 19 - Jan 20  
No 16 General Le Treport Jan 15 - Jun 17 Taken over by US Army Jun 17
No 18 General Camiers Feb 15 - Jun 17 Taken over by US Army Jun 17
No 20 General Camiers May 15 - Apr 19  
No 22 General Camiers Jun 15 - Jan 19  
No 23 General Etaples Jun 15 - Nov 16 Taken over as No 7 Canadian General
No 24 General Etaples Jun 15 - Nov 19 Villa Tino attached from dec 15; Sick Sisters from Apr 17
No 25 General Dammes-Camiers Aug 15 - May 16; Hardelot Jun 16 - Jul 17; Wiesdorf Mar 19 onward Renamed from Meerut British in Aug 15
No 25 Stationary Rouen Mar 15 - May 19  
No 28 General Etaples Jun 15 - Jul 19 Villa Tino attached from dec 15; Sick Sisters from Apr 17
No 32 Stationary St Nazaire Sep 14 - Jul 16; Wimereux Oct 14 - Dec 19 Known as Australian Voluntary Hospital
No 35 General Calais May 15 - Dec 19 See Lahore British; Sick Sisters Hospital was attached to 35th, as was Chateau-Boursot
No 38 Stationary Calais Jul 17 - Nov 17  
No 39 General Known to have been in Le Havre Jun 1918  
No 39 Stationary Aire May 17 - July 18; Desvres Jul 18 - Aug 18; Fort Gassin sep 18 - Apr 19; Ascq Sep 19 - Oct 19  
No 40 Stationary Harfleur May 17 - Nov 19  
No 41 Stationary Gailly May 17 - Mar 18; Amiens Mar 18 and Dec 18 - Jan 19; Fouilloy Apr 18; Pont Remy Apr 18 - Nov 18; Poulainville Feb 19 - Nov 19  
No 42 Stationary Amiens Oct 17 - Apr 18; Camiers Apr 18 - Nov 18; Nancy Nov 18 - Mar 19; Euskirchen Mar 19 onward  
No 46 Stationary Etaples Jul 15 - Jun 19 Was Etaples Isolation Hospital until Jan 17
No 47 General Le Treport Apr 17 - Mar 19; Bonn Apr 19 onward   
No 52 Stationary Le Havre Oct 15 - Jul 19 Was Havre Isolation Hospital until Mar 18
No 53 General Wimereux Jul 17 - Feb 19 Known as London General Hospital
No 54 General Wimereux Jul 17 - May 19 Known as London General Hospital
No 55 General Wimereux May 17 - Mar 19 Known as Eastern General Hospital
No 56 General Etaples May 17 - Apr 19 Known as Southern General Hospital
No 57 General Marseilles Jul 17 - Feb 20 Known as Western General Hospital
No 58 General St Omer Aug 17 - Mar 18; Rouen Apr 18 - Mar 19 Known as Scottish General Hospital
No 59 General St Omer Jul 17 - Mar 18; Rouen Apr 18 - Mar 19 Known as Northern General Hospital
No 72 General Trouville Dec 17 - Oct 19  
No 73 General Trouville Feb 18 - Apr 19  
No 74 General Trouville Mar 18 - Mar 19  
No 81 General Marseilles Dec 17 - Apr 19  
No 83 General Boulogne June 16 - Apr 19; Langenfeld Apr 19 onward  
Anglo-Belge BRCS Hospital Calais Apr 15 - Dec 19 Known as British Farmers Hospital
BRCS Auxiliary Hospital Wimereux Dec 15 - Feb 19 Known as Hotel Sussex
BRCS Detention Hospital Gournay-en-Bray Feb 15 - Apr 19  
BRCS Detention Hospital Forges-les-Eaux Apr 15 - Apr 19  
Bruges Military Hospital Bruges Nov 18 - Jan 19  
Calais Isolation Hospital Calais Dec 15 - Dec 18  
Charmes Detention Hospital Charmes Mar 19 onward  
Dieppe Detention Hospital Dieppe Apr 17 onward  
Hesdin Detention Hospital Hesdin Jan 19 - Feb 19  
Lahore British General Marseilles Jan 15 - Apr 15 See 35th General (renamed May 16)
Marseilles Stationary Marseilles Aug 16 - Mar 19  
Meerut British General Orleans Oct 14 - Dec 14; Rouen Jan 15 - Aug 15 See 25th General
Paris Detention Hospital Paris Aug 16 onward  
Paris Stationary Hospital Paris Jun 18 - May 19  
Rawalpindi British General Marseilles Oct 14 - Dec 14; Wimereux Jan 15 See 35th General (renamed May 16)
St Johns Ambulance Brigade Hospital Etaples Jul 15  
Listing by Location Listing by hospital
61 locations are listed in this table
Location Great War history Remarks
Abbeville No 3 British Red Cross Oct 14 - Jan 16  
Aire No 39 Stationary May 17 - July 18  
Amiens No 7 General Aug 14 - Sep 14; No 41 Stationary Mar 18 and Dec 18 - Jan 19; No 42 Stationary Oct 17 - Apr 18  
Angiens No 5 General Sep 14 - Feb 15  
Antwerp No 6 Stationary Apr 19 onwards  
Arneke No 10 Stationary Oct 18  
Arques No 4 Stationary May 18 - Nov 18  
Bonn No 47 General Apr 19 onward  
Boulogne No 7 British Red Cross Oct 14 - Jan 15; NO 7 General May 18 - Apr 19; No 7 Stationary Oct 14 - Apr 19; No 8 British Red Cross Jan 18 onwards; No 11 General Oct 14 - Apr 16; No 13 General Oct 14 - Feb 19; No 13 Stationary Oct 14 - Jun 16; No 14 Stationary Jun 19 - Jan 20; No 83 General Jun 16 - Apr 19  
Bruges Military Hospital Nov 18 - Jan 19  
Calais No 8 British Red Cross Oct 14 - Jul 15; No 9 British Red Cross Jan 16 - Mar 18; No 35 General May 15 - Dec 19; No 38 Stationary Jul 17 - Nov 17; Isolation Hospital Dec 15 - Dec 18; Anglo-Belge BRCSHospital Apr 15 - dec 19  
Camiers No 4 General Jan 16 - Apr 19; No 11 General Apr 16 - May 17; No 18 General Feb 15 - Jun 17; No 20 General May 15 - Apr 19; No 22 General Jun 15 - Jan 19; No 42 Stationary Apr 18 - Nov 18  
Charmes Detention Hospital Mar 19 onward  
Clerques No 10 Stationary Jun 18 - Oct 18  
Dannes-Camiers No 25 General Aug 15-May 16  
Desvres No 39 Stationary Jul 18 - Aug 18  
Dieppe No 5 British Red Cross A Section Jan 15 - May 19; Detention Hospital Apr 17 onward  
Dunkerque No 4 General Apr 19 - Nov 19  
Duren No 11 Stationary Mar 19 onward  
Etaples No 6 British Red Cross Jul 15 - Jun 18; No 7 British Red Cross Aug 15 - Nov 15; No 23 General Jun 15 - Nov 16;No 23 General Jun 15 - Nov 19; No 28 General Jun 15 - Jul 19;No 46 Stationary Jul 15 - Jun 19; No 56 General May 17 - Apr 19; St Johns Ambulance Brigade Hospital Jul 15  
Etretat No 1 General Dec 14 - Jan 19  
Euskirchen No 42 Stationary May 19 onward  
Fillievres No 6 Stationary Sep 18 - Feb 19  
Forges-les-Eaux BRCS Detention Hospital Apr 15 - Apr 19  
Fort Gassin No 39 Stationary Sep 18 - Apr 19  
Fouilloy No 41 Stationary Apr 18  
Frevent No 6 Stationary Jun 16 - Aug 18  
Gailly No 41 Stationary May 17 - Mar 18  
Gournay-en-Bray BRCS Detention Hospital Feb 15 - Apr 19  
Hardelot No 25 General Jun 16 - Jul 17  
Harfleur No 40 Stationary May 17 - Nov 19  
Hazebrouck No 9 British Red Cross Sep 18 - Oct 18  
(Le) Havre No 1 General Aug 14 - Nov 14; No 2 General Aug 14 - May 19; No 6 Stationary Dec 14 - May 16; No 9 Stationary Oct 14 - ; No 39 General - known to be present Jun 18; No 52 Stationary Oct 15 - Jul 19  
Hesdin Detention Hospital Jan 19 -Feb 19  
Langenfeld No 83 General Apr 19 onward  
Le Mans No 1 Stationary Sep 14 - Oct 14; No 5 Stationary Sep 14 - Dec 14; No 10 Stationary Sep 14 - Oct 14;  
Le Touquet No 1 British Red Cross Oct 14 - Jul 18  
Le Treport No 3 General Nov 14 - Mar 19; No 10 British Red Cross Jun 16 - Dec 18; No 16 General Jan 15 - Feb 19; No 47 General Apr 17 - Mar 19  
Longuenesse No 4 Stationary Dec 18 onward; No 9 British Red Cross Mar 18 - Aug 18  
Marseilles Rawalpindi British General Oct 14 - Dec 14; Lahore British General Jan 15 - Apr 15; Marseilles Stationary Aug 16 - Mar 19; No 57 General Jul 17 - Feb 20; No 81 General Dec 17 - Apr 19  
Nancy No 42 Stationary Nov 18 - Mar 19  
Nantes No 2 Stationary Sep 14 - Nov 14; No 9 General Sep 14 - Nov 14  
Orleans No 10 Stationary briefly in Oct 14; Meerut British General Oct 14 - Dec 14  
Outreau No 2 Stationary Nov 14 - Sep 15  
Paris Detention Hospital Aug 16 onward; Stationary Hospital Jun 18 - May 19  
Paris-Plage No 6 British Red Cross Apr 15-Jul 15; No 8 British Red Cross Sep 15 - Dec 17  
Poulainville No 41 Stationary Feb 19 - Nov 19  
Pont Remy No 41 Stationary Apr 18 - Nov 18  
Remy Siding No 10 Stationary Feb 19 onward Also known as Lijssenthoek
Rotterdam (NL) No 3 Stationary Apr 19 onward  
Roubaix No 9 British Red Cross Oct 18 - Nov 18  
Rouderbirken No 3 General Mar 19 onward  
Rouen No 1 Stationary Oct 14 -?; No 2 British Red Cross Sep 14 - Dec 18?; No 3 General Aug 14 - Sep 14; No 3 Stationary Feb 15 - Mar 19; No 5 General Aug 14 - Sep 14 and Feb 15 - Mar 19; No 6 General Nov 14 - Apr 19; No 8 General Aug 14 - May 19; No 9 General Nov 14 - Jun 17; No 10 General Oct 14 - May 19; No 11 Stationary Oct 14 - Mar 19; No 12 General Sep 14 - June 17; No 12 Stationary Feb 15 - May 16; No 25 Stationary Mar 15 - May 19; No 58 General Apr 18 - Mar 19; No 59 General Apr 18 - Mar 19; Meerut British General Jan 15 - Aug 15  
St Nazaire No 3 General Sep 14 - Nov 14; No 4 General Sep 14; No 9 Stationary Sep 14 - Oct 14; No 10 General sep 14 - Oct 14; No 32 Stationary Sep 14 - Jul 16  
St Omer No 7 General Jun 15 - May 18; No 10 Stationary Oct 14 - May 18; No 58 General Aug 17 - Mar 18; No 59 General Jul 17 - Mar 18  
St Pol No 12 Stationary Jun 16 - Jun 19  
Tourcoing No 10 Stationary Nov 18 - Feb 19  
Trouville No 6 British Red Cross Sep 18 - Dec 18; No 72 General Dec 17 - Oct 19; No 73 General Feb 18 - Apr 19; No 74 General Mar 18 - Mar 19  
Versailles No 4 General Sep 14 - Jan 16  
Wiesdorf No 25 General Mar 19 onward  
Wimereux No 4 British Red Cross Nov 14 - Dec 15; No 5 British Red Cross Dec 14 - Jan 19; No 8 Stationary Mar 15 - Mar 19; No 14 General Oct 14 - Apr 19; No 14 Stationary; Oct 14 - Jun 19; No 32 Stationary Oct 14 - Dec 19; No 54 General Jul 17 - May 19; No 53 General Jul 17 - Feb 19; No 55 General May 17 - Mar 19; BRCS Auxiliary Hospital Dec 15 - Mar 19; Rawalpindi British General Jan 15  
Paris hospitals under the jurisdiction of the BRCS
Hotel Astoria (Originally titled BRCS No 1, transferred to the French Feb 15) Sep 14 - Feb 15; Hertford British Hospital Aug 14 - Apr 15; Chateau d'Annel Compiegne (treated French wounded) 14; Chateau Laversine; Rue de Chaillot; Rue de Troyon.
 
Operating Centres
Abbecourt Jan 18 - Mar 18; Authie Jan 17 - Feb 17; Estaires Oct 18 - Nov 18; Harbarcq May 16 - Jul 17; Pozieres Jun 16 to Dec 16 and Mar 17 onward; Warloy Apr 16 - Jan 17.
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