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Description: | In the early years the patients arrived on transport ships that sailed up Southampton Water and anchored off the pier that led directly to the hospital. It was 190yds long and the patients were transferred from the ships to tugs or lighters to arrive at the pier. However this practice was discontinued in 1901 when the ships continued to Southampton docks and the patients were then transferred to trains to make the journey to Netley. The station was located at the rear of the hospital. It became the main reception hospital for military casualties injured overseas.
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Harper, B K. (no date). Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 1863-78 p. 4 | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | soldier building patient Netley Army uniform hut Royal Victoria Military Hospital cupola cart hospital | Temporal: | start=1865-01-01; end=1900-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; 1970s-1980s | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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