An auxiliary hospital for officers was created at Scorrier House, near Redruth.
Nurses – professional and volunteers – did their best to raise the spirits of convalescing officers. They organised trips out to the seaside – and encouraged them to write and draw in autograph books. One, kept by L. Opie, a nurse there, remains in the keeping of Cornwall Record Office. To learn more, click here.
Besides Scorrier, there were six other auxiliary (or extra) hospitals in Cornwall:
– R
oyal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro
– Camborne Hospital, Tregenna
– Auxiliary Hospital for Officers, Fowey
– Trefusis, Falmouth
– Convalescent Hospital for Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, Newquay.
