Barnwell Military Hospital, Cambridge
History of Barnwell Military Hospital
Approximate location
‘Barnwell at War’ (2018) notes that the 850-bed Barnwell Military Hospital was built as an offshoot of the First Eastern General Hospital in the centre of the city. It was built to isolate soldiers with sexually transmitted diseases.
In 1917 the Globe pub nearby was burgled by Canadian soldiers based at the hospital. (Cambridge Daily News October 15th 1917).
For more information see:
1916
Military Isolation Hospitals, Newmarket Road — security concerns, 8 March 1916
Military Isolation Hospitals – grave danger; men escaped Newmarket Road and plundered orchards, indecent assault; guards should be increased – 16 03 08f
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1916 03 08.
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- Mike Petty Archive
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