Hospital Units in India January 1945

Thanks will try find out a bit more on that, I last had him in 60 Sqn SEAC in 1944

 

I wonder if anybody knows anything about the hospitals in Quetta in 1941/2? I am not sure if it was a military hospital. My mother was a VAD briefly.

 

Quetta was and is a military city. I would be incredible if there was not a military hospital there, whether a British or Indian or both. As you can see there is no mention of Quetta here in this thread.

The main reference site for WW2 British military hospitals shows five were in India, none in Quetta, called British General Hospital. See: Hospitals WW2 - Scarlet Finders

I see you first asked this question in December 2010. See: Quetta 1941/2/3 and in 2011.

Quetta was the home of the India Army Staff College up to Partition and the garrison was at least a brigade (normally two Indian battalions and one British). It was used in WW2 to form up new units - several posts here refer.

Post 12 by Rothy (an active member) refers and I cite only the entry:

From: Warrant Officer Class I Edward Stanislaus Adam

I have not searched here or online using British Station Hospital.

At one stage families accompanied officers to Quetta, as one thread refers to a child being born there. See: A General Interest in Which Sevice They Served.

I know post-1945 families accompanied British infantry battalions, although never clear to me if Other Ranks families were present.

There was a massive earthquake there in 1935, with the military assisting the civil authorities, so a newspaper search is an option. See as a starter: 1935 Quetta earthquake - Wikipedia

Good luck.

 

Thank you David, I reposted the question as you guys are constantly getting new information. Still curious about secret family history, the family has a couple of paintings by a Gurkha called Harry Sheldon who I know a bit about. One is of a mountain scene and the other of an Indian Gurkha.

 

A quiet moment, so an online search with: "British Station Hospital" + "quetta"

A RAMC officer's article: https://www.wessexsurgical.co.uk/wp...-White-J-R-Army-Med-Corps-1581-70-72-2012.pdf and a longer, slightly different version: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/499214/1/A_Grave_on_the_Khyber_Pass_by_David_Rew_30.09.2024.pdf

Nothing readily id'd for your dates alas. Fun to read some of the hits.

 

Harry Sheldon, rather obviously, wasn't a 'Gurkha', he was an official war artist.

 

Zahonado.

On Harry Sheldon.

"Figurative artist, one of a line of painters, stained glass designers and draughtsmen, born in Marple, Cheshire, who studied at Manchester School of Art and Salford Technical School under L S Lowry. In 1943, during World War II, while waiting to be invalided home from Karachi Military Hospital, Sheldon, a captain in the 8th Gurkha Rifles, was having a solo show of work which was seen by General Sir Claude Auchinleck. The Commander-in-Chief India, also a keen painter, persuaded Sheldon to stay on to paint officially."

See: Sheldon, Harry, 1923–2002 | Art UK

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

My point was that being a British Officer of a Gurkha Rifles regiment doesn't make you 'a Gurkha'.
I am well aware of Harry Sheldon's career and have several of his watercolours.

 

Ok Charpoy. Understood! Are you related to him by any chance?

 

No, I just like his pictures.