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Details
Previous Names
First Eastern General Hospital
Address
Burrell's Walk, Queen Road, Cambridge
Previous Locations
Leys School (August 1914)
Nevile's Court, Trinity College (Sept-Oct: 1914)
1908 - 1914 (offices only) Green Street Cambridge.
Foundation Year
1908
Status
Closed (since 1949)
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Not Applicable
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Cambridgeshire
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable
Type
Pre-1948
General, Military
Other information
Established by Royal Army Medical Corps in 1908 provisional upon mobilization. Many of Addenbrooke's medical and nursing staff served on its staff in both world wars. During World War I the hospital had its headquarters in Trinity College, with beds in the Leys School and in the grounds of Trinity College, and later in temporary buildings on the cricket grounds of Clare College and King's College to the south of Burrell's Walk, with over 1500 beds by the end of 1915. The hospital continued its war duties until 1920. Albert, Griffiths and Bowtell wards at Addenbrookes being commandeered for this purpose and regarded as an extension of the First Eastern. The last soldiers were withdrawn in March 1919. During World War II the First Eastern became known as the Twentieth General Hospital. It was commanded by Charles Budd who had been Senior Anaesthetist at Addenbrooke's. The Leys School, which had been evacuated to Pitlochry, was opened as an annexe of Addenbrookes.
Record locations
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Archives Office
Record types
Administrative
1915 - 1949
General
1915 - 1919
Nursing
1939 - 1941
Ephemera
1915 - 1949
Private Papers
1939 - 1945
Finding aids
Finding aids
Catalogue, Computerised
Location
At Repository (AR)
Details
Electronic catalogue at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk