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World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 4 October 2013
Event ID 965035
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/965035
An Ordnance store in Edinburgh Castle was converted into a 60-bed hospital during the First World War. The small hospital was equipped with an operating theatre. The castle hospital dealt with over 100 German casualties after the Royal Navy sunk the German battleship Blucher.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 4 October 2013.
