Monday Monuments and Memorials – No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, France

Graves of Nursing Sisters Baldwin, Pringle and MacPherson, Bagneux Military Cemetery

Remains of citadel at Doullens, site of No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital

In May 1918, No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital was operating in an old citadel near Doullens, France. On the night of 29-30 May, the hospital was bombed by a German plane, hitting the main building over the operating theatre and one of the wards.

Two surgeons, three nursing sisters, 16 other ranks (including orderlies) and 11 patients were killed. Several others were injured. The operating staff and patients were buried in the ruins of the building. Other staff worked to save the other patients.