8th August 1914: Help from Brockenhurst - hall turned into hospital
ON Wednesday a meeting was held in the Court Hall, Brockenhurst, to discuss what the residents there could do to assist.
It was finally decided to turn the Hall into a hospital to receive the wounded after they have been in Netley or Haslar Hospitals for a week or so, and relive the pressure on their military hospitals.
They asked for at least £500 to make a start and within ten minutes received £650; besides several offers from county gentry to take half-a-dozen convalescent soldiers or sailors.
It is a fine hall and splendidly fitted for such a purpose.
Published in the Bournemouth Daily Echo on 8th August, 1914.
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