The King’s Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital
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The King’s Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital at Squires Gate. Known as ‘The Camp’, the hospital was opened on 1st October 1915 on land previously used for the Clifton Park Racecourse (1911-1914). The site is now part of the Squires Gate airport site. Troops were housed in buildings at the camp, officers were billeted in hotels on the promenade
A concert party performance at the Town Hall, Rochdale by wounded soldiers
All proceeds went to fund more nurses and sisters at the Convalescent Hospital, Blackpool
No. 51 – The C.E.T.S. Billiard Room
No. 52 – The Central Hospital – Surgical Ward
No. 53 – The Central Hospital – Medical Ward
No. 54 – The Central Hospital – Nurses’ Sitting Room
No. 55 – The Electrical Appliance & Massage Room
No. 56 – The Electrical Appliance & Massage Room
No.57 – The County of Lancaster Hut
No. 58 – The Welcome Hut
No. 60 – The Recreation Room
No. 61 – One of the Bowling Greens & Medical Inspection Rooms
No. 62 – General view from the stand. Central Hospital – Writing Room & Huts
No. 63 – The Grand Stand
No. 64 – Officers’ Quarters
No. 65 – One of the cookhouses
No. 66 – Interior of one of the huts
The “Blackburn Hut” on the camp
The hut opened at the Squires Gate military hospital during the first week of November 1915. It was built by W. Eaves & Co and measured 110 feet by 30 feet.
A Christmas greetings card from the K.L.M.C.H. for the year 1918
Ambulance Camp – B Lines – Squires Gate – 1920
The Gymnasium
Photo of the Band taken in the Gymnasium. The St. Bernard dog on the left is the camp’s mascot.
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