Royal Hospital Haslar
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The Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, which was also known as the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, was one of Britain's leading Royal Naval Hospitals for over 250 years. Built in the 1740s, it
Royal Hospital Haslar
The hospital as laid out in the 18th century (front elevation and plan, from John Howard's account of The Principal Lazarettos of Europe).
An early design for the hospital envisaged four double ranges: 'the four Centers are intended for a Council Chamber, Chapel and two Halls'.
The oldest section of the hospital includes the pediment frieze by Thomas Pierce, with allegorical figures of navigation and commerce flanking the royal arms of George II (1752).
British military hospital
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British Military Hospitals were established and operated by the British Army, both at home and overseas during the 19th and 20th centuries, to treat service personnel. They varied in size, purpose and
Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot was opened in 1878 to serve the expanding garrison.
18th-century wards blocks of the former Stoke Military Hospital, Plymouth, linked by a colonnade.
Pavilion layout of the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich.
X-ray department at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, 1941 (by Frances Macdonald).