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Wimereux

Wimereux (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France north of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the banks of the small river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern border of the commune and the English Channel the western.

History

In March 1899 the first radio link between France and England was established at Wimereux by Guglielmo Marconi.

During the First World War a number of hospitals were created at Wimereux:

  • The Women's Hospital Corps (WHC), founded by Flora Murray and Louisa Garratt Anderson, opened its second hospital at Chateau Mauricien in Wimereux. WHC was the first women's hospital to be recognised by the British Army.
  • Lady Hadfield set up and ran the 'Anglo-American' Red Cross hospital in Wimereux under the Anglo-French Hospitals committee of the British Red Cross; the Matron was Mrs De Winton.
  • 'The British Hospital' was established by Sir Henry Norman and his wife Priscilla Norman who became the Lady Superintendent of the hospital, which had 102 beds and was at the Hotel Belle Vue, Wimereux. Dr Grey was in charge of the hospital supported by Matron Mary Foster-Elliot.
  • The 'Australian Hospital' was on the sea front. Colonel Eames was the Commanding Officer, and the Matron was Miss Ida Greaves; it had an x-ray department and a high number of ambulances - about thirty.

In 1916, Solomon J Solomon set up a Royal Engineers establishment, the Special Works Park, in a disused feldspar factory and developed new military camouflage techniques and equipment for the British Army.

People

Twin towns

Wimereux is twinned with the following towns:

Population

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