 The hospital also provided support for the military just after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and German prisoners of war were kept there.At this time it was known as simply Withington Hospital, being named that after a change in 1910 (until 1904, it was outside the city of Manchester in Withington Urban District).The frontage of 1854–55 is showy and the chapel is Italianate in style