By the end of the Boer War there were 21 General Hospitals with 500 or more beds. There were also many Stationary Hospitals (which despite their name were meant to be mobile). The larger General Hospitals were designated as base hospitals.

The General Hospitals were static. They were either tented, or created by taking over existing public buildings:

The Stationary Hospitals were intended to be mobile but tended to stay in the same locality:

As well as serving in South Africa, Army Nurses continued to serve in Military Hospitals at home as well as in other parts of the world. Most of these hospitals no longer exist:

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