Help in identifying a building/hospital

[familyhistoryman]

I need help in identifying this building (hospital).

The solider standing behind the nurse is John Lewis Heap No 22619 RAMC. I cannot find a medal index card, so I assume that he did not serve overseas. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and he spent time at Netley Hospital and was an inpatient 7 – 15 Nov 1915 at Wharncliffe War Hospital and again 30 Oct – 24 Nov 1916.

Many thanks

[Andrew Upton]

36 minutes ago, familyhistoryman said:

I need help in identifying this building (hospital).

The solider standing behind the nurse is John Lewis Heap No 22619 RAMC. I cannot find a medal index card, so I assume that he did not serve overseas. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and he spent time at Netley Hospital and was an inpatient 7 – 15 Nov 1915 at Wharncliffe War Hospital and again 30 Oct – 24 Nov 1916.

Many thanks

I'm 99% certain that is at Wharncliffe War Hospital - note the styling of the window tops and the circular decorations just visible in your photo which both match this exactly:

Edit - and another clearer one. You can even see the same matched cross-hatching by the windows in this one:

Edited 2 October , 2023 by Andrew Upton

[P.Rhodes]

I would agree with Wharncliffe but not November as there seems to be warm weather and summer flowers.

Peter

[familyhistoryman]

Many thanks Andrew and Peter

Regards, Tony

[George Rayner]

Fold3 have 15 pages of discharge document for this soldier. It confirms he only served at 'home'...

George

[Matlock1418]

20 hours ago, familyhistoryman said:

John Lewis Heap No 22619 RAMC. I cannot find a medal index card, so I assume that he did not serve overseas. He enlisted 28 May 1915 and he spent time at Netley Hospital and was an inpatient 7 – 15 Nov 1915 at Wharncliffe War Hospital and again 30 Oct – 24 Nov 1916.

From a pension index card at WFA/Fold3

His hospitalisation certainly did not end his military career - he was discharged 9-9-19 and awarded a disability pension of 5/6pw 10-9-19 to 9-3-20 [the 6-14% / 10% degree of disability rate for a pension class V soldier/Pte - a six month initial period was not uncommon for men thought likely to recover - the lack of continuation of pension suggests he was subsequently deemed to have recovered]

His address was recorded as: 1 Browning St, Hoadleston, Darwen [Hoddlesden I would presume]

M