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: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 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: April 1919
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Bennett, Private
Date(s) in hospital: September 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in September 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Davies, Lieutenant John Llewellyn
Date(s) in hospital: 6 September 1918
Additional information: 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached 11 Royal Welsh Fusiliers; admitted with malaria (served in Salonika)
Name: Dawkins, Private
Date(s) in hospital: September 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in September 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Dawson, Private
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September- October 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: October 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Eycott-Martin, Captain Harold Ross
Date(s) in hospital: September 1918
Additional information: see Captain H R Eycott-Martin; Known to have been there in September 1918 as he took part in a concert party
Name: Funnell, Major Harry Edward
Date(s) in hospital: December 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Gubbin, Company Quarter Master Sergeant Kenneth Reed
Date(s) in hospital: November 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Hudson, Lance Corporal
Date(s) in hospital: Septemebr 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in September 1918 as he took part in a concert party; no further details
Name: Langan , Driver Thomas
Date(s) in hospital: December 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Lattimore, Gunner
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Lewis, Private Evan
Date(s) in hospital: April 1919
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Mackay, Gunner Alexander Sutherland
Date(s) in hospital: December 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Metcalf, Private William
Date(s) in hospital: December 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: October 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Morris, Corporal
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Muir, Corporal William
Date(s) in hospital: December 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Norris, Second Lieutenant Sydney Frank
Date(s) in hospital: April 1919
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Robson, Gunner Arthur
Date(s) in hospital: November 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance
Name: Sharplin, Private G
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Sidney, Corporal William Preston
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: see With love to Ethel
Name: Smith, Private R
Date(s) in hospital: September 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there in September 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: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Tryhorn, Private
Date(s) in hospital: September – October 1918
Additional information: Known to have been there September – October 1918 as he took part in concert parties; no further details
Name: Turnock, Air Mechanic 3rd Class Robert
Date(s) in hospital: June 1918
Additional information: see Book of Remembrance