World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 4 October 2013
Event ID 965033
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/965033
In 1915 what was then the St Cuthbert's or Craigleith Poorhouse was taken over as a military hospital, became the 2nd Scottish General Hospital. The hospital provided beds for 30 officers and 1.002 other ranks. The impressive main building of the poor house survives in the southern part of what is now the Western General Hospital complex.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 4 October 2013.
