Turin Patients
British Red Cross Hospital Turin, Prince of Wales Ward © L Edmonds
There are varying reports of the number of beds in the military hospital in Turin, but it is likely that several hundred soldiers would have been patients there between May 1917 and the summer of 1919. On 17 November 1917, La Stampa (p.3) reported on an official visit to the hospital and described the British Red Cross facility as being able to accommodate 88 troops and 3 officers. From April 1918 the hospital was handed over to the British Army and it became the 29th (B) Stationary Hospital.
Some of the soldiers known (or presumed) to have been patients at the hospital:
Name: Allen, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Baker, Sapper Sidney
Date(s) in hospital: May 1919
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Barnes, Lance Corporal William Herbert
Date(s) in hospital: Apr 1919
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Bennett, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in Sept 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Dawkins, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in Sept 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Dawson, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Dellafera, Private Antonio
Date(s) in hospital: May – July 1918
Additional information: see ‘With the Canteens’
Name: Edmondson, Private Robert Henry
Date(s) in hospital: Oct 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Eycott-Martin, Captain Harold Ross
Date(s) in hospital: Sept 1918
Additional information: see ‘Captain H R Eycott-Martin’; Known to have been there in Sept 1918 as he took part in a concert party
Name: Funnell, Major Harry Edward
Date(s) in hospital: Dec 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Gubbin, Company Quarter Master Sergeant Kenneth Reed
Date(s) in hospital: Nov 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Hudson, Lance Corporal
Date(s) in hospital: Sept 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in Sept 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Langan , Driver Thomas
Date(s) in hospital: Dec 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Lattimore, Gunner
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Lewis, Private Evan
Date(s) in hospital: Apr 1919
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Mackay, Gunner Alexander Sutherland
Date(s) in hospital: Dec 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Metcalf, Private William
Date(s) in hospital: Dec 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Morris, Gunner Arthur
Date(s) in hospital: May 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Morris, Private James
Date(s) in hospital: Oct 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Morris, Corporal
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Muir, Corporal William
Date(s) in hospital: Dec 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Norris, Second Lieutenant Sydney Frank
Date(s) in hospital: Apr 1919
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Robson, Gunner Arthur
Date(s) in hospital: Nov 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Sharplin, Private G
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Sidney, Corporal William Preston
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: see ‘With love to Ethel’
Name: Smith, Private R
Date(s) in hospital: Sept 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in Sept 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Spicer, Private Arthur Henry
Date(s) in hospital: May 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’
Name: Taylor, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Tryhorn, Private
Date(s) in hospital: Sept – Oct 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there Sept – Oct 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Turnock, Air Mechanic 3rd Class Robert
Date(s) in hospital: Jun 1918
Additional information: see ‘Book of Remembrance’