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.