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Birchington Collection (page 2)

Background imageBirchington Collection: Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, A Ward, Quex Park

Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, A Ward, Quex Park
Belgian Patients and VAD Staff in A Ward at the Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was situated in the drawing room of Quex House. Fifteen beds were used in this room

Background imageBirchington Collection: Mansford House, Birchington as VAD Hospital

Mansford House, Birchington as VAD Hospital
Mansford House, Spencer Road, Birchington. Mansford House was one of the buildings used by the Birchington VAD detachment in the early days of its work in 1914 and 1915

Background imageBirchington Collection: Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, Quex Park

Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, Quex Park. 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

Background imageBirchington Collection: Quex House with car

Quex House with car
View of the front of Quex House. Possibly taken just before the Hospital opened in mid October 1914. A small car is parked at the front

Background imageBirchington Collection: VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park

VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park
Voluntary Aid Detachment Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park. Major Powell-Cotton converted two of his personal cars into ambulances and was the Area Transport Officer (VAD)

Background imageBirchington Collection: Group of staff & patients, Mansford House

Group of staff & patients, Mansford House
Mansford House, Spencer Road, Birchington. Mansford House was one of the buildings used by the Birchington VAD detachment in the early days of its work in 1914 and 1915

Background imageBirchington Collection: Westgate-on-Sea Voluntary Aid Detachment, Kent / 64

Westgate-on-Sea Voluntary Aid Detachment, Kent / 64
Westgate-on-Sea Voluntary Aid Detachment, Kent/64 outside the front door of Quex Park, Birchington, Kent UK. This detachment worked at Quex Park VAD Hospital for a month after the first patients were

Background imageBirchington Collection: Quex Park VAD Hospital Belgian & British Patients

Quex Park VAD Hospital Belgian & British Patients
Quex Park VAD Hospital, Birchington, Kent, UK. Belgian & British Patients in front of the buildings. The VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919

Background imageBirchington Collection: Six men, including Belgian patients, Quex House

Six men, including Belgian patients, Quex House. At least three are Belgian patients. One appears to be in Boy Scout uniform. Others may be Quex House staff, one may be a visiting entertainer

Background imageBirchington Collection: Quex Park VAD Hospital staff

Quex Park VAD Hospital staff
Quex Park VAD Hospital, Birchington, Kent, UK. Staff, with Quex House domestic staff and Powell-Cotton children (Diana 1908-1986), Mary (1910-1998) and Antoinette (1913-1997)

Background imageBirchington Collection: Apple Bobbing, Quex House garden

Apple Bobbing, Quex House garden
Seven patients are gathered around at least one chair and some buckets. Five amused nurses are watching. The men are apple bobbing - trying to grab, using only their mouths

Background imageBirchington Collection: Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park

Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nurses and patients in the Winter Garden, Quex Park. This room was used as the Hospital Mess. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, second left

Background imageBirchington Collection: Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park

Nurses & Doctor, Quex Park
Nurses of the Birchington VAD, together with Medical Officer, Dr Harry Worthington, outside Quex House in early 1915. Seated (left to right) are Alice Cobb, Quartermaster, Hannah Powell-Cotton

Background imageBirchington Collection: Seven VAD nurses at Quex Park

Seven VAD nurses at Quex Park
A group of seven VAD nurses standing at the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park in February 1916. In the centre of the group is Nurse Fanny Watson; second from the right is `nurse Mildred Swinford

Background imageBirchington Collection: Quex House

Quex House in the snow in February 1916. 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

Background imageBirchington Collection: Quex VAD patients in fancy dress

Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays

Background imageBirchington Collection: Nurses & Patients, Winter Garden, Quex

Nurses & Patients, Winter Garden, Quex
A group of VAD nurses and patients outside the Winter Garden, Quex Park, dated February 1916. Standing beside her mother, Hannah Powell Commandant

Background imageBirchington Collection: Patients boxing

Patients boxing
Quex Park VAD Hospital patients. Entertainments and diversions were a regular part of the life of the hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919

Background imageBirchington Collection: The Village, Minster, Ramsgate, England

The Village, Minster, Ramsgate, England
The Village, Minster, Ramsgate, near Birchington, Kent, England. Date: 1907

Background imageBirchington Collection: Alpha Road, Birchington, Kent

Alpha Road, Birchington, Kent
Alpha Road, Birchington, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1908

Background imageBirchington Collection: The Stocks, Monkton, Kent

The Stocks, Monkton, Kent
The Stocks, Monkton, Ramsgate, near Birchington, Kent, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageBirchington Collection: School Play 1930S

School Play 1930S
Children put on a play of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe at Seapoint School, Birchington, Kent, England



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