Egg & spoon race, Quex House garden
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Egg & spoon race, Quex House garden
Patients on crutches, some with amuputated legs, are seen taking part in a race in Quex House garden. They are holding a spoon with an egg in their mouths. A VAD nurse is watching at the right hand side. 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: 1915
Media ID 14244893
© The Powell-Cotton Museum Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
1866 1881 1964 Birchington Closed Commandant Cotton Crutches Detachment Founder Hannah Legs Major Mouths Nurse Opened Patients Percy Powell Quex Spoon Taking Watching
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