FIRST D-DAY CASUALTIES ARRIVE AT SOUTHAMPTON AT THE PLATFORM TAVERN EMBARKATION HARD S3

Southampton was the primary destination of evacuated casualties from hospital ships, discharging their patients at the Outer Dock which is now Ocean Village where the quayside railway line can still be seen in the quayside. From Southampton casualties were dispersed all over the country some to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley which was run by the US Army.