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Description found in Archives

Title

No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Kirkdale [textual record]. 

Sub-series consists of

239 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

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Sub-series part of

Administrative subject files [textual record] (R611-55-3-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Hôpital général canadien no. 5, Kirkdale [document textuel]

Date(s)

[ca. 1915-1920]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

6.3 m of textual records

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Sub-series consists of the administrative records of No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Kirkdale.

Conditions of access

Textual records
90: Open
Volume
from 3168 to 3199
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R611-304-9-E
Former archival reference no.
RG9-III-B-1-39
series 39

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Finding aid

Textual records The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the consists of fields in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. 9-31-39 90 (Electronic)

Creator / Provenance

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 5. Canadian Army. Canadian General Hospital Unit, No. 5.

Biography / Administrative history

No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) was organized at Victoria in June 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Hart. Its authorization was published in General Order 103a of 15 August 1915.

No. 5 Canadian General Hospital left Montreal on 27 August 1915 aboard SCANDIVANIAN, arriving in England on 4 September. Its strength was 31 officers, 72 nursing sisters, and 203 other ranks. No. 5 administered Shorncliffe Military Hospital from 6 October to 12 November 1915. It arrived at Salonika in December 1915 aboard ASTURIAS where it remained until August 1917. No. 5 Canadian General Hospital returned to England in September 1917and took over Canadian Military Hospital, Kirkdale, Liverpool which had been authorized in May 1917 and was the clearing hospital for wounded soldiers returning to Canada. The Hospital closed on 26 November 1919 and was disbanded by General Order 211 of 15 November 1920.

The Hospital published "The Blister" and then "Convoy Call" between June and December 1916 (see RG9-III, vol. 6077).

Additional information

Custodial history
The records in this sub-series were sent to the Canadian War Records Office at the end of the war and were subsequently transferred to Ottawa where they were sorted and filed by subject and arranged into series by the Army Historical Section.

Source of title
Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals
No further accruals are expected.

Source

Government

MIKAN no.

182947