RAF Hospital

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military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a ...

s operated by the

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of the United Kingdom and carrying the designation RAF Hospital: *

RAF Hospital Cosford RAF Hospital Cosford was a Royal Air Force staffed military hospital at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England. The hospital opened in 1940, and was one of a handful of Second World War era RAF hospitals that were kept open post Second World War, rem ...

, Shropshire (1940 – 1977) *

RAF Hospital Ely RAF Hospital Ely (also known as RAF Ely and RAFH Ely), was a Royal Air Force staffed military hospital in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The hospital opened in 1940, and was one of a handful of Second World War era RAF hospitals that were kep ...

, Cambridgeshire (1940 – 1992) *

RAF Hospital Nocton Hall RAF Hospital Nocton Hall was a 740-bed RAF hospital in Nocton, Lincolnshire serving the predominantly RAF personnel based at the large number of RAF Stations in the area. History Officially designated as No. 1 RAF Hospital Nocton Hall, the faci ...

, Lincolnshire * RAF Hospital Northallerton, North Yorkshire (1943 – 1947) * RAF Hospital Middle East (Cairo, March 1943 – March 1947) *

RAF Hospital Torquay The RAF Hospital Torquay (also known as the RAF Officer's Convalescent Hospital), was a medical facility run by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Torquay suburb of Babbacombe, Devon, England, during the Second World War. The RAF requisitioned the ...

, Devon (1939 – 1942) *

RAF Hospital Uxbridge RAF Hospital Uxbridge was a military hospital within the Royal Air Force station RAF Uxbridge. History Douglas Bader arrived at the hospital in 1932 to recover after the amputation of both of his legs following a flying accident. It was during ...

, then in Middlesex *

RAF Hospital Wegberg The former Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg, commonly abbreviated to RAF(H) Wegberg, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military hospital located in Wegberg, near the city of Mönchengladbach, in the then West Germany. It was opened in 1953 to serve th ...

, near Mönchengladbach, Germany *

RAF Princess Alexandra Hospital RAF Wroughton is a former Royal Air Force airfield near Wroughton, in Wiltshire, England, about south of Swindon. Ministry of Defence aviation activity ceased in 1972. The airfield now belongs to the Science Museum Group and is home to the ...

, near Wroughton, Wiltshire * The Princess Mary's Hospital,

RAF Akrotiri RAF Akrotiri ( el, Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου) is a large Royal Air Force base on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which compr ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Princess Mary's RAF Hospital Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

RAF Halton Royal Air Force Halton, or more simply RAF Halton, is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It is located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The site has been in use since the First World W ...

, Buckinghamshire {{set index article Military hospitals in the United Kingdom

Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...