Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton
George Ramage left Normanhurst hospital in Sussex on 1 January 1916. He was given permission to go home to Aberdeen for six months and then was ordered to go to hospital in Roehampton for the fitting of an artificial hand.
Roehampton had been set up specifically as a private hospital to help with the provision of artificial limbs for Great War casualties — the first of its kind.
Ramage describes Roehampton in his diary entry for 25 July 1916:
'A big private mansion within its own grounds — now destitute of furniture, walls bare and whitewashed — 500 beds in the house and the huts which have been built for the limbless Tommies.'
Ramage also emphasises that his wound is slight in comparison to some:
'Seem to be the least damaged chap of the lot — lots of men without legs at all wheeling themselves about on chairs — many without feet — two with the forehalves of both feet gone — two men without hands — lots with one leg missing — lots with one arm missing — many going about on artificial legs … somewhat awkwardly'
