Dates: 1879 -
The Cambridge Military Hospital (CMH) was the fifth military hospital built in Aldershot. The other four are described at the end of this article.
The CMH was built by Messrs Martin Wells and Co. of Aldershot. The building costs were approximately ?45,758.
The first patients admitted to the CMH were on Friday 18 July 1879. They either walked or were taken by cart ambulance from the Connaught Hospital.
The title had nothing to do with the Cambridge area but came from His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the time. The Duke of Cambridge opened the CMH Aldershot in July 1879.
The hospital was built on a hill because current clinical thinking at the time thought that the wind would sweep away any infection and clean the air.
The hospital soon became a fully functioning hospital and was the first in the UK to receive battle casualties directly from the front of World War One.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving Cambridge Military Hospital
"does anyone know the whereabouts of keith stott and colin edmunds both R.A.M.C stationed at the cambridge military hospital aldershot in the 1980’s as i would like to get in touch with them both"
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" Quoting: Graham Rutter I am trying to find anyone that knew my dad in the Army, he was in there between 1955 and 1961,he will be 70 years young this sept and would be nice if we could contact anyone that knew him. He was based at Aldershot, 2nd troop 37 fld sqdn,25 CER Roberts Bks Thank ..."
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" The Ministry of Defence published the Defence Estates Development Plan 2008 yesterday. It relates foreseen developments in the Forces’ roles and needs and has produced the following list of planned disposals for the next few years: Arnhem Barracks Aldershot RAF Bentley Priory ..."
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"i joined the RAMC in 1968 (squad 6812) at Keogh Barracks. During my basic training i was instructed to grow my hair for recruiting photos. Does anyone remember me. I trained at Cambridge Military Hospital as a SRN starting in1969 and completed my SRN in BMH Munster 1n 1973 leaving the army in October 1974."
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