No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital

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The № 1 New Zealand General Hospital (1NZGH) was a World War I military hospital in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. The hospital was established in June 1916, after moving from Abasseyeh in Egypt.^[1] It was operated by the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. It had been the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers.^[2][3]

Two large hotels in the parish: the Balmer Lawn Hotel and Forest Park Hotel were taken over and became a part of the new hospital, they could each hold 200 beds. 1NZGH became the orthopaedic centre for the New Zealand Medical Service in Britain.^[4]

On occasions during 1918 nearly 1,600 patients were accommodated at the hospital.^[3] Between 1916 and its closure 1919 the hospital cared for over 20,000 patients.^[4] Auckland Avenue and Auckland Place in Brockenhurst are named to commemorate the many New Zealanders who served at the Hospital during World War I.^[5]

Saint Nicholas Churchyard has 106 graves of those who died from the war including 93 New Zealanders, three Indian and three unidentified Belgian civilians.^[6]

• No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, in Walton-on-Thames, England
• No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital, in Codford, Wiltshire, England.

• Carbery, A. D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914‐1918 (Hardback). Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.. The official history of the medical service.
• Kendall, Sherayl; Corbett, David (1990). New Zealand Military Nursing: A History of the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, Boer War to Present Day. Auckland: Self-published..
• McNabb, Sherayl (2015). 100 years New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps 1915–2015. Hawke's Bay: Sherayl McNabb. ISBN 978-0-473-31467-5.
• Pengelly, Edna (1956). Nursing in Peace and War. Wellington: Whitcomb & Tombs.
• Rees, Peter (2008). The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War, 1914‐1918. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-741755-49-7.. Includes material relating to both Australian and New Zealand nurses.
• Rogers, Anna (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899‐1948. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-869403-01-0.
• Tolerton, Jane (2017). Make Her Praises Heard Afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One (Paperback). Wellington: Booklovers Books. ISBN 978-0-473-39965-8.
• Treanor, Ken (2008). The Staff, the Serpent and the Sword: 100 years of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Hardback). Christchurch: Willson Scott. ISBN 978-1-877427-19-0.

• Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1916
• World War I Destinations Information on Brockenhurst in World War I.
• Pathe Gazette No. 541, Brockenhurst & Lymington. A Token of Appreciation (New Zealanders Present Flags Prior To Their Departure For Home). Historic film of the Commanding Office of the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, and his principal matron presenting a New Zealand flag to the mayor of Lymington before similar scenes at the church at Brockenhurst where a New Zealand flag is presented into the safekeeping of the church. The final scenes show the graves of the New Zealanders buried in the churchyard.
• New Zealand War Graves - St Nicholas – a list of the New Zealand war graves at Brockenhursh Parish Church
• NZEF in England 1916-19 map. A map showing the infrastructure of N.Z.E.F camps, hospitals, depots and offices in England.
• One Woman, One Ambulance, WWI. Article about the experiences of Deborah Pitts Taylor at Brockenhurst.
• Lady Hardinge & Tin Town – Brockenhurst’s Military Hospitals – Stories From The Great War Part 6
• Perry, F. F. (October 1915). "Report of the Lady Hardinge Hospital, Brockenhurst". The Indian Medical Gazette. 50 (10): 361–362. PMC 5150057. PMID 29007068. This report written by F. F. Perry and published in the Indian Medical Gazette covers the period 20 January to 15 June 1915.