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Dates: 1940 - Singapore was an important part of the British Empire and strategically placed on the Malay Peninsula. It was nicknamed the Gibraltar of the Far East. BMH Singapore was also known as Alexandra Hospital or Alexandra Military Hospital and was opened in 1940. Accommodation and the Nursing Sisters Mess were built in nearby Alexandra Park. There were other previous buildings known as BMH Singapore and as the British military presence was increased each hospital became bigger to meet the growing army’s medical and nursing needs. BMH Singapore was the principal hospital in the Far East for British troops. Previous hospitals included the first BMH Singapore on Pulau Blakang Mati (Sentosa Island) in 1909 and Tangling Barracks, Singapore in 1912. BMH Singapore was handed over, for the token payment of $1, to the Government of Singapore in 1971 and retained the name Alexandra Hospital. BMH Singapore is now the civilian Alexandra Hospital
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" Quoting: Smith And what about the Cathay Chinese restaraunt and cinema?Merdeka bridge?Happy World?Bedok Corner? Just wait till I write my book! p.s exactly 25years after leaving I went back and was scared witless it had changed so much. Thats the one thing I want to do before I pop my ..."
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"Norman Stobies REME Headstone in Kranji Military Cemetery has no Unit Crest – Did you serve with Norman Stobie? He was discharged in April 1958 and died in BMH Singapore 17 June 1959 as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident. "
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" I must admit the quarancs (there I said it again)I met in Singapore were a great bunch of ladies. BMH Singapore was a hotbed of angels and so were the bars (but thats another story) The ones I met in Germany and Northern Ireland were all of the same ilk,good at thier job and good company in the Naafi. "
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"Hi to anyone who may remember me. My name was Maggie Edwards and was with the QARANC from 1958 to 1967 leaving with the rank of captain. I served in the Royal Herbert in Woolwich,BMH Hong Kong,BMH Singapore and Millbank, After I was commissioned, I went to Aldershot,then BMH Munster. After all my travelling I married the ’boy next door. We have lived in South Africa for 30 years."
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"anyone out there from bmh singapore 1952.53
or bmh bowen road hong kong 1953/54"
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