Bishop's Knoll war hospital
‘And when the pain got worse, I never could have stood it, without that little nurse’
From a poem by Angel Davis in Coo-ee The journal of Bishops Knoll Hospital, Volume 1 No 4, February, 1917
Some families in Bristol gave up their homes to become war hospitals, like the Smyths at Ashton Court and the Caves at Cleve Hill in Downend.
In Stoke Bishop, Robert and Marjorie Bush turned their home, Bishop’s Knoll, into a hospital for Australian soldiers. With 100 beds, it was the only private hospital to take wounded men straight from the front.
Bishop’s Knoll gained a reputation for good treatment, and wounded soldiers often asked to be sent there. It had a large medical staff as it was treating men direct from the fighting. Most of the wounded stayed a few weeks or months, then those fit enough for active service returned to the front line: not all survived the next battle.
Some families in Bristol gave up their homes to become war hospitals, like the Smyths at Ashton Court and the Caves at Cleve Hill in Downend.
In Stoke Bishop, Robert and Marjorie Bush turned their home, Bishop’s Knoll, into a hospital for Australian soldiers. With 100 beds, it was the only private hospital to take wounded men straight from the front.
Bishop’s Knoll gained a reputation for good treatment, and wounded soldiers often asked to be sent there. It had a large medical staff as it was treating men direct from the fighting. Most of the wounded stayed a few weeks or months, then those fit enough for active service returned to the front line: not all survived the next battle.