During this period the hospital at Troyes in France was ordered to pack.
Designed as a mobile rather than a fixed hospital and was equipped with tents and vehicles.
It was attached to a division of the French army and was dispatched to Salonika in Greece when their French division was transferred there as part of a belated move by the allies to provide practical help to the beleaguered Serbs.
The hospital (known as the Girton & Newnham Unit after the Cambridge University women's colleges which funded it) was set up in a disused silkworm factory in the border town of Gevgelia though it soon had to be relocated to the city of Salonika when the rapid Bulgarian advance threatened.
Much of the work at Salonika was spent fighting malaria, a huge killer made worse by the lack of suitable clothing supplied by the allied armies.

It was joined in August 1916 there by the Ostrovo Unit or the American Unit.
This hospital was funded chiefly by American donors and was so named as a thank you to them.
The unit was moved early September 90 miles north – west of Salonika to Lake Ostrovo (now Lake Vegoritida in Greece), and supported the Serbian Army's push back into its homeland.
Also sent to Ostrovo was a Transport Column. (
This was an ambulance unit which allowed SWH to collect casualties quickly rather than wait for casualties to be brought to them.)
During this period the hospital at Troyes in France was ordered to pack. Designed as a mobile rather than a fixed hospital and was equipped with tents and vehicles. It was attached to a division of the French army and was dispatched to Salonika in Greece when their French division was transferred there as part of a belated move by the allies to provide practical help to the beleaguered Serbs. The hospital (known as the Girton & Newnham Unit after the Cambridge University women's colleges which funded it) was set up in a disused silkworm factory in the border town of Gevgelia though it soon had to be relocated to the city of Salonika when the rapid Bulgarian advance threatened. Much of the work at Salonika was spent fighting malaria, a huge killer made worse by the lack of suitable clothing supplied by the allied armies.
It was joined in August 1916 there by the Ostrovo Unit or the American Unit. This hospital was funded chiefly by American donors and was so named as a thank you to them. The unit was moved early September 90 miles north – west of Salonika to Lake Ostrovo (now Lake Vegoritida in Greece), and supported the Serbian Army's push back into its homeland. Also sent to Ostrovo was a Transport Column. (This was an ambulance unit which allowed SWH to collect casualties quickly rather than wait for casualties to be brought to them.)
Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service