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Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 1925
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
5650

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Current location

Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital
Spring Gardens
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 27268 74183
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
The Hospital is closed and no longer recognisable-but a small plaque to Elsie Inglis exists near the south-west corner at the entrance to Holyrood Park
Inscription
(Unknown)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Hospital
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Further information about the history of the hospital en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital- The hospital was established with surplus funds arising from disbandment of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, an organisation which had been formed by Elsie Inglis and which had sent hospital units to France, Serbia, Russia, Corsica and Greece during the First World War.[1] The 20-bed hospital opened in July 1925.[1][2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[1] After services transferred to the Eastern General Hospital, the facility closed in 1988.[1] The facility subsequently re-opened as a private nursing home, but following an investigation into the death of a 59-year-old woman, it closed again in 2011.

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