| Description | Minute book and associated material including correspondence and accounts for the Dublin Hospital for Wounded Officers, 32 & 33 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. This hospital was established on 1 December 1914 with the approval and guidance of the British Red Cross Society and was operational throughout World War I. The hospital was given premises at 33 Upper Fitzwiliam Street by Sir William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler who also volunteered his surgical services. The sub-committee was made up of notable, wealthy and respected citizens of Dublin including Lady Talbot de Malahide, Lady Powerscourt and Francis T. Heuston FRCSI. The hospital was notified when hospital ships would be arriving in to Dublin carrying wounded from the Front. Supplies for the hospital were donated by various people and included such items as hot water bottles, dressing gowns, grapes, apples, flowers and champagne. The hospital also attended wounded soldiers during the Easter Rising 1916. |