An auxiliary hospital for officers was created at Tregullow House, Scorrier, 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, who was matron of the nurses’ hostel there, is held at Kresen Kernow. To learn more, click here.
Besides the facility at Tregullow House, there were several other auxiliary (or extra) hospitals in Cornwall:
– R
oyal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Truro
– Camborne Auxiliary Hospital, Tregenna
– Auxiliary Hospital for Officers, Fowey
– Trefusis, Falmouth
– Convalescent Hospital for Discharged Soldiers and Sailors, Newquay
– Penzance Auxiliary Hospital, Morrab Road.
