Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, C Ward, Quex Park
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Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, C Ward, Quex Park
Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, C Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the second of the two Museum galleries, built in the early 1900s and unfinished in 1914. There were fifteen beds in this ward. The three VADs are members of the Westgate Detachment Kent/64 which worked at the hospital until 10 November 1914. The one on the left is wearing an armband of the Order of St John. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919. The hospital was run by Kent/178, the Birchington Detachment. The Commandant was Hannah Powell-Cotton (1881-1964), wife of Major Percy HG Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) of Quex Park, founder of the Powell-Cotton Museum. Date: 1914
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Beds Belgian Birchington Detachment Fifteen Galleries Members Quex Recuperation Rehabilitation Situated Staff Unfinished Voluntary Ward Westgate Worked
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