No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital

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| name = No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital

| org/group = New Zealand Medical Corps

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| caption = The Mount Felix Tapestry which focuses on this hospital, on show at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.

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| location = Mount Felix

| region = Walton-on-Thames

| state = Surrey

| country = England / United Kingdom

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| type = Military hospital

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| affiliation = New Zealand Army Medical Service

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| founded = 1915

| closed = 1920

| demolished = 1967

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The No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital was a World War I military hospital in Walton-on-Thames, England. The hospital opened in 1915 by requisitioning the essentially 15th century Mount Felix estate, a grand house with gardens, and closed in 1920.{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/files/documents/walton-on-thames-hospital-booklet.pdf|title=Walton-on-Thames Hospital booklet|date=2019|website=nzhistory.govt.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sooty.nz/no2genhospww1.html|title=New Zealand and World War One – General Hospitals – 1916 – 1919|website=www.sooty.nz|access-date=7 April 2019}}{{Cite book|title=The Mount Felix Tapestry|last=Crummy|first=Andrew|publisher=Impress Print Services|year=2017|isbn=978-1-912031-49-8}}{{Cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/2nzgh.html|title=Lost_Hospitals_of_London|website=ezitis.myzen.co.uk|access-date=7 April 2019}} and {{Cite web|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/summer-days/audio/2018628770/the-mount-felix-tapestry-kiwi-soldiers-in-walton-on-thames|title=The Mount Felix Tapestry: Kiwi soldiers in Walton-on-Thames|date=19 January 2018|website=Radio New Zealand|language=en-nz|access-date=7 April 2019}}

It was the first hospital in the United Kingdom used specifically for soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. In 1916 a new hospital was built in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, as the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, and Mount Felix was renamed as the number two hospital. Approximately 27,000 New Zealand soldiers were treated at the hospital during the war.{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/walton-thames-nz-general-hospital-roll-honour|title=Walton-on-Thames NZ General Hospital Roll of Honour {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online|website=nzhistory.govt.nz|access-date=15 April 2019}} The hospital was memorialised by the Mount Felix Tapestry which toured New Zealand in 2018 and the next year.{{Cite web|url=https://ww100.govt.nz/mount-felix-tapestry-tour-of-new-zealand|title=Mount Felix Tapestry Tour of New Zealand WW100 New Zealand|website=ww100.govt.nz|access-date=7 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/papakura-courier/106164376/anzac-tapestry-tells-stories-of-love-and-prosperity|title=Mt Felix Tapestry tells stories of love and prosperity|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=7 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Mt Felix Tapestry |url=https://riverhousebarn.co.uk/buy-tickets/mount-felix-tapestry/ |website=Riverhouse Bark Arts Centre|access-date=10 April 2020}}

The buildings were demolished in 1967 to leave the clock tower and stable block – grade II listed buildings – which is by far the most abundant category of statutory protection and recognition.{{cite web |title=The Clock Tower, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey |url=http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/barry/2.html |website=The Victorian Web |access-date=1 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Clock tower and stable block to the former Mount Felix |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1377448 |website=Historic England |access-date=1 April 2020}}

The first matron of the hospital was Mabel Thurston who later became matron-in-chief of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Jan|date=1996|title=Thurston, Mabel|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3t36/thurston-mabel|access-date=2021-09-23|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}

'2 General Hospital' was a unit of the New Zealand Medical Corps. The unit was re-raised in World War II and served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, the Western Desert, Tunisia, and Italy.{{cite book|author=J.B. McKinney|title=Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2MMed.html|publisher=Historical Publications Branch|place=Wellington|date=1952}} The unit is now called '2 (General Hospital) Field Hospital'.