The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI era
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The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI era
The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI. Initially opened as Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital. In 1915 the hospital changed from serving Indian servicemen to general British casualties of WWI, especially amputees. As pictured in this photograph, those being treated wore a blue uniform (lined in white) with a red tie, known as " Hospital Blues. Date: circa 1915
Media ID 11561612
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Blues Brighton Injured Kitchener Recuperation Standard Workhouse
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