1914-1919 DES HÔPITAUX ALLIÉS AU TRÉPORT
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Its proximity to the Somme front, its port and station gave the city
of Le Tréport all the necessary assets to accommodate military
hospitals during World War I. The Trianon Hotel, the Golf Hotel, the
whole Terraces estate then uninhabited , hosted a major hospital
centre that could receive up to 10,000 wounded, sick and recovering
patients. Almost 300,000 soldiers were treated in these hospitals
between November 1914 and March 1919.
Born in Le Tréport, Jean-Luc Dron is a genealogy and local history enthusiast who discovered the existence of this "Anglo-Canadian camp" through his collection of postcards. The scarcity of information on this subject in the local bibliography coupled with the lack of documents in the French archives (whether municipal, departmental or national) due to the foreign origin of these hospitals prompted him to trace the unknown history of these facilities by visiting foreign archive centres. This study is based on the war diaries of English and Canadian hospitals as well as other documents held by the National Archives, the war museums of the respective countries and on the local press. A4-sized book (21 x 29.7 cm) - 304 pages - alphabetical name index - written in french with bilingual illustration commentaries The book being sold out, a sale in digital format (pdf) is proposed. Contact : jldron@free.fr. The units concerned: “No. 3 British General Hospital” “No. 16 British General Hospital” “No. 2 Canadian General Hospital” “No. 1 V.A.D. Camp” “No. 10 Motor Ambulance Convoy” “No. 3 Convalescent Camp” “No. 10 B.R.C.S. Hospital” “No. 47 British General Hospital” “No. 7 Canadian General Hospital” |
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