In this centenary year of the end the First World War, here’s a look back to the role that Mayfair played with the use of some of its buildings as Red Cross auxiliary hospitals. These temporary hospitals provided space to convalesce for injured service men, taking the pressure off other hospitals. Many women and girls joined up as VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurses to help look after the wounded.
Auxiliary hospitals were located in Mayfair at:
- Anglo-Chilean Hospital for officers of the Royal Air Force, 6 Grosvenor Square
- Astley Hospital for Officers Dorchester House, Park Lane
- Mrs F.W. Salisbury-Jones’ Hospital for Officers, 27 Berkeley Square
- Coulter Hospital, 5 Grosvenor Square
- Robert Fleming Hospital for Officers 27 Grosvenor Square
- Hospital for Facial Injuries, 78, Brook Street, and 24, Norfolk Street
- The Garland Home, 4 Norfolk Street
- Lytton Hospital, Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street
- Lady Evelyn Mason’s Hospital for Officers, 16 Bruton Street
- American Red Cross Military Hospital No. 25, Aldford House, 26 Park Lane
- Harold Fink Memorial Hospital, 17 Old Park Lane
- Hospital for Officers, 24 Park Street
- St Mary’s Russian Hospital for Officers, 8 South Audley Street
- 56 Grosvenor Square
- Theodore Hospital, 53 Mount Street
- Mrs Thal’s Hospital, 17 Upper Grosvenor Street
- Princess Henry of Battenberg’s Hospital for Officers, 30 Hill Street
- Lady Inchcape’s Hospital for Officers, 7 Seamore Place
- Hon. Mrs Robert Lindsay’s Hospital for Officers, 7 Charles Street
- Auxiliary Home Hospital 14 Great Stanhope Street (now Stanhope Gate)
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